- Have a lovely night!
- Ok tweeple, back to your regularly scheduled programming. It's been fun, in an "I can't believe I wasted time watching that!" sort of way...
- @alpha1906 indeed. Bad cabernet...
- Biggest loser: ESPN, cuz why would anybody bother watching game four?
- Ok the Spurs fans are out in force. Congrats folks, your team clearly wanted it more and deserved to win. :)
- @bobpaltx oh here we go! :)
- @greglypka spoken like a true optimist!
- @philtrueblue night! :)
- I would challenge you to a duel, but the Grizzlies have sapped my spirit "@RobertRRios: Ms. Reid, your pain causes me Joy. Go Spurs!"
- @joanwalsh @RobertRRios :) much more fun than watching this game. I feel like someone on the Grizzlies owes me those hours of my life back!
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Tag Archives: the debt ceiling
Mitch McConnell: hell yeah, we took the debt ceiling hostage. And we’ll do it again.
This is not what the ratings agencies wanted to hear. But it is informative. It’s also the quote of the day (and probably of the week).
Monday clicks: London riots, debt ceiling downgrade, Maya Moore
Happy Monday (unless you’re downgrading to “passable.”) Here’s what’s shaking the info-trees overnight: London rocked by riots in a predominantly black neighborhood called Tottenham, touched off by a police shooting. And the disturbances appear to be spreading. The Guardian has more on … Continue reading
Posted in International news, News and Current Affairs, Political News, Sports
Tagged debt limit, downgrade, London, Maya Moor, police shootings, poliitics, riots, S&P, the debt ceiling, WNBA
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This week’s Herald column: think you hate the debt ceiling deal? The tea party hates it more.
The reality: the debt ceiling deal really wasn’t that bad for Democrats (although it could have been better had Nancy Pelosi known ahead of time just how far from 217 votes John Boehner was in the House.) Dems managed to … Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Opinion, Politics
Tagged Congress, Joy Reid, Miami Herald, Opinion, the debt ceiling, the debt ceiling deal
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Huh. The far right hates the debt ceiling deal, too
The media is focusing on liberal outrage over the debt ceiling deal. But you know what? Tea partiers hate it, too.
UPDATED: Hate it a lot or hate it a little: Congressional leaders and the White House reach a debt ceiling deal
UPDATE: the House has passed the debt ceiling bill, 269-161. The Senate will take up the vote on Tuesday.
Posted in 112th Congress, News and Current Affairs, Political News, Politics
Tagged Democrats, Harry Reid, President Obama, Republicans, the debt ceiling
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This: the tea party is ‘mind power boy’ from the Twilight Zone (with bonus clip)
Mediaite’s John Bershad hits the nail on the head.
**UPDATE: Hell no you can’t! Boehner bill dies quick death in the Senate
John Boehner, foiled again.
Chaos in the House: Cantor tells freshman to quit whining, Boehner’s plan headed for collision with Ayn Rand
Eric Cantor, the hedge fund managers’ man in Washington (and he’s surely hearing from them right about now), told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting yesterday to quit “grumbling and whining” about Speaker John Boehner’s debt ceiling plan. Too bad … Continue reading
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