“OUR PLAN IS TO ‘DRAG’ THEM INTO SPECIAL FBI DETENTION CENTERS, WITHOUT ANY RIGHT OF HABEAS CORPUS, SO WE CAN BREED THEM FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Mahablog weighs in on the Hoover Conspiracy.

BuzzFlash with Ask Rockridge: Energy Crisis Won’t ‘Wait for the Market.‘

Jon Perr with Medals of Dishonor: How the Right Rewards Cover Ups & Payback.

 

“HOW DO THEY EXPECT A GUY TO PLAY A LONGSHOT IF HE DOESN’T KNOW WHO’S PLAYING WITH ‘LONGSHOTS’.”

“I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT FOR THIS IDEA TO THOSE BROWN-SKINNED FOLKS WORKING FOR MY LANDSCAPING COMPANY.”

“ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME WE IMPOSE A ‘NO FLY ZONE’ OVER THIS SCHMUCK?”

[THE 'CURB' THEME SONG]

Another look at Mitt’s “faith,” via One Good Move.

And speaking of the “holiday spirit,” be sure check out T’was the Night Before Imperialism, at PDB.

“AND ONCE MY MY DAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE ‘DIET OF WORMS,’ IT WAS ALL THE INCENTIVE I NEEDED TO LOSE ALL THAT WEIGHT.”

[Background on the Mitt/MLK Jr. dispute here.]

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Dave Lindorff  at Buzzflash: People Power Forces Corporate Media to do the Right Thing.

Ron Paul’s “Not so Straight Talk” on Evolution, at One Good Move.

PDB on Joe Wilson’s ”Loyal Bushie” Moment.

Juan Cole on Clinton: Troops Perhaps out in a Year; and Al-Hakim Slams Awakening Councils.

“HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND, I’VE DESCENDED INTO HELL AGAIN.”

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But Huckabee Strikes Back: Claims His Father Marched With Martin Luther.

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“NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE BLACKBOARD MONITOR.”

[Story here.]

“IT’S A COMPOSITE OF PUTIN AND ‘YOU.’ WHEN YOU HOLD UP A MIRROR, YOU’LL SEE THAT¬†WE’VE ALLOWED THIS COUNTRY TO BECOME AS AUTOCRATIC, CORRUPT AND¬†OLIGARCHICAL AS¬†PUTIN’S RUSSIA.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Dan Kurtzman with¬†The Year’s Most Laughable Politics Antics, appearing today in the New York Times’ Laugh Lines blog.

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: FCC’s Kevin Martin Plays Santa to the Chicago Tribune and Corporate Media.

GOP Candidates –¬†Pimping for Jesus, at One Good Move.

Little Spears’ Baby or a President’s Impeachable Offense, at PDB.¬†

Despite the widespread proliferation of iphones, blackberries and other state-of-the art¬†devices, concerns over invasions of privacy by the Bush Administration is leading to a¬†Luddite-like return to more primitive modes of communication,¬†including the time-honored “tin can and string.”

While somewhat larger and less chic than the more high-tech hand-held devices, “tin can conversations” are extremely difficult to “bug,” and create no permanent record of communications that can later¬†be “data-mined” by NSA super-computers.

Although the traditional range of these home-made devices was typically no more than 55 feet, newer, mass-produced versions offer strings as long as 55 miles, and come in a variety of colors, including black, gold, hot pink, and for traditionalists, “silver can.”

Apple has announced that it’s coming out with the¬†”iCan” next Spring, which will also double as a device to download music. Unfortunately, the only selection available will be the “can-can” song.

Reportedly, the Bush Administration is seeking ways to overcome such resistance to its secret surveillance programs, and has approached tin can companies to install tiny listening devices on the cans as they roll off the assembly line. 

According to confidential sources, Dick Cheney has stated that the national security of the nation demands that eavesdropping occurs even before the cans are converted to communication devices, when American are merely trying to open up a can of peas.

The Administration is also asking Congress to grant¬†immunity to tin can companies, in a bill entitled “The Teflon¬†Can Act.”¬†¬†However, Connecticut Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Chris Dodd plans an even more potent filibuster against this infringement of civil liberties, by eating cans of baked beans in the well of the Senate.

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Crooks & Liars on the FISA Victory and the Fight Ahead.

BuzzFlash Interviews¬†Paul Waldman: How the “Narrative Story” in Mainstream Journalism Shapes Our Political Outlook.

Suffering withdrawal from¬†your daily fake news? — Dan Kurtzman has The Daily Show’s Greatest Hits.

And talk about hitting the Daily Double –¬†Norm Jenson has Keith Olbermann on¬†Bill Moyers.¬†

Madkane’s Not Mad About McCain.¬†

   

 

 

“I’M JUST WAITING FOR THE THREE WISE MEN TO SHOW UP, SINCE I SURE AS HELL DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I’M TALKING ABOUT.”

“WE’RE ACTUALLY SPLITTING OUR VOTE –¬†BETWEEN HILLARY, OBAMA, AND EDWARDS.”

And Perrspectives gives us¬†10 More Moments in Mike Huckabee’s Extremism.

Speaking of Extremism, BuzzFlash Issues¬†a ‘Caption Challenge’ to the McCain/Lieberman Unholy Alliance.

  

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Madkane says she Won’t Submit To Mike Huckabee.

Chad Rubel at BuzzFlash on “missing the¬†voices” of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (and their talented writers).

Lisa Casey on the latest shit hitting the fan in Bushworld.

Dan Kurtzman’s Roundup of the Latest political Insanity.