Muntadhar al-Zeidi is an overnight sensation. (Update: NYT assigns "folk hero" status)

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 4:53 AM PST

2008/12/15 · 04:53

Bush cracked jokes last night after skillfully dodging a pair of incoming shoes, but the awkward banter masked a deeper symbolism. Bush is clearly persona non-grata in Iraq, and there’s no better evidence of this than the enormous and spontaneous protest that broke out demanding the release of Journalist who hurled those shoes. According to the New York Times:

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Saturday December 13, 2008 · 11:08 PM PST

2008/12/13 · 23:08

A thorough draft of a federal report on rebuilding Iraq authored by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has fallen into the hands of a NY Times reporter while circulating around Washington D.C. The 500+ page report is comically stamped "NOT FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION" in the header, but, lucky for us, it has been distributed further, and it’s brimming with gems. The following are some of the juiciest findings as reported by the NY Times:

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Saturday December 13, 2008 · 7:42 AM PST

2008/12/13 · 07:42

Remember the pander-sized brouhaha that resulted from Joe Biden’s remark that Barack Obama would be tested during his initial days in office? The GOP flunkies shrieked, flailed and bellowed:

"They’re going to test him! He’s not ready! We need a leader who can throw gambits without blinking at any and every crisis that confronts him! We need someone who can lurch from crisis to crisis in clueless desperation! Or, at a minimum, we need someone who can see Russia from their backyard!"

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 10:46 AM PST

2008/11/21 · 10:46

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday sent a message to Democrats that Republicans are not prepared to bend to a stronger majority.

In letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), McConnell urged Reid to adopt a more conciliatory tone and warned him that Republicans will unite against Democrats if he does not. The letter was signed by all 40 GOP senators and two Republican incumbents who are awaiting the results of elections in Georgia and Minnesota.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 9:25 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 09:25

Yesterday, my kid got in trouble at school for biting another kid. He didn’t hurt the bitten, as he was role-playing a dino-vampire and not intending to actually injury anyone, but, as a parent, I was appropriately concerned. In my post dino-vampire-gate lecture, I alluded to, "what would Barack Obama do?"

This question has been on the front of my six-year old’s mind the past few days, as he now looks to Obama as a role model (especially since he’s decided that he also wants to be president).

But Obama (and Michelle) aren’t just role models for my son. They are both people I can look to as model parents. Obama's schedule today speaks to this point. Despite an insanely hectic transition schedule, he has found time to attend Parent Teacher meetings for his daughters:

This morning, President-elect Barack Obama will attend parent teacher conferences at his daughters' school with his wife Michelle.

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 12:56 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 12:56

Video here.

Ali G crashed a pro Prop 8 bigot fest taking place at LA city hall. Dressed in a blong wig, he joined the homophobic ensemble in their zombie-like chants. Of course, the attendees were clueless, but nearby reporters recognized him, forcing him to abandon his gig. Firedoglake has the story:

Disguised in a blond wig and in character as Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion reporter who's the star of another mockumentary, The Bruno Movie Sasha Baron Cohen marched with haters demonstrators who support Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage at a rally across from Los Angeles' City Hall.

Cohen who starred Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, enturbulated the Yes on 8 crowd with Bruno's gayness until reporters and camera crews spotted him. Members of his film crew tried to shield him and "Bruno" was eventually whisked away in a van before he had to encounter real media.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 1:56 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 13:56

Undoubtably these are the actions of someone leaving a Palin rally:

A hangman's noose was found near an election sign for Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama posted near Clermont, Fla., police say.

Lake County Sheriff's Office Sgt. John Herrell said the noose, which was made of white rope, was found hanging on a barbed-wire fence near the election sign by deputies this week, The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Thursday.

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