UPDATE: The morning after and the site is live. But slow and buggy.... Mashable says so, "YouTube and Universal have just flipped the switch and VEVO is now live." But all I'm getting is the blog with a promise of "Launching Tonight! In the meantime, enjoy reading our blog." So which is it? Or what is it? NewTeeVee: Taking a page out of Hulu CEO Jason Kilar’s playbook, … [Read more...] about Vevo is Live. Now?
Poll: December 2009 Finds Obama and Democrats Weakening
A new poll finds yet more bad news for President Barack Obama and the Democrats, as the White House starts to show signs of defensiveness. When a politician or partisans of either party blast polls that don't make them look good -- trust us, on this one -- it isn't being done with a pristine intent to improve the pollster's methodology. The latest via McClatchy Newspapers: … [Read more...] about Poll: December 2009 Finds Obama and Democrats Weakening
More Breaking News on Health Care
UPDATE BELOW More breaking news on health care: Keith Olbermann just reported a deal in the Senate worked out by the so-Called "Gang of Ten" (it's five conservative Democrats and five progressive Democrats that got together to work on the public option). Here it is: In exchange for dropping the public option, the conservatives have agreed to a Medicare opt-in program that … [Read more...] about More Breaking News on Health Care
Afghanistan: Poland Should Remain ‘Until the End’ – Rceczpospolita, Poland
Continuing with our coverage of NATO reaction to President Obama's Afghanistan troop surge, this article from Poland's Rceczpospolita demonstrates more determination to continue to assist the United States than we've seen from newspapers in any other U.S. ally - barring, perhaps, Great Britain. But along with a staunch statement in support for the Alliance, the article also … [Read more...] about Afghanistan: Poland Should Remain ‘Until the End’ – Rceczpospolita, Poland
Send In the Health-Care Clowns
As the public option starts to morph into an expansion of Medicare and Medicaid in the main tent, two Senate buffoons, Harry Reid and Joe Lieberman, are stepping up their side shows in the health care circus. The Majority Leader is dragging slavery and woman's suffrage into the debate by invoking them as precedents for Republican resistance: "When this country belatedly … [Read more...] about Send In the Health-Care Clowns
Eating Crow With Tiger Woods
To prove how much I know and how much pull I have in the national media, I wrote a column last Wednesday headed "Leave Tiger Woods Alone." All I can say is that I still cling to that notion. That Tiger Woods' private life is none of our damned business. Well, it is now, thanks to TMZ, several dozen or so scarlet ladies and every media outlet on the planet. The avalanche of … [Read more...] about Eating Crow With Tiger Woods
Health Care In Trouble In Senate
As reported by Kathy, the Senate has voted to table the Nelson amendment on abortion. The vote was 54-45 with seven Democrats voting no and two Republicans voting yes. I think this signals serious trouble for the health care bill in the Senate. A 54-45 vote will not get you past the 60 votes needed for cloture and two of those yes votes were Snowe and Collins, both of which … [Read more...] about Health Care In Trouble In Senate
The Ayes Have It
The Senate has just voted, 54 to 45, to table the Nelson/Hatch amendment. It's dead. … [Read more...] about The Ayes Have It
More Happy Talk On Jobs From Obama
President Barack Obama outlined his proposals today to create jobs and make homes more weather resistant. Excuse me, Mr. President, but what you addressed at the Brookings Institute was happy talk. First, what he proposed. In addition to proposing a tax cut for small businesses to encourage hiring, he called for eliminating capital gains on these businesses for one year … [Read more...] about More Happy Talk On Jobs From Obama
Murdoch Wants Cross-Ownership Rules Relaxed
In an op-ed at his flagship Wall Street Journal today, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch rehashed some of his recent barbs (such as claims of fair use abuses) while wrapping News Corp. with the American flag. Those prior public statements now seem part of a regulatory "reform" strategy as he adds a call for relaxing media cross-ownership rules to the litany of remedies needed to … [Read more...] about Murdoch Wants Cross-Ownership Rules Relaxed
Obama Speech: It’s Time to Bail Out Main Street
President Barack Obama today used a speech at the Brookings Institution to say it was time to bail out Main Street and small businesses, and proposed a program that isn't sweeping but would touch on several fronts: President Obama on Tuesday outlined a broad new proposal to try to spur jobs and give more help to Main Street consumers and businesses. In a speech at the … [Read more...] about Obama Speech: It’s Time to Bail Out Main Street
Sarah Palin and the News Media
She came, she saw, she spoke and she conquered. And Palin rises in the polls as Obama starts to sag. … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin and the News Media
Another Joins the Disenchanted Majority
Last week, we heard one blogger explain his departure from the political right. This week, we hear a different blogger explain her departure from the political left. Good for both of them. And welcome to the "disenchanted majority," a term I first used three-and-a-half years ago, in an old-media op-ed (no longer available online), to identify those of us who live in a … [Read more...] about Another Joins the Disenchanted Majority
Hospitalization of Person at Tiger Woods’ House Will Keep Story Going — and Growing
The newest twist on the Tiger Woods story is that an ambulance rushed someone -- by some reports a middle-aged blonde haired woman -- from the beset golfer's home to the hospital. And it's a twist that means this story will keep going and growing. RadarOnline reports that the woman has now been released. The New York Daily News confirms the latest twist on the latest twist. … [Read more...] about Hospitalization of Person at Tiger Woods’ House Will Keep Story Going — and Growing
Brooks: Innovating Our Way out of Messes
Confession: I disproportionately read and link to Andrew Sullivan and David Brooks. So be it. Let's move on. Today, Brooks on the innovation economy: ... there’s a straightforward way to revive innovation. In an unfairly neglected white paper on the subject, President Obama’s National Economic Council argued that the U.S. should not be in the industrial policy … [Read more...] about Brooks: Innovating Our Way out of Messes
I Want A New Library
I think I've found my new dream library.... Mind you, this guy has an actual Sputnik.. Not a model, not a replica, an actual original built by the Russians Sputnik. He also has jewel encrusted books, props from James Bond movies, original Apple and IBM computers, instructions for flying to the moon and winning World War 2. This place is amazing. … [Read more...] about I Want A New Library
Mikulski to Nelson: “Why not have men buy an abortion rider for the women they get pregnant”
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski is disgusted with the Nelson Amendment and she is letting everyone know it. "[This bill] allows women to purchase an abortion rider. Oh, boy. Is this supposed to be big deal? Is this supposed to be the kind of thing that's supposed to make us happy? What an insulting, humiliating thing to say: if you want an abortion, go buy a rider." Watch the … [Read more...] about Mikulski to Nelson: “Why not have men buy an abortion rider for the women they get pregnant”
Un-Constitutional, Un-Democratic, Un-American
The fetus fetishists in the Senate have come up with another amendment banning abortion -- a medical procedure that saves women's lives and protects their health -- from coverage under pending health care reform legislation. Reportedly, the language is similar to the Stupak amendment and it's not expected to pass. … [Read more...] about Un-Constitutional, Un-Democratic, Un-American
Stupid with Stupid
RJ Matson, Roll Call This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Stupid with Stupid
Scary, Scary Words
So this is the editorial published today by 56 newspapers (all but one outside the United States) that is causing the right to self-immolate (emphasis is mine): … [Read more...] about Scary, Scary Words