The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    The Steve McQueen Standard -- How Will History Judge Us?

    By CVille Dem on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 8:31pm |
    I've just been watching Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, a story about American soldiers caught by nasty Germans and held prisoner during WWII.  The soldiers are held in internment camps, and are subjected to verbal and physical abuse.  The...

    Good God, What's Happened to This Country?

    By Ripper on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 7:38am |
    If you haven't yet read the TPM frontpage items in the left-hand column titled "McCain's Legions" and "A Doozy" and watched the videos they headline, you will be stunned by the time you have.Here it is 3:45 in the morning...
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    Fri/Sat 2nd Chance Clearinghouse For Posts That Deserve Another Look - Updated Daily

    By stillidealistic on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 1:56am |
    This daily post is a clearinghouse for links to posts that either flew by too fast, didn't get the attention they deserved, or are so good they need to be up even longer...ANYONE can link a post here. If you...
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    Levi Stubbs' Tears

    By quinn esq on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 5:54pm |
    Levi Stubbs died today. I grew up listening to the Four Tops, late at night, sitting out in the car to pick up the stations.  Later, one of the best nights of my life, in a Detroit bar, my buddy...

    STRAY THOUGHTS: If This Is "myTPM beta Blog"...

    By azpaull on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 4:37pm |
    ...does that make me a beta-blogger?...

    Palin's Speechwriters Display Their Power, Belittle Sarah, and Even Give Shout-out To Palin Staffers' Power

    By azpaull on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 3:41pm |
    I found this morning's WaPo write-up of Palin's Thursday activities to be quite revealing.  And, a bit disturbing.  Unless Palin was actually ad-libbing (or wrote some of her own material), the speechwriters had her say that she was begging them:...
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    What is Wrong With "Spreading the Wealth?"

    By CVille Dem on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 11:45am |
    I came across this at Huffpo: Mr. McCain's advisers said that in his speeches, television advertisements and mailings, he would seize on a remark Mr. Obama made in an encounter with an Ohio voter, Joe Wurzelbacher, who had pressed him...
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    Thurs/Fri 2nd Chance Clearinghouse For Posts That Deserve Another Look - Updated Daily

    By stillidealistic on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 1:59am |
    This daily post is a clearinghouse for links to posts that either flew by too fast, didn't get the attention they deserved, or are so good they need to be up even longer...ANYONE can link a post here. If you...

    Is "Plumber Joe" Connected to Keating?

    By kgb999 on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 2:35pm |
    OK, this is hardly confirmed yet.  But the rumors make me want to see some research done on this guy.  Especially because his original story doesn't add up IMO.From the blog of someone called Martin Eisenstadt:If Steve Schmidt had any...
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    Wed/Thurs 2nd Chance Clearinghouse For Posts That Deserve Another Look - Updtaed Daily

    By stillidealistic on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 2:26am |
    This daily post is a clearinghouse for links to posts that either flew by too fast, didn't get the attention they deserved, or are so good they need to be up even longer...ANYONE can link a post here. If you...

    Joe the Plumber says Obama tap danced "almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr."

    By Ripper on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 2:18am |
    On CBS's webcast after TV debate coverage, Joe Wurzelbacher (the Plumber) told Katie Couris that he wanted to ask Obama tough questions, but "Unfortunately, that's all I got. A tap dance. Almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr." Is it...
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    Video of the Day: Jon Stewart - McCain 4.0 (hilarious)

    By mageduley on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 3:21pm |
    Forget the talking hairdos - Jon Stewart is my favorite pundit. In this ditty, the right has created great anticipation frenzy among McCain supporters over a totally new stump speech. The right waits with baited breath, then hangs on McCain's...
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    Keith slams McCain on incitement

    By mageduley on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 1:09am |
    I absolutely adore Keith Olbermann. I was so incensed that McCain could actually try to play the victim of Lewis' admonition rather than look at what is being done in his name on the campaign trail. But I cannot do...
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    Tues/Wed 2nd Chance Clearinghouse For Posts That Deserve Another Look - Updated Daily

    By stillidealistic on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:35am |
    This daily post is a clearinghouse for links to posts that either flew by too fast, didn't get the attention they deserved, or are so good they need to be up even longer...ANYONE can link a post here. If you...
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    America's 2nd Most Important Election Was Held Today

    By quinn esq on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:03am |
    The 2nd most important election for Americans (after Obama/McCain) was held today. And I just voted. More important than the North Carolina or Minnesota Senate race, or who is Governor of California or Mayor of New York, more important...
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    I'm So Excited I Could Pee!!!!

    By stillidealistic on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:49pm |
    Bear with me here. I have been a registered Republican ever since I was old enough to vote (and that was in the Nixon days!) I have voted for a Republican President every single time (please try not to hold...
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    It's official: Lou Dobbs is insane

    By acanuck on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:10pm |
    I just heard Lou Dobbs refer to ACORN as "the leftist radical group ..." Like the Weather Underground or Baader-Meinhof! (In my defence, I wasn't intentionally watching Dobbs. The TV had been tuned to CNN and I wasn't fast enough in turning...

    Calling William Safire: When You "Pal Around" With Someone, You Are "_______ Around"?

    By azpaull on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 9:21pm |
    This has been bothering me for the last several days, since Sarah Palin has taken up the Sean Hannity/John McCain/Andy Martin/Republican line of Barack Obama being "pals" with William Ayers. I propose that the transitive tense of the word henceforth...
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    Hate in America...It's Got To Stop

    By stillidealistic on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 6:12pm |
    I continue to be distressed by the nasty tone this election has taken. The msm, for the most part is attempting to portray the negativity as coming from both camps, and to some small degree they are right, but the...

    There and Back Again

    By Ripper on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:19am |
    I said "Good-bye" but couldn't stay away long. The breather helped and the new tools are too tempting. Much better than the old "tools" (if you know what I mean).So cheers to everyone who wished me well and wished I'd...
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    There Are 9 Central Beliefs We All Share. This Is #3.

    By quinn esq on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:05am |
    Stop lying to yourself. You know you feel this way.   Admit it....
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    Mon/Tues 2nd Chance Clearinghouse For Posts That Deserve Another Look - Updated Daily

    By stillidealistic on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:10am |
    This daily post is a clearinghouse for links to posts that either flew by too fast, didn't get the attention they deserved, or are so good they need to be up even longer...ANYONE can link a post here. If you...
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    I'm thinkin this new Engine need a tuneup

    By ClosetLuddite on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 12:23pm |
    After being denied access to the blogs from my DoDSlave account I created this one and it lets me in but I still can't post.  It seems to want to send my posting to the editors for review or something.Maybe...
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    Congratulations Prof. Krugman!

    By oleeb on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 11:46am |
    Congratulations Prof. Krugman on winning the Nobel Prize! I know I speak for many who are pleased to see you receive this great honor.  Perhaps equally satisfying is the thought of how this will make the wingnuts of America howl...

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