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Senate passes historic health care bill 60-39
President Obama got his Christmas gift. Just 11 months into his Presidency he got health care reform passed. What’s odd about this is first of all the damn bill is nothing what it was like originally, and secondly I can find more then a few unethical practices that the Harry...
Joanna Krupa’s nude PETA ad gets Catholics in a fit
PETA is no stranger to controversy, and anyone who knows anything about the organization knows that their racy ads are sometimes over the top. But this latest one has garnered the condemnation of many in the Catholic church because according to them it is sacrilegious. We’ll let you be the judge of...
Tiger Woods and the scandal that should not have been
I am no fan of cheaters, neither am I fan of the invasion of privacy. Which leads me to my question of the day? Why is everyone so interested in Tiger Wood’s little accident and more importantly what’s the big deal over his affair? I’m not condoning what he did, and...
N.Y senate votes no on gay marriage
In a surprising move of events, well surprising for some, N.Y senators have said no to gay marriage. The measure to legalize gay marriage fell short of the 12 votes needed to pass. Of course there’s always going to be a spin on this but let me just put this out there. Just...
Jesse Jackson: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
I’ve heard Jesse Jackson say some dumb ass things in his life, but out of all of the things this human latrine spits out, this is the worse. According to Jackson last Wednesday, speaking about Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) who is currently running for Alabama’s governor and voted against the house’s...
Guy marries his video game girlfriend
So we’ve heard some weird marriages taking place such as that one woman who married a dolphin, but in all my years (which are not many btw), I am yet to hear of a guy marrying his video game, that is until now. Love Plus, a game that allows you...
CNET News - Digital Media
Come see Paris--in 26 gigapixels
Site, which offers a breathtaking view of Paris, enables you to pan around, see monuments, and get a high-def feel for what the City of Light is all about. Originally posted at The Digital Home...
Viacom's departure from Hulu comes with a bite
Viacom content is leaving Hulu next week, though users will still be able to watch those shows over at ComedyCentral.com. What this really could end up hurting are bloggers and other people trying to share specific clips, which Hulu was able to do. Originally posted at Web Crawler...
Chinese scientists recalibrate Google's evil scale
Scientists in China overwhelmingly choose Google over Baidu for their research, which AllThingD's John Paczkowski sees as lending credence to Google's original decision to enter China despite the known censorship minefields....
MySpace CEO is out after less than a year
Owen Van Natta and MySpace agree to part ways after he spends just 10 months as the company's CEO....
East to west, 'Street Sounds' maps U.S. in audio
New online project aims to create an audio map of the country. It's a great way to relive the drama of a tropical Florida thunderstorm, amble through San Francisco's Chinatown, or visit that Connecticut Radio Shack you've always wanted to see....
BBC News | UK News | UK Politics | World Edition
Selection row MP vows to fight on
A Labour MP caught up in a reselection dispute is fighting claims from local party members she is not up to the job....
BA strike is unjustified - Adonis
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified"....
Clegg: Lib Dems offer real change
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says a vote for his party is "a bold commitment to hope and opportunity"....
Tough questions as undecided voters quiz the PM...
Elected Lords plan 'coming soon'
Proposals for a fully elected House of Lords will be set out shortly by the government, the transport secretary tells the BBC....
Coal power station plan under way
The first stage of a planning process to build a coal plant with carbon capture technology in Ayrshire is to get under way....
Oliver Willis
Axelrod Says Democrats Have Health Care Votes
He said it on This Week with Jake Tapper....
Clarence Thomas’ Wife Is Part Of The Tea Party
Of course she is. The brand of faux resentment and self-inflicted paranoia practiced by the tea party should remind her a lot of her husband....
George Washington Vs. A Bengal Tiger On A Sinking Boat. During A Hurricane.
For a first president, this sets the bar ridiculously high. (via)...
Does German Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal Go Up To The Pope?
Link A widening child sexual abuse inquiry in Europe has landed at the doorstep of Pope Benedict XVI, as a senior church official acknowledged Friday that a German archdiocese made ‘serious mistakes’ in handling an abuse case while the pope served as its archbishop. Related Times Topics: Roman Catholic Church | Pope Benedict...
Bart Stupak has gone crying to his ideological bretheren at the National Review that it’s becoming clear that the House Democrats are finally going to stop letting him hold them hostage. Stupak’s small, narrow minded coalition is breaking up and he’s realizing – shocker – that of the two major...
Utah Republican Kevin Garn Paid Off Woman After Nude Hot Tub Encounter
Wow Utah’s House majority leader said late Thursday he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude ‘hot-tubbing’ with her when she was minor a quarter century ago. In a shocking statement on the House floor, Kevin Garn, 55, a Republican from Layton, said he paid her to keep...
FT.com - India, Politics & foreign policy
India and Pakistan talks end without deal
Pakistan urged India to stop lecturing it about combating terrorism and to start discussing substantive issues such as the fate of Kashmir as the first official talks between the neighbours since 2008 broke up without any firm agreement...
Maoist guerrillas offer India talks
India's Maoist guerrillas have offered to call a 72-day ceasefire and engage in talks with the government if New Delhi halts its armed offensive against them...
Lunch with the FT: Shah Rukh Khan
The king of Bollywood who smiles from billboards and cinema screens across India talks about his unusually sensitive new film 'My Name is Khan' and how he manages stardom...
India and Pakistan open talks despite misgivings
New Delhi is entering discussions in spite of grave fears that elements in the Pakistan government are intent on inflicting fresh terror attacks – and despair that it does not know whom to talk to in Islamabad...
India offers to protect China oil shipments
New Delhi offers Beijing the protection of the Indian navy to help it to secure shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean that are crucial for its energy needs...
Villagers trapped between rebels and police
Rural communities are caught between the Naxal guerrilla movement and government forces intent on quashing a rebellion is one of India's main security concerns...
AdSense for Feeds
Socializing your feed with Twitter
Sometimes you reach across the hedgerow to share with your nearby neighbors. Other times, members of the household move away and yet you can't keep from calling to remind them to wear a hat and such because it's chilly out. Today, we're celebrating acquaintances near-and-far by launching the ability...
"Afternoon, Frank." "Hey howdy, George."
It's about time these two neighbors got to talking to each other. Most Saturday afternoons you'd find them politely waving as they passed at each other by with their push mowers, tending to their neatly manicured tables, charts, and graphs. It just made sense that the grounds would look that...
AdSense policy clarification on using AdSense for feeds and AdSense for content
This is just a quick clarification on AdSense for feeds as it relates to the AdSense for Content specific policy of only allowing three ad units and three link units per page.Many publishers have asked the question "Since feed items often get displayed with many feed items on a single...
AdSense for feeds now available directly in Blogger
One of the things our publishers have always asked for are ways to make it even easer to configure their blogs to work with FeedBurner and AdSense for Feeds. We're happy to announce that Blogger users, with just a few clicks, are able to do both at...
A small yet noteworthy change to our item stats link serving
FeedBurner has been busy analyzing, publicizing, optimizing and monetizing your feeds since 2004, and in that time, we've seen our fair share of feed traffic. In fact, we see billions of hits from feed traffic per week, and we watch this data carefully for trends and opportunities to improve...
FeedBurner Terms of Service Update
As a natural conclusion to the process of migrating feedburner.com accounts to Google Accounts as previously described here, we have decided to sunset the legacy Feedburner Terms of Service. The Google Terms of Service will be the terms that apply to your use of Feedburner. These Google Terms...
Newsweek Top News
It’s China’s World We’re Just Living in It
The middle kingdom is rewriting the rules on trade, technology, currency, climate—you name it. ...
Behind the GOP 'Commitment to America'
Sixteen years after the Gingrich revolution, Rep. Kevin McCarthy is concocting his own multipoint plan to win over America and take back the House. ...
TV Review: 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
'Who Do You Think You Are?' NBC's new genealogy-themed reality show, dredges up details about celebrity's ancestors. How race casts a gruesome shadow on the results. ...
Tantawi May Have Been Moderate, But He Was Ignored
In death as in life, Westerners overestimate the influence and importance of Egyptian cleric Mohammad Sayyid Tantawi. ...
Conan O'Brien Tour 'Convenience Charge' Too High
An open letter to Conan O'Brien. ...
Five Ways Obama Can be More Like Reagan
President Obama has said he wants to emulate Reagan's political success. Here's how he can. ...
Ezra Klein
This article first appeared in the Washington Post's Sunday business section. Congress is ready for a nap. The financial crisis was a year-long emergency. Health-care reform has been a seemingly endless grind. No one quite knows what to do about jobs. Cap-and-trade seems doomed in the Senate, which means all the...
Today, I looked at the problems with the House demanding guarantees from the Senate, tried to figure out whether the public option is alive or dead, and interviewed Evan Bayh. Here's what I didn't get to: 1) Greg Koger looks at some options for reforming the filibuster. 2) Karen Tumulty thinks Barack Obama...
Hardball time on health-care reform
Looks like liberal interest groups have gotten very serious about passing this bill, and they're letting Democratic congressmen know. "Hardball time," Greg Sargent calls it: In what seems intended as a shot across the bow of House Dems wavering on health reform, top officials with the labor powerhouse SEIU have bluntly...
Sen. Evan Bayh: 'We've got good people trapped in a dysfunctional system'
Earlier this year, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) announced his retirement from the Senate. It was a bit of a shock: Bayh had been twice considered for vice president, was frequently mentioned as a presidential candidate and looked likely to win his reelection campaign. But within a couple of days, Bayh...
Are Democrats looking better for 2010?
I'm a bit annoyed that Josh Marshall wrote this post suggesting that Democrats are looking a bit better in advance of the 2012 election. Annoyed because I've been toying with becoming an optimist on the matter myself. Josh focuses on the poll data, but I'd tell the story a bit...
I'm continually annoyed by the punditocracy's tendency to judge the health-care bill in comparison to some ideal health-care bill (that doesn't have any votes in Congress) as opposed to the status quo. If health-care reform fails, the status quo is a certainty, while the perfect bill is but a dream....
FOXNews.com
Pelosi Expresses Confidence Health Bill Will Pass
Pelosi declined to say when House members would vote on a health care bill, or how many votes that she had secured. Although she added that lawmakers were "on the verge of making history."...
Dems, GOP Pressure Fence-Sitters Over Health Care Reform Bill
Political pressure is being applied from all angles in Washington, as Democratic leaders scramble to close the deal on health care reform, and Republicans are being tapped to argue against -- and even in favor of -- the legislation...
Democrats Dump Student Aid Overhaul Into Health Care Bill
If a yearlong struggle to pass sweeping health care reform that will affect every American wasn't enough for Democrats, they have now decided to add a sweeping overhaul of student aid to the bill....
Catholic Hospitals Rally Behind Obama's Health Care Bill
The chief executive of the Catholic Health Association, Carol Keehan, wrote on the group's Web site that although the legislation isn't perfect, it represents a "major first step" toward covering all Americans and would make "great improvements" for millions of people. ...
Utah GOP Leader Resigns After $150G Nude Hot-Tubbing Payoff
Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned this conservative state....
Senate Republicans Stall Obama 's Ambassador Pick Over Cuba Concerns
Mari Carmen Aponte, who was nominated by Obama in December for ambassador to El Salvador, withdrew her nomination to another diplomatic post in the Clinton era following questions about her past relationship with someone who had apparently caught the attention of the FBI....
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This Saturday my wife and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years already, time has flown by! As I thought about the last 10 years I thought about that saying you always hear after just getting married. You know the “oh...
Book Review: The Blind Watchmaker (video)
Just finished reading The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins. A Twitter follower asked me to check it out because it would challenge my faith in God. In the end though, it only strengthened my faith. I explain some of the reasons in the video below. Although I do not recommend...
We were told that we had to give GM billions of dollars to stop them from going bankrupt. If we didn’t give them this money hundreds of thousands of people would lose their jobs and businesses would be shut down. Car dealers would lose their lots. It would be catastrophic. So...
With today’s technology and software I am surprised at how many people I meet who do not use any software to organize their finances. They are still using the old pen and paper system. Or even worse an actual checkbook register. This may be fine for keeping up with your...
How To Keep Your Kids Safe on Halloween
Halloween is coming up pretty soon and I just wanted to write up a quick post, reminding parents to take steps to make sure the kids are safe. You can read my previous post on Halloween and whether or not Christians should celebrate it here. So aside from that what...
Newsweek Politics Headlines
Why Dems May Do Well in November Elections
Come November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least. ...
How Obama Is Succeeding in Pakistan
How the U.S. is gaining cooperation in Islamabad, making the country more stable while hitting the Taliban hard. ...
New Gay Activists Split With Old Guard on Tactics
Established gay-rights groups don't always agree with the methods and strategy of newer grassroots activists. ...
Can the Tea Party Have a Lasting Political Impact?
The tea partiers have shown they can have an impact if they work together. Will they? ...
Four Ways Obama Can Win Back Liberals
Instead of reaching out to Republicans in his State of the Union, President Obama needs to reassure his base. Here are four ways he can do that. ...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
The Gutter McCarthyism Of Liz Cheney, Ctd
Thiessen claims that the John Adams comparison is bogus because the Boston Massacre soldiers "were Adams’ fellow countrymen - not foreign enemies of the state at war with his country." Were Jose Padilla and John Walker Lindh not fellow-countrymen? Was... ...
John Adams And The "Gitmo Nine" Ctd
by Chris Bodenner Yet another prominent Republican calls out the Cheneys: Peter D. Keisler, who was assistant attorney general for the civil division in the Bush administration, said in an interview that it was “wrong” to attack lawyers who volunteered... ...
The 8.8 Earthquake In Chile, Ctd
by Patrick Appel Via Soup real-time video and images from Chile. Enduring America is live-blogging. ...
Prof. Bainbridge believes that politicians like Sarah Palin and Scott Brown are indicative of a larger social shift: I think it says something bad about our culture that people like the Hiltons and Kardashians can vault into celebrity status without... ...
I'm not sure the role the Dish may have played in this, but Palin has now taken on Rush Limbaugh: Palin believes Limbaugh’s repeated use of the word “retard” yesterday was “crude and demeaning,” her spokesperson emails... It hardly has... ...
WSJ.com: Capital Journal
The Price of Reaching Out Explains Why It’s Done So Little
The political price paid by lawmakers who try to reach out to the other side is a big reason so few in Washington try....
Obama’s Challenge: Managing the Friends He Has Disappointed
President Barack Obama’s success rests on his ability to manage the special interest groups, specifically labor unions, gays and African-Americans, that were building blocks of his 2008 campaign....
Morning Musings: The Sleeper Issues Are Education, Immigration
Education and immigration may be the sleeper issues to arise after the health debate....
How Tough is Obama in a Fight?
How tough is President Obama in a fight? We're finding out....
Morning Musing: Democrats Figure Job Figures Could Have Been Worse
New February jobless numbers aren't great, but Democrats are relieved they aren't worse....
What Would Zbig Do? On Iran, That Is. Answer: Think Long
Legendary strategic thinker Zbigniew Brzezinski advises playing the long game on Iran....
Booman Tribune
Eleanor Clift has five suggestions for how Barack Obama can emulate Ronald Reagan, avoid really big losses in the midterms, and set himself up for reelection. Number one on the list is getting his health care plan passed. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs predicted this morning that that project...
In George W. Bush's first year in office, prior to the terrorist attacks in September, he had most signaled his moderation through his commitment to a federal role in public education. Whatever its flaws, the No Child Left Behind legislation that he crafted with the help of Senator Edward...
Talking Sanity to the Sanity-Impaired
Mad props to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for trying to talk some sanity to his Republican brethren. If I were still a member of Congress, I would proudly vote for the bill that President Barack Obama is championing and I would urge my colleagues to do the...
I can't wait for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference next week. It's always such a joyous occasion. You get to practice pronouncing Ah-mad-i-ne-jad. You get to hear one politician after another genuflect to our bestest ally ever. Bibi Netanyahu shows up and graces...
Here's some video I shot today of the FinnMan showing his dissatisfaction with his circumstances. Loading it to YouTube pretty severely degraded the quality of the video. Maybe I'm just a novice. After I shut off the camera, he...
As if Texans weren't generally conservative enough, now they will be indoctrinated in the public schools. AUSTIN, Tex. After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics...
PunditMom
Some Reading for Your Weekend Pleasure!
Yes, things have been a little quiet here lately. I apologize for the lack of punditry! But as I’m cranking on Chapter 3 of Mothers of Intention and trying to keep the packing anxiety at bay for China, my…...
Courageous Parents, Confident Kids Could Be Yours for Free!
I’m counting the days until Courageous Parents, Confident Kids comes out in hard copy! I was excited to write a chapter about mothers online finding their political mojo, if you will, as part of this project launched by ...
Who Knew Financial Regulation Was So Simple?
Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell But I still miss the late Phil Hartman as Ronald Reagan. As for financial regulation? Do we really have to…...
Want to Go to the More Reinvention Convention in Washington, D.C.?
I know it’s short notice, but if you’re in the Washington, D.C. area and want to attend the More Magazine Reinvention Convention, I’ve got a free pass to give away! You heard me! I don’t do many giveaways here,…...
Nothing is Going to Change Until We’re in the Room
White guy, white guy, white guy, white guy, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, white guy, white guy, white guy who looks like he just ate a sour pickle. That’s my one line description of the health…...
Dear Publishers, Sorry About My ‘X’ Chromosomes
I’ve been wondering for a few months whether and when women’s voices will finally be taken seriously. Apparently, my two X chromosomes have been clouding my view of the writing world. So much of our writing gets labeled as “chick…...
NDN blogs
Wed, March 24: Tom Tauke on Governance and the Internet Ecosystem
As a part of our ongoing series of events on the power of connective technology and the role of the global network in our world, NDN and the New Policy Institute are proud to host Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Policy and Communications for Verizon. Tauke will...
London - Am over in London to check in on the latest in politics here, and give some talks on American politics. I will be offering up a few reports from here over the next few days, and will start with this one now: - Recent polls show the Tory leader...
White House Holds Immigration Meetings
Immigration took center stage today as President Obama met with Senators Schumer and Graham about their legislation, and with Comprehensive Immigration Reform Advocates. You can read about it here, here and here. Katie Connolly at Newsweek does a good job of summing up the political realities, especially as it relates to...
How and Why the Rising National Debt Matters (and Doesn't) for Progressives
Politicians always on the lookout for ways to stir up voters recently have lit upon the fast-growing size of America’s national debt, whether the context is health reform, unemployment benefits or the war in Afghanistan. Their concerns are usually just easy excuses for opposing basic health coverage for working people,...
March 18 - Senator Mark Warner to Address NDN on Economic Competitiveness and Innovation
On Thursday, March 18, Senator Mark Warner will join NDN to address America's economic competitiveness in a rapidly changing global economy. He will discuss the role of innovation in creating prosperity and offer his perspective on the Senate's work to craft a new economic strategy for America, which includes reforming the...
Conservatives Level the Playing Field in Political Technology
NDN and the affiliated New Politics Institute, have a long history of talking, thinking, and writing about the role of technology in politics. Indeed, that's how we got into this Global Mobile space way back in naught-six. And all the "New Tools" papers NDN & NPI published back in the...
mcclatchydc.com: Politics
Perry for president? Republican Texas governor says no
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry insists that his sole political ambition is to serve the people of Texas for another four years, but his triumph over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the March 2 Republican primary is propelling his name onto the list of potential Republican contenders in...
Anti-earmark forces have ally in Washington state lawmaker
WASHINGTON — As the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, Rep. Norm Dicks will write a $700 billion Pentagon funding bill that has traditionally been crammed with more earmarks than any of the other dozen annual spending measures....
Small firms would hire you, if only they could get loans
WASHINGTON — Capital is the oxygen that a small business needs to survive and thrive, yet across the country, the air's pretty thin, as business owners from coast to coast complain of huge hurdles to getting badly needed loans....
Small business chief pushes for more loans to little guy
WASHINGTON — Since taking the helm of the Small Business Administration last April, businesswoman Karen Mills has drawn praise for aggressive moves to try to boost lending to small firms amid a deep economic downturn....
Obama's health care legacy hangs on 216 House votes
WASHINGTON — The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as the lawmaker responsible for counting heads and ensuring passage of major legislation....
Rand Paul supporters target Kentucky Democrat Chandler
Ahead in recent polls, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul came to Lexington Friday to share the spotlight with five men who want to replace U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles....
Top of the Ticket
Sunday shows: Petraeus, Romney, Sebelius, Bayh
Also Sens. Mitch McConnell, Orrin Hatch, Lindsey Graham and Rep. Barney Frank....
Weekly remarks: Obama and ex-Democrat Dr. Parker Griffith debate healthcare
Alabama Republican argues it's a government takeover; Democrat warns of greedy insurance companies....
Terror trial decision and re-decision = political problems for Obama
The Obama administration finds itself in the uncomfortable position of considering whether to reverse its politically charged policy on where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks. Ever since the announcement that Mohammed would......
Most Americans think a mail-free Saturday sounds fine: Poll
Postmaster General wants to drop Saturday service to save money, but the union says no....
Will healthcare make Obama a one-term president?
Back in the bloom of 2009, when Democrats were still aglow with the joy of victory and their future looked bright, South Carolina's Jim DeMint urged his Republican colleagues to stand firm against healthcare overhaul. The healthcare push, said DeMint,......
Top 10 stupidest Tweets Obama's @WhiteHouse may archive forever
According to the White House and Robert Gibbs Twitter profiles, they will archive tweets directed at them in accordance with the Presidential Records Act....