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Archive for July, 2009

Jon Stewart And Stephen Colbert Bid Farewell To Sarah Palin

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politics, Sarah Palin

Much funnier than Dave Letterman’s bit:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Will Seniors Pay For ObamaCare ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

The Wall Street Journal Report takes a look:

Let’s just say that Grandma wouldn’t be happy if she knew what we’re about to do to her.

Quote Of The Day: Palin-glish Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Sarah Palin

Apparently, mastery of the English language is not a requirement for a government job in the State of Alaska:
Levi Johnston, who has fallen out with the Palins despite being the father of Palin’s grandson, has claimed the soon-to-be-former governor is anxious to do this.
The governor has a book deal that could be worth millions of [...]

Commander Montgomery Scott Could Not Be Reached For Comment

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Science, Star Trek

Scientists have created something they call `transparent aluminum’:
German researchers at the FLASH facility in Hamburg decided to roast a piece of aluminum foil with a 10-million-gigawatt X-ray laser. They heated the foil so hot that it became a new matter state: transparent aluminum. It’s also believed to be the same state of matter that comprises [...]

Palin Headed To Talk Radio ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Media, Politics, Sarah Palin

Political Wire passes along this news from a radio industry newswire:
Alaska’s now former Governor is coy about her future political plans, but radio is at least one option she’s leaving on the table. While not exactly shopping the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate, sources say Palin representatives have been quietly testing the waters to [...]

From the “Coalition Of The Willing” To A Coalition Of One

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iraq

The last non-American troops are on their way out of Iraq:
BAGHDAD — Commanders of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, as the American-led military coalition here is formally called, have a looming nomenclature problem.
Two days from now, there will no longer be any other nations with troops in Iraq — no “multi” in the Multi-National Force. As Iraqi [...]

Birthers Of A Nation

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Dave Weigel takes a trip to YouTube and meets some birthers.
It ain’t pretty.

Sarah Palin’s Greatest Hits

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under General

Just in case you forgot:

H/T: Doug Bandow

Even O’Reilly Calls The Birther Myths “Bogus”

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

From last night’s edition of The Factor:

I agree with O’Reilly that Dobbs shouldn’t be fired for promoting birther lies. He should be fired for having a crappy television show with horrible ratings.
Update: Corrected due to incorrect video link in initial post

What Is Ben Bernanke Afraid Of ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

As Jason Pye notes, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke seems to be pretty concerned about the Audit The Fed bill:

Bernanke’s fear-mongering is entirely incorrect, of course. All that the bill would do is open up the Fed’s decision making process to public scrutiny in a way it never has before. It does not take away [...]

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