LiveBlog for Wednesday, June 17, 2009

horovitzDavid Horovitz, Editor-In-Chief for “The Jerusalem Post,” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the impact of Obama’s Cairo speech in Israel, and Netenyahu’s two-state solution.

Warren Eckstein, pet expert and national radio host, calls in at 7:06am Pacific to talk about house training Steph’s puppy Oliver.

palloneRep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the growing tide of hate that the Right Wing Media is spreading against Obama.

Thousands of Iranians planned to protest for a fifth day today against an election they claimed had been manipulated – even as the government stepped up its crackdown, hauling dozens to jail, banning international journalists from filming rallies and blocking access to social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook.

• President Obama will sign a memorandum today granting health care and other benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees.

Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) admitted yesterday to an extramarital affair last year with a woman who had worked for him. Ensign has made it clear he does not plan to resign. Ensign had previously suggested that Former Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) resign after Craig was arrested in an airport bathroom sex sting.

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Flombaye, Steyn was not talking about the Uighurs (not Huigurs) shipped to Bermuda, he was talking about the Uighurs shipped to Palau. You know, in the South Pacific? I guess you don't keep up with "manstram developments in the news", but the first clue was that Steyn clearly said "Palau". As for conflating Uighur Chinese with Afghan Islamicists, where do you think the Uighurs in question were picked up? Near the Afghan-Pakistani border, after fleeing from an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. I can understand why the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan would be upset to learn that the people his son may have died fighting are being resettled--at taxpayer expense--in Bermuda, and Palau, and wherever the rest of them end up. Just try checking a fact or two before accusing others of ignorance.

Amy- good idea. I forgot about the request to change twitter timezone to Tehran. It's done now for me! I hope the iranian people overcome their government and throw out the high clerical order.

As a longtime inmate - er, resident, of La-la-land, I found people in Portland super-nice. Even the bus drivers, and especially those nice volunteers who pump your gas for you without being asked.

#381 Meant 'buxom', just finger-checked. ;)

#394 We did work it out ourselves, actually. Capt was a regular there, I wasn't, so I left. It was just easier.

I'm really not saying I'm glad he's gone, I wish he was still here. I'm just saying that it's not surprising it went down the way it did.

Over already? Great show and blog (as always!)

Have an awesome day, everyone. Try the shark-monkey stew. It's delish!

>> Sarah in Santa Cruz says:
>> 367-Ron, circa his early SNL days.

I didn't realize he was on SNL. I must have missed his early career.

I've gotten rid of the TV for extended times during my life, I think I went about 10 years once. Maybe it was then.

#388 Amen on the Playmates. I don't recall having found one attractive since the early 80s.

Later, skaters. Have a good day. I'll catch you tomorrow for a bit because I have an early morning meeting. In the meantime, please do check out my site!

have a good day all

330 & 383-producer chris could have stepped in, but he said we should work it out ourselves. The usual strategy is to stop reacting to the idiot bloggers. The theory is that they will get bored and go away. It still feels bad to be insulted, even if we know we need to ignore it.

see you soon
always great talking to you

Wow...fastest three hours on radio. See you tomorrow!

Who things this whole "Letterman joke scandal" Fox News successful attempt to change the subject from O'Reilly to Letterman?

California's Appalachia voted for Republican representation, now they have to deal with the consequences.

Bush screwed a bunch of people when he got the Texas Rangers
stadium built, used eminent domain to rip off people... always
with the criminal schemes, bushes

376 hef has really gotten creepy, and his dumb bimbos
aren't attractive, they are the worst
give me a real woman with a brain and integrity, now
that's attractive! drunk slutty and commando is ok too Steph

#383 I guess it's to my advantage that my exposure to Capt has been limited to here and the Thom Hartmann chatroom.

367-Ron, circa his early SNL days.

#330 Cindy, Thanks for the scoop -- I miss all the exciting stuff!

#330

I always enjoyed having Capt here, but he did have a tendency to be a bit sensitive. I was briefly a denizen over at 4F blog, but then he got all cranky about something I said and did it in such a way that I no longer felt welcome there (he having been a long time denizen and me having been about two weeks old on the site).

381-Oh, wait! It's the same thing!

shāf, buxon is software ... buxom is breasteseses

Hef comes as close to cloning as any scientist. Maybe that's Playboy's future business?

In Portland the drivers are so polite they will give you a friendly "you first" wave right into the path of a speeding truck.

372-Amy! It's just a whole lot o' shakin

364 shark-monkey Owch! vagina dentata ref

Problem is, Hef is always picking (or is it creating) blonde buxon Playmates.

370-Here, Here! (And Hear, Hear!)

#372 Nevermind, you meant your friend Amy. Sometimes I forget there are others out there with me name. :smile:

#369 Yeah, but they sucked.

#366 No thanks, no California for me. I have an irrational fear of earthquakes.

362-That can be true in EVERY part of the country. The auto as weapon.

348 yes the rethug scum and the willfully ignorant yahoos
both do want the President dead, it's painfully obvious
I hope his secret service detail is really really good

God Bless Barack Obama, the first President in my lifetime
since JFK who I can really feel is MY President. I really
think he's smart and sincere and will do what ever he can
for this country in a time when we really need a statesman

#363 Here I was hoping he'd run the country like the Texas Rangers, because I think they were the only business he ran that didn't end in bankruptcy.

The drivers are dangerous all over the world. I asked by students near Seoul, if they had bikes, no teacher, we want to live.

Sarah,

I can't remember when Dennis Miller was funny. Maybe I missed him, then, but I honestly don't ever remember him making me laugh.

358-I also extend my invitation to Mike and Amy, Mark. I hope they join us!

Yes, the Bushes have a gift as given by an angry old gypsy:)

#288, #301: Now the shark-monkey, that don't need no shavin'.

#354 When Bush was running for President, I told everybody I knew that if he ran the country the way he ran the Texas Rangers, the country would be in trouble. I was right. In fact he did an even worse job with the country than he did with the Rangers.

Nah...I think I'll just have to postpone my ride until tomorrow. The rain doesn't bother me so much as the douchebaggery that goes on with drivers. They are dangerous, man!

#347 AbsentAmy on twitter. I dont' use it to tweet though, just to keep track of all the other people I follow. But it is an odd coincidence that once I changed my time zone to Tehran (which was suggested to confuse the Iranian government), I've got followers. Well they are going to get bored watching my page.

353-Dennis Miller absolutely used to be funny ... very funny. When he had his late-night tv show, he was actually WARM. I don't know what could have happened to him.

Stephanie, I'm offended that you would call Fox fake news.

I prefer to think of it as bullshit with violence.

351 I'd love to get my buddy Mike on here, he's in Ventura, very
smart funny guy, don't think he listens cause he teaches high school,
but he's off now, maybe I can lure him in

My friend Amy is in San Diego, a stay at home Mom, I keep
trying to lure her also

not central coast but left coast anyway

Good idea #338, bike ride, time to follow the path to the Christie cookie plant, all for exercise;)