LiveBlog for Monday, May 16, 2011

Written on May 16, 2011

• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the news of the day in the rudest way possible

• Jake Horowitz, co-founder of PolicyMic.com, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to talk about his new politics and news website for the youth of America

• Edie McClurg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of Mondays with McClurg

• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced late Saturday that – in a “spiritual” decision guided by his relationship with Christ – he will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

• President Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska’s coast and holding more frequent lease sales in a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska.

• Handcuffed and haggard, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was escorted by detectives from a New York police station late Sunday in his first public appearance since being accused of trying to rape a hotel maid.

cory

Steph,
there is a East Side of Chicago.
It is a neighborhood.
I was born and raised there.
it is the southeast side of the city tucked in the corner by the Indiana state line and lake Michigan.

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Klassie

Bye Mama, mukes everywhere, and Edie!

&quot;somebody on the liveblog&quot;

#11: Newt G. will go to France in search of the Statue of Liberty's mother.

Bye all!

Oh, Steph, you could combine your suit of sausage with your "puppetry of the penis" bit for Chicago. Happy to help.

#8: "Three Wives, One Cup"

I wonder what channel Jim watched the shuttle launch on. I would guess NASA TV doesn't have lame commentators talking over launch control.

Steph, will you bring Sexy Liberal Show to Seattle for Hempfest? We will be the city of easy laughs, promise!

Barbara an occasional blogger in DC

Way to go Dannybob! I'm sooo jealous.

Dannybob

I just bought my tickets for the Chicago show online!

(Geez, they weren't kidding about those processing charges!)

Tweeting, duh!

Nice beaver, said Osama to his TV

Beavers hate it when you bring them down.

#8 LOL
#10 LOL

Ted Moen

Yeah, what if Newt Gingrich gets a boner for France? Would he then feel justified in dropping Lady America for that French Whore?

MontanaLiberalMama

The Boner, in delivering his commencement address, sounds just like Vincent D'Onofrio's portrayal of the alien bug occupying "his brand new Edgar suit" in "Men In Black!" Always suspected he was a cockroach...

Edie's heartfelt story about being tied up in a bag and dragged around had me laughing out loud. Should I be seeking professional help?

"Head of AlQaeda"
"Beneath the Burka"
"Jihard"

these were found in Osama's stash

"It's an homage, Jim! A very non-lucrative homage!"

Hi Somebody! So that stuff about the Indiana governor's wife is news to me. Hmmmm. Could be over played like Bristol Palin. Dems would have to be careful.

Mama has stalkers. Awww.

wastoid - present!

Morning all... Where is everyone?

Mornin' Dannybob!

I'm surprised too. It's after 10 in the morning on the east coast and almost no comments. Must have been a heck of a weekend and the usual bloggers are recovering. :wink:

No comments? Are you kidding?

Anyone hear Alan Colmes with Oliver North this past weekend? I couldn't believe all the garbage coming out of North's mouth. I had to either turn off the radio or crash my Prius.

Actresses Megan Fox is 25, Debra Winger is 56, Tori Spelling is 38, Mare Winningham is 52, actors David Boreanaz is 42, Pierce Brosnan is 58, Two-and-a-Half Men's Melanie Lynskey is 34,
Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig is 74, Kids in the Hall Kevin McDonald isthe big Five-OH . . . oh, and Dancing with the Stars loser Tucker Carlson is 42. Happy Birthdays!