The Teleprompter Terrorist

Can Obama’s Teleprompter drug reporters into an involuntary state of euphoric torpor?

Was Georgia’s Aggression An August Surprise? Update

Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin Implicates McSame Two week ago, in my post titled Was Georgia’s Aggression An August Surprise? , I noted speculation from the likes of Randi Rhodes, Greg Sargent at TPM and Daily Kos’s Hunter that Georgia‘s aggression against South Ossetia seemed to bear a “Made in the USA” label, designed to benefit Cold Warrior John McSame‘s …

Olbermann Boots Milbank

Dana Milbank, in drag BREAKING: After WAPO reporter Dana Milbank, formerly a Keith Olbermann Countdown regular, refused to explain why he had taken Barak Obama‘s “symbol” comments out of context (which set off a firestorm of controversy last week), Olbermann announced today that, WRT his show, Dana is history. (Minutes later, Milbank shows up on CNN‘s Campbell Brown‘s show, Olbermann’s …

The McSame Game

  A Mind’s Eye View of Star Trek’s The Game In Star Trek: The Next Generation’s The Game (Episode 106, first aired 10/28/91), the crew of the Enterprise becomes totally addicted to a virtual reality game brought aboard the ship from an alien world. A slick pair of VR specs sends visual imagery to brain, energizing the brain’s serotonin and …

We Must Rise The Occasion

NEW ORLEANS— John McCain stammered his way through one of his more memorable speeches ever Tuesday night, but unfortunately it was memorable for the number of speaking miscues off the teleprompter, not the content. It was memorable for the forced, creepy smiles at the end of sentences that didn’t warrant them. Even his repetitious blinking was unnerving. And with more …

Over the Top: Live Blogging the End of the Primaries

Anybody surprised that Fixed News is saying Obama is already over the top, before the polls close, while CNN and MSNBC are saying, in effect- not so fast? Anything to counter the obvious Dem strategy to have their Hollywood moment, declaring that either Nebraska or South Dakota have put Obama over the top rather than the INSIDERS at the DNC, …

Billary Death Watch

UPDATED BELOW Slate has put up a new page that tracks Billary’s odds of winning ’08 the nomination, beginning with a generous estimate of 12%. (Someone from within their own campaign estimated it at only 10% last week.) One of the current theories as to why Billary is intent on destroying Obama’s rep is that if it doesn’t win them …