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Julia

 
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About Me:
Middle-aged (thank god); married (oddly enough); native New Yorker; one (thoroughly magnificent, thanks) child, She Who Must Be Obeyed, aka HM (Her Majesty). But a mere lowly end-user by profession, and a former [pretty much everything, at least in somewhat limited first-world terms]. Extravagant (mostly organic) cook, slapdash (completely organic) gardener, brain space originally assigned to names and faces piled up with the overflow from the desperately overcrowded Old Movie and Broadway Trivia section, garage space which was originally assigned to a car piled up with boxes of books. Dreadful housekeeper, indifferent dresser, takeout menu ninja and the proud owner of a major percentage of the partially finished crafts projects on the east coast of the continental United States. The handsome gentleman in the picture is Hoa Hakananai'a. He joined the collection of the British Museum in 1868. His name, which is thought to mean "stolen or hidden friend," was given to him by his previous owners when he was collected.

Late Night FDL: Fox and Friends with Privileges take on Michelle Obama

By: Julia Friday February 22, 2008 8:00 pm
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On Fox, Ralph Reed can't imagine what Michelle Obama isn't proud of. Ralph Reed doesn't have a very good memory. The internets do.

The Latest In Wingnut Welfare Shops

By: Julia Monday February 18, 2008 1:30 pm
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With an eye on the upcoming Presidential elections and the nation's dramatically growing interest in politics and government, the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation will introduce its own blog, The New Nixon, at 9:00 am on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 18. Noted commentators including Hugh Hewitt, KRLA talk show host and former White House staffer; Jack J.

Late Night FDL: Mavericity and its discontents

By: Julia Friday February 15, 2008 8:00 pm
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It's about time we started paying some serious attention to Senator McCain's personal myth, don't you think? Because the odds are it's what America is being asked to vote for in the fall.

Late Night FDL: Massaging McCain’s optics

By: Julia Friday February 8, 2008 8:00 pm
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The usual movement conservative suspects are demanding that McCain embrace them in the general election even though the right-wing base of their party rejected them in the primaries. Luckily, they're not nearly as far apart as you might think on the issues they really care about. Take, for instance, torture.

Late Night FDL: Reach for the (action) stars

By: Julia Friday February 1, 2008 8:06 pm
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Even with Obama's surprise Hulk Hogan endorsement, Democrats are woefully behind in the celebrity tough guy endorsement race (unsurprisingly, icons of manliness whose opponents are paid to lose to them on camera seem to be breaking for the Republicans).

Late Night FDL: Rudy swirls the bowl in New York

By: Julia Friday January 25, 2008 8:00 pm
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One of the arguments for Rudy Giuliani's inevitability was that if he were on the ballot, a Republican candidate would have a shot at New York. Turns out the pundits were right. That candidate is John McCain.

Late Night FDL: W[h]ither Rush?

By: Julia Friday January 18, 2008 8:00 pm
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You may have been wondering why conservative stalwart Rush Limbaugh is so enthusiastic about a (when it's convenient) pro-choice socialized-healthcare-supporting not-evangelical-christian government-interventionist moderate governor who abandoned the heartland for the liberal hellmouth of Massachusetts. I'm here for you.

W Mitt Romney and the loose definition of transferable skills

By: Julia Thursday January 17, 2008 4:30 pm
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Some of the business strategies that made Mitt Romney a very rich and successful businessman were cutting jobs, busting unions, and avoiding taxes. Some question whether that experience would be useful in running a government.

Late Night FDL: Days of Future Past

By: Julia Friday January 11, 2008 8:00 pm
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America's Mayorâ„¢, who spent $3 million on his fourth-place finish in New Hampshire, wants us to know that New Hampshire wasn't a sign of how his campaign was going to do moving forward. True enough. In New Hampshire, he wasn't in fifth place behind Fred Thompson. Also, back then his staff was still getting paid.

Late Night David Brooks: What the little people don’t know about themselves

By: Julia Friday January 4, 2008 8:00 pm
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David Brooks, as usual, has the little people a little bit wrong.
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Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, talks about the economic crisis and its sources: "Bush is an advertisement for the uselessness of government."
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:00pm Eastern

Chat with Rob Simpson about his new book.

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Sunday July 20, 2008 5:00pm Eastern

Chat with Cory Doctorow.

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