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Jon Stewart sorta kinda hands Bill O'Reilly his ass with a side helping of logical thought

This is the second segment. Segment one was notable only for Stewart giving O'Reilly some cocoa with marshmallows and a teddy bear (Mr. Snuggles) to make him more comfortable in the new secular progressive era coming at him like a freight train out of control.

Thank you

The Top Ten Right Wing Lies About Obama's Win

(Michael Glitz @Huff Post)

The Top Ten Right Wing Lies About Obama's Win

1. Obama's win wasn't that big
2. Obama only won because of the black vote and the fringe far left
3. Obama only won because he ran a center-right campaign
4. John McCain couldn't have won
5. Political parties almost never win three terms in a row
6. The US is a center-right country
7. Bush prevented a terrorist attack for seven years and if Obama doesn't prevent an attack for the next seven years then he has failed to protect us
8. John McCain's concession speech was notably gracious
9. Punishing Joe Lieberman would be petty
10. Sarah Palin is the future of the Republican Party

Each dissected in depth at Huff Post

Callie Shell behind the scenes with Obama

Callie Shell had unprecedented access to Senator Obama, click here to see all of the photos. Make sure to scroll down and click Show More photos, several times. All comments belong to the photographer.

I loved that he cleaned up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop in Wapello, Iowa. He didn't have to. The event was over and the press had left. He is used to taking care of things himself and I think this is one of the qualities that makes Obama different from so many other political candidates I've encountered. Nov. 7, 2007.





Waiting: Obama listens from a back stairwell as he is introduced in Muscatine, Iowa. It was his second or third speech of the day. Unlike many of the politicians I have photographed in the past, I find it is easy to get a photograph of Obama alone. He lets his staff do their jobs and not fuss over him. Nov. 7, 2007.





Asleep somewhere between Derry and Salem, N.H., 1/6/2008. With three rallies down and two more to go, Obama catches a quick nap on his campaign bus as it headed for Salem. I once asked him when we were traveling through Illinois and he was about to fall asleep, if he cared if I took a picture. He said I was fine photographing him until his jaw dropped. This night his jaw dropped after I took three frames.




It was primary morning in New Hampshire. Barack and Michelle Obama had been campaigning separately all week. In the first few months of 2008 their private time seemed to consist of a few crossover moments in back hallways before rallies. This moment was rare and you could tell they just loved being able to sit together. Jan. 8, 2008.





These two boys waited as a long line of adults greeted Senator Obama before a rally on Martin Luther King Day in Columbia, S.C. They never took their eyes off of him. Their grandmother told me, "Our young men have waited a long time to have someone to look up to, to make them believe Dr. King's words can be true for them." Jan. 21, 2008.





Two staffers had just passed this site and done two pull-ups. Not to be outdone, Obama did three with ease, dropped and walked out to make a speech. Missoula, Mont., 4/5/2008.

Cool

U2 live under The Brooklyn Bridge

City Of Blinding Lights


Beautiful Day


Vertigo


I Will Follow

Ow

PA war vet tosses Bush the shocker

Afghanistan vet and PA resident Earl Granville posed with President Bush and tossed him the shocker in a photo posted on the Scranton Times website on Veteran's Day. The photo accompanied a story detailing the wounds suffered by Sgt. Granville and fellow Carbondale, PA native Sgt. Michael Kacer. The story details the extraordinary determination of these two men to overcome their battle injuries.

But the payoff is the shot of Granville tossing the shocker at President Bush, who smiles on.

Take a minute today and thank a vet for everything they provide to us. Freedom, security and a great laugh.

Olbermann's impassioned Special Comment against Prop 8

Keith Olbermann delivered a rousing, emotional, 6-minute special comment on Prop 8 Monday night. Olbermann, who has never married, vehemently disagrees with its passage and the ban on gay marriage.

"I am not personally vested in this," he said, "yet this vote is horrible. Horrible... This is about the human heart." After going through the history of marriage in the United States, and reminding viewers not only that marriage between black and white people used to be illegal in 1/3 of the country, but illegal between slaves, he made a plea for love and the spread of happiness.

"The world is barren enough... with so much hate in the world, so much meaningless division... this is what your religion tells you to do?... this is what your heart tells you to do?... You are asked to stand now on a question of love."

Obama family Secret Service code names

Renegade. Cool. They should play the Styx song whenever Obama moves.

(Huff Post)
The new First Family has been issued code names by the Secret Service. Barack Obama's is "Renegade," Michelle Obama's is "Renaissance," Malia Obama's is "Radiance," and Sasha Obama's is "Rosebud." Joe and Jill Biden also received code names, though it's tough to top "Renegade" and "Renaissance." Joe Biden's is "Celtic," and Jill Biden's is "Capri." Check out the screenshots from MSNBC below.

The First Comedian

We have a funny administration.

Excerpts from the Newsweek "How He Did It" story:

• Obama's plane was taking off from Denver airport around 9 a.m. when Axelrod got confirmation that McCain had indeed picked Palin as his running mate. He went to the front cabin to tell Obama and his new running mate, Joe Biden. Biden asked, "Who's Palin?"
• In the debates, it was critical that Obama come across as looking like Dad. His hope was that McCain would appear to be the crotchety uncle who lived up in the attic.
• Obama can be a little bloodless and dull in his preternatural calm, but his goofy side showed up at debate prep. He would appear very somber and emphatic when he accosted Craig/McCain for refusing to speak to the president of Spain. "You wouldn't even talk to the president of Spain!" he would intone with mock gravity. Then he would begin to giggle. He was told that he should attack McCain for saying that it was enough to "muddle through" on Afghanistan. "Muddle through!" Obama would exclaim and dissolve into giggles. It was as if he refused to take the theater of mock indignation too seriously.

And an excerpt from The Audacity Of Hope about meeting with Dubya right after being elected to the Senate. Remember, Obama wrote this himself, no ghostwriter:

• The president turned to an aide nearby, who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand. "Want some?" the president asked. "Good stuff. Keeps you from getting colds." Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt.
  
  "Come over here for a second," he said, leading me off to one side of the room.
  
  "You know," he said quietly, "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."
  
  "Not at all, Mr. President." He nodded. "You've got a bright future," he said. "Very bright. But I've been in this town a while and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip. Know what I mean? So watch yourself."
  
  "Thanks for the advice, Mr. President."

"Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt" - that's pretty funny.

New Rules for November 7

Landslide

(from Bob Cesca)
The 2008 popular vote:
Obama - 65,445,394 - 53%
McCain - 57,446,223 - 46%
Difference - 7,999,171 - 7%

The 1980 popular vote:
Reagan - 43,903,230 - 50.7%
Carter - 35,480,115 - 41%
Difference - 8,423,115 - 9.7%

Reagan's victory margin was only 2.7 percent better than President-elect Obama, while the president-elect received 2.3 percent more of the popular vote. Don't let anyone tell you that this was neither a mandate or a landslide. By the numbers, it absolutely was.

Scarborough decries Emmanuel's use of the f-word by dropping the bomb on live TV

Watch as Scarborough realizes he slipped up and said "fuck" instead of "f-word". Also enjoy the look on Mike Barnicle's face when he realizes what Joe said.

I guess that makes Rahm Emmanuel not that bad after all, huh Joe?

It's Been A Week

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