Craig Ferguson riffs on Sanford’s affair
1 comment June 27th, 2009
This stuff is a little off-color but very funny:
Archive for June, 2009
Limbaugh blames Obama for Sanford’s affair
7 comments June 27th, 2009
Cenk Uygur has the story here:
I don’t often agree with John Roberts, but I think he was right about this
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Here’s an INTERESTING STORY about an occasion, 25 years ago, on which future Chief Justice John Roberts succeeded in limiting Ronald Reagan’s public homage to Michael Jackson.
President Obama’s weekly YouTube address
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U.S. geezers mentally sharper than British counterparts
Add comment June 26th, 2009
 
 As a card-carrying American senior citizen, I couldn’t be prouder about THIS.
 Now, excuse me while I go tell the neighborhood kids to get the hell out of my yard. And then I’m going to shout at clouds.
Examining the GOP’s next-in-line myth
5 comments June 26th, 2009
 
 Here’s an EXCELLENT EXAMPLE of why FiveThirtyEight.com is one of the best political sites around.
 The folks over there generally eschew snarky rhetoric in favor of admittedly arcane analysis, which is mother’s milk to political junkies like me.
FBI files: Saddam considered asking Dubya to protect him from Iran
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Previously secret FBI files SHOW that Saddam Hussein feared Iran’s arsenal more than a U.S. attack and even considered asking then-President George W. Bush “to protect” Iraq from its neighbor.
Internet news sites strained by heavy traffic amid buzz over Jackson, Fawcett, Sanford
4 comments June 26th, 2009
From early morn to late night, Thursday was a big news day — and some Web sites clearly FELT THE STRAIN of unusually heavy traffic.
Comparing Obama to previous presidents after five months in office
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Ordinarily, I don’t much agree with the political slants of Mort Kondracke (who doesn’t do himself any good, it seems to me, by hanging around so much with the annoying Fred Barnes), but THIS ANALYSIS of President Obama’s current situation is a cut above Mort’s usual work.
For your voyeuristic reading pleasure, here are the Sanford-Maria e-mails
3 comments June 25th, 2009
 
In retrospect, Mark Sanford’s political goose was cooked the minute THIS STUFF was leaked to the media late last year. It was just a matter of time before the infidelity would hit the fan.
