Over the weekend, a recently-retired Republican staffer of 28 years wrote an article about why he was leaving his party and his job, citing, among many other things, his belief that “the GOP cares solely and exclusively about its rich contributors.” An exclusive look at the biannual fundraising and strategy conference held by billionaire GOP benefactors Charles and David Koch, shows why. Mother Jones reports that before Charles Koch names the 32 donors of $1 million or more in the last year who supported their right-wing causes, he promises that the 2012 election will be the “mother of all wars” against “Saddam Hussein.” Specifically, Koch said: [ more › ]
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Billionaire Koch: President Obama Is "Saddam Hussein"
The New York State Pavilion, once the centerpiece of the 1964 World’s Fair , was landmarked by the state (not the city) in 2009 , but it’s two years later and the thing is still falling apart. Could President Obama be coming to the rescue? According to the Daily News , his top advisers are pushing to rescue not just one, but two Queens landmarks—the other being the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills (the stadium that has a history of hosting the U.S. Open.). [ more › ]
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Can Obama Save The New York State Pavilion?
President Obama will either be replaced by an Italian-stereotype-loving pizza mogul or the former cyborg governor of Taxachusetts, or maybe if we’re really lucky, the guy who called for the impeachment of Bill Clinton while simultaneously banging a woman who wasn’t his wife. Who it won’t be is New Jersey governor Chris Christie. So why is Barry reportedly digging dirt on the big guy? [ more › ]
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Obama’s Thugs Are Digging Up Scandalous Phone-Dirt On Chris Christie?
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America, Tim Pawlenty knows that we’re in “big trouble.” Sure, killing Osama Bin Laden with our bare hands felt really good, but the economy is still sputtering, our oligarchs are too fat to rape anyone, and the world is taking FOREVER to end. We need new leadership in 2012. We also need to know: who the hell is Tim Pawlenty? [ more › ]
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Thing Called A "Tim Pawlenty" Running For President
After a closed-door 90-meeting in the Oval Office lasted far longer than expected today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama emerged to brief reporters on their, ahem, progress. And in a rare public rebuke, Netanyahu-serious told Obama and the world straight up: Any return to the 1967 borders with Palestine is out of the question and indefensible. Watch what the Wall Street Journal describes as an “awkward moment”: [ more › ]
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Video: Netanyahu Tells Obama To His Face His Israel Peace Plan Is Indefensible
During a major speech on Middle East policy today, President Obama used the opportunity to directly address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and called for the creation of a Palestinian state along the borders which existed before the 1967 Six Day War. As the NY Times notes , it’s the first time an American president has explicitly taken that position. [ more › ]
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Obama Calls For Palestinian State Along 1967 Borders
Hilly Kristal , CBGB , and the music scene within the club between 1974 to 1976 will all become the focus of a new biopic. That means you’ll be able to journey back to the glory days when the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Patti Smith were all taking the stage at the famous venue. According to Billboard , the birth of punk rock in New York City will be chronicled by producers Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller, Jody Savin and Kristal’s daughter Lisa Kristal Burgman; the film is tentatively titled CBGB . [ more › ]
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CBGB, Hilly Kristal Will Get Biopic Treatment
As all of the Republican TV celebrities drop out of the 2012 presidential race so they can keep fighting the good fight against the librul media, you can literally hear the teeth of the major GOP donors gnashing in agony knowing that their contributions will probably go to Tim Pawlenty’s new hockey porn site or Newt Gingrich’s Tiffany’s fund. One lobbyist describes the elite GOP to Politico thusly: “It’s not that they’re up in arms. It’s just that they’re depressed.” So when the Long Island Republican Committee says in a press release, “NASSAU GOP SUPPORTERS CHEER ‘KING FOR PRESIDENT,’” it’s treated like Republican Prozac in the papers. [ more › ]
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Peter King Should Totally Run For President, For Freedom
Have you seen the giant, slightly disconcerting stair-level faces being plastered across stoops near Bergen Street and 4th Avenue in Park Slope? They’re kind of hard to miss, but where did they come from? We did a little digging , and discovered, of course, it’s not only in the name of art, but in the name of getting a giant cash prize! [ more › ]
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What To Do With That TED Grant Money: Wheatpaste Park Slope Stoops