Bill Maher: Movies Cause Torture?

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Sunday October 15, 2006 · 3:10 AM PDT

2006/10/15 · 03:10

i found this to be an awkward little bit of moralizing from Mr. Maher.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Remember that term Moynihan coined, "defining deviancy down"? These movies are mainstreaming deviancy. Deviancy now opens nationwide in 3,000 theaters. How can you expect a nation to abide by the Geneva Conventions when 80 percent of our teenagers spend their idle hours playing ultra-gory video games?

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Sunday October 01, 2006 · 5:14 PM PDT

2006/10/01 · 17:14

This is yet another sad day for the democratic party. Ever since a clear Dem majority demanded that the Bush Administration take us to war in Iraq -- No... ever since Bill Clinton,.... "Democrat" (yah. right!) ... gutted the safety net for millions of poverty stricken Americans now put out of work by the Bill Clinton's Global Initiative, the Demos have been sucking at the Universal Teet of Fear. ... Read More

It Can Actually Get Worse

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Thursday September 28, 2006 · 10:07 PM PDT

2006/09/28 · 22:07

Everyone else has had their say, so I'm going to post my take as well.

First of all.

80% of 55 is more votes than 95% of 45. i realize right now we're not even looking at 95% of 45. We're looking at 75% of 45, and so fine, run some primaries.

But none of those primaries are going to get us what we want until we have a majority. Until we can throw up a bill of our own and not give a shit if some Lieberman dick votes against it cause we got a couple repugs who will be willing to play the Senatorial game when we're in power. Read More

If Kos and Arianna are right, Lamont will lose too

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Friday September 22, 2006 · 2:31 PM PDT

2006/09/22 · 14:31

Today, two nationally known bloggers have put forth the idea that unless Democrats make this the central message:

making the case that Iraq is not, as Bush continues to claim, the centerpiece of the war on terror, and has, in fact, compromised America's ability to combat terrorists and protect our homeland.

of 2006 and beyond they will continue to lose. Doom is predicted for the upcoming elections. Read More

Are You a Journalist? Daily Kos makes NYer

BiminiCat

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Thursday August 03, 2006 · 12:41 AM PDT

2006/08/03 · 00:41

http://www.newyorker.com/...

some nuggets:

As the Pew study makes clear, most bloggers see themselves as engaging only in personal expression; they don't inspire the biggest claims currently being made for Internet journalism.

BiminiCat

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Thursday July 27, 2006 · 11:27 PM PDT

2006/07/27 · 23:27

What we care about is defeating Joe Lieberman.

There are republicans who we would have supported before supporting Joe Lieberman.

Over the last few days, I've been waiting to see some diaries about Ned Lamont. Who he is. What he's all about. And all that. I've been to his website and it all sounds pretty decent. but truth be told, as far as i can tell he's not as direct about troop withdrawal as Murtha and Feingold.

I've been looking for something on the front page. The Ned Lamont vision! Read More

Why is Lieberman's Position on the War Not Enough??

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Monday July 24, 2006 · 4:03 AM PDT

2006/07/24 · 04:03

Over the course of the last three weeks I've noticed that the blogosphere has decided that Joe Lieberman's position on the war is not enough to decide victory for Lamont. Or rather, it never hurts to add or pile on an argument that has already provided sustainable momentum.

It seemed to me his position on the war was how this started. His behaviour towards dems who criticized bush's handling of the war sealed his fate. I know Lamont talks about Lieberman during the Schiavo thing, and there certainly is other criticisms of Joe Lieberman but for the most part, I can't imagine this primary happening without the Iraq War. And I would be impressed to hear anyone make a convincing case that Lamont would be taking a commanding lead without the Iraq War as a backdrop. Read More

I'm Insane With Rage

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Friday July 21, 2006 · 11:46 PM PDT

2006/07/21 · 23:46

Beneath all this, there runs a lurking comedy. The brothers hear noises and, blaming local troublemakers, arrange to bawl them out; when Graham admits he is hopeless at cursing, Merrill tells him to go insane with rage, whereupon Graham runs around the outside of the house shouting, "I'm insane with rage," which is almost too bizarre to be funny.
-- Anthony Lane, The Current Cinema in the New Yorker, reviewing the M. Night Shyamalan Movie, Signs.

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Wednesday July 19, 2006 · 11:41 PM PDT

2006/07/19 · 23:41

Over the last 24 hours I have seen our zeal to help Ned Lamont defeat Joe Lieberman -- and believe me, this is a most noble goal -- reflect badly on the blogosphere.

Basically, there's enough of an argument to defeat Joe without making shit up.

So why are we making shit up?? Read More

Post Debate Thoughts

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Friday July 07, 2006 · 12:04 AM PDT

2006/07/07 · 00:04

I've just finished watching the debate repeated on c-span, and i don't understand why Ned Lamont didn't call Joe Lieberman the liar he is.

Markos and Matt Stoller had already exposed the Joe Lieberman lies in tonight's debate here:

http://www.dailykos.com/... Read More

Another Look at Obama, Dems and Religion

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Friday June 30, 2006 · 1:37 AM PDT

2006/06/30 · 01:37

I've given a lot of thought over the last two days about Barack Obama's speach about religion and the democratic party.

Just some background. Last year I posted a diary about Rosalyn Carter visiting Toccoa, GA in 1977. 36 students and faculty at a christian college had died in a flood due to a dam break. A book was written by some Christian Fundamentalists about the tragedy and Rosalyn Carter wrote the introduction to that book.

http://www.amazon.com/... Read More

DSCC Supporting Tester

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Monday June 26, 2006 · 7:30 AM PDT

2006/06/26 · 07:30

I know this means nothing and I guess that means in this forum this diary is a waste of a diary slot. For that I apologize. I take some solace in the knowledge that this diary will never take up any space on the recommended diary list.

But alas, I have found myself yet again confronted with an assumption. This assumption is that Chuck Schumer doesn't like John Tester. Read More

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