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Submitted by RKing on Thu, 11/16/2006 - 7:02pm

"No one - not the cable news nets, not Karl Rove, and certainly not Bush himself seem to be able to internalize the notion that people basically can't stand the president." -- Atrios,

New Rule: There's just something about a crew cut that says, "You can trust me." This is Montana's new senator, John Tester. I don't know much about him. And I don't need to. His hair says it all. "I'm friendly, I'm dependable, I'm literally level-headed." If hair could smile, it would look like this. And most importantly, it's hair that says, "You will never ever, ever, ever find me snorting meth with a gay hooker." ---Bill Maher

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Keith Olbermann MSNBC - Again, The "Liberal" Media and Faux News

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Thu, 11/16/2006 - 12:13pm

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Submitted by RKing on Wed, 11/15/2006 - 3:13pm

Perhaps this is something of an existential question. But do we really have to pretend that Rudy Giuliani has more than a snowball's chance in hell of getting the Republican presidential nomination? Or can we all just stipulate that a multiple adulterer, who supports gay civil rights and choice, has deep and on-going ties to mobbed-up and now-disgraced Police boss Bernie Kerik, has a largely unscrutinized (outside of New York) resume, and had the bright idea of locating the NYC disaster center in the already-once-bombed World Trade Center probably will have some rough sledding in Republican primaries?

What liberal media? If you haven't already, go take a look at the internal Fox News memo obtained by the Huffington Post. It's a doozy.

It looks like Bush personally authorized the CIA's creation of "black" sites and its use of harsh torture methods. C.I.A. Tells of Bush's Directive on the Handling of Detainees "The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by President Bush, that have guided the agency’s interrogation and detention of terror suspects. The C.I.A. referred to the documents in a letter sent Friday from the agency’s associate general counsel, John L. McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.... The second document, according to the group, is a Justice Department legal analysis 'specifying interrogation methods that the C.I.A. may use against top Al Qaeda members.'” (NY Times)

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Submitted by RKing on Tue, 11/14/2006 - 11:02am

"One problem with Congress is that 90 percent of it is ceremonial and so little has to do with elucidation. The Honorable meets with representatives of the American Beer Can Association, the Swizzle Stick Foundation, the League of Tutu Manufacturers, and poses for photos and listens to their pitches, and then goes to the floor and proclaims Eugene P. Fenstermaker Day, and then to a subcommittee hearing to read a two-page statement praising the arts as a triumphant manifestation of the human spirit, and then back to the office to welcome 10 fat men in beanies and the 4-Hers from Hooperville, then off to the banquet of the American Ferret Federation, and seldom during the day is the Honorable ever challenged or questioned or asked to listen to anything that wasn't vetted and paid for. The Great Personage is either regarded with servile deference or heartily abused by bloggers. This is not a good life for an inquiring mind....You meet congressmen in private and they're perfectly thoughtful and well-spoken people, nothing like the raging idiots they impersonate in campaign ads, and you think, maybe Congress needs more privacy. Send them off on unchaperoned trips to see the world firsthand. More closed-door caucuses where they can say what they think without worrying that one stray phrase may kill them." -- Garrison Keillor

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Submitted by RKing on Mon, 11/13/2006 - 1:52pm

Well said. Conservative direct mail guru Richard Viguerie, on Tom Delay: "When Tom and his bunch first ran, they campaigned against the cesspool in Washington. After a while they looked around and said, 'Hey, this isn't a cesspool, it's a hot tub.' "

Your Liberal Media It's OK if the president lies to us! How things change.

Acid seas Stefan Rahmstorf of Realclimate has issued a marine alarm (Hat tip Brevard Democrats):

Yahoo News -- The world's oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses a threat to sea life and Earth's fragile food chain, a climate expert said Thursday. Oceans have already absorbed a third of the world's emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming, leading to acidification that prevents vital sea life from forming properly.

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Submitted by RKing on Mon, 11/13/2006 - 8:48am

My usual disclaimer: I make no claim to original reporting here. I simply cut and paste items of progressive interest, with a drop of venomous sarcasm added from time to time.

Watch a tribute to our veterans here

One of my dreams crushed (at least for now) Russ Feingold decides NOT to seek presidency in 2008. More here.

Oversight. Remember that? The New York Times has a Sunday piece ostensibly about Democratic plans to restore the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, but the piece serves as a good overall roadmap for Democratic oversight priorities.

Say goodnight, Gracie. Was anyone besides me delighted to note that the last two Republican senators to concede were Burns and Allen?

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Submitted by RKing on Sun, 11/12/2006 - 4:11pm

"And don't think you're off the hook, voters, you're the ones who made this bed.
Now you're the ones who are going to have to move over so a gay couple can sleep in it.
Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution
gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem-cell research lab run by
homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags.
Where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your hard-earned money and use it to buy
electric cars for National Public Radio, and teach evolution to illegal immigrants.
Oh, and everybody's high! You know what, I've had it! You people don't deserve
a Republican majority. I quit." -- Stephen Colbert

Dear Everyone Who Thinks They Singled-Handedly Won the Last Election,

The DNC and Howard Dean couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The DCCC and Rahm Emanuel couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The DSCC and Chuck Schumer couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The netroots and grassroots couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The 527s and unions and allied organizations couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The big dollar donors couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

They were all part of a glorious puzzle. And working together, even if not always harmoniously, led to great, great things.

Hugs and kisses.

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Russ Not Running

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Sun, 11/12/2006 - 10:36am

I woke up this morning to (as did I'm sure the rest of you) find an email in my inbox from Russ Feingold saying that he is not going to run. Although many of us would have enjoyed seeing Russ run for president, I think this is the right decision. With the shift in power in Washington, he'll be in a much more powerful position as a senator, and from his email it's clear that he's thought of this. His thoughtful and serious approach to the issues has always been appreciated by the progressive parts of the party, and will continue to be appreciated now that he'll have a little more clout.

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This is an Improvement?

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 4:57pm

Now that Rumsfeld is out, Mother Jones takes a look at his possible successor . Many of us have been asking if these "new eyes" looking at Iraq would see anything substantially different than what Rumsfeld say. From the sound of this article, not a lot is likely to change.

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Filtered News 11/10

Submitted by RKing on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 12:10pm

Tomorrow is Veterans' Day. And while we could go on and on about how our armed forces have been kicking ass for over 226 years (in yer face, Cornwallis!), we'll leave it at a simple..."Thank You."

Republicans Blame Losses on Democrats Onion:

WASHINGTON, DC—Republican officials are blaming tonight's GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of "aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns" over the past six-to-18 months. "We have evidence of a well-organized, well-funded series of operations designed specifically to undermine our message, depict our past performance in a negative light, and drive Republicans out of office," said Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, who accused an organization called the Democratic National Committee of spearheading the nationwide effort. "There are reports of television spots, print ads, even volunteers going door-to-door encouraging citizens to vote against us." Acknowledging that the "damage has already been done," Mehlman is seeking a promise from Democrats to never again engage in similar practices.

This is barely satire. I've seen wingnuts say stuff like this.

"Rummy can quit in the middle of a war with no repercussions, but the men and women
who are actually out there getting shot at can't. If they did, they'd be sent to a
military prison. I hope he never has a good night of sleep for the rest of his life."
-- Steve, as seen on foxnews.com

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From The Dunn County Democrats Party

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 10:51pm

Here I am at the Dunn County Democrats party, live from the Stout Ale House. And appropriately enough, I am drinking a Guinness as I write this.

Mixed emotions - so far things are going pretty well nationally for the Democrats, but things are not looking as good as I'd hoped in some of the local races. It's not looking at all good for the Marriage Amendment. Those of you who've been following this on this site know how I feel about that. I was hoping that things would go well, but many of the news organizations have already called it as a Yes vote.

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Calm Before The Storm

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 6:19pm

I just got back from making phone calls and standing on campus at UW-Stout (Menomonie) accosting students and trying to get them to vote. The latter was an interesting experience. Some of the students really knew what they were talking about. Some of them didn't. A LOT of them didn't realize they could actually vote in Menomonie, and some of them were very confused about how voting works.

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Hacking Democracy

The Recent HBO Documentary Hacking Democracy is now available online. Thanks to Google Video for hosting this. Let us know if there are any problems with this video - it's our first Google video that we've tried to put up here. This is a great thing to watch on election day - PLEASE go and vote first before you watch it, or you might be too discouraged. This should be more of a reminder to you that it is important that you go to vote, and make the vote as lopsided as possible, to try to counteract all of the attempts at vote fraud. This is only one of the means.

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HOW THEY STOLE THE MID-TERM ELECTION

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Mon, 11/06/2006 - 1:42pm

Greg Palast has been talking about this, and writing about this for years now. It's about bloody time someone noticed:

HOW THEY STOLE THE MID-TERM ELECTION -

by Greg Palast

for The Guardian (UK), Comment
Monday November 6, 2006

Here’s how the 2006 mid-term election was stolen.

Note the past tense. And I’m not kidding.

And shoot me for saying this, but it won’t be stolen by jerking with the touch-screen machines (though they’ll do their nasty part). While progressives panic over the viral spread of suspect computer black boxes, the Karl Rove-bots have been tunneling into the vote vaults through entirely different means.

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Filtered news 11/6

Submitted by RKing on Mon, 11/06/2006 - 10:39am

Theme song for next 48 hours (thanks to the Beatles)

Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.

If something doesn't smell right as you vote The nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition has launched its national 1-866-OUR VOTE voter assistance hotline and the poll location web site www.MyPollingPlace.com. 1-866-OUR-VOTE is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters. Share this information as widely as you can!

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