The United States and North Korea

post from Where's the Outrage? on 15 February 2010 11:52:08 PM. © Where's the Outrage?

As soon as President George W. Bush took office in 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell stated[...]

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post from Talking Points Memo on 15 February 2010 11:47:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

Okay, people. Can you help us get to 19,000 fans on Facebook this evening? We're a mere 102 fans short. You could be one. Heck you could be number 19,000. For the next twelve minutes it's still my birthday. So think of it like a present. Just[...]

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Pakistani US Intel Work Pays Off: Mullah Abdul
Ghani Baradar in Custody

post from Taylor Marsh on 15 February 2010 11:41:16 PM. © Taylor Marsh

About Pres. Obama’s seriousness on terrorism, comeuppance delivered. Dick Cheney will be so depressed. From the New York Times: The Taliban?s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by[...]

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I Swear On The High Seas & In Front Of The U.S.
Flag That I Am On Vacation

post from Texas Liberal on 15 February 2010 11:35:20 PM. © Texas Liberal

I am on vacation.I will attest to this on the high seas of Galveston Bay and in front of the United States flag.This is a picture taken by a couple that was on the Bolivar Ferry with me this afternoon.The man was practiced at being friendly while the woman was standoffish.As I noted in an [...]

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 15 February 2010 11:30:13 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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See the Palin Cootie Catcher in action at Zaius Nation.

Open thread below....

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Can't Catch a Break

post from Talking Points Memo on 15 February 2010 11:30:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

Mitt Romney was the victim of an apparent air rage attack on a flight back from the Vancouver Olympics this afternoon. Romney, reports say, "did not retaliate" after the man in question became physically violent in response to Romney's request that he[...]

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Open Thread and Diary Rescue

post from Daily Kos on 15 February 2010 11:18:05 PM. © Daily Kos

Tonight's rescue rangers include jlms qkw, aloha and mahalo, HoosierDeb, dopper0189, ItsJessMe, and Louisiana 1976. jlms qkw also waved her wand and drove the Editmobile.

Today we remember and give thanks not only for George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but all leaders who do the hard work and make the tough calls.

BlazersRock001 shares the wonderful way she spent Valentine's Day: Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette Regional Service Center Grand Opening Reaction/Report. (ItsJessMe)

VA Classical Liberal connects the temporary snow in the mid-Atlantic to the semi-permanent poverty in Peru in How Blizzards Create Private Property. (jlms qkw)

In an entertaining vein, real satire has penned a wonderfully snarky piece called Supreme Court Affirms Corporate Suffrage. (Louisiana 1976)

"How do Republicans hate the people?" Libby Shaw adds another answer in Republican Negligence Wastes 3,000 Jobs in Texas. (jlms qkw)

cirroccoreflects on how he need look no further than his own home to understand the "Obama wasn't born here" movement in Profile of a Birther. (aloha and mahalo)

Vyan takes apart both the host and the guest, point by point, in Morning Joke Defends Torture Apologist Thiessen. (jlms qkw)

erratic continues his journey of discovery, one that might be considered a baptism under fire but might be better described as Walking a river of ice. (aloha and mahalo)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: February 14, 2010.

brillig and virgomusic have Top Comments - Making Beautiful Music Together Edition.

Please join us in this Open Thread by suggesting your own favorite diaries from the past 24 hours.

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C&L's Late Nite Music Club: Toots Thielemans and
Stevie Wonder

post from Crooks and Liars on 15 February 2010 11:10:39 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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As John Amato will tell you, when I'm not trying to figure out wingnuts and writing about Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, I'm prowling YouTube for jazz videos to send my soul into the stratosphere. I've been promising John a Music Club post for forever, but I've been procastinating?I had an idea to write some intricate essay laying bare the true spirit of jazz improvisation, etc., etc.; but we writers always think the words can do it better than the music. Stevie Wonder and Toots Theilmans prove us wrong.

The way I personally listen to jazz is, like jazz itself, improvisational. I never buy CDs or downloads from the iTunes store. I just spend hours leading my ears on wonderful YouTube adventures, letting the recommendations lead where they will. It's a great way to discover whole new genres, and it's fun to be evangelical about what you find: when I uncover something exciting and new to me, I tweet it. I hope my jazz leanings don't come as a surprise to the hundreds of folks who follow me on Twitter to learn what I'm thinking about wingnuts and Richard Nixon. (That stuff I update on Facebook: feel free to join my group as a friend?I'd love to have you.)

Editor's note: Our sister site Newstalgia is featuring a 1971 concert from Sky with Doug Fieger, who died earlier today.

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These Pumps Are Not In Service

I’m sorry—But these pumps I saw today in Galveston, Texas are not in service.You will have to go elsewhere.Please don’t be concerned. If something falls out of use, there are many others of the same—or that are new and improved—to replace what is gone.

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