Palin Responsible For Spike In Death Threats Against Obama

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.

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Obama Says Speedy Action Needed on Economy - NYTimes.com

President-elect Barack Obama called on Friday for the Bush administration and Congress to enact an economic-stimulus package, and he pledged to confront the country’s economic crisis “head on” the moment he is sworn in on Jan. 20.

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Melissa Etheridge says No Gay Marriage -- No Taxes!

Melissa Etheridge took a vocal stand, arguing that the passing of Prop. 8 means the taxman may not benefit from her income as a musician.

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Calista Flockhart Is A Cutie

Famous Ally McBeal star, Calista Flockhart attends the Peace Over Violence’s 37th Annual Humanitarian Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on November 7, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.

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More has Been Read into Obama's Statement: Inderfurth

New Delhi: A key adviser to US President-elect Barack Obama sought to playdown the Democrat leader's reported suggestion that he could ask former President Bill Clinton to mediate between India and Pakistan, saying

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Norm Coleman sues in court to stop vote recount

Saint Paul [11/08/08] - In a shameful effort to deprive Minnesota voters of their civil rights, the Coleman campaign today went to court in an attempt to block 32 absentee ballots from being counted. Why does Norm Coleman hate the voters?

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ABC News: Strains Between McCain and Palin Aides Go Public

Now that the defeated team of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have gone their separate ways, the knives are out and Palin is the one who is getting filleted.

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NY Times: Cheney & Bush rev up their Wrecking Balls

Cheney, Bush and the White House cabal are busy issuing regulations which favor their friends, at a pace unheard of in history. You can bet their shredding machines are running full blast, and that computer files are being erased or modified at a record pace. INVESTIGATE. PROSECUTE. CONVICT. IMPRISON.

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Pakistan Declares Death Penalty for 'Cyber Terror'

American officials can have some pretty over-the-top reactions to hackers and so-called cyber terrorists. Once, I saw a briefing comparing our own Kevin Poulsen to Osama bin Laden and Pablo

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Berlusconi: "Obama Is..Tall Handsome and ..Tan" - First Italian Race-Bating Comment

Ok, we're about to find out which of the World's leaders are racially fucked-up and which are not. First up is Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who said this (translated): "Obama has it all - he's handsome, tall and tanand therefore has all of the characteristics necessary to have an excellent relationship with Russia." In Italian, it looks like this: "Obama ha tutto: è bello, alto e abbronzato ed ha quindi tutte le qualità per avere ottimi rapporti con la Russia".

Then he followed up by insisting that his statement was just fine: "It's absolutely a nice thing what I said, a hugecompliment," said the Prime Minister, "If all of the imbeciles get together we're screwed."

He's right about that.  But incapsulated in his statement about Russia is a warning about a future where I wonder of that country will base its American approach on whatever racism they've not overcome.   Here's the video below...

Barack Obama Press Conference And The Nancy Reagan Seance Thing

 President-Elect Barack Obama gave his first press conference today and it went extremely well.  Obama emphasized that he wasn't yet the President, but was preparing to hit the ground running, focusing on the economy.  Obama brought out his economic transition team, which consists of the following people according to Mark Ambinder:

David Bonior (Member House of Representatives 1977-2003)
·         Warren Buffett (Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway)-will participate via speakerphone
·         Roel Campos (former SEC Commissioner)
·         William Daley (Chairman of the Midwest, JP Morgan Chase; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Commerce, 1997-2000)
·         William Donaldson (Former Chairman of the SEC 2003-2005)
·         Roger Ferguson (President and CEO, TIAA-CREF and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)
·         Jennifer Granholm (Governor, State of Michigan)
·         Anne Mulcahy (Chairman and CEO, Xerox)
·         Richard Parsons (Chairman of the Board, Time Warner)
·         Penny Pritzker (CEO, Classic Residence by Hyatt)
·         Robert Reich (University of California, Berkeley; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Labor, 1993-1997)
·         Robert Rubin (Chairman and Director of the Executive Committee, Citigroup; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1995-1999)
·         Eric Schmidt (Chairman and CEO, Google)
·         Lawrence Summers (Harvard University; Managing Director, D.E. Shaw; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1999-2001)
·         Laura Tyson (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Former Chairman, National Economic Council, 1995-1996; Former Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1993-1995)
·         Antonio Villaraigosa (Mayor, City of Los Angeles)
·         Paul Volcker (Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve 1979-1987)

That Nancy Reagan Thing

Some are upset over the President-Elect's remark that he wasn't going to  "get into a Nancy Reagan thing about Seances" but the hard truth is that Mrs. Reagan did call on astrologers for advice in scheduling after the assasination attempt on President Reagan, but then revealed she was using them since the 60s.


So Obama got it right: Nancy Reagan did have a "thing" about seances. 







Part Two...

Barack Obama Election Night Parties in San Francisco

This is my video of election night in San Francisco and the paties I went to. I started at The Westin for the San Francisco Democratic Party event, then went to Enrico's Restaurant, then back to the Westin and then to El Rio to finish. In the flow I captured interviews with a number of people including San Francisco Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Jake McGoldrick.