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• Morning News - GOP Calls Sotomayor Racist

  Today we go from the important to the utterly unimportant. Supreme Court. Guantanamo Bay. Somebody's butt in a rapper's face. G'wan. Click through. You know you wanna. Read More... Posted Jun 02 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, entertainment, news, politics, dick cheney, president bush, video, Eminem, Supreme Court, controversy, rush limbaugh, MTV, mitt romney, congress, Brett Singer, senate, george w. bush, morning news, britain's got talent, susan boyle, Sonia Sotomayor, Republican Conservative Hive Mind, GOP Hive Mind, eminem walks out of the mtv movie awards, judges, bruno, Newt Gingrich, bruno sticks his butt in eminem's face, kathy griffin

• How Fertile Couples Outsmarted Wall Street

  It's not unusual for the birth rate to decline in a bad economy. But what has baffled some is the fact that even before last year's full-on Wall Street meltdown, a fall-off in the number of pregnancies had already begun. Was this some kind of parents-to-be intuition? Are fertile couples to recessions like small pets to the moments just before an earthquake -- that is, skiddish and panicky and diving for cover? No.   Read More... Posted May 20 2009, 03:38 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: financial planning, family size, recession, george w. bush, population control, census, john mccainn, wall street, cost of babies, main street

• Morning News - The Obama Bracket

  Monday Monday… Can't trust that day… Actually, you kind of can trust Monday. It's fairly reliable in that it always comes after Sunday. I don't think that's what Mama Cass and Co. were talking about, but then again, it was the 60's, so who knows? Anyone make an NCAA bracket? I did. I know nothing about college basketball, and my picks are proving it, especially in the Midwest Conference. At least there's no money at stake for me. President Obama made one, which is being resoundingly mocked by many. Some were upset that he even took the time to make his picks... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, news, politics, sports, internet, technology, crime, media, barack obama, basketball, theater, economy, obama, recession, congress, update, bracketology, March Madness, Brett Singer, sarah palin, theatre, broadway, celebrity news, george w. bush, ncaa, morning news, finance, jay leno, the tonight show, president obama, stimulus plan, bracket, presidential bracket, bowling, the fed, obama's special olympics joke, whitewater, ncaa bracket, obama's bracket, special olympics, president obama's bracket, susan macdougal, jim gibbons, obama on the tonight show, west side story, federal money

• Morning News - March Madness or March Sadness?

  Apologies for forgetting St. Patrick's Day yesterday. I could make a culturally insensitive joke and say that I was drunk, but in truth I just forgot. Apparently everybody was Irish on Tuesday, but today you're back to whatever it is you are the rest of the year.   And now -- let's have some news! Read More... Posted Mar 18 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, politics, dick cheney, sports, crime, CNN, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, barack obama, basketball, jobs, economy, obama, recession, March Madness, president, Brett Singer, josef fritzl, george w. bush, cheney, A rod, a-rod, ncaa, morning news, bernie madoff, ruth madoff, ben bernanke, march sadness, the rod

• Morning News - Watchmen, Wiper Fluid and the World Wide Web

  Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday! (You need to hear that in the voice of a 1980's era Monster Truck radio ad announcer. That reference either makes sense or it doesn't. Apologies if it doesn't.) Quick comment: I have to say that when I said I would fill in for Madeline for a few days, the last thing I thought I would be writing about was former President George W. Bush. Not that I mind, but it seems strange. I had an item about him yesterday, and there's one today. I'm not looking for them, believe me. And now -- the news! Read More... Posted Mar 17 2009, 09:30 AM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Movies, news, drinking, internet, science, barack obama, nerds, lindsay lohan, geeks, economy, obama, dinosaurs, president, Brett Singer, celebrity news, george w. bush, morning news, finance, president obama, watchmen, wiper fluid, world wide web, tim berners-lee, nerdy movies

• Morning News - Cheney, Duct Tape, Outer Space

  Madeline is taking a little time off, so I'll be your morning newsperson for awhile. Gosh, I sure wish there was something to talk about. The news is so dull right now... Oh! Wait. My bad. Here we go: Dick Cheney did an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" where he said that "reversing [Bush administration] anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans." See, if a Democrat said that about a Republican President, there would be an outcry. The former VP also said the Bush administration spent so much money (remember that surplus we used to have?) because "Stuff happens," and discusses the fact that his former boss (George W. Bush, remember him?) did not pardon Scooter Libby.  Also: an all duct tape prom, a space shuttle launch, and a riot full of wanna be models! Read on... Read More... Posted Mar 16 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, dick cheney, crime, high school, duct tape, CNN, barack obama, prom, jobs, economy, obama, recession, president, Brett Singer, josef fritzl, george w. bush, cheney, morning news, bernie madoff, ruth madoff, ben bernanke

• Photo - Obama Shocked by Schoolkids

  What is the President doing in this photo? Listening to Sasha and Malia's ideas for dog names? Hearing Republican ideas for his stimulus package? Hearing Sasha and Malia's ideas for the stimulus package? Nope. Read on. Read More... Posted Mar 01 2009, 09:11 AM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, school, texas, george bush, Laura Bush, barack obama, Bush, elementary school, michelle obama, malia obama, obama, president, Sasha Obama, Brett Singer, george w. bush, dubya, president obama, gwb, george bush visits texas elementary school, obama visits elementary school

• George W. Bush Visits Texas Elementary School

  This is the age of bipartisanship. So…well…read this. Read More... Posted Feb 27 2009, 09:15 AM by Brett Singer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, school, texas, george bush, Laura Bush, barack obama, Bush, elementary school, obama, president, Brett Singer, george w. bush, dubya, gwb, george bush visits texas elementary school

• Morning News: Obama to Reverse Bush's Pledge to Stay Dirty

  We're back! Back from a self-imposed maternity leave! Back from the great big elections/inauguration misty-eyed national group hug! Back to digest the news so you've got something to talk about with the others at work/Gymboree/your lame playgroup. First up, another in what have been daily reversals of George W. Bush's administrations crappy (and quasi-legal) declarations and judgments.   Read More... Posted Jan 26 2009, 09:00 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: heath ledger, obama, Science Daily, george w. bush, dark knight, morning news, video game, barack hates to shop, blogojevich, illinoiss, impeachment, kathie olsen, late morning news, nsf, sag awards, auto emissions standards

• (Late) Morning News: Finally!

  We know a little something about overdue births here at Morning News. The waiting. The frustrations. The compounding discomfort. So indulge us when we say this inauguration -- this birth of a brand spanking new presidency and, perhaps, change in direction of the country -- felt like it needed to be induced months and months (and years!) ago.   Read More... Posted Jan 20 2009, 02:00 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: dick cheney, barack obama, george w. bush, morning news, inaugration

• Morning News: How Many Clintons Does It Take to ...

  It's up to New York Gov. David Paterson to decide who will fill Hillary Clinton's senate seat, assuming (as we safely can) that she'll be secretary of state in a matter of weeks. Paterson's options are many, Andrew Cuomo is the favorite of voters, but there's one long-shot who just screams disaster/drama/ain't that America good times! Read More... Posted Dec 03 2008, 09:00 AM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: barack obama, sarah palin, george w. bush, morning news, daily palin, Al Franken, hillaryclinton

• Daughter's Homework Assignment Leads to Presidential Pardon for Dad

  Not one of Bush's daughters (that's what I thought when I first heard about this story, but maybe you're not as gullible as I am). The daughter of the man who was pardoned. Danny Pue received a pardon from President Bush on Monday Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 11:30 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, law, texas, president bush, crime, president, legal, Brett Singer, george w. bush, pardons, karen flint, danny pue, presidential pardons

• Morning News: Palin Turkey Slaughter Not a Hallmark Moment

  Sarah Palin pardoned a local turkey at a Wasilla farm yesterday, apparently her first-ever such act as a governor. So maybe it was an unfamiliarity with, what, slaughter scenes?, that kept her unaware of what was going on right behind her. It's like a three-minute Coen brothers movie -- she talks about what she's thankful for, a turkey's getting its neck broken. I case you're wondering, distracted -- or can't make it through the video --   Read More... Posted Nov 21 2008, 09:00 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Secretary of State, hillary clinton, barack obama, huffpo, sarah palin, george w. bush, morning news, daily palin, turkey slaughter

• Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

  As the inauguration countdown enters its last 60 days, the Bush adminstration is doing what any of us do when we're about to leave a job -- no, not downloading company secrets and stealing all the good pens -- they're tidying up, finishing those outstanding tasks that they just won't feel right if they leave undone. You know, like limiting women's access to reproductive healthcare! This story came up while talking about a battle over contraception in the Philippines: for the past several months, the administration has pushed for new rules requiring any healthcare organization that receives federal funding to "protect" workers who had "conscience"-based objections to performing or assisting in abortion or sterilizatin-related activity. The rule's definition of abortion, as many have pointed out, would also apply to hormonal birth control devices such as the pill or Nuva ring.  Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 11:01 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: birth control, contraception, abortion, healthcare, catholic church, george w. bush, morning-after pill

• Bailout bill defeated because it sucks

  That's what the Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee said about the bailout bill, according to ABC News. "It sucks." Yes, it's government by 10 year olds. Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 04:25 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, george bush, barack obama, House, John McCain, NYTimes, congress, election 2008, Brett Singer, george w. bush, bad news, House of Representatives, bailout, stocks plunge, house rejects bailout plan, credit crisis, economic meltdown, we're all doomed, representatives, paul ryan, rescue plan, representative paul ryan

• Morning News: Letterman Lambastes McCain for Cancellation

  David Letterman didn't hold back last night. He tore into John McCain for (1) cancelling an appearance on Letterman's show and (2) for suspending his campaign. Dave tells viewers about McCain's personal phone call explaining how the senator had to race back to Washington to handle the economic crisis. Then Dave goes to a live feed of McCain getting made up for an interview with Katie Couric. As for suspending the campaign, he asks, quite rightly, why couldn't Sarah Palin, you know, back him up? Bring in the second string quarterback! Watch the rest in video. (Go here for the short version.) MORE CAMPAIGN ANTICS ... PLUS HOW WE'RE ALL LIKE CLAY AIKEN -- after the jump! Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 09:00 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: election 2008, george w. bush, morning news, daily palin, timing the markets, econonic collapse, sarah palin rape kits, clay aikens is like us, henry paulson

• Morning News: Nope, No Improvements. Nation Still Falling Apart.

  Today's Morning News sounds a lot like yesterday's, except that rally in the stockmarket? Um. Didn't last. Now that lawmakers are talking a little bit of regulation! ... a wee peek at the books! ... maybe some limits on how much CEOs can actually loot from their failed institution ... yeah, all the sudden nobody's got confidence. Although homeowners in mortgage trouble should rejoice: more help for bad decisions. And for everybody forced to carry the salary-eating student-loan anchor around their necks for the next 40 years? ...   Read More... Posted Sep 23 2008, 09:30 AM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: barack obama, miley cyrus, knut, george w. bush, joe biden, morning news, daily palin, wall street crisis, michael mukasey

• Morning News: The Everything's Foreign Edition! (Plus Pop Quiz: John McCain Has How Many Cars?)

  Sarah Palin has inspired Morning News to bolster its own foreign experience credentials. So we're bringing you news bits that are at least tenuously connected to important matters in the foreign lands of foreign people! That's how it works, right? We'll also look at the domestic front, including Emmy winners, banking losers, Ivy League whiners, and vice presidential record destroyers.  Let's start with a small town girl-mayor, the big dreams and her clever one-stop-shopping strategy to gain foreign experience without bending a single crisp corner of her like-new year-old passport.   Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 09:00 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: dick cheney, Tina Fey, george w. bush, morning news, daily palin, wall street bailout, prius, john mccain's cars, foreign edition

• Who Would You Name Your Local Sewage Plant After?

  Every year, there are all these arcane questions on the ballot:  voters are asked to decide whether city officials should issue more reports, or how often the grass in city parks should be mowed- usually things the average voter cares nothing about. This November, however, voters in San Francisco will have the opportunity to decide this question:  Should the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant be renamed . . .   Read More... Posted Jul 22 2008, 03:34 PM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: San Francisco, george w. bush, ballot questions, sewage plant, Oceanside Water Pollution Control

• What Does Bush Have Against Planned Pregnancies?

  Although I am unequivocally pro-choice, I respect those who are peacefully opposed to abortion on moral grounds. But anyone who supports the Bush administration’s most recent attack on family planning is completely nuts as far as I’m concerned. The administration has put forth a proposal to deny federal funding to any health programs, including schools and hospitals, that “discriminate against” providers who refuse to provide abortion or some types of birth control. Read More... Posted Jul 16 2008, 04:42 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: abortion, reproductive freedom, bush administration, family planning, planned parenthood, Pro-choice, birth control pills, happy families, federal funding, rape, george w. bush, morning after pill, plan b, pro-life, access to reproductive health care, uninsured women, health programs, life begins in the womb, anti-abortion providers, low income women, proposal, new policy, emergency contraception, wanted children, abortion providers, redefining abortion, clinics, oral contraceptives

• Political Nanny: Punches, Not Hugs, for the Obamas

  The Obamas are too cute, too now, too post-convenient political marriage for air kisses, fake-smiling, Gore-style deep throat kisses or even the standard spouse hug.   CHEST-BUMP PICS AFTER THE JUMP  Read More... Posted Jun 04 2008, 03:31 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: barack obama, michelle obama, election 2008, chest bump, high 5, george w. bush, presumptive democratic nominee