(Mike Luckovitch via GoComics.com) __ Guardian liveblog here. Aaaaaand Balloon Juice slows to a crawl… ************ Lehrer wants this debate to be very, very boring. Odds are he’ll get his wish. President Obama notes it’s his twentieth anniversary. So he wins, no matter what the MSM says! *********** One thing all the prep has given …
Open Thread: Pre-Debate PSA
Artist Jason Baalman poses in front of portraits of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney made entirely of more than 2,000 individual Cheetos snacks. Photograph: Jack Dempsey/AP __ Nine PM Eastern Daylight Time, so this may be your last chance to ensure your stockpile of adult beverages and snacks is adequate. Photo above from the Guardian …
Late Night Open Thread: Predicting Is Hard, Especially About the Future
Marc Ambinder, professional silly Very Serious Person, tells his readers at The Week that “Team Obama Knows Too Much“: … They know if you’re registered to vote or not. They know, because of the magazines you subscribe to, what you like to do in your spare time. They know, because of their Facebook friends, the …
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President Obama and the Dread Hampton Tape
__ Since one of this blog’s missions is to Read Those Idiots So You Don’t Have To, I figured it would be worth putting the the Drudge/Daily Caller OMG WHITEY TAPE here where you could all listen without having to get Carlson-cooties on your hard drives. Turns out it took almost two hours to download …
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“How to Survive A Plague”
__ I’m not sure I can bear to watch this documentary in a public theatre — and I am one of the lucky ones, who didn’t lose dear friends or family members to the AIDS plague. Here’s the film’s website, which is link-intensive & highly informative. In the dark days of 1987, the country was …
Open Thread: Why People Hate Hipsters, pt. 3,207,841
__ From the NYTimes: TORONTO — During the Jan. 3 broadcast of ABC’s “World News Tonight” Diane Sawyer introduced a heartbreaking segment from the Iowa caucus, featuring a distraught voter being consoled by Mitt Romney. “Save the small families of America,” she begged through tears, as Mr. Romney hugged her and promised he would. As …
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Liveblogging the Second Warren/Brown Debate (UMass-Lowell)
Livestream here. Karl Rove’s backup dancer (DGregory) goes straight for the bogus “character” issue… ********* Oh, lovely, in an attempt to lie about Warren’s record, Brown outs himself as a real estate attorney. All the blue-collar guys he’s courting love real estate attorneys. But he’s a JAG! You love that show, guys! Warren’s doing really …
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