Armed guards at the Washington Times?

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Tuesday November 10, 2009 · 12:32 PM PST

2009/11/10 · 12:32

A little schadenfreude? Things have been getting increasingly weird at the Washington Times.

The stories and rumors started this weekend, with word of firings at the top level of Moon's money-losing paper on Sunday. Talking Points Memo has been following the story as it gets weirder and weirder. And today, with reports of armed guards separating management from the employees, it has gone full fledged bizarre.

Links after the fold.

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 4:30 AM PST

2009/11/04 · 04:30

As we all know by now, in the races that got national level attention, we had some very satisfying successes (NY-23) and some bitter disappointments (probably closest to our hearts, Question 1 in Maine).

Things happen less dramatically at the local level. Dede Scozzafava would have waltzed to victory if the national wingnuts had not decided to make an example of her. But when the dust settles, I think the evidence is still there that even with local elections the country is slowly, slowly continuing to shift in our direction.

I'm looking for your stories of disappointments and triumphs. My sympathy for your disappointments, and a cheer for your triumphs, especially on races that CNN and the New York Times will never cover but that mattered to you. And I'm looking for evidence that in your district, as in mine, local politics may be shifting too.

More after the fold.

rppa

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 9:46 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 21:46

If there's been any doubt that the rest of the world has been desperately waiting for a change of leadership in the US, check out these jubilant headlines that went up tonight.

From Badische Zeitung

(more below the fold)

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Wednesday November 07, 2007 · 6:48 AM PST

2007/11/07 · 06:48

I need to hear some good news about the off-year elections, because here in the Delaware County suburbs of Philadelphia, it was a little depressing last night. Do you have better news in your local elections to cheer me up? How's the 50-state strategy working where you are?

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Is the 50-state strategy working in your neighborhood?

27 votes Vote Now!

Is the 50-state strategy working in your neighborhood?

Oh yeah, no question

7 votes

I'm cautiously optimistic

5 votes

Maybe yes, maybe no

4 votes

Not really

6 votes

Absolutely not

5 votes

It was, but the GOP is on the upswing now

0 votes

Sestak (D, PA-07) against impeachment (w/poll)

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Friday July 27, 2007 · 3:27 AM PDT

2007/07/27 · 03:27

The growing impeachment fires (the Gonzales "testimony", the contempt citations, Cindy Sheehan's occupation of Rep. Conyers' office) moved me to make a couple of congressional contacts this week. One e-mail was to Conyer's office, the other to my representative, Joe Sestak.

I got a long and detailed e-mail back, which I appreciate. Unfortunately, I don't think much of the content. After laying out the grounds for just how badly this administration has abused the Constitution, Rep. Sestak makes the following incomprehensible statement (below the fold):

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Has your Representative taken a position on Impeachment?

53 votes Vote Now!

Has your Representative taken a position on Impeachment?

Firmly for

5 votes

Leaning for

2 votes

Undecided (means they've made a statement that they are on the fence)

1 vote

Leaning against

2 votes

Firmly against

22 votes

No stated position or I have no idea

21 votes

PA results discussion

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 8:24 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 08:24

Anybody want to discuss/celebrate/bemoan PA results?

First, my cheering: I am ecstatic that Santorum and Crazy Curt Weldon lost by such convincing margins. We were part of the wave, and those were a couple of races that were on the national radar screen.

When I woke up this morning and checked in with The Inquirer, I saw not only those two but also (I thought) a victory by Lois Murphy in the 6th district, and by Brian Lentz over Tom Gannon in a local race that was important to me (State House District 161). Read More

Cell tower development: What are they hiding?

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Saturday August 26, 2006 · 5:11 PM PDT

2006/08/26 · 17:11

This is a local politics story, but I suspect it's being played out in communities all over. If so, I'd like to know other people's take on it.

The short version: T-Mobile wants to install a cell tower in a residential community. The residents don't want them to. T-Mobile's reasons don't seem to me to add up, and they are fighting way too hard. What are they hiding? Read More

They've damaged the War on Terror

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Thursday December 22, 2005 · 8:21 AM PST

2005/12/22 · 08:21

Heard this story on NPR last night. It seems there is a family in Canada with such strong known ties to al Qaeda that they are known in Canada as the "al Qaeda family"

This is the real thing, an actual al Qaeda operative. The US would love to have Abdullah Khadr extradited, probably because all our vaunted anti-terrorist measures, all our suspensions of civil rights, all our hold-without-trial policies, haven't turned up any actual terrorists yet.
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Cindy Sheehan coming to Philly

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 8:30 PM PDT

2005/09/15 · 20:30

I was in center city this evening and picked up a flyer from a guy who was putting them up on telephone poles.

The Cindy Sheehan bus tour will be at Independence Mall tomorrow afternoon at 5 pm, 5th and Market Streets.

I'm trying to figure out if I can get off work early enough to get there somehow.

Bush hits new lows in the Pollkatz

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Tuesday September 06, 2005 · 4:13 AM PDT

2005/09/06 · 04:13

I have been addicted to the Professor Pollkatz Pool of Polls since early in 2004, and I've posted a number of comments referencing it. Professor Pollkatz, aka Stuart Eugene Thiel of the Economics Dept of Depaul University. This page collects and analyzes the results of 15 major nationwide polls, and I find it a much better way to get a sense of trends than watching any individual poll.

For some time I've been meaning to start a weekly diary on this summary chart With Bush now in free fall, perhaps I delayed this project a little too long for the interesting stuff. Perhaps not.

More below. Read More

Espanol para the rest of us

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 · 6:10 AM PDT

2005/08/10 · 06:10

This morning, kety esquivel posted a spanish-language diary on where the Democratic party should be going with regard to hispanic concerns (at least I'm pretty sure that's what it was about.

I'd like to see this experiment flourish, to see more of the spanish-speaking community discover and use the power of dKos.

But what about the rest of us, the sort-of conversational, the wish-we-were spanish-speaking? Read More

Bolton: The anti diplomat

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Tuesday June 21, 2005 · 3:34 AM PDT

2005/06/21 · 03:34

According to an article in the WaPo this morning, John Bolton's absence has already been felt since departing the State Department while waiting for his nomination to be our chief diplomat.

In what way has it been felt? We have been able to move forward on several international cooperationa agreements which were stymied while Bolton was at State. It seems that obstructing international agreement is his specialty. (Details below the fold) Read More

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Cindy Sheehan coming to Philly

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Bolton: The anti diplomat