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It’s worse than a Zombie invasion or a Sarah Palin talk show. Sadly, Hallmark Cards have come to life. [Link] [Cache]

LinkThe historic roots of a newly resilient ideology? BACKBioSener Akturk is a political scientist and fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, lectures at the Department of Government, both at Harvard University. .Mujeeb Khan is affiliated with the doctoral program in political science at the University of ... [Link] [Cache]

A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising concerns about the money's origin. But at a time when the United States and ... [Link] [Cache]

A post about mutants triggers the Newsmax Is Sarah Palin a savant? push poll in unrelated stories, the secretary who does NOT work for me she works for Manny is showing about 90% more cleavage than usual and there is a an appointment downstairs who is “dumb, dizty, and hot! ... [Link] [Cache]

C'mon, he's decorative, he's dumb, and besides, since he came out today as a climate change 'skeptic', the Blogging Tories have been falling all over themselves to get their teabagging credentials in order :"Maxime really is great!!! Keep up the good work Maxime. One day you will be HM PM."You ... [Link] [Cache]

By Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com | February 21, 2010 There’s a major political fraud underway: the GOP is once again donning their libertarian, limited-government masks in order to re-invent itself and, more important, to co-opt the energy and passion of the Ron-Paul-faction that spawned and sustains the ”tea party” movement. ... [Link] [Cache]

And the American people's choice in this rigged political system with a lying MSM.Don't believe me?Check this out: Blog editor's note: Why am I wholly unsurprised to see no Nation Today Briefs in the web version of the paper? So not only do we get lies, we get censorship, too.And ... [Link] [Cache]

Justice department finds John Yoo and Jay Bybee guilty of poor judgment but not professional misconduct 20 February 2010 01.06 GMT An inquiry by the US justice department last night reprimanded two senior Bush era lawyers who approved the use of torture at Guantánamo Bay. The department found the two ... [Link] [Cache]

It’s a Ram – She likes it rough, horny and goat smelling No truck balls – She wears the pants and the strap on. No rear window – who gives a shit. She imagines what she can see from her windows already. Why cloud that picture with facts? Wonder why ... [Link] [Cache]

It's a conspiracy!The recent Medina debacle on Glenn Beck’s overrated show highlights the obvious hypocrisy of the Beltway Right-wing when it comes to conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories that question government action are shunned while ones that endorse all-out war are to be embraced and repeated.I have one simple question though ... [Link] [Cache]

Jure Leskovec, professor of computer science at Stanford, is interested in what sorts of novel questions we can ask about media now that much of our news is on the web. His work on tracking memes by tracking short phrases led to MemeTracker.org, a tool celebrated for allowing a new ... [Link] [Cache]

Fiery Ariz. conservative challenges John McCain David Schwartz, Reuters, Feb 15 2010 Fiery conservative Republican J.D. Hayworth launched a bid on Monday to run for the US Senate in Arizona, unleashing the most serious challenge yet to incumbent John McCain and highlighting deep divisions in the party, analysts said. McCain, ... [Link] [Cache]

M.J. Rosenberg writes about Palin having been “kidnapped by neocons.” Nothing surprising there seeing that she was drafted by Kristol and company in the first place and is now being groomed in foreign policy by none other than Scheunemann . Yes, none other! What is surprising though is this: I ... [Link] [Cache]

When the president can coldly order the extrajudicial killing of American citizens, the rule of law ceases to exist. Yet only Rep. Dennis Kucinich has categorically challenged President Obama's claim to be legal judge, jury and executioner. “We have a 'gangsta' presidency and a Congress that isn’t any better.” By ... [Link] [Cache]

One of the endearing as well as appalling qualities of that odd soup of neocons and Tea Partiers is their obsession on being led, on finding just that perfect combination of pureness of doctrine and cult-worthy personality that they will follow someone until disillusionment and then another until disillusionment, over ... [Link] [Cache]

"But this past weekend in Nashville, at the first National Tea Party Convention, the Beltway press did just the opposite with regard to Sarah Palin's keynote address, which did follow a prime-time... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more] [Link] [Cache]

Sarah Palin is facing fresh doubts about her readiness for high office after being caught reading crib notes scrawled on her hand to prompt her on the core principles of conservatism. Video footage showed Mrs Palin glancing down at the palm of her left hand -- on which the words ... [Link] [Cache]

By David Walsh The "Tea Party" movement, which held a convention last weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, is largely a media concoction, aimed at shifting official American political life even further to the right. The convention gathered "nearly 600 conservative activists," according to ABC News, a weak showing considering the US ... [Link] [Cache]

Once again it was you-know who driving the coverage:"Palin’s notes on hand create stir in blogosphere Photographs posted to blogs after Palin’s speech to the National Tea Party Convention on Saturday night captured several words scribbled seventh-grade style on her left palm: “energy,’’ “tax cuts’’ with “budget’’ crossed out in ... [Link] [Cache]

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics Monday, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. Palin was shown to have the words "Energy," "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" scrawled on her hand ... [Link] [Cache]

"Tea Party" at: Wonkette.com"The tea party movement is dead. The one I was familiar with anyway. Judson Phillips held it down and Sarah Palin drove a stake right through its heart live last night on C-Span in front of an unsuspecting audience.""Sarah Palin didn’t give a tea party speech last ... [Link] [Cache]

No, no, I didn't go to this one, either.Didn't watch it, didn't see her, didn't watch Fox, not interested. Related: Slow Saturday Special: Palin's Party "Palin to seek presidency if it’s right for US, family Sarah Palin said yesterday that it would be “absurd’’ for her not to consider running ... [Link] [Cache]

[Hopefully, Sarah Palin isn't among them.] The Pentagon's advanced research division has allocated $6 million to create immortal synthetic organisms, which can die on command and keep a genetic record of what they have been doing, a report says. Based on the 2011 budget of the Defense Advanced Research Projects ... [Link] [Cache]

By Stefan Sirucek Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand... Crib Notes? This potential presidential candidate and "movement" leader was using crib notes to answer basic ... [Link] [Cache]

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has spoken at the first [corporaterrorist-funded] US Tea Party convention, urging a return to conservate principles. Speaking in Nashville, Mrs Palin called President Obama's 2011 budget "immoral" and said it would raise the US debt... I am a big supporter of this movement," she ... [Link] [Cache]

Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has sharply criticized US President Barack Obama over his national security policies. Speaking at a national convention of the "Tea Party" movement Saturday night, Palin slammed the first African American president of the US for his handling of the so-called war on terror. ... [Link] [Cache]

Yes, she WILL BE PRESIDENT, Amurka or will insure Obomber as second term .Looks like THIRD PARTY AGAIN here.Related: Saying Goodbye to SarahBye-bye, baby!Especially after this:"Out of office, Palin reaching new heights as media superstar" by Mark Leibovich, New York Times | February 6, 2010WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin will be ... [Link] [Cache]

Organizers of the National Tea Party Convention, who have been at pains to present their confab as a gathering of patriotic and mainstream Americans, may not have been pleased by the speech given by their opening-night speaker. Former congressman Tom Tancredo declared that President Obama was elected because "we do ... [Link] [Cache]

Related: Saying Goodbye to SarahYeah, I don't want her anywhere near the presidency; however, I don't mind her trying to get the Israeli mole out of the White House!"Emanuel apologizes, vows to help end use of wordWASHINGTON - Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, apologized again yesterday for ... [Link] [Cache]

Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor. There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey. [Link] [Cache]