Now Scarborough is also starting a ridiculously named political organization “No Labels”. …MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and his deeply boring centrist friends—New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Sen.Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Sen. Joe Lieberman, (I-Conn.), former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn), … —are launching a “new national group dedicated to restoring civility in politics.” Swoon!...
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Read more →Andrew Sullivan gives props to Obama and friends for plotting a path to ending the DADT policy for the American military: Like 2009′s removal of the HIV ban, which was as painstakingly slow but thereby much more entrenched, this process took time. Without the Pentagon study, it wouldn’t have passed. Without Obama keeping Lieberman...
Read more →Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels will be in the same rotation in 2011 and possibly beyond. via The Zo Zone: Yes, Cliff Lee Is Rejoining the Phillies. All Phillies fans should give their Christmas gifts to charity. UPDATE For all the flack Philadelphia fans get, it’s ironic that idiot fans...
Read more →Eagles football. Sunday night. NFL Week 14 brings the first rematch since the Cowboys finished their hat trick 2010-09 season sweep of the Eagles. (video below courtesy CBSSports.com) The Cowboys hammered the Eagles to death last year. 3 times last season. To add insult to injury, the last two losses ended the regular season and the...
Read more →One thing everyone should know: Snoop Dogg can smoke, drink and pimp anywhere. He will just become more beloved American icon. Everyone’s favorite gangsta rapper has a few Christmas albums under his belt and judging by the sweater in the picture below, they won’t be his last. Don’t be surprised if your doorbell rings...
Read more →Lawrence O’Donnell hosted Jane Hamsher, Ezra Klein, Rodger Hodge and Alan Green to discuss Obama’s tax deal, the video is below: As you can see from the video the “professional left” wanted Obama to play chicken with the GOP and let the tax cuts all expire as Boehner becomes Speaker of the house. If...
Read more →(video of Barack Obama’s 12/7 presser on tax cut compromise) This is what this guy likes to do. It’s what he is. It’s how he has been and how he will always be. Sullivan has always been right on this: pragmatist. David Kurtz nails Obama’s message: Today, he very clearly and loudly said: that savior...
Read more →I understand why the fans in Cleveland are upset with LeBron, to a point. The way LeBron James announced he was leaving Cleveland was obnoxious, even if it did generate tons of money for charity. It wasn’t unexpected though, The Akron back to back MVP celebration LeBron hosted was equally ridiculous in my opinion,(...
Read more →Quite often, a stark reality of being poor is that even if you wanted to do the right thing by your children, it’s damn near impossible to do. When The First Lady is being criticized for “anti-obesity” program, many in the media forget that it’s a political catch all that’s really a reductive way of knocking...
Read more →I know this is late, but I am not the biggest fan of Russ Feingold the legislator. He is a Democrat who often chose being correct on the Senate floor over applying the correct leverage in the Senate back rooms. More recently, he’s done plenty of things that should have earned him more scorn from progressive activists....
Read more →(video below: President Obama thanks Veterans in Seoul, South Korea) Thank you to veterans and their families on this Veterans Day.
Read more →I have been light on sports lately, but I had to comment on the Brad Childress vs. Moss/Harvin/Vikings Locker room story. Childress’ propensity for poor leadership was evident 3 years ago when he decided to fine WR Troy Williamson for missing a game to attend his grandmother’s funeral (which he paid for and organized)....
Read more →Edward Felton is in as the FTC’s first Chief Technologist and it seems like a damn good choice. In the last decade alone, Felten and his students and Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy (where Ars alumnus Tim Lee currently hangs his hat) have broken the music industry’s SDMI encryption scheme, filed a lawsuit...
Read more →Here in PA, Joe Sestak and Dan Onorato. I’ll be out west in a few weeks. If you live out there, please let it still be Sen. Murray, Sen Boxer and Sen Reid when I visit.
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