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07 Mar 2010 23:52

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Chatter: Max Headroom: John Avlon’s a crackpot, according to crackpots

  • Pot, meet ket­tle While Harold Ford, Jr. is guilty of noth­ing but idiocy, it’s cer­tainly a symp­tom of what is lead­ing to the insane con­tro­versy around New York Gov. David Pater­son. Ford says Pater­son should resign. Because, clearly, Harold Ford Jr. is the right guy to offer this advice.
  • Not very expert-like On “Fox News Sun­day,” Chris Wal­lace deservedly calls neo­con icon Bill Kris­tol an expert at Iraqi for­eign pol­icy when ask­ing who he thinks the U.S. would pre­fer as prime min­is­ter. Kristol’s answer? He doesn’t know. Way to prove your the­ory wrong, Chris.
  • “Hatriot” Games One of Ander­son Cooper’s guests in the wake of the Pen­ta­gon shoot­ing, John Avlon, came up with the term “Hatriot” to describe the crazy crop­ping up. Irony: Avlon is being called a crazy by the 9/11 Truther move­ment, despite mak­ing sense in this clip.
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05 Mar 2010 11:47

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Chatter: N.Y. Gov. David Paterson not exactly doing well in the polls

  • 46% of those polled say David Pater­son should fin­ish his term
  • 42% want to throw the scandal-ridden bum out of office early
  • 12% want to know why you’re both­er­ing them source
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04 Feb 2010 10:24

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Tech: Sun Microsystems CEO tweets his resignation, haiku-style

  • Today’s my last day at Sun. I’ll miss it. Seems only fit­ting to end on a #haiku. Finan­cial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more
  • Sun Microsys­tems CEO Jonathan Schwartz • In a tweet about his last day at the tech com­pany, which was recently swal­lowed whole by Ora­cle. Schwartz, who shows cre­ativ­ity even in defeat, is the first For­tune 200 CEO to ever tweet his res­ig­na­tion. Seems fit­ting for a tech CEO to go out that way. source
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01 Jan 2010 19:44

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Chatter: Janet Napolitano resignation calls are getting louder, bipartisan

  • We should have some­one who doesn’t need to go in there and learn about ter­ror­ism, learn about secu­rity. How close were these 300 peo­ple on this plane from los­ing their lives because home­land secu­rity broke down? Boy, it was really close.
  • New Jer­sey State Sen­ate Pres­i­dent (and for­mer gov­er­nor) Richard Codey • On his feel­ing regard­ing Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Janet Napoli­tano. Codey feels that the for­mer Ari­zona gov­er­nor isn’t a good fit for the post, in that she doesn’t have a back­ground in secu­rity. Many Repub­li­cans feel the same way (and have been crit­i­ciz­ing her for months). Now, we don’t think it’s got­ten this bad yet, but the build­ing bipar­ti­san sup­port should give the Obama admin­is­tra­tion pause. source
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27 Dec 2009 11:26

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Culture: Why is Urban Meyer leaving Florida? It comes down to his health.

  • I have ignored my health for years, but recent devel­op­ments have forced me to re-evaluate my pri­or­i­ties of faith and family.
  • Florida foot­ball coach Urban Meyer • On his rea­sons for res­ig­na­tion. Meyer is one of those worka­holic guys who eats, sleeps and breathes foot­ball, some­thing his wife would try to do every­thing to help work around. But Meyer has also had some sig­nif­i­cant health prob­lems – he was diag­nosed with an arach­noid cyst on his brain in 1999, which is about as scary as it sounds. Many fans are largely sup­port­ive of his deci­sion, as sad and shock­ing as it is to the ultra-successful Florida pro­gram. source
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27 Nov 2009 09:45

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World: An Afghan airstrike leads top German minister Franz Josef Jung to resign

  • He’s the third top offi­cial to resign this week. Jung and oth­ers were under pres­sure after a Sep­tem­ber attack in Afghanistan killed civil­ians. It came out in local news­pa­per Bild that Jung and oth­ers likely knew of the civil­ian casu­al­ties from the point it hap­pened. Those who resigned all assumed respon­si­bil­ity for the attacks. source
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24 Nov 2009 23:29

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U.S.: Not a good month to be an Obama staffer tied to Gitmo

  • first Gre­gory Craig, who was in charge of pol­icy for detainees, left the White House. Time has a great arti­cle about his down­fall here.
  • sec­ond Phillip Carter, a Defense Depart­ment offi­cial in charge of clos­ing Guan­tanamo, resigned for “per­sonal rea­sons.” Hmm. source
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06 Sep 2009 14:32

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Chatter: Daily poll: Was Van Jones a martyr or a mistake for Obama?

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06 Sep 2009 10:37

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U.S.: Protip from Van Jones: Don’t call Republicans names

He got caught calling Republicans #(&^@(^@. Now he’s gone. Van Jones, a White House adviser on environmental issues, had both his radical past (he used to be a Marxist) and name-calling history (see the video) catch up with him in recent weeks. The result? The man is out of a job. It’s telling, by the way, that he was a constant target of Glenn Beck – it’s proof that Beck actually has significant influence. source
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26 Aug 2009 21:17

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U.S.: Mark Sanford: You South Carolina sons of #(^@&! are stuck with me

  • I’m not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or people who were not fans of mine in the first place.
  • South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford • In remarks regarding his status in office after Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer (who, like Sanford, is a Republican) pushed for the governor to resign. We wish that the lieutenant governor were Andre Braugher. He’s a great actor, not a guy plotting against a governor who hasn’t broken any laws. • source
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