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Republicans, feeling down, get an invitation to
the White House

post from Crooks and Liars on 09 May 2008 10:00:22 PM. © Crooks and Liars

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently delivered a major-league pep-talk to his Republican caucus, which was very well received. GOP lawmakers gave Boehner a standing ovation, and were all smiles as they looked ahead to the rest of the year. They were led to believe that tying Dems in congressional races to Obama and [...]

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From sniper fire to nomination chances: Hillary
Clinton's grasp of reality

post from media girl - progressive, feminist, empowered on 09 May 2008 09:53:43 PM. © media girl - progressive, feminist, empowered

She keeps going and going and going.... But at this point, does she's sounding like Bush does when he talks about Iraq.

She's lost her grasp. Either that, or she's actually fighting a bloody fight for control of the Democratic Party, election be damned. I can't see her continuous attacks on Barack Obama any other way.

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Funkalicious Friday: Boogie On!

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 09 May 2008 09:48:09 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

What is the meaniig of Boogie? Wikipedia has one answer. I (unsurprisingly) have another. Boogie is what makes me boogie. Or.....alternatively....songs that have boogie in the title.i. e. Songs to which I have, on occasion, boogied.BathtubBerthaBishop[...]

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IA-03: Boswell ducking debates with Fallon

post from MyDD on 09 May 2008 09:39:14 PM. © MyDD

Less than a month before the Democratic primary to represent Iowa's third district, Ed Fallon is trying to make Congressman Leonard Boswell either debate him or pay a political price for refusing to debate. Join me after the jump for more on that and[...]

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What Would Happen If Pot Were Legal for Adults

post from TalkLeft on 09 May 2008 09:34:00 PM. © TalkLeft

What would happen if marijuana were legal? In the LA Times today, "This Bud's For You."

I always wondered what would happen if marijuana were legalized for anyone over 18. It seems it already has been, and nothing happened.

Except, people still get busted and go to jail.

Which reminds me, NORML founder Keith Stroup's trial for smoking a joint at a press conference in Boston begins Monday. Keith and his codefendant, High Times associate publisher Rick Cusick are challenging the constitutionality of the law criminalizing adult pot possession and use. They also requested a jury nullification instruction. [More...]

The defense will also file a separate motion requesting a special jury instruction to the effect that a juror has the legal right to refuse to convict an individual, even if he or she admits to the elements of a crime, if the juror believes the application of the law to that particular defendant would create an injustice.

If you're in Boston, head on over and show your support for Keith and Rick on Monday. Here's how to recognize them:

Not in Boston? How about Minnesota? They're trying to get a compassionate law passed there and are running into trouble with false ads. The e-mail I received says:

We have a bill in the legislature that's already passed the full Senate and is pending a vote in the House any day now. Although it has had Republican support in the legislature form the start, Minnesota's Gov. Pawlenty has stated that he "stands with law enforcement" on the issue – meaning, presumably, in opposition to it and inclined to veto on the basis of a small but vocal group of prosecutors and law enforcement officials who have repeatedly testified against it through the committee process.
There's only one problem: these opponents – who so adamantly defend their right to arrest and jail the sick and dying for using marijuana with their doctor's recommendation – have made false claim after false claim, some of which have been outright lies.

They are looking for media attention -- the local press is ignoring it:

It's staggering that elected officials like County Attorneys and law enforcement officers are permitted to just lie about legislation and, when they're called on it, the media seems uninterested, no matter how well it's documented. I suppose this is in the interest of "balance" – and also why independent media and blogs like yours are so crucial.

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Smerconish compares Arianna Huffington to a
‘hooker who gives up a john.’

post from Think Progress on 09 May 2008 09:30:00 PM. © Think Progress

Today on MSNBC’s Hardball, right-wing radio host Michael Smerconish bashed Arianna Huffington — along with former “West Wing” actors Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff — for reporting that at a dinner party shortly after the 2000 election, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his wife told Huffington that they didn’t vote for George Bush. Host Chris Matthews simply laughed and defended coziness between the press and politicians:

SMERCONISH: Look, I don’t get invited out anywhere. You do, Chris. … I’m grilling burgers in an hour in Philly. But let me ask you something. Isn’t this a violation of the dinner code? Isn’t this like a hooker who gives up a john? I mean, isn’t there some impropriety here?
MATTHEWS: I used to love that rule, that when you’re out having fun with each other, you weren’t sitting there with radios, you weren’t quoting them, you weren’t going to screw them in the morning. That’s the world I like to live in. But I have learned, everything you say can be used against you.

Watch it:

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Obama Has Visited All 57 States But One

post from TalkLeft on 09 May 2008 09:18:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Whoops, Obama in Oregon today:

It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

The Times' conscientious Robin Abcarian thought she heard something different there. She checked her tape recorder. It had captured what he had actually said -- 57 states now.

Obama explained afterwards:[More...]

At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

And who knew that's why he didn't go to Hawaii, the state he grew up in -- because his "staff would not justify it."?

57...The Times asks if it's a reference to John Kerry's Heinz 57. Maybe it's a reference to his supporter Bruce Springsteen's song, "57 channels and nothing on." I've been thinking that since Tuesday night.

All election topics welcome here.

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Quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley

If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him?If he is infinitely wise, why should we have doubts concerning our future?If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers?If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him?If he is just, why fear that he [...]

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There Is Not Enough Brain Bleach In All The World

This is quite possibly the most horrifying thing I have ever heard. Joe Lieberman goes waaaay below and beyond the call to defend poor Johnny's beleaguered bearings.[...]

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Rocket hits BBC office in Baghdad

And the violence continues: A Katyusha rocket hit Friday the BBC office east of Baghdad with no human casualties occurring. The office employees told KUNA the rocket hit the editors department but did not cause any serious damages.More from McClatchy and it’s not pretty: Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq, Thursday [...]

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