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So what if the markets tank? Pushing the "proressive" agenda is the paramount goal. That's the advice Cenk Uygur and his left-wing guest David Sirota have for President Obama. On a day when awful job growth numbers stirred fears of a double-dip recession, Uygur and Sirota still scolded Obama for suggesting that he had to be cautious in his public statements because of the possible impact on markets and the world at large. Egged on by Uygur, Sirota said Obama should push his agenda "almost regardless" of the consequences. View video here.

Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised, but at MSNBC, Obama was actually criticized last night . . . for not being hard enough on Israel. Cenk Uygur said "the president's speech was too much leaning towards Israel." Uygur also disagreed with Obama's disapproval of any attempt by the Palestinians to stage an end-run on a negotiated peace by going to the UN to have their state established. And for good measure, Cenk accused Israel of the "oppression" of the Palestinians. View video here.

It’s fair to say that TV pundits aren’t a particularly “nice” bunch – they’re tasked with taking a look at world events and the politicians who shape them through a (highly) critical lens. Sometimes – or, you know, most of the time – that criticism can take a turn for the personal, not only because individual people in politics often do or say incredibly stupid and/or hilarious things, but also because going after the person behind the policies more often than not makes for better ratings. But at what point does going after individuals become petty and mean and,

It's been a week now since the Canning of Keith Olbermann. Many of the DUmmies are still mired in deep Keef Grief, but some have moved on. MSNBC has moved on. They have installed a new guy to fill the hole, someone named . . . Cenk Uygur?? Yes, that's right, Cenk Uygur. So now their nightly line-up looks like this: The As-Yet-Unnamed Time Slot, with Cenk "Eye Chart" Uygur Harebrained, with Chris "Crazyleg" Matthews The Lost World, with Lawrence "Lawrence of Insania" O'Donnell The Rachel Mancow Show, with Rachel "Madcow" Mancow The Ed Show, with Ed "Sergeant" Schultz...

Rioters in China's far west Xinjiang region burned vehicles and blocked traffic in the regional capital Urumqi, and police rushed to the scene to impose order, the state news agency reported on Sunday. Restive Xinjiang is divided between the largely Muslim Uighur people and Han Chinese...

BEIJING, July 6 (AP) - (Kyodo)—"A number of civilians and one armed police officer" died in violence in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. Some ordinary people and armed police officers were also injured, and many motor vehicles and shops were smashed and burned, Xinhua quoted sources with the regional government as saying.