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Schultz Guest Eric Massa Lashes Out at Cheney's Disdain for Dems as We
A New Year's wish for Congressman Eric Massa, Democrat of New York -- please don't let any microphone or television camera pass unaccosted.Appearing on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Dec. 30, an angry Massa vilified former vice president Dick Cheney for criticizing Obama's lawyerly approach to fighting al Qaeda and for espousing his belief the Republican Party "owns the high ground" on national security (…
Moran and Brownstein Take Swipes at Limbaugh’s Health System ‘Just
On Sunday’s This Week, fill-in host Terry Moran, along with Ron Brownstein and Cynthia Tucker, took swipes at Rush Limbaugh for his contention that his good experience at a Honolulu hospital demonstrated the U.S. health system doesn’t need repair. (Friday night NB item “Rush Limbaugh Leaves Hospital ‘Feeling Strong and Rested’”) After running a clip of Limbaugh from Friday saying “based on what…
Kristol Crushes
Bill Kristol has set forth a stinging indictment of the Obama admin's handling of the war on terror. His two-minute monologue on today's Fox News Sunday delineated a devastating bill of particulars:It was a mistake to treat Abdul Mutallab as a criminal defendant rather than as an enemy combatant: "Mr. Brennan [Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser who appeared earlier] said to you that we're very…
Sunday NFL Open Thread
How's the last weekend of the NFL regular season looking? What will today's surprises be?
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Baby it's COLD outside!Cold records are being set in many parts of the country, and there's more on the way.How's that global warming thing working in your area?
Maddow Gamely Spins Napolitano's 'System Worked' Absurdity About Fligh
Next time Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano needs a media flack/coat catcher, I know just the right person.MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is lashing out at critics who took Napolitano to task for claiming "the system worked" in response to a terrorist with explosives boarding Northwest Flight 253 and nearly bringing down the plane on Christmas.In the lead segment on her show Dec. 29 (click here…
ABC Despairs Demise of Death Tax Means ‘Government Will Lose Billion
“Congress let renewing the estate tax slip through the legislative cracks and gone with it is $14 billion for the U.S. Treasury,” ABC anchor John Berman fretted in setting up a Saturday night World News story which didn’t consider any of the costs of the death tax, which ABC only referred to as the “estate tax,” such as destroying family businesses, nor the unfairness of re-taxing already taxed…
Ex-Washington Post Ombudsman, Who Recognized Liberal Bias, Killed in N
Deborah Howell, the Washington Post’s ombudsman from late 2005 through the end of 2008, “suffered fatal injuries when struck by a vehicle” while vacationing in New Zealand, an overnight post on WashingtonPost.com reported early Saturday morning. Howell, the top editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Washington bureau chief for the Newhouse newspaper chain before jumping to the Post, recognized…
One More Feminist Upset Over Aging Inequalities
If you bother to read Joanna Weiss' column in today's Boston Globe, expect to get a sense of déjà . . . lu. Like untold polemics that have preceded it, "Hollywood’s burden on aging women" stamps its feet over the unequal treatment of aging in men and women.You know: male stars are allowed to age gracefully, but women must struggle ever-harder to conform to a youthful stereotype of sex-appeal.…