-- by DaveBill O'Reilly devoted another Talking Points Memo segment last night to his new pet thesis that Barack Obama is going to make the nation vulnerable to terrorist attack by taking torture off the table, and then brought Karl Rove on to back it all up:You know, when he gets behind that desk, and has the awesome responsibility of protecting our country, anybody who's chief executive of the United States is going to want ...

tags: hart rudman commission, counterterrorism programs, talking points memo, barack obama, interrogation techniques, george tenet, o reilly, george w bush, immensity, condi rice, karl rove, bush administration, presidential daily briefing, incompetence, eight months, terrorist attack, airplanes, likelihood, chief executive, tenure

I meet amazing people every day.  People from whom I learn great things, and with whom I share incredible memories.  My circle of close friends and family surrounds me with great intelligence, talented musicians, and compassion beyond words. But it is the gift of a lifetime to find someone truly inspirational.  Someone who lights up an entire room with their smile, who listens intently, and laughs from their gut.  An individual who has their feet firmly ...

tags: sized tumor, talented musicians, entire room, idealist, realist, close friends, compassion, inspiration, lifetime, memories, smile, friends and family, brain, intelligence

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Today sucked for various and sundry reasons, but overall when you think about Darfur, Gaza and the state of the economy, its a nano sucking day that really only affects me and those who hear me roar.I'm wishing I could retrieve back the last three weeks, skipping the holidays and getting my brain back to normal. It feels like the last few months have been a foggy conglomeration of bits and bobs that slowed ...

tags: bits and bobs, one of my best friends, taco truck, session one, conglomeration, rest of the week, poster session, molasses, darfur, nano, excursion, gaza, sessions, brain, phoenix, holidays, economy

Woman keening over relatives killed moments earlier by Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya (Khalil Hamra/AP) After suffering severe attacks from Israeli forces resulting in the murder of several UN staffers (who were working in clearly marked vehicles), the organization has suspended its programs which feed half of the entire population of the besieged enclave: International aid groups lashed out at Israel on Thursday over the war in Gaza, saying that access to civilians in need is poor, ...

tags: rotting corpses, nations flags, beit lahiya, aid operations, hamra, relief workers, aid groups, israeli forces, enclave, staffers, khalil, killings, gaza, palestinians, civilians, relatives, united nations, landscape, keening, idf

ONE WEEKEND ONLY Capacitor, an SF-based interdisciplinary dance group, is bringing their latest show biome to Seattle Rep for one weekend only. Founded by Jodi Lomask in 1997, Capacitor specializes in developing shows about scientific topics, in close collaboration with specialists in the field. Biome explores the complex ecosystem of the rain forest tree canopy. Easily one of the most exciting shows going on all month. (Seattle Rep, 155 Mercer St. Fri. & ...

tags: mercer st, tree canopy, forest tree, biome, rain forest, dance group, fri, capacitor, ecosystem, collaboration, seattle

KING-5 is reporting that the Hearst Corporation is putting the Seattle P-I up for sale… a prelude to the folding of Seattle’s first daily newspaper. ce close to the deal tells KING 5 that the paper’s owner, Hearst Corporation, will announce as soon as tomorrow that it’s putting the P-I up for sale. Under the joint operating agreement between the P-I and The Seattle Times, the P-I must be offered for sale for at least 30 ...

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digg_url = 'http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q408-palm-announces-the-palm-pre/'; This morning at CES 2009, Palm announced the phone that they expect will take them into the next generation - the Palm pre. It’s a small, rounded black handset with a trackball, and the specs read like a dream as far as we’re concerned. We are talking about a 3.1-inch 320x480 touchscreen with multi-touch support and a gesture area, the newest OMAP processor from TI, 8 GB of storage space, EVDO Rev. ...

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