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On Friday's PBS NewsHour, both "conservative" David Brooks and liberal Mark Shields thought this was a tough, tight election for Barack Obama. Shields said "it becomes a race about disqualifying, a campaign about disqualifying your opponent. And that's not attractive or appealing. It's not hope and change. It's blood and guts." But Brooks really felt Obama's pain: "So the president is obviously going to try. He is going to have. And to some extent, you have to feel sorry for him. This is in large degree not his fault. Things are happening way beyond his control. I don't believe a...

This has all gone too far, and it is abusive to anyone with a brain to continue on with this narrative. I just read an article stating the Fusion GPS co-founder will not testify to Senate Intelligence Committee. Why not? Could it be, because it is the dossier that Comey and the rest of the Trump haters have actually used during their campaign to oust Trump? Could it also have anything to do with the following? Christopher Steele the employee who put the dossier together has gone underground. A man involved with Steele at that time was found dead in...

Lady Gaga serenades Bill Clinton October 16, 2011 Lady Gaga certainly wasn’t shy about singing for Bill Clinton on Saturday night. During a concert honoring the tenth anniversary of Clinton's foundation and his belated 65th birthday, the pop star playfully flirted with the former president. “Bill, I’m having my first real Marilyn Monroe moment,” Gaga said after crooning “happy birthday” to him during her opening number. “I always wanted to have one. And I was hoping that it didn’t involve an accident with some pills and a strand of pearls, so here we are.” Clinton — in the front row...

The Democrats are trying to change the Senate rules so that they can ram through their agenda when their majority shrinks next week from 59 to 53 seats. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been scheming behind closed doors to use his slim majority to vote on January 5 for the most drastic rules changes since 1975. "Democrats lost the election. Their power has been weakened significantly. So they are trying to do a Washington-insider tactic to try to grab power, even though the voters told them very clearly in the election that they didn't like them, and didn't...

Huffington Post exploits AP’s dying soldier photo By Michelle Malkin  •  September 4, 2009 05:06 PM What’s more shameless than the Associated Press defying the wishes of a dying soldier’s family and splashing his bloody body all over the wires?Why, the Huffington Post reprinting a massively large version of the image on its front page with an accompanying blog commentary praising the AP photographer’s work as “tasteful” — along with thousands of comments praising the decision and calling for even more bloody US troop photos to be published.***And no, I’m not done with the AP yet. Blogger Ztower points out that...

AS the Russian Dark Lord's shadow falls across the shires of freedom once again, the response from the West has been confused, belated and inadequate: fear eclipsed courage; ignorance masqueraded as wisdom; and, in "Old Europe," greed vanquished justice. Russia won. Diplomacy failed. No state or alliance will reverse the decision. When President Bush spoke out strongly on Friday, Moscow ignored him: Words mean nothing to Prime Minister Putin, a man who regards all compromise as weakness. Instead of backing down, Russia suggested that Poland might become a nuclear target for agreeing to host our defensive missile system. Georgia will...

MIDI - SATISFACTION We'll look into his adoptions...because we are out of options We will pry, we will spy...we'll make sure he won't fly His adoptions...his adoptions Bush picked him from the right wing...he's dividing us, as always He should not do such things Our side had given a warning that's loud and clear But Bush stuck it in our ear We'll look into...oh, yeah, yeah, yeah We're the TIMES, and we will slime We'll look into his adoptions...because we are out of options We will pry, we will spy...we'll make sure he won't fly His adoptions...his adoptions We...

MIDI - ANTICIPATION They know that their hopes really have been dropping fast And their ideas are so yesterday Full-fledged panic...because their glory days have long since passed They keep grasping for some straws before they're sent away Their desperation...their desperation's showing...like a blue thong For DemocRATS everything is going wrong Weasel Joe Wilson has led them out onto the building's ledge Join me in chanting to them --- jump, jump, jump Mental health pros...would surely tell them they're over the edge We can laugh because what they try bites them in the rump Their desperation...their desperation's showing...like a...

Washington State Republican Party leaders say they've found 8400 more ballots cast than the number of voters registered in the state's five largest counties. State GOP Chairman Chris Vance says the mismatching numbers in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Clark and Kitsap are troubling. Republican Dino Rossi won the first two counts in the governor's race, then lost a hand recount to Democrat Christine Gregoire by a mere 129 votes. Republicans are mulling a possible legal challenge to the election, and Vance says discrepancies like the ones they found so far are clear indications that things went wrong. County auditors have said...

THE CHRISTMAS SONG JINGLE BELL ROCK IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER LET IT SNOW UP ON THE HOUSETOP GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER I'M GETTIN' NOTHIN' FOR CHRISTMAS I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS WHITE CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN =================================================================================== MIDI - WINTER WONDERLAND (brief musical intro) Rove and Bush by the fire...look at how they conspire If you're a whackjob...then come join the mob Welcome to the DUmmie Wonderland They're mocked by PJComix...when he visits he vomits If you're a...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - France dropped its objection to having a NATO training mission inside Iraq but refused Thursday to accept Washington's demand that its commander be an American. A French diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the issue as the "last hitch" holding up agreement on the mission at NATO headquarters. After two days of debate, NATO officials said they were optimistic the 26 NATO countries would reach a consensus by Friday on how the training both inside and outside Iraq would proceed. Ambassadors broke up Thursday night but planned to resume meeting early Friday. "We are very...

KERRY AND TERRY INSULT NATIONAL GUARD Kerry Associates National Guard Service With Draft-Dodging, DNC Chair Says Not Military_______________________________________________________KERRY AND TERRY BELITTLE NATIONAL GUARD SERVICESen. John Kerry (D-MA) Compares Guard Service To Draft-Dodging. “‘If people went to Canada, if people opposed the war, if people chose to be in the Guard, that’s their choice, and I’ve never raised that in an issue,’ he said.” (Noelle Straub, “Kerry Presents Himself As GOP’s Worst Nightmare,” Boston Herald, 2/3/04)Kerry Repeats Insult Of Guard.  “‘I’ve never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to...

AUSTIN -- Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick overstepped his authority by dispatching state troopers to search for Democratic state representatives who bolted in May to kill a redistricting bill, a state district judge ruled Thursday. State District Judge Charles Campbell ruled that a state government code defining the role and limits of Texas Department of Public Safety officers superseded a House rule employed by Craddick to hunt down the legislators. More than 50 Democratic representatives fled the Capitol May 12. Craddick, citing House rules, ordered the DPS to try to find the missing legislators. Most of them soon turned up...

Ah, yes. This is so romantic. Our first black president does his best Barry White impression as he sings to the love of his life. ================================ MIDI - CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE Oh, no...you make me illOh, no...I've had my fill Oh, no...Old Crusty reeksOh, no...we've fooled 'em all and they think we are marriedBedding you down is the ultimate scaryWe'll play the game just as long as we're winningWe'll get all of our pals to keep up their spinning Hillary...once is enough of your stuff, babeI say Hillary, Hillary...once is quite enough of your stuff, babe...

- scroll down to the Insane, but true Dept - "The demonstration on May 25 is against the US invasion of Europe in 1944-1945, against the presence of US troops in Europe, and to demand the withdrawal of those troops. It is also directed against the American soldiers buried at Margraten: they fought as conquerors, to subject Europe to American values and American interests. They deserve no honour, and certainly no gratitude. They should be reburied in the US. The demonstration is against the Europe of the Nation States - supported by the US - and for the formation of...

NOTE: judging by what happened during the previous dozen years, it was not difficult to see that a judicial train wreck was coming, compliments of the RAT party. I was pleased to hear Dubya in the Rose Garden today, and it is time for Bill Frist to play major league hardball rather than slow-pitch softball. This article shows how political the ABA has been and why Dubya dumped them. Despite what they do to GOP nominees, the RATS in the Senate are filibustering "qualified" and "well-qualified" nominess even by the slanted ABA standards. ===================================================== Publications Issue List Vote Analysis Main...

<p>On this historic day of freedom for oppressed Iraqis, a group of Bush-hating, America-hating pukes far underground sit in front of their keyboards and whine. This is dedicated to them.</p> <p>It's been turned upside down, oh, can it be renewed?</p> <p>And say "Let's meet at the Burger King"</p> <p>It's been turned upside down, oh, can it be renewed?</p> <p>And say "Let's meet at the Burger King"</p>

MIDI - DON'T WORRY BABY Well, we know, Terry, that you've stayed awake at night and you've been troubled New Jersey really is a mess that might just burst your Senate bubble We have good news for you…our judges will come through So we say…don't worry, Terry…(don't worry, Terry)…don't worry, Terry Rest assured that the fix is in Don't worry, Terry…(don't worry, Terry) It is no problem that the judges had sent bucks to Torricelli That's just the way we like to do things and so what that it is smelly As you tuck in your kids…know that we...

NEW YORK -- Tom Cowles, who heads one of the world's largest bulk e-mail, or spam, businesses, ought to be a happy guy. By his account, his company makes $12 million a year e-mailing billions of advertisements, mainly to folks who don't want them. It's an easy job, the way Cowles and others describe it: You get hired by a client who wants to sell a penile enlarger or an antenna booster. You write a zesty sales pitch. Then, with the help of some cloak-and-dagger software and a massive database of e-mail addresses, you deluge the planet. If one in...