President Barack Obama is warning voters that Republicans seeking control of Congress would roll back his hard-won Wall Street overhaul bill.
Continue reading …On Maher, Rob Reiner Equates Tea Party to Hitler: ‘All They’re Selling is Fear and Anger and That’s All Hitler Sold’
October 23, 2010 No Comment
Prefacing his remarks by proposing “you never get into a political discussion unless you bring the word Hitler in. You have to have Hitler, so let's put Hitler out there,” as if that caveat lessened the vulgarity of his impending comparison, on Friday night’s Real Time actor/director/writer Rob Reiner ( IMDb page ) contended all the Tea Party needs to match Adolph Hitler is a charismatic leader: He wasn’t a majority guy, but he was charismatic and they were having bad economic times – just like we are now – people were out of work, they needed jobs and a guy came along and rallied the troops. My fear is that the Tea Party gets a charismatic leader, because all they're selling is fear and anger and that's all Hitler sold. “I’m angry and I’m frightened and you should hate that guy over there.” “Right,” Bill Maher chirped in as Reiner, to applause from HBO's Los Angeles audience, declared: “And that’s what they’re doing.” (Apparently, that means he at least doesn’t consider Sarah Palin to be a Hitler-like charismatic leader.) Audio: MP3 clip . read more
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The dream of space tourists edged closer to reality on Friday, as the world’s first commercial spaceport opened a runway in New Mexico. Flights could begin in nine to 18 months after Virgin Galactic conducts more testing. (Oct. 23)
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A body boarder bled to death Friday at a beach northwest of Los Angeles after a shark mauled his leg, authorities said, prompting officials to close three beaches through the weekend. (Oct. 22)
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Coroners have identified a mummified body left in a car for 10 months in Southern California. Police say a driver befriended the homeless woman and let her sleep in her car, but when she died the car’s driver was too afraid to go to police. (Oct. 22)
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US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed captives in the battle against insurgents, according to accounts contained in what was purportedly a historic leak of secret information. (Oct. 22)
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The famous clock, known as the Ohio clock, was reassembled in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber Thursday evening after being serviced in Boston. The time-lapse was shot over three hours. (Oct. 22)
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Philadelphia police have released surveillance video of a botched jewelry store robbery which left the store owner and one of the suspects dead. A second suspect is seen running from the store. (Oct. 22)
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Animals at the Detroit Zoo terrorize pumpkins and other features of the fall harvest, alternately destroying the items or guarding them from other creatures. All of this is part of the zoo’s annual ‘Smashing Pumpkins’ event. (Oct. 22)
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