On Conan last night, William Shatner turned Sarah Palin’s farewell speech into performance art. Classic.
Bill O’Reilly: Of course Canada has longer life expectancy than the U.S. — we have 10 times more people.
As we noted earlier, we’re hiring three new reporters in Washington, DC. And to accommodate them we’re opening a small satellite office in DC. And now we’re looking for a good space.
We think the best fit would likely be to sublet space from a larger organization. We expect there will be 4-5 people working out of the office, though a lot of their time will be spent in the field. We need an office that is centrally located, not far from the White House and Capitol Hill, and hopefully not far from the Red Line.
Also, we like working in newsroom settings. So we’re looking for something like one relatively open space rather than individual offices for four or five people.
We’re looking in more conventional ways too. But if your organization has some space you’re looking to sublet or you have other helpful tips, please drop us a line with the subject heading “DC Sublet.”
Late Update: If you’re thinking of writing in to tell us we should inquire about new space coming available at the C Street group home, I assure you, a number of readers beat you to it.
Tea Party Activists bewail the loss of doctor who sent racist Obama witch doctor email.
As they say, only the good ones withdraw from active anti-health care reform advocacy young.
As Obama’s numbers have softened in recent weeks, and particularly after the Gates brouhaha, racial attacks on the president have become increasingly common. From Rush on down.
I think I’m basically snarkless on this one. But I’m watching Chris Matthews do a lengthy interview with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R) of Michigan about the resolution he’s introducing in the House calling on President Obama to apologize for his comments about Officer James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department. I’m not even sure what to say about it other than that McCotter is really managing to talk at great length about how this is a critical fight against abuse of executive authority.
From TPM Reader BS …
Just to let TPM know, I just retroactively snuck in a couple of ads in several local French newspapers announcing the birth of my son in FRANCE. In 46 years, when he is president of France… who will have the last laugh? Me, that’s who.
Republican strategist says “Barack Hussein” was probably born in the US but we should still call him Barry.
From TPM Reader MA …
I’ve worked in and around the media business since I graduated from college 25 years ago. During the span of my entire career it’s been hard not to maintain a certain affection for Rupert Murdoch: not only does he have that charming accent, he’s always done it his way, taken big gambles (bringing the NFL to Fox…exciting stuff), and has usually won. When you compare Rupert to, say, cranky Sumner Redstone over at Viacom, it’s all Rupert.
Even as a lifelong Democrat, it’s been easy enough to write Fox News off as ridiculous, but I had to concede that it was a brilliant business undertaking (quite formulaic, but filling a niche) that beat the pants of CNN for good reason. Fox News drives me nuts, of course, but it’s been hard not to “chalk another one up for Rupert”.
For me, the story changed this morning when one of Rupert’s employees, Glenn Beck, appeared on Fox & Friends and called Obama “a racist” and a man who “hates white people”.