AP: Obama Fundraiser Defects to Clinton – Bob Farmer, who had served on Obama’s national finance committee, is now going “to help rival Hillary Rodham Clinton win the party’s presidential nomination”.
WaPo: FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA – Inspired, no doubt, by the success of a certain [...]
WaPo: Taking a Whack Against Comcast – The inspiring tale of “75-year-old Mona “The Hammer” Shaw, who took the aforementioned implement to her local Comcast office in Manassas to settle a score, and boy, did she!” Guaranteed to warm the cockles of your heart. Coming soon as a Bob Dylan song.
Liberally Mirth: [...]
WaPo: Buyout Firms to Avoid a Tax Hike – Hedge fund managers, for no earthly reason, get to pay income tax at the capital gains tax rate (15% instead of 35%). This is a $6 billion tax break to very rich people. Dems just decided not to fight to repeal it. Viva [...]
Time: Selective Justice in Alabama? – Just what the Republicans have been praying for. Another scandal involving selective prosecution of Democrats by U.S. Attorneys in the time of Gonzalez. And one that embroils a Republican senator up for reelection next year.
WCSH (Portland): National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment [...]
New York Times: First Father: Tough Times on Sidelines – cry me a river, 41
Chicago Tribune: Police accused of damaging Tribune photographer’s cameras – Chicago’s finest
Rick Perlstein: E. coli conservatism killing six more? – click here to read about one of the most disgusting human beings ever
The Mess That Greenspan Made: Some advice for Ben [...]
Political Wire: Legislator Claims He Was Scared Into Offering Sex – your modern republican party
SpaceRef: NASA JSC Solicitation: Digital Cameras – NASA shoots Nikon
The Big Picture: Giuliani’s Daughter for Obama . . . – campaigns have sunk for much less than this
Esquire: The Beauty Contest – Charles Pierce on John Edwards. ’nuff said.
AP: [...]
Altercation: Slacker Friday – Charles Pierce: “Is it possible that the hyperbolic coverage of every tiny twist and every miniscule turn among the various Democratic presidential candidates, even though the Republican field is equally vast, equally sprawling, and far more entertaining is a tacit acknowledgement by our brethren that the GOP cause is pretty [...]
William Arkin: Clinton 1, Obama 0 – all the serious people think hillary was right. sarabeth is clearly more serious than matt is.
Golden Fiddle: Letter To Cash Warren – jessica alba is now single. cash is going to have to kill himself.
WaPo: War Crimes and the White House – Gen. P.X. Kelley (ex-commandant [...]
SF Chron: Daly and Dufty nearly come to blows / Supes argue heatedly at marathon meeting – sf politricks is out of hand
Washington Times: Webb lauds freshman power – strong words from your next vice president
MyDD: Democrat, Democratic, Progressive – Guess whose emails don’t mention these fairly important words?
NYT: Records Show Ex-Senator’s Work for Family [...]
IHT: Learning to like like – i refuse to speak to people who talk like this
SF Chronicle: Digital Images Dominate – But With a Downside – or more than one
Bill Arkin: Ready for Surge II? – try to imagine this not happening
NY Daily News: G.I. in shoot scam: better shot in Bronx than in [...]
