“Eliminationist? What’s that? Who are they? I’ve not seen that word before and don’t understand. “ These are common reactions when people see the real work being done to define the violent rhetoric today. There is a movement of people who are radical and think seriously of how to demonize then eliminate their opposition. The language of elimination is becoming very common. There have been public calls for the President’s death. We have a Facebook poll voting for or...
I’ve been laid up for a couple days with knee surgery and getting outside, even on sticks, to get some BBQ sounds great. The idea started with @ktumulty ( journalist with her own blog at Time magazine) and her call on Twitter for receipes for Beer Can Chicken. Apparently she got overloaded with ideas including my contributions using a You Tube and Food Network receipe. Use the You Tube below for a fine result! [BTW: BBQ to me isn't...
Aired on Monday, Rachel Maddow reported on the switch a day made between the White House statements of the weekend and those on Monday. Jane Hamsher, of FireDogLake, joined Rachel at the end of the segment to discuss her effort to lead a progressive push for a public healthcare option in any case. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I do not agree with Hamsher that...
(Most posts are from reporters that are live microblogging the hearing. Also I’ve mixed in some trusted commentators.) cbsandrewcohen: Kohl (D) notes that Sotomayor’s low reversal record suggests she is faithful to precedent. cbsandrewcohen: Soto: “I don’t prejudge cases.” That’s going to be one of the headlines this morning. cbsandrewcohen: Soto on Roe v. Wade: The Casey case reaffirmed the core of Roe and its now precedent of Supreme Court. No further comment. Kohl moves on. cbsandrewcohen: Hatch now...
Day Two Sotomayor Hearings (Most posts from reporters live microblogging the hearing) cbsandrewcohen: Morning Sotomayor trawl. @nytimes http://bit.ly/1JFlQV @latimes http://bit.ly/jKzzj CSM: http://bit.ly/dVH6t @slate http://bit.ly/3C1K3u cbsandrewcohen: Morning Sotomayor trawl. @nytimes http://bit.ly/1JFlQV @latimes http://bit.ly/jKzzj CSM: http://bit.ly/dVH6t @slate http://bit.ly/3C1K3u DukeStJournal: RT @GeraldFSeib: The Sotomayor hearings are a proxy for the broader ideological struggle underway in Washington. http://tinyurl.com/mfod8v cbsandrewcohen: This is silly. Leahy now has been asking his Ricci question for about three minutes....
Sotomayor Hearing:Day One (Most quotes from reporters live micro-blogging the hearing.) jaketapper (ABC): I found this pro-Sotomayor essay in the WP by her Princeton professor interesting >> http://bit.ly/as1Cn pwire: Expect a lot of talking by senators today, but no questioning of Sotomayor…...
RUSSIA Reported by Michael Scherer of Time magazine “Medvedev and Obama: Sunshine in Moscow” Moscow Mission Day 1 Jake Tapper of ABC News reports: POTUS and Putin aspire to get past “grayish moods” IRAN Borzou Daragarhi- LA Times reports Revolutionary Guards publicly announce they have taken over national security in Iran during this period of “unrest”. <H/T to @LaraABCNews based in Dubai.> CHINA URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Han Chinese armed with iron bars and machetes spilled down side streets...
There are Traditional Media on the ground in Iran including NBC, ABC and, if they haven’t been thrown out as was ordered yesterday, the BBC. Yet we get more information directly from the site of demonstrations, meetings and rallies from the bloggers and tweeters that are on the ground. Marc Ambinder suggests we approach this uncensored or verified flow of information in the same way a CIA analyst would. Be skeptical. Watch for other than contradict the first information....
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