Today on Press the Meat, it’s African-American day, as Gilligan Gregory hosts Bill Cosby & Dr. Alvin Poussaint, co-authors of “Come On, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors,” D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty & Maxine Waters (D-CA). Plus, can Obama’s stimulus package save the economy? Former Rep. David Bonior of Michigan, Wall Street Journal hack Paul Gigot, CNBC putz John Harwood, Vanity Fair’s Bethany McLean and Economy.com’s Mark Zandi will pretend to have all the answers.
On Faze the Nation, it’s the man of the hour (or not), Roland Burris. Plus Bush Buddy Bobby Schieffer pops a Boehner, and Dick (no way we’ll seat Burris, unless maybe we will) Durbin is along for the ride as well.
Over at Fux News, Weaselface Wallace is off this week, so he’s leaving the show in the capable lips of Brit Hume, on to suck off the Bushs one last time (hopefully for the last time, at least) with a two-fer: Poppy Bush and his idiot son, Georgie. Plus the usual fuxheads, of course.
At the Goebbels network, George Snufalufagus has President-elect Barack Obama, on how he’s going to fix the big steaming pile of shit dubya is leaving him, and then there’s a roundtable with the disgraced and irrelevant (if only theses media people would realize it) Newt Gingrich, Tom “idiot” Friedman, the ever-disgusting Peggy Noonan, and, of course, George :jerk: Will.
Later, on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft reports on the price of oil, David Martin profiles Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, and Scott Pelley profiles Wyclef Jean, who is apparently somebody rich and famous, and trying to use his wealth to help his native county, Haiti.
Granny is off to the big Single Payer heath rally in Albany today, so I guess I’m stuck alone with the dogs, forced to spend the day watching the NFL Playoffs all day. In preparation for next week’s season premiere, there’s a Big Love mini-marathon on HBO tonight, with six back-to-back episodes starting at 7:00 Eastern. If you’ve been missing your torture porn, you’re in luck, as the new season of 24 premieres on Fox tonight at 8:00 Eastern time.
Enjoy your Sunday, everybody.
Congress is considering whether to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness in an early showdown that threatens to derail pledges by Senate leaders to work cooperatively as a new administration takes office.
The largest expansion of wilderness protection in 25 years has bipartisan support and would include California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, Oregon’s Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia.
The bill was scuttled last year after objections from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who said spending in the bill was excessive — nearly $4 billion over five years. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is seeking a rare Sunday vote in an apparent effort to punish Coburn and antagonize his GOP colleagues.
The scheduled Sunday session would try to limit GOP stalling tactics and move the bill forward.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6620808
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WTF!? I almost miss the hag.
`oh merciful newfangled DTV reception has managed to interrupt, skip, and pixielate throughout the roundtable although I think it does offer a rerun at the beginning of the 1st playoff game and FNS.
Can you use castile soap for laundry? I ran out of laundry detergent and the label on my castile soap talks about everything from shampoo to kitchen counters but no mention of laundry.
Physicians for a National Health Program take on Sanjay Gupta.
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/221/1/Castile-soap.html
Nice photos of the birds and squirrels of Central Park in the snow:
http://www.palemale.com/
PJ probably already knows this but, I didn’t and figured others didn’t either.
The difference between http and https
http://snopes.com/computer/internet/https.asp
Thanks Vern! 😀
KP, thanks for the http vs https. I have now gone from knowing nothing about to knowing a little bit. Always nice!
I went to J&R today to look for speakers. J&R is a huge store that sells all kinds of video and audio equipment but the most important thing is that you can listen to speakers in a fairly quiet, non-echoing room.
I got Audioengine 5 speakers. I really like them. Not cheap, not easily portable, but really nice sound. The speakers that Art recommended are not made anymore and the only ones I could find were used.
OK, Vern, now I can listen to all that music you post with pleasure.
I feel like I should get a new monitor to appreciate the great hawk pix and the tomato talk is very exciting.
W. D. Zantzinger, Subject of Dylan Song, Dies at 69
I may have posted this or another version of this song before but I think it is one of the most compelling things Dylan ever did.
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In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. Majority Democrats assembled more than enough votes to overcome GOP stalling tactics in an early showdown for the new Congress.
Republicans complained that Democrats did not allow amendments on the massive bill, which calls for the largest expansion of wilderness protection in 25 years. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and other Democrats said the bill – a holdover from last year – was carefully written and included measures sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats.
By a 66-12 vote, with only 59 needed to limit debate, lawmakers agreed to clear away procedural hurdles despite partisan wrangling that had threatened pledges by leaders to work cooperatively as the new Obama administration takes office. Senate approval is expected later this week. Supporters hope the House will follow suit.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESS_WILDERNESS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Joe the Plumber makes James Guckert look like a professional:
How do you pernunciate prefeshunul?