What a difference a few years makes

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2004:

2009:

In Politics April 30, 2009 

The Republican sense of humor

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Apparently it has been scientifically proven that Republicans don’t understand that Stephen Colbert is joking:
This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. [...]

In Politics April 27, 2009 

$900 mil for pandemics was stipped from Stimulus

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From The Nation:

When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.
Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in [...]

In Politics April 26, 2009 

“Prone to rhetorical flourishes”…

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Joe Biden is the featured guest on 60 Minutes tonight and will be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning. I’m setting the over/under on how many inconsequential controversies he creates at 2 and a half. Smart money is on the over.

In Politics April 26, 2009 

A 60 Minutes Embarrassment

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I think more than a few people were taken aback on Monday when, after posting a $2.5 billion dollar profit for the first quarter (NYT: Bank Profits Appear Out of Thin Air), Bank of America’s stock dropped by more than 25%.
I really hope no one was more shocked than Lelsie Stahl of 60 Minutes. As [...]

In Economics April 22, 2009 

Case in point

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Here’s Glenn Beck pretending to be Barack Obama, pouring gasoline all over one his guests and pleading, “President Obama why don’t you just set us on fire?”

And I’m supposed to be worried about this man having influence on society?

In Politics April 10, 2009 

Why I like Fox News

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Fox News used to make me nervous. And for good reason. For the past decade they catered to ignorance and fear by twisting words and exaggerating half-lies like “Only George Bush can keep you safe,” “John Kerry is a flip flopper,” and “Democrats will raise your taxes.” They targetted the uninformed, the stupid people who [...]

In Politics April 8, 2009 

Obligatory Twitter News

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Notable people jumping onto the Twitter bandwagon today include the Head of U.S. Armed Forces and me.

In Anything April 8, 2009 

A quick reminder

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A quick reminder to Newt Gingrich and others, who derided President Obama’s pledge to pursue a nuclear-free world as “fantasy foreign policy:”

And another one to those conservatives who flew into a fit of rage when Obama seemed to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia in Europe last week:

In Politics April 8, 2009 

ESPN’s supposed best and brightest

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This pretty much buries the imaginary feud between ESPN’s two most famous writers, Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly, or as I refer to them respectively, “the writer who gets paid millions of dollars a year to write 800 words per week” and “the writer who gets paid millions of dollars a year to record podcasts [...]

In Anything, Sports April 8, 2009 

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