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George's Bottom Line
Political pundits debate both sides of the issue....
Gibbs on Massa: ‘This Whole Story is Ridiculous’
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Rep. Eric Massa, health care and rumors of White House infighting....
Odierno: U.S. ‘On Track’ for Troop Withdrawal
I spoke with Commanding General Ray Odierno and U.S. Ambassador Chris Hill about how things are progressing in Iraq after pivotal parliamentary elections this past weekend....
Dowd on Palin: Not Ready to Run in 2012?
After a busy week in Washington, Matthew Dowd joined us to recap it all....
Hanks Plays Carville Defending Paterson
Tom Hanks joined in on the fun of our Morning Mix today on GMA...
Without Abortion Changes, Stupak Will Defeat Health Care: 'We're Prepared to Take Responsibility'
A day after President Obama called for an up or down vote on health care Stupak and HHS Secretary Kathlee Sebelius take a look at both sides of the debate...
The Caucus
Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 14
With Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 10-day deadline in mind, White House officials and Congressional whips are out to make their final points in the yearlong health care debate on the Sunday talk shows....
Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 14
With Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 10-day deadline in mind, White House officials and Congressional whips are out to make their final points in the yearlong health care debate on the Sunday talk shows....
The Saturday Word: Education Overhaul
President Obama's address turns to education legislation, while the Republicans talk about the economy....
The Saturday Word: Education Overhaul
President Obama's address turns to education legislation, while the Republicans talk about the economy....
California Speaker Promises Change
The new speaker in California speaks....
California Speaker Promises Change
The new speaker in California speaks....
Republicans Named to Deficit Panel
New Republicans are named to a presidential panel on the deficit....
Republicans Named to Deficit Panel
New Republicans are named to a presidential panel on the deficit....
Newsom Bids for Lt. Gov. Post in California
The mayor of San Francisco seeks higher office....
Newsom Bids for Lt. Gov. Post in California
The mayor of San Francisco seeks higher office....
Student Loan Bill Opposed by Group Packed With Ex-Clinton Aides
A cadre of former Clinton administration officials are fighting an Obama administration proposal on student loans....
Student Loan Bill Opposed by Group Packed With Ex-Clinton Aides
A cadre of former Clinton administration officials are fighting an Obama administration proposal on student loans....
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Lord Ashcroft's place in the sun
Chris Riddell on Lord Ashcroft's living arrangementsChris Riddell ...
Why I've gone from porn to politics | Anna Arrowsmith
I started making pornography for women because there was a need. And now I want to do something about the need for more female MPsI'm Anna Arrowsmith, the Liberal Democrat PPC for Gravesend or, as many will know me, Anna Span, the UK's first female porn director. Take your pick.Since...
She swears, she drinks, she has extramarital flings... The modern MP's wife is unrecognisable from the simpering cheerleader of the past. So what has changed? And what impact will the other halves have on this year's election?When Alicia Collinson's husband, Damian Green, was first elected as a Conservative MP in...
Catherine Bennett | Talk to us about politics, not your lovely home life
The Cameron and Brown personality parade misses the point that voters care about issues, not characterRecently, on a day when no cameras were looking and he was surrounded by political nonentities, mainly mothers, an off-duty David Cameron was amazingly haughty to a friend of mine. Maybe it was just an...
Embarrassment for David Cameron over Tory hopefuls' lobbying links
Conservative drive to 'clean up politics' faces test over failure by several candidates to fully declare their work for lobby firms, says Nick MathiasonDavid Cameron's drive to clean up politics is facing an embarrassing public test after it emerged that a number of prospective Conservative MPs have failed fully to...
Mariella Frostrup has lunch with Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell discusses Twitter, Iraq and his Andrew Marr TV interview over lunch with Mariella FrostrupAs we're perusing the bistro-style menu of the Camden Brasserie, I ask Alastair Campbell if he cares about food. His answer is not the most promising kick-off for an OFM interview."I'm not a big food...
The Nation: Capital Games
Plamegate Finale: We Were Right; They Were Wrong
Four and a half years ago, after reading the Robert Novak column that outed Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA operative specializing in counter-proliferation work, I wrote an article in this space noting that this particular leak from Bush administration officials might have been a violation of a federal law...
Judge Radhi Testifies on Iraqi Corruption; GOPers Attack--UPDATE
On Thursday, former Judge Radhi al-Radhi, Iraq's top anticorruption official until he was recently forced out by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, appeared before the House government oversight committee and described what had become of people who had worked for him at the Commission on Public Integrity as...
Springsteen's 'Magic': Darkness in the Center of Town
As I listened to 'Magic', the new (and maybe last?) album from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, I thought of a buddy and a movie. A few days ago, a pal of mine, who had spent about a year in Iraq in a nonmilitary but intense position, told me...
State Dept: Corruption in Iraq is Classified
Corruption in the Iraqi government--it's classified information. So says the State Department. In preparation for a September 27 hearing on corruption within the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Representative Henry Waxman, who chairs the House government oversight and reform committee, sent a request--and then a subpoeana--to Secretary of State Condoleezza...
An Iraqi "Eliot Ness" Out in the Cold--UPDATED
Three days ago, I called the State Department with a question: what is the Bush administration doing to help Radhi al-Radhi? The answer appears to be this: nothing. I was referring to the former Iraqi judge who until recently was head of the Commission on Public Integrity, the independent government agency...
Post-Petraeus, Obama & Clinton Jockey for Antiwar Position
In the aftermath of General David Petraeus' stay-the-course presentation to Congress and as George W. Bush prepared yet another major speech-to-the-nation on Iraq, the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates each tried to position him- or herself as the potential commander in chief most in favor of removing U.S. troops from Iraq....
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'Tiger Woods' To Appear in 'South Park' Opener- And the Tiger Woods Mistress Pageant Winner Is...
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'Mission: Impossible' Star Peter Graves Dead at 83
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Mexico Drug Violence Kills 3 Tied to U.S. Consulate
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Northeast Storm Leaves Half-Million in the Dark
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WH Advisers Defend Obama Criticism of Top Court
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Social Security to Start Cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
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SCOTUSblog
Three recently filed cert. petitions defend a tax credit for donations to school tuition programs, ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit, that has disparately benefited donors to religious programs. One is Garriott v. Winn; the second and third are both captioned Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. Another recently filed but...
Two noteworthy petitions were recently filed: Microsoft v. Lucent Technologies, which challenges the evidentiary standards in patent infringement trials; and Stolaj v. Holder, which disputes removal proceedings initiated against two noncitizens. Briefs in opposition have not yet been filed, but the petitions and their questions presented follow the jump. Title: Microsoft v....
Petitions to Watch | Conference of 3.19.10
This edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on Friday, March 19. As always, it lists the petitions on the Court’s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted. Links to all previous editions are available...
Attorneys serve as “debt relief agencies”
Below, Keisha Stanford, a law student at Stanford, discusses Monday’s opinion in Milavetz, Gallop, & Milavetz v. United States (08-1119). For background on the briefs and oral argument in the case, see the Milavetz SCOTUSwiki page. On March 8, 2010, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the Court held that attorneys...
The Chief Justice’s public criticism of the State of the Union address reached television news yesterday. In a panel on FOX News, Rick Klein of ABC suggests that the President “knew exactly what he was doing when he decided to take on the” Citizens United decision, while syndicated columnist Charles...
Court calls for Solicitor General’s views on two ERISA petitions
On Monday the Court called for the views of the Solicitor General on two petitions arising from the same ERISA case, Amara v. CIGNA Corp. Both petitions raise questions regarding the proper remedy for misleading or inadequate disclosures relating to changes in a pension plan. Background In 1998, CIGNA changed its pension...
WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Dodd Bill to Toughen Stance on Banks
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is finalizing a bill to rework financial market rules that is expected to be tougher against banks than previously expected. ...
Obama Outlines 'No Child' Rewrite
The Obama administration plans to upend how the government measures and encourages success in the country's public schools as part of a sweeping proposal to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law. ...
The Girl Who Beat Up Karl Rove
The future presidential adviser's school days improved with a debating team, a campaign and a first election win. ...
House Democrats laid the groundwork for a vote on a health-care overhaul as early as next Friday and Obama postponed an overseas trip to be on hand for what he hopes will be the passage of his top domestic priority. ...
Dodd Urged to Delay Vote on Financial Overhaul
The 10 Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee urged the panel's chairman, Christopher Dodd, to delay a looming committee vote on a package of new financial market rules. ...
Likely Fed Picks Back Low Rates
Janet Yellen and two other likely nominees are expected to be a key counterweight to the Fed's most 'hawkish' policy makers. ...
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Food Sunday: Five Simple Ways To Fight Corporate Power
Sadly, it appears that Barack Obama is unwilling or unable to take on corporate America. He talks tough, but accommodates when the chips are really on the table – as the health care debate has conveniently demonstrated. More and more Americans are waking up to the fact that with a...
Food Sunday: How My Peach Became a Cobbler
When I come home from the farmer’s market, toting a basket of fruit, the inevitable chain of events that follows goes something like this: I place the fruit on the counter, walk over to my recipe binders to grab the blue dessert binder, then go stand in front of my...
Food Sunday: Dark Grains Bread
Happy Sunday everyone! This week I had a request for a multi-grain bread, but one that was not too heavy on the rye. The Dark Grains bread is a perfect fit. The loaves come out a nice dark color and give a rich and complex taste. Liz does not love...
Food Sunday: All the Dirt That Fits!
And, good food and good day to everyone! To the News!! The Canadian Food Inspection Agency had a confirmed case of BSE in a cow but the news was not released for several weeks. The ‘money quote’ here is at the end of the article: Rates of testing are down on...
How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America
Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie sat down with Avlon in Reason's D.C. offices. Filmed by Dan Hayes and Meredith Bragg; edited by Bragg. Approximately 10 minutes. "Politics is the last place where we're supposed to be satisfied between Brand A and Brand B," says John Avlon, author of the engaging new book...
Political Ads Masquerading as Facts
Bet you thought I was going to talk about Faux news some more. Instead, it’s really getting to be a problem that Politico keeps being presented as a viable news source, when it’s definitively another arm of the right wing news creating machine. When we see AEI...
Washington Whispers
Obama Gets High Scores on Leadership Report Card
Expert grades Obama’s leadership qualities high, calling him a “fascinating political specimen.”...
Zogby Sees Positive Changes for Obama on Healthcare, Jobs
The president’s polling numbers have leveled off in John Zogby’s surveys...
Taxpayers Might Have to Fund the U.S. Postal Service
Postmaster general says mail service could become a taxpayer burden if big changes aren’t made....
Democrats Release GOP ‘Hypocrite’ List After Rangel, Massa Ethics Charges
Democrats to release list of 17 Republicans they say are hypocrites....
The Secrets of the White House Holiday Cookies
The tasty treats take months to make...
GOP Growing Confident of Fall Victory if Healthcare Passes
GOP scoffs at president’s claim but secretly cheers for a healthcare victory....
Scholars and Rogues
Mm-mm, time for pi: Nota Bene #2010-10
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “After a dozen years...
Latest Faillini epic is all hot air
Man, the wannabe auteurs behind Carly Failorina’s campaign are evidently as crazy as she hopes California voters are. Check this latest. What do you think – can we get Pink Floyd reunited for Animals II? Click here to view the embedded video. First she was one of the 20 worst CEOs of...
When Jesus Attacks! Why don’t we care that the Catholic Church is officially whipping Congress?
Part 2 of 2. (Read part 1…) It’s Time to Separate Church and State, Once and for All If you recall, anti-Catholic prejudice was once a problem for Catholic politicians in the US. John F. Kennedy went so far as to address the issue head-on in his 1960 campaign – probably because...
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Jesus Gone Wild! It’s time to separate church and state, once and for all
Part 1 of 2. I tripped across a provocative headline in the Wall Street Journal the other day: “They Need to be Liberated from Their God.” Turns out the story was about Mosab Hassan Yousef and his spying on Hamas. Which was a little disappointing. There’s no doubt that Palestinian...
What’s it feel like to be well and promptly globally-struck?
The Obama administration is trying to decide on its nuclear "posture." What stance will nuclear weapons assume in U.S. national security strategy? At ease or at attention? Supine, prone, or erect?...
Election Stocks
House Dems Unswayed on Healthcare
Even under pressure from the Obama Administration and Nancy Pelosi, there are at least 25 House members who will almost certainly vote no on the Senate bill. However, this article from The Hill makes an important distinction: The Hill has not yet put Democrats who are insisting on Rep. Bart Stupak’s...
It’s no secret that here at Election Stocks we have been monitoring the progress of healthcare reform since its very beginnings. Our official prediction is that it will pass (making this a good idea to buy insurance companies), but we acknowledge the great uncertainty surrounding the politics of this issue. That’s...
Given the recent public outrage over the enormous bonuses for Wall Street Bankers, it is likely that a financial reform bill will passed in the Senate. Check out this CNBC video regarding the implementation of the Volcker rule....
President Obama Endorses Reconciliation
President Obama made an official statement today urging Democrats in the House to pass the Senate bill and then smooth out the differences during budget reconciliation. This is a tactic that many Democrats, like Barney Frank, have strongly supported for quite some time. As it draws closer to November Speaker...
Article in Bloomberg Discredits CBO
A recent article in Bloomberg was very critical of the Keynesian models used by the CBO to come to its conclusion that the Stimulus Package saved between 1.4 to 3 million jobs. According to the author, Kevin Hassert: Both of these old-school Keynesian models, by the CBO’s own admission, “tend to...
President Obama’s healthcare proposal, based heavily off of the already passed Senate bill, has a few very specific market implications. An article in Bloomberg claims: To help pay for the overhaul, he’s proposing the first Medicare tax on unearned income such as capital gains, and higher fees on drugmakers such as...
Dandelion Salad
We are ALL Americans! Cindy Sheehan interviews Hugo Chavez
by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox March 14, 2010 Todos Somos Americanos - Those words mean “We are ALL Americans.” Today is the day! This Sunday (March 14th) Cindy says a warm “hello” to Pacifica Radio, starting with this interview with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, to honor exactly that sentiment! Cindy’s request...
Eric Margolis: Wars sending U.S. into ruin
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://therealnews.com Eric Margolis: Obama the peace president is fighting battles his country cannot afford Eric Margolis is a journalist born in New York City and holding degrees from Georgetown the University of Geneva, and New York University. During the Vietnam War he served as a US Army infantryman. ...
Cornel West on Barack Obama, Racism, The Tea Party and Foreign Policy
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ AlJazeeraEnglish March 11, 2010 Avi Lewis talks to Cornel West, professor of African American Studies at Princeton, hip hop artist, and one of the most controversial academics in the US about the state of democracy for African-Americans in the US today, US foreign policy, global recession, and his dispute...
Capitalism cut adrift – Part 2: Looking Sideways By William Bowles
By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i 14 March, 2010 Crossposted at Strategic Culture Foundation ‘Self-sufficiency, do-it-yourself, ‘green’ technologies, raising vegetables, crafts, ‘heritage’ projects , history, archeology, geneology, all manner of ‘community’ projects like cleaning up neighbourhoods or restoring poisoned rivers, the list is constantly expanding in what can only...
Finding Bin Laden: Who wants Osama on the run?
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RussiaToday March 13, 2010 In the wake of 9/11, President Bush vowed not to rest until we find him. But eight years into the most expensive manhunt the world has ever seen, Public Enemy Number One remains at large. How has he continually evaded capture? Did he escape from Tora Bora or...
John Young: Challenging the governments’ self-serving secrecy by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds
by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 13 March, 2010 John Young provides us with a brief overview of the history, purpose and mission of his well-known website Cryptome.Org. He talks about the recent controversy involving Microsoft Corporation’s attempted legal action against...
The Caucus
Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 14
With Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 10-day deadline in mind, White House officials and Congressional whips are out to make their final points in the yearlong health care debate on the Sunday talk shows....
Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 14
With Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 10-day deadline in mind, White House officials and Congressional whips are out to make their final points in the yearlong health care debate on the Sunday talk shows....
The Saturday Word: Education Overhaul
President Obama's address turns to education legislation, while the Republicans talk about the economy....
The Saturday Word: Education Overhaul
President Obama's address turns to education legislation, while the Republicans talk about the economy....
California Speaker Promises Change
The new speaker in California speaks....
California Speaker Promises Change
The new speaker in California speaks....
Republicans Named to Deficit Panel
New Republicans are named to a presidential panel on the deficit....
Republicans Named to Deficit Panel
New Republicans are named to a presidential panel on the deficit....
Newsom Bids for Lt. Gov. Post in California
The mayor of San Francisco seeks higher office....
Newsom Bids for Lt. Gov. Post in California
The mayor of San Francisco seeks higher office....
Student Loan Bill Opposed by Group Packed With Ex-Clinton Aides
A cadre of former Clinton administration officials are fighting an Obama administration proposal on student loans....
Student Loan Bill Opposed by Group Packed With Ex-Clinton Aides
A cadre of former Clinton administration officials are fighting an Obama administration proposal on student loans....
Opinionator
Is the U.S. Following in Rome's Footsteps?
Americans are in a bad mood. Is there a bright side?...
Was the president wise to escalate the war of words with the John Roberts and the Supreme Court?...
Baking from memory in the wee hours of the morning....
Clarence Thomas, Silent but Sure
Justice Clarence Thomas has been silent on the bench, but his opinion that the Eighth Amendment doesn't protect prisoners from harsh treatment is clear in his writing....
Christoph Niemann's Tough Night's Sleep
The artist depicts the agonies and absurdities of elusive slumber....
Breezy Love, or the Sacking of the Bees
The wind-pollination of flowers is a fascinating process, though perhaps less so if you suffer from allergies....
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Senator Evan Bayh’s Thoughtful Presidents’ Day Gift: His Retirement
No matter how much explaining Democratic Senator Evan Bayh does about retiring from the senate, there is simply no explaining away how clueless he appeared announcing it on Presidents’ Day. Obviously he wanted to go out with as much pomp and circumstance that he could for himself, or he would...
He Followed My Agenda: Obama’s State Of The Union Address
Well I wasn’t too far off in my predictions of President Obama’s strategy and the outcome of the State Of The Union Address (SOTU). The tweets I did were around 7:00 p.m. last night: In for a short tweet. I think the Prez will do all right in his #SOTU. (about...
Being President Obama: More Problems Plus A GOP Version Of Himself
Last Tuesday, while democrats were bemoaning throughout the chambers of congress over the loss of Ted Kennedy’s senate seat to republican Scott Brown, President Obama must have realized a deeper problem. The problem was bigger than Health Care Reform being reexamined again. It was bigger than GOP Scott Brown becoming...
TIME.com Top Politics Stories
Massa Denies He Sexually Groped Male Staffer
Former New York Congressman Eric Massa says he groped a staffer but denies it was sexual...
Karl Rove Memoir 'Courage' Defends Bush Legacy, Iraq War
In Courage and Consequence, his tale of the George W. Bush years, Karl Rove disses his critics and defends the boss. No news there...
Why the Democrats Need to Hang Tough on Financial Reform
The only hope for consensus is a bill that takes an unmistakably tough line on Wall Street, which could end up striking a political chord...
Obama-Bush Same Mistakes: President Repeats Stumbles
President Obama's stumbles while running the federal government have created a great danger to his presidency. They are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices that tripped up his predecessor, George W. Bush...
Senate Seeks to Improve Regional Air Safety
The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines...
SF Mayor Newsom To Run for CA Lt. Gov
After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor...
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Leaving The Screen: Adapting Movie Franchises for Video Game
Games based on film licenses tend to be pretty wretched. Yet given the arrival of "Aliens vs. Predator," a film-based game that not only works but actually makes sense, it's clear that some films are just a better fit for the interactive realm. ...
Another Prius Accelerates Unintentionally in NYC and Crashes
Not one day after a high-profile incident involving a Prius taking off on its owner in Southern California, we're hearing reports that another one of Toyota's popular hybrids has suffered unintended acceleration in New York. ...
Human Cells 'Forage' Like Amoebae, Bacteria
When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, researchers have found. The discovery has a practical value for drug development: Incorporating this basic behavior into computer simulations of biological processes that involve cell migration... ...
Hitler Without A Mustache [PIC]
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TalkLeft
Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead an hour before you go to bed. This is an open thread, all topics welcome. ...
Obama Finally Nominates a Liberal Appeals Court Judge
President Obama has nominated Goodman Liu, age 39, to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Finally, he's nominated a liberal. Goodwin Liu, 39, is an unabashed liberal legal scholar who, if confirmed, could become a force on the federal appeals court for decades. There's talk that in...
Ireland Releases Colo. Woman Held in Terror Probe
That was quick. While a slew of news articles are still writing about a Colorado woman, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, held in Ireland over the plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who mocked the prophet Mohammed, it turns out she's already been released. I guess there's still Jihad Jane for...
Rahmbo Unplugged or Compromiser In Chief?
Sunday's New York Times Magazine has an 8 page profile of Rahm Emanuel. If Emanuel’s philosophy is to put points on the board, to take what you can get and then cut a deal, to make everything negotiable except success, then the White House is testing the...
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Monica Conyers' Sentencing Hearing
Monica Conyers, wife of Rep. John Conyers, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison this week for her part in a corruption case in Detroit. Her sentencing hearing did not go smoothly, and she unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw her gulity plea (begins on page 3.) Here's the transcript...