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Holy shit, blimps!
Is there any single brand in the world more fucked by one incident than blimps are by the Hindenberg crash? Planes survive hijackings and explosions, cruise ships survived the Titanic, but this morning I read this bit in the Times about how blimps (”airships”) are making a comeback because of rising fuel costs and concerns [...]
This hippo lives in this house.
Amazing.
Political prisoner is rescued, has hot son.
My dear friend Margot has written a beautiful radio play in progress about Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian politician who was kidnapped in 2002. Accordingly, I’ve followed the case and yesterday the unthinkable happened: Betancourt was rescued, alive. This is incredible news and very unexpected: These situations usually don’t end well but Betancourt is alive and [...]
Not even close…
I just wanted to drop a quick note and tell you that Paul Hogarth has a great piece up on Huffington Post right now. The piece is about the media continuing to project the myth that the presidential race is close.
Women and Latinos who supported Hillary Clinton are flocking to Obama, despite the narrative that [...]
Jesus Christ what TERRIBLE people.
Holy shit. So these two cousins in Louisiana, Hue and Cindy Vo, were co-valedictorians in their graduating class and they got to make a speech. They talked about their memories of high school, their friends, etc. Then because her parents don’t speak very good English, Cindy added a line in their native Vietnamese as a [...]
Pulling Rank
This weekend Wesley Clark caused a bit of an uproar when he questioned whether John McCain’s time spent as a prisoner of war really counted as foreign policy experience. McCain’s camp responded angrily. How dare Wesley Clark question the judgment of a war hero?
It’s true that John McCain was once subjected to unthinkable torture advanced [...]
Open Thread Madness, Grover Norquist Edition
Conservative douchebag Grover Norquist is calling Obama “Kerry with a tan.”
So what does that make Grover Norquist?
Obama and Hillary in Unity.
I’ve been watching the Obama/Clinton rally in Unity, NH, and as a communications strategist I’m pretty impressed with the whole spectacle, from the matching blue outfits on up. As a progressive I’m glad to see them coming together. It is strange though: The whole issue of the last month is “will women support Obama,” and [...]
Is there really a list?
Noticed this little item this morning:
Bush To Lift Sanctions Against North Korea
The move signals that North Korea has completed a key step in their denuclearization process. Bush might also remove the country from the infamous “Axis Of Evil” List in as little as 45 days.
There are only what … three countries on it so I [...]
Ralph Nader, “talking white.” [updated]
Ralph Nader is running for President again. I won’t go on here with the long version of my thoughts except to say that he keeps running, again and again but has never built a movement around him or used his campaigns to bolster a viable third party movement, which makes the runs feel relatively [...]
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