July 2011
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Watch“This guy, Willie Geist, should be included in all our apologies!” - Jon Stewart
Mediaite
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“But confidence isn’t the only thing at stake. Failure to raise the debt limit...”
– Paul Krugman, To the Limit - NYTimes
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“America, I’m going to shoot straight with you: I think I’ve wasted...”
– Glenn Beck
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Breaking: Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy -... →
The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials.
For more see above link
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“Breaking news: Sen. Chuck Schumer tells Countdown Medicare, Medicaid OFF the...”
– Keith Olbermann
June 2011
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“Economists have said that failing to raise the debt ceiling could be...”
– Cantor could rake in windfall if debt ceiling isn’t raised - The Raw Story
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Fracking still on hold in New York pending... →
The New York Times reported today that New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo is planning to lift a “ban” on hydraulic fracturing. But whatever the governor announces tomorrow, it’s unlikely to change the de facto moratorium on drilling in the state that began nearly three years ago, when the state committed to a fresh environmental review.
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David Petraeus unanimously confirmed as new CIA...
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94-0 Senate vote confirming Petraeus as CIA director source
» The big shuffle continues: With Robert Gates’ retirement, and Leon Panetta imminently poised to become the new Secretary of Defense, the Senate has voted to confirm General David Petaeus to take Panetta’s old job. Petraeus had been serving as the Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, but will be departing to become...
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“[A]ll of America is really the real America. But in the right wing world, they...”
– Lawrence O’Donnell, The “Real America” - Watch
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WatchMSNBC Suspends Mark Halperin For Calling President Obama A ‘Dick’ On Morning Joe
Video - Mediaite
“The comment that was made was inappropriate. It would be inappropriate to say about a president of either party.” - White House press secretary Jay Carney said that he called officials at MSNBC to convey to the cable station the administration’s anger toward a remark made by an...
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“Today television news is watched more often than people read newspapers, than...”
– Roger Ailes in a Gawker exclusive: Roger Ailes’ Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News (via soupsoup)
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YAY! Momma 'Mutt is coming home!
You guys have my entire family calling her Momma ‘Mutt. All tests came out normal and she’s on her way home.
Thanks again everyone for all of your prayers, well wishes, crossed fingers and toes. It truly meant a lot.
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hughbot replied to your quote: Sigh, well keep your head up! I hope that it all…
Tumblr is pulling for you Momma Mutt!
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“Sigh, well keep your head up! I hope that it all turns out well! Tell her tumblr...”
– iwasjustsayin’ on my mom in the hospital.
Still waiting on test results. All of your well wishes are more than touching and much appreciated. Thank you everyone!
Getting my mom to the hospital. Heart related. Please wish her well.
Thank you in advance.
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To Catch a Predator host who traps sex perverts in... →
joshsternberg:
Hansen, who has two young sons, was caught in an undercover sting operation arranged by the National Enquirer.
What a great sentence.
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“I’ve been here. I’ve been doing Afghanistan and bin Laden and the...”
– President Obama to Congress - @ReutersZengerle
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Who do you think you are? Joe Scarborough? →
Joe Scarborough: You‘re in charge of the public schools of New Jersey. Are they not good enough for your kids?
NJ Gov. Chris Christie: No, listen. You what they don‘t do? They don‘t teach religion. And my wife and I want to make sure that our children, every day, are getting part of the values that we‘re trying to teach them at home reinforced at school.
We made that decision. I made the...
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“…Think back to the first time you went to a Planned Parenthood health center,...”
– Amy Poehler’s Planned Parenthood Fundraising Letter
(via jessbennett)
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Cuomo Emphasizes Aim to Close Indian Point Plant
One of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top advisers met with the operators of the Indian Point nuclear plant last week and told them that the governor was determined to close the plant.
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Mr. Cuomo has repeatedly taken the position in speeches that he wants to close the plant. But his administration had not delivered the message so directly to the company [Entergy], or in such strong words, and...
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“Casey Anthony’s murder trial has propelled HLN to its highest-rated month ever...”
– Casey Anthony Trial Propels HLN to Highest-Rated Month Ever - Hollywood Reporter
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“Mr. Olbermann’s new home, Current, is much smaller than MSNBC, so the channel’s...”
– MSNBC Fares Well Without Olbermann - NYTimes
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Breaking: Suicide Bombers Strike Kabul Hotel -... →
There was no immediate word on casualties in the rare, nighttime attack in the Afghan capital.
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Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop →
Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power than a new refrigerator and even some central air-conditioning systems.
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WatchLawrence O’Donnell’s Tribute To Director Sidney Lumet Includes An F-Bomb
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, shouting “it’s not fair, it’s not fucking fair,”
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“So why is his approval rating the lowest of any governor in America? “I don’t...”
– In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott’s Unpopularity Worries Republicans, Sinking Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play - NYTimes
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“Patti and I are obviously very disappointed. I, quite frankly, am stunned.”
– Fmr. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, talking to reporters today after a jury found him guilty of 17 out of 20 federal corruption charges, including charges that he tried to sell Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. The FBI had a lot of the evidence on tape. (via officialssay) 