Go read World O’Crap on Rush. Make sure you’re wearing fresh Depends… And check out her response to the question: “Anne Coulter: Man or Woman?”

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I’M LOOKING FOR A WORD MORE EVOCATIVE THAN ‘FILTH’
Holy shit. You know, my outrage meter is pretty consistently in the red these days, and stories like this don’t help. From the WashPo, from the Tooney Bin via Atrios:
Pentagon adviser Richard N. Perle, a strong advocate of war against Iraq, spoke last weekend at a charity […]

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I’m choking out the words, but MoDo really does have a pretty good one today:
The awful part is that George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein were both staring into the same cracked spook- house mirror.
Thanks to David Kay, we now have an amazing image of the president and the dictator, both divorced from reality over […]

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I’m sorry I didn’t get around to posting about it the day Jack Paar died. What an amazing talent he was. Here’s a Dick Cavett tribute:
I asked Jack once, “What’s the formula for how to handle things when you don’t like a guest?”
He said: “You think of it as what you would do in real […]

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HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL
This most political of administrations is trying to plug yet another gaping hole in the dam holding back the truth:
The White House immediately turned aside the calls from Dr. Kay and many Democrats for an immediate outside investigation, seeking to head off any new wide-ranging election-year inquiry that might go […]

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PEOPLE GET READY
Tuesday night, Howard Dean put it to his supporters thusly: If you want to change who’s in the White House, you can vote for any of the candidates. If you want to change the country, vote for me.
Robert Reich sounds the same theme in today’s NYT op-ed:
Self-styled Democratic centrists, like those who inhabit […]

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Greg Palast has a very different take on the BBC scandal:
Yet Blair’s minions are proclaiming their vindication.
This is not just a story about what is happening “over there” in the United Kingdom. This we must remember: David Kelly was not only advisor to the British but to the UN and, by extension, the expert […]

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SHAKEUP
Joe Trippi is gone from the Dean campaign. He’s been replaced with a K Street lobbyist from the Gore campaign. Which doesn’t exactly instill confidence unless you remind yourself Gore actually won…
Democrat Howard Dean shook up his faltering bid for the White House on Wednesday, replacing his campaign manager with a longtime associate of former […]

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The media meme is that Dean only did well among “the liberal, highly educated elite.” You know, the angry ones. (As if being progressive and knowledgable is such a bad thing.)
But I’m looking at these exit poll numbers from WashPo, and the numbers don’t seem to bear it out.
LIBERAL VOTERS: 35% Dean, 36% Kerry.COLLEGE GRADUATES: […]

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I’m pretty good at Beatles trivia, but I never knew this. Thanks to Sideshow for the tip.

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NEWSFEEDER
Okay, I’ve activated Atom and now you can add Suburban Guerrilla to your newsfeeders. The ones which support Atom are listed here.

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REPORT FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE
Great quote:
One could almost hear the sigh of relief emanating from the pashas of West 43rd Street when John Kerry won Iowa. At last, a thoroughly compromised moderate Democrat — kind of pro-invasion when he voted for war authorization on Oct. 11, 2002, when it took courage to vote no; kind of […]

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Daniel Ellsburg urges U.S. and British officials to leak against the war.
Those who reveal documents on the scale necessary to return foreign policy to democratic control risk prosecution and prison sentences, as Katherine Gun is now facing. I faced 12 felony counts and a possible sentence of 115 years; the charges were dismissed when it […]

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PATRIOTISM
Stating the far-too-obvious:
Retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, a critic of the Iraq war strategy, has noted the lack of combat experience in the White House and among the Defense Department’s top hands.
“They were my contemporaries. They should have been there [Vietnam], and they found a way not to serve,” General Zinni has said. […]

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JOB CREATION, REPUBLICAN STYLE
At least somebody’s getting a new job:
A congressman who played a leading role in drafting legislation that introduced a prescription drug benefit to Medicare is under fire for considering a job offer from the pharmaceutical industry — which stands to benefit from the new law.
Louisiana Rep. Billy Tauzin, a Republican, […]

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GOOD POINT
The New York Times says the race isn’t over:
The serious candidates will not continue if their fund-raising starts drying up and they see prospects only for future embarrassment. But Mr. Kerry’s ability to win the hearts of Democrats all around the country is not so certain that his strongest opponents should give up now. […]

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THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Flashing back with Joe Conason:
The Democratic front-runner’s rivals in the New Hampshire primary insist that his flaws will render him “unelectable” in November. “Unelectable,” warns the junior Senator from neighboring Massachusetts. “Unelectable,” warns a former governor of one of the nation’s biggest states. “Unelectable,” warns the Democratic Senator from Iowa, seconded by his […]

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Billmon has an excellent roundup of the Davos economic forum:
Seeing Tom Friedman at Davos this year was to see the Peter Principle in its late stages — when the inadequacy and egotistical overreaching have become obvious to all but the victim. Even several people I know who generally share his world view told me they […]

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WELCOME TO THE HELLMOUTH
It was one of those tender mother-son bonding moments, the kind for which they should make Hallmark cards - but don’t.
“I can’t believe people are so fucking stupid,” my 28-year-old said when he called tonight. “Why are they voting for John Kerry?”
“Because they’re scared,” I said. “Because the media has pounded it […]

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SOUNDS LIKE A HORSE RACE
I think it was Atrios who pointed out earlier today that even if they don’t release their exit poll totals, the media whore reactions always give them away.
Hmm. One of the CNN talkers just referred to New Hampshire’s voters as “pessimistic,” “angry” and “liberal.” Gee. Wonder what they’re hinting at?
Here’s what […]

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SOLUTION? MORE TAX CUTS
No good deed goes unpunished.
He was dragged from his car and beaten with a brick after confronting an investment-company superior about trading abuses in mutual funds, Peter Scannell told Congress Tuesday.
His complaint about abuses was brushed aside by federal regulators but eventually helped lead to civil fraud charges against fund giant […]

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INCH BY INCH
God knows, they wouldn’t lie to us:
An aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been put on leave during an investigation into how Republicans gained access to Democratic memos concerning opposition to President Bush’s judicial nominees. Manuel Miranda, who works for the Tennessee Republican on judicial nominations, is on leave pending the […]

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WAITING
Lots of exit poll info from Daily Kos and Calpundit. Looks a lot closer than anyone’s called it. From Kos:
The 1 p.m. tracking polls had the LA Times exit polling operation giving Dean the slight lead, while the media consortium gave Kerry the lead. The 4 p.m. results supposedly show similar numbers. In other […]

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Paul O’Neill:
O’Neill says he regrets that “the vivid language has gotten a lot of attention.” He said his goal in cooperating with Suskind on the book project was to paint a picture for young people of how government really operates.
“I hope this book will cause young people to aspire to improve our political process,” […]

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They sound really stupid, don’t they?
Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites), traveling in Vienna, Austria, said the Iraq war was justified, even if banned weapons are never found, because it eliminated the threat that Saddam might again resort to “evil chemistry and evil biology.”
And then there’s evil political science…

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