"Barack...he's talking down to black people...telling n—s how to behave." Posted: 4 days ago by ImNotBlue
When it came out that Jesse Jackson had said he wanted to "cut his [Obama's] nuts out," that was only part of the story. The rest was withheld... until today, when it was leaked to TVNewser.
Update to this story:
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Covering the Death of Tony Snow Posted: 6 days ago by ImNotBlue
"Goebbels With Better Hair"
An L.A. Times editor approved hateful comments on Snow’s obituary. CNN’s iReport quickly filled with bile. However, the left-wing “alternate media” (so named for the universe they inhabit) produced the most searing and deliberately offensive coverage.
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2008 Presidential Election "Flip-flop Guide" Posted: 2 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
In order to pass their political driving test, successful politicians need to be masters of one tricky manoeuvre in particular - the U-turn. (BBC)
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Limbaugh Sign's "Mega Deal": On Radio Until 2016, for $400 Million Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"Drudge writes of the reported $400 million deal, which would pay him an estimated $38 million a year, "Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer — combined!" "
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Sara Bareilles - Many The Miles Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Sara Bareilles sings the song "Love Song," which is good... but I like this song even more, and this (almost) acoustic version is terrific.
Personally, I hope she's the beginning of a larger trend of talented, singer/songwriters, who aren't all kinds of strung-out and bizarre. She's the anti-Winehouse... and that's a good thing.
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Knight Rider GPS With KITT's Voice! Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"I already have a GPS unit but I'll be dammed if I'm not throwing it out because the guys at Mio have come up with a Knight Rider branded GPS unit with voice prompts by the one and only... KITT William Daniels."
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Glenn Greenwald Versus Keith Olbermann and Barack Obama Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"...But that was five whole months ago, when George Bush was urging enactment of a law with retroactive immunity and a lessening of FISA protections. Now that Barack Obama supports a law that does the same thing -- and now that Obama justifies that support by claiming that this bill is necessary to keep us Safe from the Terrorists -- everything has changed."
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James Fagan Rants About "Jessica's Law" Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Democratic Representative James Fagan... railing against Jessica's Law...
"I'm going to make sure that the rest of their [a rape victim] life is ruined. That when they're 8 years old they throw up; when they're 12 years old, they won't sleep. When they're 19 years old they'll have nightmares and they'll never have a relationship with anybody."
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Entwistle Receives Life Sentence For Murders Posted: 3 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Neil Entwistle sat stone-faced and impassive this morning as he was given the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife and infant daughter in their Hopkinton home.
(This was the guy, a few months ago, who hopped a flight back to London, after 'discovering' his wife and child were murdered...)
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US Supreme Court REJECTS Death Penalty For Raping Children Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his majority opinion.
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Conservatives Outraged That NYTimes Published CIA Operative Name Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"Too bad, because an otherwise fascinating story about the scramble to build a counterterror apparatus after 9/11, the merits of coercive vs. non-coercive interrogation, and the stings that nailed Abu Zubaydah and KSM is going to be submerged in a debate over their decision to publish the lead interrogator’s name against his wishes and those of CIA chief Michael Hayden."
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Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"According to data... coverage of Iraq has been “massively scaled back this year.” Almost halfway into 2008, the 3 newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage, compared with 1,157 minutes for all of 2007."
So is this (a) bias, (b) evidence the public has lost interest, (c) sign things are going better over there, (d) all of the above, (e) none of the above?
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CBS News Publishes "Crackpot Global Warming" / Earthquake Story Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"Yesterday I posted a story from CBS News: Quake n’ Bake: Global Warming Causes More Energetic Earthquakes?
"This drew a lot of attention because of the total lack of verifiable science associated with it. I posted some graphs of USGS data showing that the opposite was true, that recent earthquake energy was actually less that in the early 1900’s..."
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Sportscaster Charlie Jones, 77, dies of heart attack Posted: 1 month ago by ImNotBlue
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer dated to the beginning of the American Football League in 1960, has died. He was 77.
I believe that makes three... all TV people.
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Is There Room For Humor In Today’s Political Reporting? Posted: 1 month ago by ImNotBlue
Oh, man. One little joke about Barack Obama and that Middle Eastern fellow with the rhyming name, and her inbox is piled high with squawky offended e-mail. It’s enough to make Jeanne Moos (CNN) wish she were back interviewing three-legged pantyhose or even two-headed turtles.
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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Back In Rehab? Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
STEVEN TYLER checked himself into a rehab facility earlier this month after a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy (to correct long-time foot injuries resulting from his trademark athletic performance onstage).
So he's in rehab, for physical therapy? Does that seem strange to anyone else? Eh, I love Aero enough to pretend like that makes sense.
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Political Trouble On The Horizon? Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
"Democratic strategist Bob Beckel appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and dropped a bombshell. Beckel says he believes a “shoe will drop” as early as tomorrow, and that it involves Michelle Obama."
Some have speculated that this might be a reason for Clinton to stay a little longer...
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Polinko! Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
Aim and click to release the ball. Clear all the red pegs.
Simple, but fun game... to help waste your time.
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Obama Resigns From Church Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
Barack Obama is resigning a 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Breaking News...
Good idea... or bad idea? What say you?
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Another Pastor Complicates Obama’s Campaign Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
Sen. Barack Obama sought Thursday night to extinguish a burgeoning controversy over another Chicago minister who supports him, denouncing the comments of a Catholic priest who said “a whole lot of white people [are] crying” because a black man was within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination.
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McCain vs. Obama: Rasmuessen's Most Recent Report Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security.
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Obama Supporter Accuses Jews of 'McCarthyism' Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
A foreign policy expert consulted by presidential hopeful Barack Obama has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of "McCarthyism" in its attitude towards critics of Israel.
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Court Finds Dell Guilty of Fraud Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
"Dell was found guilty on Tuesday of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection practices in a case brought by the New York attorney general."
I hate Dell... and this story made me so happy, I pee-d a little
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Obama's Uncle and the Liberation of Auschwitz Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
Obama said: "I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps,"
Problem: (1) Obama has no uncle, (2) The Russians liberated Auschwitz, not the Americans.
Result: Shouting bloggers.
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Women Threaten Obama Boycott Posted: 2 months ago by ImNotBlue
...A group calling itself "Clinton Supporters Count Too" ...stands ready to boycott the Democratic Party if Clinton doesn't win the nomination, and will work against superdelegates who support Obama over Clinton as a means of registering their displeasure with the party.
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