I had a very topsy - turvy busy day alternating between faboo & $hitacular, so, since it seems like tonight's show will be rather "active," I might just intersperse some "this day in history" & SPARK items in comments or in the "body" of the diary.
I am a bit concerned that Rachel's show isn't going to be on tonight. Is Phil Griffin trying to send some sort of message the week he sacked Cenk Uyger? Did the staff just want a night off? I hope we get some answers soonest!
Let's Countdown!
Keith is minus a jacket again tonight; I better find some smelling salts! ;D
"Walking on the Ceiling" - Speaker Sobbing Small Price to Pay Goldilocks pulled out of debt ceiling negotiations with President Obama because our President just simply would not cut more from programs that we, the people, rely upon so much. From just the brief bits of the President's presser I saw, I would've liked more of this tone, but I'll take what I can get from President Cool. ;D
Said Sobber informed the media of his decision before he informed President Obama - CLASSY! Wow, those horrible cuts that were rumored were actually part of the deal. Oye... OK, that part about not worrying about what a columnist said or any signed pledges mean was pretty stinking good. :D
Uh, Mr. Sobbing Speaker, just who was going to get their taxes raised? And, he accuses President Obama of lying & not getting serious! HA! Wow. Brian Beutler get to try to 'splain what happened today. Of course, each side is saying the other fibbed; I'll give y'all some time to recover from the shock of that development. ;D President Obama was ready to give into the horrible draconian cuts the GOBP wanted. Again...wow... And, that still wasn't enough for the GOBP. I'd say one would think President Obama would learn his lesson from this, but I've made that comment before, and he clearly didn't. President Obama wants a debt ceiling deal that will be good through the 2012 elections - good luck with that, honey. Mr. Beutler thinks much spinning will happen this weekend, but all will depend on discussion of the 3 possible options that go on in the White House tomorrow. President Obama might - just might - be given the opportunity to raise the debt ceiling himself. I ain't holding my breath on that score. Craig Crawford gets to try to 'splain the GOBP mindset in all this? ;D A whole mess of Americans are actually beginning to pay attention of all this debt ceiling shtick & think the GOBP are acting like, according to Craig, kamikaze pilots. Huh, Craig made an interesting comment; he thinks Speaker Sobbing Small Price to Pay Goldilocks is more interested in keeping his Speaker gig than in electing a GOBP POTUS. Wow, if THAT'S true... *&^%$#@!
Oslo, Norway was struck with a horrific act of domestic terrorism today; the number of dead is in the double digits. First, a car bomb was detonated in the government center. Next, a political youth camp was attacked by gun fire. What happened today, so far, has no connection to AQ or any other Middle Eastern terrorist organization. Government officials there are comparing today to our Oklahoma City bombing - not to 9/11.
"ALEC Pay to Play" AKA "Stealth Corporate Influence" - Some rich corporate stooge has begun to fess up as to what they're willing to do & pay to get the legislation THEY want - not the legislation that is best for an entire people. Most of the odious state - level legislation has originated from ALEC. John Nichols has done oodles of reporting on these "people." ALEC's nearly as old as I am; I bet they are THRILLED with Citizens United.
"Time Marches On!" - Some Stanford geeks have created a light saber robot. They couldn't find an actual live human being to play Star Wars with? I would've gone out there! ;D There's a big 'ol turtle that got a new leg; the new leg's a wheel. How cool is that?! :D Uh, I've never heard of this "king of the hill" game, so I'm a little fuzzy on the 3rd part of this segment.
"Scottish Links?" AKA "Scandal Spreads" - Scotland's looking into Murdoch shenanigans now? The Murdoch boys will get their qilts taken away? James Murdoch could get sanctioned for misleading the committee the other day even though he wasn't under oath. Our DOJ is possibly readying subpoenas for action in this country. John Dean gets Murdoch boys & Our Miss Brooks duty tonight. There might be grand jury involvement, too, at this stage?! CRAP!!
Can y'all believe the WSJ revealed these details?! Little Jimmy Murdoch could be accused of contempt of Parliament. Cute!
WPITW - Some dude in the "Show Me Your Papers" state has a dirty mind in the dust storm coverage & is a Middle Eastern racist. BillO thinks women who end up pregnant are drunk during the time, so they don't deserve free birth control. Some Focus on the Family dude got creative with some facts in a DOMA hearing the other day, and Senator Al Franken let...him...have...it!
"Fridays with Thurber" - YES!!! I've been waiting for MONTHS for Keith to read "File & Forget"! THIS story is too stinking funny; I literally LOLed reading this story during my lunch hour the day I read it, and it was nice & quiet where I was reading, so my LOL moment kind of disturbed the proverbial peace. ;D