December 2010
47 posts
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
“Here’s what you need from President Obama’s farewell press conference on...”
– Read More: Obama Press Conference Live Blog| POLITICO 44
1 tag
“My internet problem is the one so many of us struggle with: how do you choose...”
– The Internet Problem: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue | Technology | guardian.co.uk (via switchedblog)
See, this is why we never get any work done.
Tax-cut plan clears Senate easily →
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
5 tags
Theater, for boxdog1 - "The West Wing"
[INT. - OVAL OFFICE - DAY. The PRESIDENT is meeting with staff. A TV is tuned to C-SPAN.]
AXELROD: ...and you're meeting with Clinton in five hours.
OBAMA: He's a former president, Dave. I don't need a reminder.
AXELROD: I just read what's on the schedule, sir.
OBAMA [holds up schedule]: I have a copy. I can read.
AXELROD [smiles]: Yes, sir.
GIBBS: After the meeting, you're going to do a joint briefing in the press room. Opening remarks, then Clinton, back to you.
AXELROD: Does he take questions?
GIBBS: I'm sorry?
AXELROD: Does he do a Q and A?
GIBBS: No questions. It's your podium.
OBAMA: He's a former president.
AXELROD [holds up schedule]: I know, sir. I can read.
OBAMA: I want him to take a couple of questions. I'm a big boy.
GIBBS: Fine. He'll talk up the tax compromise.
AXELROD: That should bring some of our guys back into the fold.
OBAMA [stressed]: Where they should be in the first place.
GIBBS: It's hard for many people to swallow, sir. We just gave the richest Americans a tax break for the next two years.
OBAMA: There's more in that deal. And the GOP left me no choice.
AXELROD: The American people know that, sir. Well, half of them.
GIBBS: Half?
AXELROD [annoyed, then]: We need to make an impact statement, sir. Something that tells them we--and our party--won't take this lying down. We look weak otherwise, sir. And even more Democrats will jump ship.
OBAMA: Bon voyage.
[GIBBS notices the TV.]
GIBBS: Sir?
OBAMA: Yeah.
GIBBS: Look.
[OBAMA and AXELROD look. AXELROD turns up the volume.]
[SANDERS O/C]: You can call what I'm doing whatever you want. You can call it a long speech, you can call it a filibuster...
[AXELROD mutes the TV.]
GIBBS: Well...
[Beat}
GIBBS: ...there's your impact statement.
[OPENING CREDITS]
(via inothernews)
Man, this whole day has been a West Wing episode. Though, with not nearly enough Rob Lowe.
2 tags
The Most Damning Wikileaks Cable You'll Ever Read →
1 tag
Breaking: A defense bill that would repeal DADT...
1 tag
1 tag
“Today we have lost the comfort of Elizabeth’s presence but she remains the...”
– Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer - Ben Smith and Meredith Shiner - POLITICO.com
3 tags
1 tag
Breaking: President Barack Obama has made an...
1 tag
“MODERATOR 1: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?
SECRETARY CLINTON: What...”
– (via rachelinbrooklyn)
Making things even more ridiculous: Right before this exchange, Clinton said something about how tough it is to overcome sexism as a female lawyer:
“It requires, for a woman, usually in today’s world still, an extra amount of effort because I think it’s - the fact that...
“I’ve led a team that has discovered a microbe that can substitute arsenic for...”
– FELISA WOLFE-SIMON, NASA Research Fellow, at the agency’s historic press conference announcing the discovery of microbes with DNA substituing arsenic for phosphorus, one of six key elements essential to life.
Holy shit.
(via inothernews)
3 tags
2 tags
Tumblr Tuesday
Here are some Tumblrs we’ve been lovin’ recently:
Doctors Without Borders
Urlesque
Fourteen Girls
Cover Spy
Public Radio International
[ETA: We’re a day behind, but please still follow the fine folks above!]
