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Barney Frank’s Committee Beating Up The Bankers (Live Video)

They just taken a 20 break for votes, it’s 11.24am pacific, and I don’t know if the embedded feed will pick up the live feed I was watching on MSNBC (Internet…not TV). I’ve NEVER seen House members treat witnesses with such disdain and disgust. These exec’s are getting the hell beat out of them. Period. [...]

Pamela’s Wagon Train To Maine: The Saga Begins

So ok. It’s not a wagon train. It is though a completely stuffed SUV pulling a pretty big Uhaul trailer with a teenager, a cat, a friend driving and Pamela navigating. They are going somewhere the teenager has never been and Pamela left a long time ago. As far as I’m concerned that sounds like [...]

Late Night Reads

I hate these days when I feel as though I don’t get anything done. Today was one of them. Juggling a small business and a blog can be a bit much sometimes and now I have added in the prospect of picking up and moving cross country. Well, my plate is full and my cup [...]

Kerry Questions McCain’s Grasp of Facts on Iraq, Criticizes McCain’s Use of Petraeus Photo

Earlier today on a Obama campaign conference call with reporters Senator John Kerry questioned ”Republican presumptive nominee John McCain’s judgment and grasp of the facts about what’s going on Iraq.”
Yesterday, McCain said that U.S. forces in Iraq have “drawn down to pre-surge levels.” Kerry, citing figures that show the opposite, skewered his friend, fellow Vietnam War veteran and [...]

BREAKING: CNBC Reports Dow Jones Sale

CNBC reported a few minutes ago:
News Corp. to Succeed In Buying Dow Jones
… “It did come awfully close, in fact, closer than many had anticipated,” Faber said. “But at the end of the day, according to people who were working on this, a number of the Bancrofts who had been somewhat vocal in their opposition–Chris [...]

An Angry Democratic Candidate…and One You Might Not Expect

From a Candidate that gets little attention, Joe Biden has one of the most impassioned speeches on Iraq on the Senate floor.

Live Blogging the Women’s Health and Environment Conference (Updated – 4)

Good morning from lovely Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – home of the fabulous Teresa Heinz Kerry and host today to her Women’s Health and Environment Conference. I’m sharing a laptop with an aircard, so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to post today, but I’ll try to keep you updated on the proceedings.

The Genie and three wishes

A man is walking along the beach one day and comes across something sticking slightly out the sand. He takes a closer look and sees that it has a dulled shine to it. After digging the object up, he tried to clean it up some to further see what it might be. After rubbing on [...]

Make love, not war. Literally.

Now who would not want to take part in this kind of protest?
Anti-War Activists Plan ‘Global Orgasm For Peace’
Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter.
But they don’t want you marching in the streets. They’d much rather you just stay home.
The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by [...]

Rumble in the Heartland

Just a few minutes ago I was in the grocery store, picking through fresh green beans, trying to ignore the two guys next to me who were dishing, loud, about New Orleans. The guys were probably in their 60’s. They were talking about how dumb it was to live 30 feet below sea level, [...]