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News from Crooks and Liars- Open ThreadWhy on earth is the moustache of understanding-- he who has been profoundly wrong about everything from the nature of the free market-- still haunting my tee vee? Crossposted with more and bigger. Open thread below...
- Late Night Music Club with Salt n PepaI was reminded of this song when a rerun of House MD showed this to be the good doctor's ringtone. If you've a mighty good man in your life, or you are one, this is dedicated to you. And our sister site Newstalgia presents a full concert on Saturday nights, tonight J. Geils Band, Augusta, Georgia, 1975.
- Grayson on Auditing the Fed: We're About to See the Man Behind the Curtain in Emerald CityDOWNLOADS: (434) PLAYS: (1828) MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan talks to Rep. Alan Grayson about the amendment passed by the House Financial Services Committee to allow an independent audit of the Federal Reserve. If Alan Greenspan is not happy about it, I take that as a good sign they did the right thing. It only took putting this country on the edge of financial […]
- 'Tea Party: The Documentary Film': No, really, this trailer is not a creation of The OnionDOWNLOADS: (466) PLAYS: (3306) Yes, they're perfectly serious. The film's pitch line: "Liberty's march has a new generation of patriots." Here's the cast of characters, including: NATE: Nate, a young black man from Detroit, Michigan, voted for Barack Obama in 2008 from an upbringing that taught him to mistrust America because of […]
- Senate Health Care Debate Liveblog8:09 EST: Dodd, presiding over the Senate, said the motion passed, smattering of applause. Motion is agreed to. Clerk is now reporting the bill and amendment. And that's it for the night. Debate will begin after Thanksgiving, plus amendments, then moving on to the final cloture motion and a final vote. 8:04 EST: Cloture passes 60-39. Debate will start a […]
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- CNSNews' Jeffrey falsely suggests Senate bill "mandates federally subsidized abortion" inconsistent with Hyde Amendment
- Quick Fact: WSJ's Freeman claims "there hasn't been any warming since 1998"; climate experts disagree
- Quick Fact: Hannity falsely claimed Gore was wrong to say British judge ruling on An Inconvenient Truth "favored his point of view"
- Quick Fact: Hannity falsely suggests Democratic health bills would "actually" only insure "12 million" peopleSean Hannity responded to a statement by Democratic strategist Jacques DeGraff that "We're on the threshold of taking care of 31 million Americans who don't have health insurance" by claiming that "It's actually 12 million" who would get insurance. From the November 20 edition of Fox News' Hannity: FORMER MD GOV. ROBER […]
- Quick Fact: Fearmongering about rationing, Baier falsely claimed a "federal panel" promulgated cervical cancer guidelinesSpecial Report host Bret Baier falsely claimed that recently released cervical cancer screening guidelines were promulgated by a "federal panel," adding that those guidelines "open the door to this conversation about rationing." Additionally, Mara Liasson suggested that that the Senate health care reform bill would implement a task force […]
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- Laughter Classes in Tehran - No, SeriouslyPerhaps hoping to combat the widespread discontent and months of unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election, the Tehran city council has announced the start of laughter classes.
- Video Plea From Kidnapped British CoupleOn Friday Britain's Channel 4 News broadcast a video appeal for help by Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates last month. The tape was apparently filmed this week in Somalia.
- Accepting Defeat in Egypt and IrelandInternational relations continued to suffer on Friday from the reverberations over two soccer matches played on Wednesday.
- Can Soldiers Be Victims of Terrorism?Given that it is obviously important to some people to call the atrocity at Fort Hood an act of terrorism, it seems worth asking both if most people can agree on what the word means and why it matters what we call such brutal acts.
- Cuban Blogger Posts Interview With ObamaIn what seems like one step forward for freedom of expression on the island of Cuba, on Wednesday a blogger in Havana named Yoani Sánchez published President Barack Obama's replies to seven questions she put to him on relations between the two countries.
- Laughter Classes in Tehran - No, Seriously
- News from Memeorandum.com
- Why was it so hard for Dems even to start health care debate? (Byron York/Washington Examiner)
- Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate (New York Times)
- Glenn Beck reveals the Plan (Glenn Beck)
- Landrieu To Reid: No Triggers, No Bill--Negotiating Compromise With Schumer (Brian Beutler/TPMDC)
- The Alarmists Do "Science": A Case Study (John/Power Line)
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