LiveBlog for Thursday, May 21, 2009

ellisonRep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the economy, torture, and the Gitmo controversy. Also, check out what Rep Ellison has to say on the Healthy Families Act here.

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the economy, Gitmo, credit card relief, and other news of the day.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk abou the economy and the current situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

leiferCarol Leifer joins us in studio at 8:06am Pacific to promote her new book, “When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win.”

***AMERICAN IDOL SPOILER ALERT BELOW***

•President Obama today will try to take the reins on the debate over national security and rally support for his plan to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in what his administration is billing as a major address at 7:10am Pacific today. Former Vice President Cheney is expected to give an opposing argument today at 7:45am Pacific.

Congress wrapped up sweeping credit card legislation yesterday that limits sudden hikes in interest rates, limits who can receive a card, and restricts how much time people are given to pay their bill. The bill now goes to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law tomorrow.

• ***SPOILER ALERT!!!***After 100 million votes were cast, Arkansas college student Kris Allen is the new American Idol, beating out the more flamboyant Adam Lambert last night.

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Came on late because stuff happened. But, did you watch Scarborough this morning? That man is on something...the constant giggles, sipping and slurping on his latte. I'm convinced he will be happy when pot becomes legal. But, he needs to save his fun time for after the show. He is not making sense at all.

thanks for the funny all y'alls! great stuff today :-D

>> Juliet Hussein Bravo says:
>> #394 Ron, Our cats come when they are called by the hum of the electric can opener….

That too! But I have never had trouble getting my cats to come when called.

Cats are more social than people give them credit for. I've spend a lot of time watching feral and farm cats and they are very social. They will try to please the "alpha cat" and that's what I try to become to my cats... so, they then they want to come for some affection.

Well, I gotta go.

Luv ya eMooks.

Great show-- see y'all tomorrow!

411---now they know the size of the can and the pop of the pop-top. Listen for it.....and...click! Cats are happy.

It was a great show. I like how Steph is filling time with more interviews now because there's not a ton of stuff to mock in this administration the way their was under Dubya. Good paradigm shift Steph and Mooks!

#394 Ron, Our cats come when they are called by the hum of the electric can opener....

386. Those pop-top cans are a giant evolutionary leap for the cats

405 Talk about your wurst nightmare!

great morning, made the rest of the dismal hopeless day a
little more bearable... snuggle bear able

386---I think cats are dog wannabes. But they don't want to be happy-happy-jumpy everytime they see their owners. That's a lot of trouble.

Great show (what I heard of it, anyway). I'll catch what I missed on the Stephcast this afternoon.

Have a great day ladies and germs!

402: that would be oral sex among cannibals

Nymphomaniacs don't make the best wives. But they make great neighbors

bye, guys & gals.

393 - Get to the gluttony part! Get to the gluttony part!

Did she say that she CHOSE to be gay?

393: except for masturbating hermaphrodites.

gay snuggle fabric softener bear allowed on airplanes?
don' ask don't tell!

#380 flombaye, Yikes! Your only hope is to neutralize that hellish brew with another earworm. Try "My Charona" :-D

Of course dogs drool, but they are lovable and trainable whereas cats are basically useless

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Cats don't drool, and they do not allow themselves to trained. (except for the litterbox)

387----Cats are wonderful. They are self-cleaning, don't have to be walked, and they are pretty.

gay + abortion = lavortion

>> Michael in Waterloo, WI says:
>> Of course dogs drool, but they are lovable and trainable whereas cats are basically useless

My current dog simply will not come. Yet, I've been able to teach my last three or four cats to come!

384 then I guess masturbation is pure out and out sloth...

384----I've heard that too. But that was a long time ago.

383 LOLOLOLOLOL Ron yer really taxin' my brain this morning.
It's a matter for the courts to decide I guess

the superbo court ruled that "separate but splenda" is just plain silly.

"My Two Mommies" starring Tom Cruise as Bruno

Andy Borowitz weighs in on the great Nancy Pelosi debate:

"Gingrich: Pelosi Not Good Enough Liar to Be Speaker"

www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/gingrich-pelosi-not-good_b_206112.html

Of course dogs drool, but they are lovable and trainable whereas cats are basically useless

378 cats have a secret network dedicated to the overthrow
of human rule and the return to the days of hunting the
puny monkey-things on the veldt. The remaining unresolved
issue is that whole opposable-thumb/can opener thing

would a gay snuggle fabric softener bear be allowed on airplanes, or is that just too terrifying?

She jokes but I have heard people seriously say that homosexuality is simply laziness.

Mark,

But should gay dogs be allowed to have puppies?

Should gay couples be allowed to adopt pets?

It might corrupt them!

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dogs and cats living together...in sin.

377: you mean they have an arabic version of abe vigoda? - great. now the bass line from barney miller, with carol liefer's dancing is stuck in my head.

376 only if they are gay pets

Cats rule, and dogs drool.

I've got Jim's brilliant mnemonic for remembering how to pronounce "Abu Zubaydah" stuck in my head:

Manamanah Abu Zubaydah
Manamanah bah-bah-dah-DAH
Manamanah Abu Zubaydah
Was waterboarded 83 times, bah-bah-dah-DAH :twisted:

Should gay couples be allowed to adopt pets?

It might corrupt them!

373: bail bond gift certificates are still available on my website.

Oliver is at home, licking himself after trashing the plant, again

369 Lord don't make me kill again...

every bottle of Tequilla should be sold with ____________

a warning label
a bail bondsman's number
????

368: you have to eat olive oil to get the full effect.

I love the title of Carol's book.

366 salvo flomb!

364: they say it's the lord's work to decide who lives and who dies, so, yes, yes i am.