Janet Napolitano’s unlikely political journey (1)
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America's Shameful Thanksgiving Secret Revealed (1)
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Notice anything interesting about all the turkeys being pardoned in these pictures? That's right! None of these turkeys are from the inner-city. Last year, Michael Kraskin pointed out here on this blog that in Bush's first seven years in office, not once did he pardon a non-caucasian turkey for Thanksgiving. But, now, at Political Machine, he's showing us that the problem is much more systemic. It appears that no president since Harry Truman has pardoned ...
Let’s play the blame game (1)
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It’s fascinating how the gathering slump has changed topics of general conversation. Nowadays you can catch shoppers in supermarkets discussing the price of Hungarian credit default swaps over the celeriac counter. Each generation has its version of the Schleswig-Holstein question. Ours is probably the state of the Baltic Dry Index. As the Iraq war did more to disseminate geographical knowledge of the Middle East than the entire schools system, we are all passable economists these ...
Thank you, Bush? (1)
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Jonathan Chait argues that Clinton made a political mistake by running up a budget surplus in his second term--because "all you ended up doing was just giving more money for George Bush to devote to tax cuts for the rich." I've never understood this argument. It would have been better if the money had been pissed away on veteran's programs, civil service salary hikes, agriculture subsidies and money for the failing education bureaucracy? In Democrats ...
The mystery of the Blue Goose (1)
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What with all the Presidential transition stuff going on, it renewed my interest in the Presidential lectern. It’s got a very distinctive shape and has become a minor icon in itself, a physical symbol of American power that is consistently used at press conferences, and at speeches around the US and throughout the world. I have been wondering who designed it, but so far have not been able to find anything about that. It's another ...
Yahoo! Glue beta (2)
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A principios de mayo de 2008, Yahoo! India lanzó un experimento llamado Yahoo! Glue Pages. Ahora, ese experimento se ha convertido en un nuevo buscador oficial dentro del propio Yahoo!. Para acceder sólo hay que entrar a Yahoo! Glue sonde con una búsqueda podrás acceder a todo tipo de información más o menos organizada. Aunque la intención de Yahoo! no es la de sustituir la página principal ni las búsquedas, si que puede ser un ...
Hillary Will Be President Obama's Secretary Of State (1)
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Ben Smith points out that the statement from Hillary's spokesperson, which says today's reports are "premature," is nonetheless basically confirmation that she and Obama will reach a deal and she'll be his Secretary of State. In truth, it's hard to read it any other way. Here's the statement from Hillary spokesperson Philippe Reines again: "We're still in discussions, which are very much on track. Any reports beyond that are premature." To my knowledge this is ...
It’s Unofficially Official: Hillary Clinton Is Secretary of State (1)
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Oh hey Friday slow news day, etc.! The various news outlets keep insisting that Hillary Clinton has quietly (as quietly as she can do anything) taken up Barack Obama on his offer to be Secretary of Diplomatic Teas and Bombing Things, so we pass that information along to you, the reader. Did you know that Bill Clinton turned over the names of over two-hundred-thousand donors to his foundation and memorial dildo farm in Little Rock, ...
Vancouver financier maintains no business link with Bill Clinton (1)
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Vancouver-based mining investor Frank Giustra has written to me to clarify his relationship with former U.S. resident Bill Clinton as it relates to the possible appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. He is obviously concerned that what he says is misleading innuendo about his connection with Bill Clinton could stop president-elect Barack Obama from appointing Hillary to this important international post. I obtained Frank's permission to publish his note to me, plus an ...
DC Press Corps Thrilled For Opportunity to Still Hate Clintons [The Clintons] (1)
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Unreconstructed Liberals have their own reasons for disliking the Clintons, and movement conservatives obviously have even more, but what the hell explains the pathological antipathy the Washington Press Corps still feels for President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton? The roots of it go back 16 years or so, but what's amazing is to see it still in such pristine condition, as if we haven't had eight terrible years to get over it. Now, as the ...
Money, Guns and Sex (3)
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Margaret read a comment about something happening in Nebraska with parents dropping off their kids at hospitals based on some new safe haven law. We were going to write something about it, but all I could come up with is how do I get Harold to Nebraska. Margaret, however, had a great idea. Can we extend that law to include dropping off politicians? In truth we hear that the law will be changed to specify ...
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Annette Shacklett said:
These gals amuse the heck out of me. Reminds me of something Bette Davis said, "If you want something done right, hire a couple old broads." ;)
Going into Garage-mode (4)
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Lidija Davis on ReadWriteWeb summarizes current VC advice for startups and entrepreneurs: Go back to the garage. That's the message venture capitalists at the Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase in Redwood City CA today, are offering to entrepreneurs and startups. In the midst of one of the worst economic crises the world has seen, investors are in the main optimistic, and agree that to weather this storm and come out on top, today's entrepreneur's need ...
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Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned nine days ago to President-elect Barack Obama's Chicago transition office, Mullen showed up with...Shared by Steve (2)Contribute commentNewsweek Politics Headlines (0) permalink
Bush made personal allegiance a threshold test. The result was a surfeit of reliable hacks and outright incompetents.Shared by Shawn (0)Contribute commentMuckety.com - Exploring the paths of power and influence (0) permalink
The second-term Arizona governor said to be the top choice for Homeland Security secretary first came to Washington 17 years ago to represent Anita Hill.Shared by Sean McBride (8)Contribute commentFresh Loaf (0) permalink
As more importance — and money — rides on Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff race, the former president makes a visit to stump for Democratic challenger.Shared by Brian Antonelli (0)Contribute comment
