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“Inside Tim Russert’s Office: If It’s Sunday, It’s ‘Meet the Press’” recreates Russert’s NBC Washington office much as it looked when he died of a heart attack in June 2008 while preparing for his next show.
The office, located on the Newseum’s fourth level, offers a unique [...]
- Legislative window dressing masquerading as reform.
- Obama below 50% for the first time.
- And he’s raising money off of Sarah Palin.
- Deep thoughts about marshmallows.
- Tea Parties: The Movie!
- Google: The Takeover! (UPDATE: SEE!!!)
- Political amnesia and the [...]
“Hours after ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported on government data showing hundreds of created jobs and millions of dollars spent in congressional districts that don’t exist, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., late Monday issued a blistering statement demanding an immediate fix to “ludicrous mistakes” on the Recovery.gov Website.
“The [...]
Jake Saunders, Cache County firefighter and paramedic, joins us today to discuss the Cache Valley Fire Public Education Coalition and fundraiser for the Dennis Sorensen Charity Fund. (More info @ 435-716-9518, leave a message with your info request or [www.cachecounty.org]):
On Thursday, October 22, 2009, the home belonging to the [...]
Slate Magazine, always the contrarians, pick through the Senate health care bill to see what’s inside, and how it compares to the House bill.
It’s worse mainly because it’s stingier. The Senate bill would save $130 billion over 10 years (a mysterious $1 billion more than the figure leaked last [...]
As almost a slap in the face to liberals who have long contested the validity of Fox News, or as liberals like to say “Faux News,” as a legitimate news organization, President Obama has agreed to an interview that will air tonight with Chris Wallace on Fox News.
Is [...]
Great article @ Utah Stories today that digs into history, while making an intriguing statement about our current recession, and the future of our state economy. A clip:
This issue of Utah Stories is about five business owners who have found ways of operating their businesses more efficiently using the [...]
- Bright lights, small cities.
- Oh no, Eggo rationing?! SOCIALISM!
- Cat fought the law, and the law won.
- Public Policy Polling: the GOP needs a new face.
- Progressive blogger polling: The Democrats need to step it up.
- Rob Bishop: Tree huggers er takin’ er [...]
I can only hope that my kids end up this precocious. I’d be very proud.
From Salon:
On Monday, Oct. 5, at an elementary school in Washington County, Ark., Will Phillips, a precocious 10-year-old who had been promoted from third to fifth grade, refused to join his class in standing and [...]
They are all topics on today’s show.
We’ll discuss new efforts to tamp down on graffiti in the community, and an upcoming Safe Driving Summit.
And since it’s Tuesday we’ll have the latest intallment of the Mero Moment. What will Paul have to say? We don’t know yet ourselves, so listen for [...]
In the debate over winter parking, I would like to add the following ordinance from Lincoln, Nebraska to the discussion.
Like many municipalities around the country, Lincoln decided to solve the need to remove cars during snow removal by adopting a system that allows the Mayor to alternately ban parking on [...]
538’s number crunching savants Nate Silver and Tom Schaller have a bet on Sarah Palin. Silver thinks she’ll run, Schaller thinks she’s just trying to cash in and get out. Silver’s argument:
Tom provides two pieces of evidence against Palin running for the nomination. The first is that 2012 is [...]
Tyler is out today, so Jon and I have boarded up the studio in preparation for the Ultimate Battle of Liberal vs. Libertarian Smackdown Challenge of ‘09. Or something similar.
The annual Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change is coming up (Dec 7). Proposed is a legally binding international treaty to cut [...]
You ever get that “not so fresh feeling?”
I’ve got it now …
I have to ask again – Why is protesting a war un-American, but preaching and advocating for the overthrow of the elected Government of the United States so patriotic? I once again find myself nodding [...]
Tell us something we don't know:- If we really had “pro-life” legislators.
- Are gold prices about to become volatile?
- Why employment will rebound sooner than you think.
- The wonderful world of prison inventions.
- Obama’s crackdown on “burrowing.”
- Are you addicted to a website? Try keepmeout.com.
- [...]
See you, Lou. Don’t let a fact bite you on your ass while you’re wandering the Earth doing “good deeds” for the White Folks.
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TPM -
A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to [...]
Interesting timeline of American consumerism provided by the author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.
The book provides a history and subtle warning about our move away from craftsmanship to a fixation on “cheap for cheap’s sake.”
From the PBC blog:
1930s: Congress passes fair-trade legislation to prohibit predatory [...]
Story from yesterday that fits nicely with Tyler’s “Managing Your Online Reputation” presentation at the SMC of CV meeting last night.
Ashley Payne says in August she was called into the principal’s office and forced to step down because of photos showing her holding beer mugs and glasses of wine. [...]
Dear Senator,
I know you’re in a tough spot. It would be bad enough if you only had to get Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche Lincoln on board, but anyone who has to kiss Joe Lieberman’s derriere deserves a congressional medal of honor.
But Harry, you really need to [...]
The other night, my wife and I sat down and watched the Family Guy Almost Live Comedy Show. At one point they did this little gag about deaf actress Marlee Matlin singing a pop song. To be honest, my wife and I could not stop laughing. When I went to [...]
- Blockbuster to take on Redbox, Netflix with “dissolving SD card” rental kiosks.
- Steele: “Many in GOP fear me because I’m black.” Jon Stewart has another theory.
- NJ/VA GOP Wins: It was all about turnout. Or was it?
- Cartman as Glenn Beck.
Quick photo-op from the tonights meeting of the Social Media Club of Cache Valley (happening as I post this, @ Borders). Tyler is giving a presentation on “online reputation management” to the crowd. We’re starting to draw the attention of the rest of the Borders patrons with our Twitter [...]
Yesterday we heard from The Sutherland Institute, who criticized the nondiscrimination ordinances passed in Salt Lake City (now being considered in other Utah cities / counties), and the surprising report that the LDS Church endorsed the measures as “fair and reasonable.” Today we’ll hear from Brandie Balkin, Executive [...]
Since the dawn of man, people have hated each other over their differences. In today’s enlightened age, a time of advanced science and of instant communication and of tickle-me Elmo, you might think things would be different, but the story is the same.
The problem, I think, is that most people [...]
I’m not going to go into great detail about what a fan I am of the “lady part*”, nor about how important I think the “lady part*” should be in the context of medical coverage (very). Instead, I’m going to share a couple of quotes from Susie Madrak over [...]
Last night Salt Lake City unanimously passed nondiscrimination ordinances that protect gay and lesbian residents from workplace and housing discrimination. The LDS Church backed both measures, stating that the ordinances “do no violence” to the institution of marriage, and are “fair and reasonable.” Sutherland Institute’s Jeff Reynolds joins us [...]
As a free-marketeer, I repeatedly encounter people who have some serious beef with unregulated industries. Invariably, their contention stems from an incident or incidents that really got their goat – dirty business practices like monopolizing markets and outsourcing labor to Chinese kids. Typically, the issue is simply misunderstood and often [...]
- Arguments for a second stimulus.
- Salt Lake, Provo mayors compete for charity.
- Howcast can show you how to do just about anything.
- Perceptions of Crime and the Economy.
- Make your own Christopher Walken mask.
- Anti-tax, anti-health care reform, and now… [...]
It’s a proud to be an American moment … it’s a speech to share with children.
From T.G.’s Political Wire -
Marc Ambinder: “I guarantee: they’ll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes. It was that good. My gloss won’t do it justice. Yes, I’m having a Chris Matthews-chill-running-up-my-leg moment, [...]
Bluegal over at Crooks and Liars reminded me that 2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns – The World’s Greatest Poet.
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Via Tyler on Twitter:
RT @MonicaBielanko: BREAKING NEWS:In an unexpected vote Salt Lake City council has voted unanimously to pass state’s first anti-gay discrimination ordinance.
Curtis Haring has a live-blog of the public meeting, and the LDS Church endorsement of the ordinances.
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A Facebook update from the Social Media Club of Cache Valley group.
Subject: Social Media — a boon that can bite you
WHAT: Can what you post on Facebook or Twitter make a difference in whether you get that job you’re applying for? Once you’ve been bitten can [...]
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Pretty [...]
Loralee and (our own) Jon Choate have just returned from the White House, where they met with senior advisor Valerie Jarrett to discuss health care policy. She wore her red Payless shoes. You can read about the experience (and the red shoes), and see their photos [...]
Utah Health Policy Project, in the inbox:
Saturday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first comprehensive health reform bill in U.S. history. But what do the bill’s 2,000 pages really mean for everyday Utahns? How will our state achieve the goal of quality, affordable coverage for all Utahns within [...]
On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “two battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces with the fleet. This established the Continental Marines and marked the birth of the United States Marine Corps. Serving on land [...]
Looking for something to burn off the last 30 minutes of Monday work? Stare at this for a two and a half minutes then spend 27.5 minutes shaking your head:Tonight on For the People:
Fort Hood shooting fallout. Stop blaming “the Muslims.”
City and business. What business is good business for a city to become involved in?
And finally, we’ll spend an hour with Michelle and Brannon King of the Independence Caucus. Each candidate they endorsed lost. What was their influence on [...]
Florida lawyer makes it official:
A conservative Florida lawyer “has registered an official ‘Tea Party’ with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races,” reports Ben Smith.
Said Frederic O’Neal, the party chairman: “The current system [...]
• I think there are a couple of ways to look at BYU's exit poll that shows 55 percent of Provo voters still support Bob Bennett. Negative: 55 percent isn't particularly healthy. Positive: It's among Utah's more conservative voters. Negative: General election voters aren't delegates. Positive:' [...] The other day CacheValleyDaily.com ran an article titled, “Former NoLo Council candidate files trespassing complaint against city” by Amanda Pierce. The article explained how a man, L. Alan Collins who ran for City council this year in North Logan had filed trespassing charges with police against a city employee [...]
As neat and historical as Saturday’s Health Reform vote was – I don’t think it’s going to make it through the Senate either intact, or even more badly mangled.
Why, you ask?
Because Republicans will continue to lie and soak up lobbyist donations, and Democrats lack the backbone to call them liars [...]
I love Al Franken. I want to punch Fox News in the nose for the terrible things they say about him.
Already in his short tenure at the Senate, Franken has made committee hearings bot more entertaining and MORE informative; he’s forced the US Government to stop doing business with companies [...]
- Exploiting foreign threats for domestic political gain.
- Japan plan solar power collection… in space.
- Sarah Palin, Awesome Bogus.
- TSA has it’s own blog to address your (Mr. Chaffetz) travel frustrations.
- TubeRadio: Turn YouTube into your personal jukebox.
- My favorite columnist, Rick Hertzberg, makes [...]
“Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.
“The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance; [...]
This is a Democrat.
Jim Matheson? Not so much.
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This is what you get from the party of no when someone, ANYONE, starts talking about women’s health.
Share this on del.icio.usDigg this!Share this on [...]Well, here’s a nice copy of last week’s show. Just (a lot of) hours of the broadcast, Mark Shurtleff dropped out of the race to replace Utah’s Senator Bennett. Shurtleff claims “family issues,” but were those issues the real reason?*
More Powerful Than A Crooked Attorney General
[...]
A wonderful video that showcases, clearly, the need for chickenhawks and Republican’ts to be honest or just STFU.
The magic happens around 2:45.00
I like how Marcos points out the Tancredo chickenshitted his way out of Vietnam and all Tommy can do is burst into tears and storm off the set. It’s [...]
“…British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are wrong to complain…
…some expected Obama to revive the global economy and broker Middle East peace singlehandedly…
…In modern politics, he says, “no one country can bring the world to heel.”…
…Obama won election on the premise that governments, businesses [...]
Ah, representatives … what a worthless phrase in this state (unless your check book is a lot deeper than mine).
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-INO), according to reports, is working harder than most Republican’ts to torpedo the health care bill and make it easier than breathing for the Utah Legislature to opt-out [...]
Yesterday during our discussion on UTOPIA and broadband stimulus with FreeUTOPIA’s Jesse Harris, a caller expressed concern over UTOPIA’s financial model and “the way things went down” in Box Elder county as UTOPIA moved in.
We were up against a hard break and had to wrap the hour up before Jesse [...]
I'm bringing up pieces of the the last comment from the Bennett post the other day from "Anonymous" because I think it's interesting discussion. (Seriously, just put your name at the bottom if you don't want to create an account. Even a first name. Feels awkward' [...] - Rep. Rob Bishop caught between a rock and a hard glowing rock.
- Fox Host: Alleged shooter’s name ‘tells us a lot.’
- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
- Touch-tone telephone songs for the extremely bored.
- More on the [...]
Nothing spells love for your country like flubbing the pledge of allegiance after grandstanding about how you love America more than anyone else.
So … the Pledge of Allegiance drives me nuts? Screw you, Rep. Akin (R-ASS), at least I know all the words – even the parts Joe McCarthy stuffed [...]
Today we’ll speak with Jesse Harris of FreeUTOPIA. What is UTOPIA, and what might the move into Brigham City mean to Cache Valley broadband users? We’ll also get Jesse’s thoughts on Net Neutrality policies moving quickly through the FCC, House, and Senate and the 19 projects Gov. Herbert [...]
The Laws of Physics state that if you were to attempt to solidify and build a tower out of the tonnage of stupid you’re about to read, that wouldn’t be as dumb as what you’re about to read. Nor would God let it stand without smiting someone.
If you haven’t taken [...]
Well – the GOP is going string him up for this.
From Think Progress:
Graham rebuked senators unwilling to address carbon pollution. Saying that he has “seen the effects of a warming planet,” Graham called for the United States to “lead the world rather than follow the world [...]
This is how you message.
This is how you fight the lies and the bullshit.
This is how Democrats are supposed to act – inspired by Truman, with backbone and direction.
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US Senate candidate and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has suspended his campaign to care for a daughter with mental illness. What does this mean for Sen. Bennett and the other candidates? And what was Cherilyn Eager thinking with this response to the news?
Last night’s election brought few surprises [...]
Utah AG and US Senate candidate Mark Shurtleff sent this statement via Facebook on his choice to suspend his Senate campaign.
Subject: Suspension of US Senate Campaign
Dear Supporters and Friends,
Today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the U.S. Senate. This announcement comes with sorrow because I do [...]
Election hangover edition.
- Logan elections: Only 15% make it out to vote.
- The Trib’s statewide election results.
- NY-23: “Conservative” candidate concedes. (Heh: This was really the Rahm Emanuel vs Glenn Beck contest.)
- Utah’s first black woman mayor.
- Utah’s first openly gay city council candidate.
- [...]
The KVNU crew @ Logan’s Election Central (City Hall), talking to candidates, and awaiting numbers for Cache Valley Daily’s election results page.
Related posts:KVNU/CVD.com Interactive Logan Mayor and City Council [...]
I love it!
Never enjoyed Lovecraft more.
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I mean, have you heard the shit that asshole says about me?
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Swine flu parties and vaccination lines. Are we taking this too seriously, or not seriously enough?
Is the new “V” series (premiering tonight!) a play on the Obama administration [...]
If you don’t, you can’t complain later.
Find out where to go.
Then go.
Now.
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New co-host Jon Choate will give us the latest “tech” news and an update on his trip to DC with Loralee to discuss health care reform with the White House.
We’ll also wrap up [...]
It's Monday, and you know what that means:
