ENEMY OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE SARAH PALIN BENEFITS FROM FEDERALLY FUNDED HEALTH CARE AFFORDED TO HER FAMILY…BUT WATCH OUT! BARACK OBAMA MIGHT KILL THEM! PUT THIS ON THE LIST OF PALIN’S GREATEST HYPOCRITICAL HITS…VOLUME 97.
Shannyn Moore, HUFFINGT ...
Posted Saturday, February 20th 2010 at 8:08PM
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“AFTER DEBATING THIS ISSUE EXHAUSTIVELY FOR A YEAR, LET’S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. WHAT’S BEING TESTED HERE IS NOT JUST OUR ABILITY TO SOLVE THIS ONE PROBLEM BUT OUR ABILITY TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEM.”
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON — President B ...
Posted Saturday, February 20th 2010 at 7:09PM
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“I HAVE AN ARIA ALBUM THAT’S COMING UP ON ARETHA’S RECORDS. I LOVE PUCCINI BUT I’M GOING TO DO A LITTLE MOZART ON THIS DUAL OFFERING THAT CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND I WILL BE DOING OVER THE SUMMER FOR OUR FAVORITE CHARITIES.”
Q: How has not flyi ...
Posted Saturday, February 20th 2010 at 11:01AM
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“SHE IS STRANGE,” WROTE LANGSTON HUGHES. “SHE IS FAR OUT AND AT THE SAME TIME COMMON. SHE IS DIFFERENT. YOU EITHER LIKE HER OR DON’T. IF YOU DON’T, YOU WON’T. IF YOU DO---WHEEE-0UUUEU! YOU DO!”
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PRINCESS NO ...
Posted Friday, February 19th 2010 at 9:36PM
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IT’S PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO QUESTION WHETHER THE $862 BILLION WAS WELL SPENT AND WHETHER IT IS GOOD ECONOMIC POLICY. BUT THAT MONEY HAS CLEARLY RESULTED IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT WOULDN’T EXIST OTHERWISE. IT IS PREPOSTEROUS TO CLAIM THAT N ...
Posted Friday, February 19th 2010 at 12:21PM
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“SIR, I WOULD SAY THAT 70 YEARS AGO YOU AND I COULDN’T SERVE IN THE SAME NAVY, THE SAME AIR FORCE, THE SAME ARMY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN,” SGT. ROBINSON TOLD MULLEN. “THE U.S. MILITARY WAS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIAL CHANGE,” HE SAID. ...
Posted Tuesday, February 16th 2010 at 9:53PM
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THE CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY SEEMS TO BE INNATE AND IS EVIDENT EVEN IN OTHER SPECIES. BUT IN OTHERWISE NORMAL CHILDREN, THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE REARED CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER EMPATHY IS FOSTERED OR SUPPRESSED. LACKING EMPTHY, PEO ...
Posted Tuesday, February 16th 2010 at 10:54AM
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“YOU WERE TOUTING A GREEN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM, TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE FOR YOUR DISTRICT” SHE SAID, “BUT YOU VOTED AGAINST THE BILL THAT CREATED THAT GRANT.”
A heated exchange took place during NBC's "Meet the Press" ...
Posted Monday, February 15th 2010 at 3:36PM
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NYT: HAVE YOU SEEN JAMES CROWLEY, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE SERGEANT WHO ARRESTED YOU SINCE YOU SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND THE PRESIDENT OVER BEERS? DR. GATES: YES. WE HAD A DRINK AT MY FAVORITE PUB IN CAMBRIDGE AND WE MET AT THE RIVER GODS CAFÉ SEVERAL MO ...
Posted Saturday, February 13th 2010 at 10:34AM
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RECENTLY, I WROTE A COLUMN ASKING WHETHER ILLINOIS OR NEW YORK HAD THE MOST AWFUL POLITICAL CULTURE. ILLINOIS WON. OF COURSE, WE GOT MANY IRRITATED COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS, OFFENDED BY THE SUGGESTION THAT NEW YORK WAS EVEN IN THEIR LEAG ...
Posted Saturday, February 13th 2010 at 10:14AM
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ALREADY I HAVE OFFENDED MANY, MANY READERS WHO BELIEVE THEIR STATE IS BEING UNFAIRLY OVERLOOKED. I SEE YOU WAVING YOUR HANDS, NEW JERSEY. IT WAS NOT EXACTLY THE FOUNDING FATHERS AT PHILADEPHIA. BUT, FOR NOW, ILLINOIS WINS.
By GAIL COLLINS
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Posted Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 12:49PM
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There have been many "Single Ladies" parodies. Babies did it, zombies did it, and Jo Jonas did it. But they all pale in comparison to this adorable remix made by children at Hope Christian Schools in Milwaukee. We're putting it out there: If these gi ...
Posted Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 12:40PM
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THE SPOTLIGHT HAS BEEN BRIGHT BUT NOT NECESSARIILY KIND TO FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN.
According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 71% of Americans do not feel that Palin is qualified to be President. That includes a sh ...
Posted Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 7:30AM
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A LARGE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS STILL WANT CONGRESS TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM, ACCORDING TO A WASHING POST-ABC NEWS POLL RELEASED ON TUESDAY.
The study showed that Democrats were twice as likely to support reform compared to Republicans, but that ...
Posted Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 7:29AM
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“COME SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN, PLEASE HEED THE CALL,” HE RASPED. “DON’T STAND IN THE DOORWAY, DON’T’ BLOCK UP THE HALL.” AFTERWARD, BOB DYLAN STEPPED OFFSTAGE AND SHOOK PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HAND. IT WAS PART OF “A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC FROM THE CIVIL ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 5:46PM
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SILICON VALLEY (The Borowitz Report) – A new social network is about to alter the playing field of the social media world, and it’s called PhoneBook.
According to its creators, who invented the network in their dorm room at Berkeley, PhoneBook i ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 12:58PM
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Jon Stewart took on Palin's appearance at the Tea Party Convention last night, mocking both the speech itself and of course, the notes she'd written on her hand.
After recapping the familiar issues covered at the convention, Stewart observed that ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 10:41AM
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“WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. I ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO TAKE TIME DURING THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REFLECT UPON THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO THE BUILDING OF OUR NATION.”
It ...
Posted Monday, February 8th 2010 at 9:51PM
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During a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, Sarah Palin reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words "Energy", "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" are clearly visible. There's also what appears to rea ...
Posted Sunday, February 7th 2010 at 10:38PM
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LAST WEEK HE PROVIDED A FASCINATING BIT OF POLITCAL THEATER BY TOYING WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT THEIR OWN RETREAT, DISMANTLING THEIR ARGUMENTS AND DISARMING THEIR CHARGES. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
Where has this Obama been?
Since the State of the ...
Posted Saturday, February 6th 2010 at 11:50AM
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“WE USED TO LAUGH ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME,” SAID MIKE DILIBERTO, ONE OF BUDDY’S SONS. “LIKE, SEE WHAT YOU STARTED.” DILIBERTO WOULD LAUGH TOO. HE HATCHED THE BROWN BAG IDEA IN 1980, DECORATED IT WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS, CUT HOLES FOR THT EYES AND SCRI ...
Posted Friday, February 5th 2010 at 6:30AM
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HARRIET JACOBS, BORN A SLAVE IN 1813, ESCAPED IN 1835 AND HID IN HER GRANDMOTHER’S ATTIC FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE SNEAKING ON A BOAT TO FREEDOM IN PHILADELPHIA. “WHO CAN BLAME SLAVES FOR BEING CUNNING,” SHE WROTE. “IT IS THE ONLY WEAPON OF THE WEAK ...
Posted Friday, February 5th 2010 at 5:20AM
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IF YOU WANT JUST ONE TASTE OF THE ESSENTIAL STUPIDITY OF THE POLITICIZATION OF THE ABDULMUTALLAB INVESTIGATION, YOU NEED ONLY LOOK AT TODAY’S “WASHINGTON POST” IN AN ARTICLE TITLED: “CRITICISM OF OBAMA ON NATIONAL SECURITY LIKELY TO REMAIN A BIG ISSU ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 4:14PM
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Speaking Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, a conciliatory President Barack Obama urged attendees to bypass grievances in their efforts to push forward morally and socially responsible policy.
But at the same time, he made it clear ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 3:29AM
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ON HIS TV SHOW “HARDBALL” LAST NIGHT, HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS REVEALED THAT HE HAD SEEN THE OSCAR NOMINATED FILM “AVATAR” AND FOR AN HOUR HE SAID HE FORGOT THAT THE ALEN CHARACTERS, THE NA’VI, WERE BLUE.
"I'm sitting there in the theater with my 3-D ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 at 2:20PM
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