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• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: A tangled tale of the Pulitzers, pop, and "plagiarism"

  Imagine this scenario: A veteran newspaperman -- let's call him Dylan Timrod -- at a large metro paper, hailed throughout a lengthy career for some groundbreaking journalism dating all the way back to the 1960s, is finally awarded a... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 9:02pm EDT
  

• Whew!

  Brad Lidge gets his first save as a Phillies, but it wasn't easy. It never is. Do you think Pat Burrell is playing like someone who's multi-million dollar contract is expiring?... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 4:41pm EDT
  

• The Millionaire Next Door (if you live at 1598 Pennsylvania Avenue)

  The former president has been widely criticized for accepting a $2 million payment last fall for a visit to Japan sponsored by that country's largest media conglomerate, provoking assertions, even among Republicans, that he put the presidency up for... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
  

• Attention newspaper geeks

  For the 4 percent of Attytood readers intensely interested in newspaper stuff: 1) "Are newspapers doomed? (Do we care?)" -- this looks likely a more lively discussion than most of them. (Hat tip to Jeff Jarvis, who of course... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 1:10pm EDT
  

• Hillary Clinton does the right thing

  I've been on a recent kick for George W. Bush not to attend the Summer Olympics in Beijing, and now one of the presidential candidates has signed onto the cause. And it's...Hillary Clinton! How do I know? Because Hillary's... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 12:50pm EDT
  

• Greatest. Headline. Ever -- today's open thread

  Now on Drudge, the greatest headline ever: "Greenspan endorses McCain, foresees recession..." On a more serious note, not enough people are talking about the next great crisis: Food. And Krugman is right, all three candidates need a new schtick... [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 7:53am EDT
  

• A millionaire, and his wife...

  $109.2 million. I was going to put in an exclamation point, except I expected the Clintons' income would be somewhere around there. Bill Clinton made more than $29 million writing books!!!...I wonder if his agent is accepting new clients.... [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 5:22pm EDT
  

• The laughs we missed: If only Jay Leno and "SNL" had been there for Nixon, Hoover, and Lincoln

  News item: BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton made fun of herself Thursday, telling "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno she almost didn't make it to his studio. "It is so great to be here, I was so... [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 1:18pm EDT
  

• Speaking of "1984"...

  (Photo by our own Vance Lehmkuhl) Yes, this IS creepy.... The Soviet-style heroic Obama, the use of a single word "Hope," do make the SEPTA bus shelter posters a bit reminiscent of George Orwell's "1984." Its more direct antecedent... [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 12:15pm EDT
  

• Occation, all I ever wanted

  Huh? If you Google the word "occationally," this review is already the No. 2 entry. Maybe this is a clever new way to boost our Web traffic. UPDATE: Of course, they fixed it...no fun.... [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 12:11pm EDT
  

• The ghost of Alfred Hitchcock visits Fenway -- today's open thread

  "'A-Rod' attacked by hawk at Fenway Park." Once again, the truth is stranger than fiction. Discuss.... [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 11:59am EDT
  

• Down the memory hole

  The calendar says "2008," but it feels like "1984" around here. UPDATE: John Amato has more.... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
  

• Oh, so that's why he didn't go to Geno's....

  "Soy Barack Obama y apruebo esta mensaje." Does that have anything to do with this? In fact, neither Obama nor Sen. Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has made the traditional stop at South Philly cheesesteak... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 10:55pm EDT
  

• The 35-year-old 1.000 batter!

  Chris Coste -- Attytood's favorite Phillie -- just bashed the very first pitch he saw in 2008 for a long home run to left. Thank him by buying his book! How's Coste's team doing? Don't ask. UPDATE: We win!... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 2:55pm EDT
  

• Barack Obama as re-imagined by Time's Joe Klein

  Honestly, if Obama showed up at his next rally dressed exactly like this, it probably STILL wouldn't be enough for the likes of Time's Joe Klein, who's here to tell us: But there was still something missing. I noticed... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 10:56am EDT
  

• Hu's (g)on(e) first -- why only Bush can't go to China

  Does anybody really think that Bush should travel halfway around the world to clap for this thug regime? Activist Hu Jia was on Thursday jailed for three years and six months for subversion, his lawyer said, amid what rights groups... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 9:51am EDT
  

• One hit wonders!

  The Strawberry Alarm Clock, and the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies! One's groovy (watch the video!) and the other...not so much. I may have more to say about the Phillies but I'm waiting until after their next loss, this afternoon.... [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 9:40am EDT
  

• Shiny happy people -- a nighttime open thread

  Maybe the comment gods will decide this post is hate-free. Very uninspired tonight, kind of like the Phillies' offense. Talk amongst yourselves.... [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 9:27pm EDT
  

• Memo to Hillary: The stock market opens at 9:30 a.m.

  But when Countrywide Financial launches a full-scale nuclear strike on the U.S. at 2:55 a.m., she'll be ready. Via email, here's the text of a new ad she's airing in Pennsylvania: Announcer: It’s 3 am, and your children are safe... [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
  

• Time to retire "the E-word"

  Obama has been less adept at absorbing the lesson of Hillary’s metamorphosis from entitled queen of the party to scrappy blue-collar mama. His strenuous and inadvertently hilarious efforts to woo working-class folk in Pennsylvania have only made him seem... [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 10:50am EDT
  

• What were they teaching Yoo?

  Memo to any Episcopal Academy trustees who might happen to read this blog from time to time: Is there any way to strip John Yoo of his diploma retroactively? Because clearly the man did not learn any moral values during... [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 10:15am EDT
  

• Gonna cry now? -- today's open thread

  “I know what it means to get knocked down. But I’ve never stayed down, and I never will. Let me tell you something – when it comes to finishing the fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common.... [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 9:39am EDT
  

• Almost home

  Last year, I wrote a story for the Daily News about the life and death of a legendary Philadelphia photojournalist, Kent Potter of UPI: IF PHILADELPHIA photo legend Kent Potter were alive today, he'd be about 60. A former... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 10:59pm EDT
  

• "In short, this story did not meet our standards for publication"...Part 59

  Jeebus. Can't anybody here play this game?... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 9:23pm EDT
  

• TV vs. the sports fan: It's time for the fan to get out of the race

  For one of the few times in history, Major League Baseball started its regular season in the continental U.S. in March. And it was pretty easy by mid-afternoon to see why that's so rare. The marquee game for the afternoon,... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 12:09pm EDT
  

• Nothing can change the shape of things to come

  The Attytood changeover is very close. Meanwhile, Blinq has beaten me to the punch, as usual. "My friend" Dan McQuade adds more on this.... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 11:56am EDT
  

• Obama rising

  His poll number is now higher than his bowling score. Meanwhile, Hillary's Bosnia flap not so popular -- nor is Ed Rendell. Read all about it here.... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  

• Has "Archie Bunker's Place" been cancelled?

  Make way for Obama? Via the Drudge home page: RASMUSSEN POLL: Clinton Lead Shrinking in PA; Clinton 47% Obama 42%... Developing... It's the open thread -- where everything's on the table....... [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 9:12am EDT
  

• It's official: Ed Rendell is now the worst person in the world

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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 12:45am EDT
  

• It's the same old song

  Did Brett Myers implode in the 5th inning? Check. Ryan Madson served up a gopher ball over the heart of the plate? Check. The new guy at third grounded into a double play and struck out twice? Check. Ryan... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 8:09pm EDT
  

• Play ball!

  Well, one of the downsides of a competitive Pa. primary is that it's totally demolished the time I've had available for my uninformed Phillies fan rants. Besides, we have professionals blogging about baseball now, although I still have a strong... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 3:02pm EDT
  

• America's No. 1 Fox News Democrat Ed Rendell strikes again

  Ed Rendell, by way of Michael Calderone at the Politico: "I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present -- FOX has done the fairest job, and remained the most objective of all... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
  

• The most overused phrase of 2008 (so far)

  "In short, this story did not meet our standards for publication."... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 12:08pm EDT
  

• Laverne and Shirley and Barack

  Dude, learn to bowl! A 37! That's a typo, right? Isn't it like the SATs, where you get a 40 just for signing your name? Maybe a better pair of shoes would help. Honestly, is there any Pennsylvania cliche... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 11:36am EDT
  

• The DFH's are gone, but the controversy from Eschacon '08 lingers in Philly like the odor of patchouli

  Our own Vance Lehmkuhl went to this weekend's Eschacon '08 blogger conference here in Philadelphia, so you didn't have to. He's got a special PhillyFeed podcast up on the conference, and you can listen to it here. I'm listening to... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 11:06am EDT
  

• Things to do in Denver when you're dead -- today's open thread

  Keep pursuing the Democratic nomination.... Discuss the race, the Phillies' reign, or the Phillies' rain. It's the open thread!... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 10:35am EDT
  

• Breaking news: Financial markets don't always go up

  The liberal blogger-fest known as Eschacon '08 is wrapping up now with a panel called DFH Economics. The "D" stands for "dirty," while the "H" stands for "hippie." If that's true, then it sounds like the hippies know more about... [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2008, 5:18pm EDT
  

• Liberal bloggers declare war in Philly over media, McCain

  The primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seems far from over (no matter what the numbers say), the war in Iraq just marked its grim 5th anniversary with renewed bloodshed, and a host of issues from domestic spying... [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2008, 12:39pm EDT
  

• Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!

  Just a heads up that tomorrow I'll be blogging -- yes, a rare Saturday treat -- from a major blogger event (how's that for an oxymoron) right here in Philadelphia with the unwieldy name of Eschacon '08, inspired by local... [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2008, 5:18pm EDT
  

• And it's 1,2,3, what are THEY fighting for?

  Slate's Fred Kaplan gets the trophy for the best explainer of the recent chaos in Iraq: The reality, alas, is less stark. The fighting in Basra, which has spread to parts of Baghdad, is not a clash between good... [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2008, 1:22pm EDT
  

• Heading north, or going south?

  It's hard to believe, but the Phillies are at Citizens Bank Park tonight, in the ultimate tree-in-the-forest exhibition (not on TV, and opposite Villanova and the red-hot Sixers) against the Toronto Blue Jays. Unless the Phils can book the... [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2008, 12:54pm EDT
  

• McCain: "I am an American American"

  John McCain. The American president Americans have been waiting for. His first ad -- just in case you were planning to accidentially vote for him for president of Bolivia or something. He'll only be the American president here in... [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2008, 12:42pm EDT
  

• Casey at the bat -- today's open thread

  This is a home run: Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president today in Pittsburgh, sending a message both to the state's primary voters and to undecided superdelegates who might decide the close race... [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2008, 10:05am EDT
  

• Boy the way Glenn Miller played

  Apparently Hillary Clinton doesn't need an "Archie Bunker strategy" here in Pennsylvania. She already has the meathead-basher's vote locked up: However, Pew notes that while the controversy may not have hurt Obama in a Democratic nomination fight, there are... [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 9:57pm EDT
  

• What he deserves

  I've consistently maintained that Philadelphia's Mumia Abu-Jamal is probably the worst poster-child for reforming the justice system you could imagine: A man who was caught red-handed, literally, murdering a police officer. With the overwhelming body of evidence against him, the... [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 1:25pm EDT
  

• Meet the new owner of the L.A. Times

  This is pretty unbelievable. OK, actually it is pretty believable. It's the consequence of people insisting that newspapers can "do more with less." This orginal Sean Combs/Tupac story drew more traffic to the L.A. Times website than any other... [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 10:57am EDT
  

• Show me the money

  Last year, I raised some questions about a Justice Department probe that was centered in Puerto Rico but touched on Philly politics. At issue was the role of a local wheeler-dealer named Bob Feldman (pictured at left), who in addition... [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 10:03am EDT
  

• This is definitely a blow to the John Edwards campaign

  David Bonior was Edwards' campaign manager. Whatever the facts are, this won't play out well politically for those involved: Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion,... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
  

• Only Bush can't go to China

  "Only Nixon could go to China." -- Spock, citing what he called an ancient Vulcan proverb in "Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country." Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush's position is that the Olympics "should be about the athletes... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 10:59am EDT
  

• Honey, I'm going out to pick up some ice!

  Not to downplay differences between the candidates, but here is one good thing -- and one of the few good things, frankly -- about the 2008 presidential race. No matter who wins, the next president will take climate change... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 10:46am EDT
  

• The bus plunge of "The Boys on the Bus"

  (Photo by Damon Winter/New York Times) A couple of months ago I wrote an essay for Nieman Reports about the pressure for all-local newspaper reporting that would be have to be carried out in good measure by my generation... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 10:11am EDT
  

• Music for a Pa. primary -- today's open thread

  The Typical Average White Band! As a special bonus, I'm pretty sure that's "comedian" Sinbad some 24 seconds into it. Pick up the pieces -- it's the open thread.... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 9:27am EDT
  

• The Tonya Harding option

  I've been talking to some people today like my new friend A.J. Daulerio, today of Philly mag but soon to be fulltime at Deadspin, about what -- if anything -- Hillary Clinton can do to make up the gap... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 10:15pm EDT
  

• The Hillary video

  Philly.com has posted the video of Hillary Clinton admitting to her Bosnia "misstatement" -- I can't embed it but you can watch it here. In a loosely related note, for any Air America listeners out there, I'll be on Rachel... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 3:59pm EDT
  

• The making of HRC's Bosnia moment -- today's open thread

  Funny, she didn't mention the Doritos bag yesterday. It's an open thread -- who's the next president?... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
  

• "Looks like I picked the wrong week to become governor of New York"

  This whole thing has just devolved into total farce.... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 11:32am EDT
  

• It's Daylight Baseball Time!

  Set your clocks ahead 13 hours right now -- just a friendly reminder that the Major League Baseball season has started, and in fact the game between the World Champion Boston Red Sox (yes, that still sounds weird) and... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 9:28am EDT
  

• Clinton: Pledged delegates are "like superdelegates"

  One final note from the Daily News editorial board session with Sen. Hillary Clinton today: Near the end of the session, I had the chance to ask her what essentially was a two-part question, based on recent stories in the... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
  

• Clinton's "Delphic oracle" Alan Greenspan

  Sen. Hillary Clinton addressed a wide range of issues during her session that lasted about an hour with the Daily News editorial board, and some of her most interesting comments dealt with the topic du jour: America's struggling economy. She'd... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 9:10pm EDT
  

• Exclusive: Clinton acknowledges a "misstatement" on Bosnia sniper fire

  Earlier this afternoon, Sen. Hillary Clinton came to the Daily News and Inquirer building here in Philadelphia -- where she's seeking the Daily News editorial board endorsement -- and I had a chance to ask her about a controversy... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 6:28pm EDT
  

• The future of "news"

  From this week's New Yorker: Almost by accident, however, the owners of the Huffington Post had discovered a formula that capitalized on the problems confronting newspapers in the Internet era, and they are convinced that they are ready to reinvent... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 1:10pm EDT
  

• 4,000

  Discuss. I'm going to be on a special assignment this afternoon -- it's something I think you'll definitely want to come back for later. Until then, use this as an open thread.... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 8:29am EDT
  

• Now there's your typical white man

  Howard Eskin ripping Obama -- that should drive Obama's numbers in Philly UP.... [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
  

• Spitzer a Patriot Act victim?

  The USA Patriot Act, which was initially rammed through in the post-9/11 frenzy with virtually no debate, truly is a law of unintended consequences. The government is using it to gather a ton of data on citizens who have nothing... [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
  

• UPDATED: McCain and Hillary, too

  Apparently Hillary Clinton's passport file was "breached" last year. Note an update to my earlier post on this controversy. UPDATE: Yup, McCain too.... [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 1:08pm EDT
  

• UPDATED: Shocking quote from outspoken black pastor is uncovered!

  "God didn't call America to engage in a senseless, unjust war. . . . And we are criminals in that war. We've committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I'm going to continue to say... [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 12:30pm EDT
  

• Clinton campaign has a weird obsession with Obama's overseas travels

  So who would have been interested in Barack Obama's overseas travels, anyway? Well, maybe it's just a coincidence, but Hillary Clinton's campaign sure was (huge h/t johndeebo). This is from a March 12 press release from Lee Feinstein, the Clinton... [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 10:06am EDT
  

• Signefied: Find the Cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom

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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 10:09pm EDT
  

• UPDATED: Breaking Obama passport scandal

  Drudge says that Obama's passport was breached, and the State Dept. is investigating. Two people fired. Didn't this happen with (Bill) Clinton? UPDATE: What goes around comes around -- from Nov. 1992: A State Department official who carried out... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 8:30pm EDT
  

• Baseball, ballparks, bad '80s rock and making fun of a job-slashing newspaper owner!!!

  Please watch the ultimate Attytood video! (Strange backstory -- for newspaper geeks only -- is here.) I meant to post this earlier today, but meanwhile there's even more reason to make fun of Sam Zell, the potentially Wrigley Field... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 7:53pm EDT
  

• Breaking news: Tina Turner is sexist

  How dare she sing a song about a "typical male"?... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 7:42pm EDT
  

• Do they know it's Christmas?

  My friend Jonathan Tannenwald blogs Temple in March Madness so that I don't have to. They're down at the half and it's not looking that great. Do any of the Philly Big 3 win a game? Discuss that, or... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
  

• UPDATED: Obama damage controlled?

  Drudge is touting a new Ramussen national poll that is interesting for two reasons: RASMUSSEN POLL: McCain Now Leads By Double Digits: McCain 51% Clinton 41% McCain 49% Obama 42% First of all, isn't that headline a little misleading... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 12:19pm EDT
  

• Death by shower, and the folly of five years in Iraq

  Five years and one day into the war in Iraq, the senselessness of the conflict and the way that it is waged continues to write a sad story that could fill 10 volumes worth of "Catch-22." It takes a special... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 10:22am EDT
  

• What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? -- today's open thread

  Everybody wants to take race out of politics -- until it comes up, and then no one wants to talk about anything else. If I ever need to make a living blogging, I'll just start a Website called "MouthOffAboutRaceAndPolitics.com."... [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 10:06am EDT
  

• Gone fishin' hoopin' -- today's open thread

  Off soon to see the streaking Sixers crush AI and those Denver Nuggets at the Core States First Union Wachovia Center. Is anyone else excited by the Sixers' recent run, or am I just a typical Philadelphia sports sucker,... [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 5:12pm EDT
  

• Reposted: Anniversary of a lie

  New blogger's note: Re-posted again, as it was last year. The only difference that matters is that hundreds of more Americans and thousands of more Iraqius have died since then. When a war is based on lies, one death is... [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 11:27am EDT
  

• The video that China doesn't want the world to see

  This footage of the rioting in Tibet is raw and harrowing. It's also, for the most part, not being seen in China where authorities have blocked access to YouTube.com, which has many videos on Tibet. The Internet as a... [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 10:36am EDT
  

• You, sir, are no Mitt Romney

  The reviews are overwhelmingly favorable for Barack Obama's Philly speech on race yesterday -- most editorial writers went ga-ga, putting their McCain love on hold for a few minutes. My favorite effort was in the New York Times, which used... [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 10:04am EDT
  

• Pennsylvania is the new black Ohio -- really?

  For all those political pundits who keep insisting that Pennsylvania is Ohio -- what part of the Cuyahoga River have you been smoking? The Politico has a great takedown today of the Pennsylvania-Ohio-separated-at-birth theory: However, beneath the similarities lie... [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 9:42am EDT
  

• He's not made of money, you know!

  Too funny -- deep-pocketed George Soros' pockets apparently aren't deep enough for Ed Rendell: Top Hillary supporter and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell privately appealed to billionaire George Soros for cash to help fund a new primary in Michigan --... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 8:46pm EDT
  

• Barack Obama's Post-Racial Politics 2.0

  And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews. The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 1:24pm EDT
  

• "These people are a part of me"

  The psychic Matt Drudge knows what Obama will say before the speech begins: OK, people, here's a non-Drudge version, because God knows all the traffic from Attytood is propping up that faltering operation down there! And this helps explain, perhaps,... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 11:45am EDT
  

• Smerconish's Wright column boiled to its essence

  It would be wrong to hold Barack Obama the churchgoer accountable for the words of a preacher spoken outside of his presence. But... Meanwhile, some riveting video on MSNBC of technicians setting up Obama's podium at the National Constitution... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 11:32am EDT
  

• All politics is local...and corrupt

  In a few minutes, Barack Obama is showing up in Philly to talk about race, religion, and all those other fun dinner-table topics. That's all fine and good, but I'd be happy if someone could just come here and... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 10:29am EDT
  

• I-95's closed, man

  A lot of freaks. Big crack, actually. Good infrastructure detective work. Meanwhile, I got caught up in covering the latest Obama-Clinton developments for the newspaper and wasn't able to switch over to Clickability as planned. UPDATE: Well, I guess... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 11:58pm EDT
  

• Uh, reality check anyone?

  Locally, there's been lots of excitement about a plan to build -- and I'm not making this up -- THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE right here in lil' ol' Philadelphia. As reported in your Daily News this... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 8:55pm EDT
  

• The way we do the things we do

  Walter Pincus of the Washington Post is a journalistic hero here at Attytood -- his reporting, along with that of Greg Mitchell and a few others, showed it was quite possible to be skeptical about the case for war in... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 8:23pm EDT
  

• A change is gonna come -- today's open thread

  Consider this a friendly two-minute warning. I've hinted (or maybe flat-out said) that some change is coming here -- mainly it's a techno-geek thing (changing the platform of the blog from one called Movable Type to one called Clickability)... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 2:35pm EDT
  

• It's the bear, stupid!

  There is a bear in the woods. For some people the bear is easy to see. Others don't see it at all. Some people say the bear is tame. Others say it's vicious and dangerous. Since no one can... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 10:33am EDT
  

• All Wright now

  In an effort to make sure that Swifty didn't cancel his subscription to the Daily News, I wrote about the Philadelphia roots of Barack Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in today's newspaper. There seems to be some interest among... [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 8:46am EDT
  

• Doing the Wright thing

  This is the kind of news that doesn't help anyone's presidential campaign: In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and... [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 12:14pm EDT
  

• Which candidate doesn't honor the pledge?

  Hint: It's the one on the right: From Sept. 1, 2007: Three of the major Democratic presidential candidates on Saturday pledged not to campaign in Florida, Michigan and other states trying to leapfrog the 2008 primary calendar, a move... [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 11:45am EDT
  

• Lost in the ozone -- today's open thread

  The next president will have to breathe George Bush's dirty air: EPA officials initially tried to set a lower seasonal limit on ozone to protect wildlife, parks and farmland, as required under the law. While their proposal was less... [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 11:37am EDT
  

• Gee our old LaSalle ran great...

  Leave it to Andy Borowitz to sum this whole thing up: The former New York congresswoman also said that she wished her middle name was 'Hussein,' explaining, "If my middle name was Hussein I'd be president by now." Yeah, it's... [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 8:56pm EDT
  

• Attytood Jeopardy

  The answer: 3,987. Question to come later today. Yes, it's been another one of those days. UPDATE: What is the number of American troop deaths in Iraq since the war began five years ago? From the Pew Research Center... [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 4:43pm EDT
  

• Money's Too Tight (To Mention) -- today's open thread

  Wall Street is Simply Red. With all the talk about race, gender, sex -- has anyone noticed that our economy is going to you-know-where in that proverbial handbag? Discuss that, or anything else -- it's the open thread.... [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 11:24am EDT
  

• Anderson (?!!!), Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Perot, Gore, Kerry

  Time magazine, whose editor agreed with me last month on newspapers not making candidate endorsements, comes now with its media critic James Poniewozik agreeing with me on a loosely related issue: Why don't journalists just disclose who they voted for?... [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 10:31am EDT
  

• "You have missed a critical opportunity to do what is right."

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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 12:07am EDT
  

• Geraldine's "Race-Bait 2008" World Tour started right here at the Philadelphia Daily News

  Well, if you're having a hard time staying on top of the news this week, join the club, but in case you haven't heard Geraldine Ferraro is indeed officially out as a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, although she left like... [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 8:30pm EDT