Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Iran is spinning out of control. The whole world is watching as Stuart noted below.
Will Bunch posted this tonight… For What It’s Worth:
Shots were fired at the protests today and at least one person is reported to be dead. President Obama spoke on the situation there tonight with an “emphasis on non-violence“:
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
My friend Ellen Beth Gill at Ellen of the Tenth, live blogged Howard Dean’s conference call earlier on health care reform. Here’s where we’re at via Ellen’s live blog but I recommend reading it all:
Senate finance committee meeting tomorrow. Go to moveon.org/publicoption. Write your piece.
Ellen notes that her old pal and mine, “John Kerry is [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
I really don’t like giving the pompous, full of nothing but hot air bag, Rush Limbaugh any space on this blog, however I did find it amusing that Newt Gingrich stepped up today to be the latest Republican to take him on. And, as to be expected… Rush shot back at Newt. Clearly the Republican [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Obama Administration is embracing the internet, from changes on WhiteHouse.gov to officially tweaking “the name of a White House institution, the Weekly Radio Address,” by announcing that it’s now officially known as “President Barack Obama’s Weekly Video Address.”
“President Barack Obama plans to publish a weekly video address every Saturday morning of his presidency,” says [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
Juan Cole, a very well known author and owner of the Informed Consent blog, as an article today, Jan 04, 2009 that is comprehensive about the concept of the Iraeli-Gaza war, which he calls a micro-war. It has a factual recitation on the recent history of the area that it is a valuable read.
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Laura Tyson a very qualified economics professor, commentator and former member of the Clinton administrator appeared on The Rachel Maddow show. She was there as expert on the topic of the $750 billion Wall Street bail-out bill. It was an informative conversation. Tyson’s very good at her job and so was Rachael Maddow for asking [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
This says it all.
34 days and 5 hours and we’ll be rid of this bozo. [If you really want to keep track by the minute there's a countdown clock at my own blog, (more or less on hiatus), The Political Dogfight ]
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Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Living next to the Canadian border I should be paying more attention to the “political crisis“ going on there right now, but Dem Daily Contibutor Michael J.W. Stickings has a full explanation on his blog, The Reaction and in The Guardian’s Comment is Free section. I highly recommend reading both.
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Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It all started when I left Los Angeles and drove cross country to move to Eastport, Maine a few weeks ago… Throughout the entire cross country trek I was completely out of the loop and not paying any attention to the news (being in a car for 15 – 18 hours a day will do that [...]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Hart Williams
(To paraphrase Edgar Varèse.)
Or, perhaps, Paul Simon: “The words of the mid-list authors are written on the subway walls.”
I fear that I’m about to rant, so some time ought be allotted to get small children, pets and those of a more delicate sensibility out of the room. OK? All right. You’ve been warned.
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