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Looks like the New York Times is actually catching on to what is going on in the blogosphere — besides criticism of Steven Colbert’s ears — and has started to provide links back to bloggers and posts that are discussing their articles. They lead off with discussion of the Miller case of course. The following [...]

I’ll admit it. I love my Powerbook. I love my iPod. I’ve got lots of other computers and electronic devices that I really enjoy using as well, but there is something about Apple’s products that brings out another level of joy and yes, techno-lust. Yeah, a Dell laptop or a Creative Zen may do the [...]

While I’m not the biggest fan of Christmas, I do love me a good Fitzmas. However we all know it’s a long holiday, so to help you cope with the coming deluge of irrational exuberance we’re all hoping to experience, georgia10 compiled a list of the top 10 Tips for Dealing With Fitmas: Put down [...]

Apparently the bridges in Baltimore where shutdown this morning due to an “unspecified threat.” That makes me scared and makes me forget all about the fact that the BushCo administration is crashing and burning into a massive pile of burning shit. We’ve all pretty much learned that the government cares not for our welfare and [...]

It appears that Tom DeLay will be booked: Rep. Tom DeLay will likely be booked in a Texas county jail this week despite attempts by his attorneys to bypass the fingerprinting and mug shot process. The former House majority leader was forced to step down from the post last month when he was indicted by [...]

Says Raw Story: The case of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame is set to explode. The New York Daily News is set to report in Tuesday editions that a well-placed source interviewed by the newspaper believes a senior White House official has flipped and may be helping the prosecutor in the case, RAW STORY has [...]

I think this is a truely great idea from a truely inspirational man. Walter Cronkite, one of my parents’ heroes, reiterated a thought by Robert Reich from four years ago. Political Wire has this blurb. And I think the Democrats need a pep rally right now. We are poised to really run house in 2006, [...]

DailyKos brings to our attention the obituary of one Theodore Roosevelt Heller, 88 from the Madison Capital Times: Theodore Roosevelt Heller, 88, loving father of Charles (Joann) Heller; dear brother of the late Sonya (the late Jack) Steinberg. Ted was discharged from the U.S. Army during WWII due to service-related injuries, and then forced his [...]

I watched a few minutes of CNN this morning before work. I don’t mind Soledad O’Brien but her wondertwin plutonic husband Miles is an absolute doofus. This morning he confimed it when he said, “I have no talent. That’s why I’m here.” Given, I may be taking him out of context, but that is certainly [...]

Last week analysts theorized that Bush’s sub-40 approval numbers were the floor for this president. That due to the makeup of American electoral politics no elected (hah!) president could go much lower. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll confirms his low approval numbers and adds this tidbit of information: 2 percent of African Americans approve [...]