I Wake up in the Morning.....

Damn right! Take on these fake ass Dems.

Liberal coalition targets conservative 'Blue Dog' Democrats:

"A coalition of liberal groups – the Campaign for America's Future and USAction – have begun a campaign to pressure congressmen and senators to support Obama's ambitious budget proposal and 'stand up to the special interests.' But here's the twist: The groups aren't focusing on Republicans right now – they're challenging 'Blue Dog' Democrats like Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who they say are too influenced by lobbyists."

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Stewart and Colbert are way more informative than the 'traditional media' any way, so no surprise.

The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Data Anywhere:

"Nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 40 say satirical news-oriented television programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are taking the place of traditional news outlets."

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The end of drug prohibition will create a new set of problems, but at least it will cut down on violence, bring safety measures to the quality of drugs and pour money into state and federal coffers

Harvard economist: Prohibition creates violence, legalize all drugs:

"'Prohibition creates violence because it drives the drug market underground,' he wrote in an essay published by CNN on Tuesday. 'This means buyers and sellers cannot resolve their disputes with lawsuits, arbitration or advertising, so they resort to violence instead.

'Violence was common in the alcohol industry when it was banned during Prohibition, but not before or after.'

Miron's proposed solution to ending the cartel war along the US-Mexico border is both simple and enormously complex.

'Violence is the norm in illicit gambling markets but not in legal ones. Violence is routine when prostitution is banned but not when it's permitted,' he wrote. 'Violence results from policies that create black markets, not from the characteristics of the good or activity in question.

'The only way to reduce violence, therefore, is to legalize drugs."

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Didn't the DEA get the freakin' memo from Holder and Obama?

Though, there could be some legitimate illegal activity that occurred, but still...

DEA Raids Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco:

"SAN FRANCICSO (KRON) – Officials with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) say they’ve confiscated bags of marijuana from Emmalyn’s California Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco.

Authorities tell KRON 4’s Terisa Estacio that around 4 p.m. Wednesday a dozen agents stormed into the clinic, located at 1591 Howard at 12th Street."

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Yes

Daily Kos: Did Appellate Court Screw Don Siegelman? You Betcha

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Jabba the Nut. Nice.

Also nice put down in two paragraphs. Spot-on

Rush Limbaugh wins 'unsexiest' man of the year award:

"Rush Limbaugh, mocked as 'Jabba the Nut' by free weekly Boston Phoenix, has been selected as the ugliest man of the year by the paper. The 99 runner-up unsexiest men of the year can be purviewed at this link.

'America’s ugliest moment of 2009? Rush Limbaugh, his man-boobs a-jiggle, bouncing at the CPAC podium to bask in the sickly glow of conservatism’s orgy of greed, avarice, and arrogance,' the paper writes. 'Here, at last, was the shining image of the 21st century Republican Party: a leeringly rich Baby Boomer squatting at the top of the mountain, reaping his jollies from the suffering of those at the bottom, praying for the failure of hope.

'If this hypocritical and morally repugnant reformed Oxy junkie wants to discuss “failure,” maybe we should talk about his career as an NFL commentator — or the last time he detoxed off prescription smack,' they add."

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Cantor is a douche. And he lied that 'Democrats' also attended.

Wonkette : Exclusive: Cantor, ‘Democrats’ Attend Britney Spears Concert During Obama Presser

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TV Eyeball

Bust 'em up, Schumer.

Live Nation, Ticketmaster deal gathers critics - Reuters:

"Live Nation is the world's dominant promoter -- its acts sold 39.3 million tickets last year compared to 13.8 million for No. 2 promoter AEG Live, according to trade publication Pollstar. Live Nation has only recently begun selling tickets."

"Why are they doing this other than trying to take over a potential competitor?" he said. "Ray Charles could see what's wrong with this."

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Republican zombie lie.

Think Progress � Rep. Steve Austria: FDR caused the Great Depression.

In recent days, conservatives have been trying to block the economic recovery package by arguing that government spending will wreck the American economy. As an example, they point to FDR and the Great Depression. Earlier this month, for instance, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) inaccurately argued that the New Deal “exacerbated the Great Depression.” In a new interview with the Columbus Dispatch, Rep. Steve Austria (R-OH) joined in:

“When (President Franklin) Roosevelt did this, he put our country into a Great Depression,” Austria said. “He tried to borrow and spend, he tried to use the Keynesian approach, and our country ended up in a Great Depression. That’s just history.”

The Columbus Dispatch then notes, “Most historians date the beginning of the Great Depression at or shortly after the stock-market crash of 1929; Roosevelt took office in 1933.” As Dean Baker has explained, “Roosevelt’s New Deal Agenda lowered the unemployment rate from 25 percent in 1933 to 10 percent in 1937.” The economy turned bad again when the “Blue Dogs of the Roosevelt era won sway and got Roosevelt to cut spending and raise taxes.”

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Way interesting read.

Vicky Ward: Esther Reed: How an Ordinary Girl Faked Her Way Into the Ivy League:

"'If you are looking for motivation for Natalie, her character is very much like Kate in Lost,' says Brushke. James Theriault was left wondering why she felt she needed to be anyone else since in his opinion 'she was quite bright enough to get into Harvard on her own...I can speculate that maybe she wanted to be somebody else.' Jon Campbell believes she is some sort of honey trap."

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Driving should be so much more exciting in 10 years. Not only will we have to deal with people driving and talking on their cell phones.... they'll also be watching TV at the same time.

Joy!

Contact lens TV in 10 years? : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech:

"Oh, the bother of having to be near an actual television when you want to watch a program! Researchers say those dark days may soon be behind us: Contact lenses that can beam video programming right into your eyeball may be just 10 years away from reality."

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Haven't tried any of these new folks yet, but I bet they can't touch Memphis Minnie's.

MM's serves Sake with their Q.

Bay Area's new-school barbecue gives tradition a kick in the ribs

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Sad, but inevitable.

The debauchery had reached a fevered pitch in the past few years.

City Insider : The end to Bay to Breakers as we know it:

"First it was Halloween in the Castro, and now this.

Organizers of the annual Bay to Breakers race, a 12K-run that starts at the Embarcadero and ends at Ocean Beach, have announced that this year there will be a major crackdown on the drunken, costumed revelry that trails the real runners.

For 97 years the race has traversed San Francisco -- most recently trailed by thousands of drunken (and often naked) participants pushing festive keg-toting floats.

It's one of those only-in-San Francisco events that attracts up to 100,000 participants. No longer.

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