Monthly Archives: October 2007

Colbert on the Overcrowded Prisons

This is outstanding: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7337892262573277400&hl=en

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Blackwater Bullies The Army

(Larry Kaplow, Rod Nordland, Mark Hosenball and Michael Hastings – Newsweek) The colonel was furious. “Can you believe it? They actually drew their weapons on U.S. soldiers.” He was describing a 2006 car accident, in which an SUV full of … Continue reading

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Priorities of Tyranny – One Way DNA

(Richard Willing, USA TODAY) “Since 2006, the Justice Department has yet to spend any of the $8 million set aside by Congress for DNA tests for convicts to prove their innocence while it has used $214 million to collect DNA … Continue reading

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Karl Rove Linked to Siegelman Prosecution

(Harpers) “For months, the Alabama Republican machine has attempted to brush off claims about Rove’s involvement as some sort of fantastic speculation. Those efforts have just been exploded. We are one step closer to understanding why Karl Rove left the … Continue reading

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How to Conduct a Book Interview

I had to share these two clips from last week’s Daily Show. The first is Stewart interviewing Chris Matthews, whose book is a waste of money apparantly: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6199069745998448444&hl=en Then the show’s take on Bush’s SCHIP veto: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5362258944780360072&hl=en

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Al on Sports

College Football – MLB Divisional Round Those rare extended periods of seemingly historical events lining up one after the other, where the second you think it can’t get any better than it already is, something else happens…like Stanford converting a … Continue reading

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More Hilary care

This is from an interview with Jon Cohn that I got Via Ezra Klien: First, we have to remain committed to the goal of quality affordable care for everyone. If you don’t have that as a core principle, you’ll never … Continue reading

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Omar testifies against Bird

A discussion of The Wire broke out in a post at The Trader’s Den, one I put up for a classic Phil Lesh and Friends show. The person I’m conversing with (rick m) about a character I’ve featured here in … Continue reading

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Living Colour – Love Rears It’s Ugly Head

Coolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9WZUvzsh4

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Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN)

(TPMmuckraker) “Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) earmarks over $7 million for a technology start-up incubator to be built in his state. The first five businesses to take up residence in the new building are all clients of the lobbying firm PMA. … Continue reading

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Letterman interviews Paris

Since porn was the topic of my last post, today I’ll also include this funny video of David Letterman interviewing Paris Hilton on 9-28-07.  He keeps the “jail” zingers coming for more than half of it.  The “legacy” question is … Continue reading

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Documentary – The Making of Deep Throat

This one is perfect. A lot of it is hillarious, especially the early parts when they’re interviewing the people who worked on the most notorious porn film ever made. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6404197429724896283&hl=en

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22,000 US Soldiers Denied Healthcare

(from DailyKOS) “The Pentagon has informed thousands of American soldiers in Iraq that their Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was a pre-existing condition from before they ever joined the military. In other words, NO TREATMENT, NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING! More than 22,000 … Continue reading

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Even evangelicals are are starting to figure it out

Republicans pretty much suck at governing and it looks like many of their supporters know this. “They are making a very grave miscalculation if they nominate a pro-choice candidate like Giuliani,” said Richard Land, a Tennessee evangelist and the president … Continue reading

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