Morning Roundup: Around the Web with a Lame Duck
Chatter in the back alleys of DC suggests what the Washington Post cautiously reflects in today's edition: A deal has been struck. Lieberman to keep his posts. In other news, life is occasionally unjust.
The Guardian reports that Hillary Clinton will accept Obama's job offer and become our nations next Secretary of State.
Jonathan Singer from MyDD wants you to bear in mind, Bush is handing Obama a recession economy.
In related news, Rep. Nydia Valasquez will take over as Senator of New York.
Crooks and Liars covers Ron Paul's latest Obama hate-fest.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that farmland prices are doing just fine. Everything else--not doing fine.
Yahoo's Jerry Yang will step down from his job, pose for wistful portraits.
It's going to be a lot easier getting into medical school in years hence, thanks to our lawmakers being in bed with the insurance companies since before the Twinky. CNN on the looming doctor shortage.
News flash: Web sites drive news coverage! In other news, breaking up is hard to do.
Jack Sparrow's taking "crude" to new levels. More pirate action off Somalia. This time they got an oil tanker!
Citigroup to cut 52,000 more jobs.
Washington Times is afraid of Hillary Clinton. Very afraid. Barack Obama? Not so much.
Convicted rich guy Mark Cuban was teased by SEC dude for his role in the anti-Bush film "Loose Change."
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- November 18, 2008
You stir up shit and shit and stick is all you get.
I was trying to figure out why I had only heard about that one incident with the guy in West Hollywood hanging the dummy of Sarah Palin and not about incidents involving Barrack Obama. Then in yesterday's Chicago Redeye, I realized the truth.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes reported that only since the election, there have been hundreds of “incidents”. Many more than usual.
Examples:
North Carolina State University students decorated a tunnel with such slogans as “Let’s shoot that (n-word) in the head”.
And
Maine, a sign outside the Oak Hill General Store read: “Osama Obama Shotgun pool”. Customer bet $1 on a date when Obama would be killed. At the bottom of the marker, it said, “Let’s hope someone wins”.
And
Children being taught to sing “Assassinate Obama”.
And
On and on….
I lay this at the feet of Sarah Palin and John McCain and the Republican Party. This political party has devolved into the dirtiest of political parties attracting the worst scum the US has to offer.
I can only hope Obama has the sense to stay behind the Secret Service and not try to go out and “shake hands with the people”. He needs to be protected from what Sarah Palin and John McCain stirred up.
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By deanrddNovember 18, 2008 - 9:06amIt's academic at this point, but it's an interesting question:
Would there have been the same outbreak of rampant racism had Colin Powell been the one elected?
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manNovember 18, 2008 - 9:13amObama is unlikely to go after Bush's torturers
Yes Bush will probably pardon them anyway. But even if he doesn't Obama's advisors say he won't likely prosecute.
I'm waiting and watching to see what sorts of investigations he does have. But it looks like my decision for 2012 is becoming clear.
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By f u bush2November 18, 2008 - 9:36amLets see.
1. Gitmo to remain open.
2. Continuation of the missle defense shield
3. No immediate pullout of Iraq.
4.No prosecution of interrogators
5.Continuation of imprisonment of terrorists without trial
Sounds like Obama has learned somethings about the real world since the election.
Doesn't sound like the same person you people elected.
Let the Obama bashing begin.
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By momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 10:02amBy momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 10:02am
Obama never said there would be an immediate pull out from Iraq. But we will leave Iraq faster than under the republicans. There will be no war with Iraq now under Obama. And Gitmo will be closing.
You do not pay attention to the news.
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By f u bush2November 18, 2008 - 10:23amLeave Momo alone. I mean it.
Momo can't hear you because his eyes and ears are surrounded by his colon.
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By deanrddNovember 18, 2008 - 1:04pmWe haven't been at war with Iraq for years.
And until Obama figures out what to do with the detainees, gitmo will remain open. Haven't you been keeping up with the news?
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By momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 8:57pmOooh! You said a bad thing!
Just wait until I tell Uncle Karl that you stepped away from the Official Party Line of calling it "the Iraq war"! You'll lose your executive washroom key!
Dayum. You ARE one stupid momofuku, aren't you? (But alas, I repeat myself...)
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manNovember 18, 2008 - 9:14pmI was going to answer but I
I was going to answer but I remembered that discussing anything with a wall is pointless
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By MichtouNovember 18, 2008 - 8:20pmSee, michtou, there you go again.
Projecting. I just don't believe as you do, and you have never posted a convincing argument as to why I should not believe as I do. Most, if not all of your arguments are easily refuted.
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By momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 9:01pmWTF are you on about now?
If you talk like that Dec. 5 AT BARNES AND NOBLE, CORNER OF EL CAMINO REAL AND THE 78, it's going to be hella boring. You'll have to entertain me better than that.
And as for the "man" who gave us Guantanamo...
Quack!
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury
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By LiberalIconoclastNovember 18, 2008 - 9:39pmHe can't even think of
He can't even think of original comebacks. He must keep an archive of everything we've told him and he recycles them.
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By MichtouNovember 18, 2008 - 10:09pmThis is the only thing I could think of.
http://search.live.com/video/results.aspx?q=d+cosmic&docid=107405770804&...
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By MadgardnerNovember 18, 2008 - 10:29amHow Obama got elected: Must
How Obama got elected:
Must see video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8
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By DustNovember 18, 2008 - 10:57amSuch free thought and creativity!
Nice repetition of the same old bullshit, Sissy Boy.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury
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By LiberalIconoclastNovember 18, 2008 - 12:03pmMeaningless anecdotal drivel.
... and Zogby knew it when he took Zeigler's money!
It is painfully obvious that the same results OR PROBABLY WORSE could be obtained from random McCain supporters.
It's no secret, Dustbin... PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS!
How the hell do you think you assholes held power for so long??
The American people had to be fucked up the ass for damn near thirty years UNTIL THE GLANS PENIS WAS PRACTICALLY TICKLING THEIR TONSILS before they finally wised up.
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But you fuckers are done for good...
Between the changing demographics and the information age, you better get used to POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
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By A GNovember 18, 2008 - 2:55pmThings that make you go hmmmm.
Al Qaeda endorsed John McCain. It seem they are having a difficult time gathering recruits against a world leader named Barrack Hussein Osama. Now, they are sending out a flurry of press releases saying, get this, Osama is untrustworthy, unknown, naive…
If I didn’t know better, I would swear al Qaeda and the Republicans hired the same speechwriter. They sound exactly the same.
By the way, both Fundagelicals and al Qaeda believe that evolution is a lie and we should teach “magical creation” as “reality”.
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By deanrddNovember 19, 2008 - 1:26pm