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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:00 AM

Special Commentary from Keith

It's not so much that I lean left, as much as I think McCain/Palin are just so outrageous. Transcript here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27054958/
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Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:12 PM

Desperate Deception and Clear Evidence of Fox News Bias

One of the headlines today is that Palin is going on the offensive, and she's doing it by attacking Obama's character, more than his plan or his substance. Specifically, she's conducting fear-mongering (what a surprise...) by making a desperate...
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:12 PM

This Biden v Palin debate condenses 90 minutes into 4.75 minutes. Faithfully.

Although I would have like to have seen Lisa address the jaw-dropping part about where Palin says she wants to expand executive powers into the legislative branch beyond where Dick Cheney took it. That's just stupefyingly scary. Technorati Tags: LisaNova...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:57 PM

I bet Karl Rove already knows this. Too well.

I read this on The FactCheck Wire: Fact-Checking Is Useless Apparently, here is a tactic which, though counter-intuitive, works really well : Tell a damaging, outrageous, but plausible, lie. Watch as people wonder whether it's really true. Wait for...
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:06 PM

Laguna Ridge Town Center

A month or so ago we got something in the mail from Elk Grove. A new development project is being planned called Laguna Ridge Town Center, and it will probably have a pretty big impact on us. I can't find much on the web about it... but I'm throwing...
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Monday, January 14, 2008 2:58 AM

Talking about NPR : Health Care's a Big Issue. Who Covers Candidates?

Quote NPR : Health Care's a Big Issue. Who Covers Candidates? Politicians never change, do they? You and I are just dumb schmucks who ought to be voting for the candidate that can satisfy our need for immediate gratification. "Tell us a good...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:20 AM

Being. Doing. Not telling.

What is there to say? I watched Anthony Bourdain going to Malaysia, and I think, "little bit of a mid-life crisis." Well, he's paid his dues. Doesn't excuse him from being a jackass, but he's never said he wasn't one. On the...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:38 PM

Keith Olbermann's Special Commentary

So, Keith, what do you really think? http://intl.video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=feb4ba2f-9822-478e-8576-25e20139f35a&f=gadget_01&fg=copy
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Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:50 PM

Don't call it marriage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21250245/ I haven't seen the commercial on TV, but that's not the issue here. The argument is self-admittedly emotional. The request is to change the law, because same-sex people want to be legally married, instead...
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Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:38 PM

Culture War?

A couple of weeks ago, my dad challenged me. He thinks of me as, at best, a fence sitter, and at worst, a California tree-hugging liberal. He proudly told me how he listens to both sides of the story: NPR and Bill O'Reilly. Up till now, I have spent...
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