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Archive for September, 2009

Help The Economy Recover Or Joe Biden Dies

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, In The News, Joe Biden, John McCain, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Our 47th Vice-President lays it on the line:
On a conference call today, Vice President Biden told 30 of the nation’s governors that if the Recovery Act fails, he’s “dead.” Biden was providing an update to the governors (and if they couldn’t make it, their Lt. Governor or senior staffer) on the Recovery Act and [...]

Blago On The Daily Show

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rod Blagojevich

If you missed this last night, you really need to watch Jon Stewart’s interview with Rod Blagojevich.
Part One:

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

Hugo Chavez v. Stewie Griffin

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Television

Last year, Hugo Chavez went after television stations airing The Simpsons.
Now, he’s going after Family Guy:
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities plan to impose fines on cable television companies that refuse to stop airing the animated television series “Family Guy.”
Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the program should be pulled from the airwaves because it [...]

Obama: Iran “Breaking Rules All Nations Must Follow”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politics

President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared this morning for an extraordinarily harsh condemnation of Iran’s most recent efforts to defy the world:
PITTSBURGH – President Barack Obama demanded Friday that Iran open up a previously covert nuclear fuel facility to international inspectors, saying “Iran is breaking rules that all [...]

MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell: Nothing Wrong With Obama-Worshiping Children

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Media, Obamagasms, Politics

Here she is expressing incredulity at the idea that anyone would be upset that schoolchildren are singing songs praising the President:

NORAH O’DONNELL: And it is time for “making their case.” And this one comes from a grammar school in New Jersey. It is video of young school children singing a song about President Obama and [...]

Nationals Join An Unwanted Club

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, Sports, Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals have become the 134th team to chalk up back-to-back 100+ loss seasons:
Two years in a row now, the Nationals have lost at least 100 games, redefining the old maxim regarding Washington’s place in war, peace and the baseball standings.
With their latest loss, a 7-6 defeat against the Dodgers Thursday night, the Nationals [...]

Twitter Raises $ 100 Million, Valued At $ 1 Billion

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Internet, Technology, Twitter

It’s got no revenue, it’s never earned a profit, and it’s principal product seems incapable of being a money maker.
And, yet, Twitter is bringing in the venture capital bucks:
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has trained people to compress their thoughts into 140 characters and given a public stage to both dissidents in Iran and voluble stars [...]

Union’s Next Tariff Target: Chinese Paper

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Economics, Free Trade, Politics

Fresh of the victory of persuading President Obama to impose a protective tariff on Chinese tires, the union lobby is now targeting another Chinese product, paper:
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union, fresh from persuading President Barack Obama to restrict tire imports from China, filed a new case Wednesday asking for duties on coated paper [...]

Terror Suspects Accused Of Plot To Attack Quantico Marine Base

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Homeland Security, Virginia, War On Terror, Washington DC

A terror arrest in North Carolina has taken a local twist:
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Two men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.
The two were among seven suspects arrested in August for conspiring to [...]

Conservative Attacks “Liberal Bias” Of…..The Onion

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Politics

Over at Big Hollywood, Christian Toto takes offense at a satirical website intended to be offensive:
It’s bad enough that one of the snarkiest comedy outlets around, The Onion, can’t seem to find anything funny about President Barack Obama. But the faux newspaper hit a new low this week by insulting former President Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s [...]

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