This Week in the Mercury
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:22 AM
The SECOND effort to recall Mayor Sam Adams begins today—BECAUSE APPARENTLY OUR TIME HASN'T BEEN WASTED ENOUGH.
Cosmo pin-up/Republican Scott Brown steals a Senate seat from the Democrats; Dems will now have to actually WORK for what they want.
Despite Brown's decisive win, according to a top White House adviser, abandoning health care is not an option. (Oh, so the Dems aren't going to roll up in a ball on their bathroom floor and cry? Good to know.)
Obama's been president for one year—and the honeymoon is over.
A 6.1 magnitude aftershock hits Haiti! (Hey, God... are you thinking about maybe sending one of those to Pat Robertson's house anytime soon?)
Starting in 2011, the New York Times will start charging its frequent readers on their website—because they mistakenly think we can't find these stories somewhere else.
Conan O'Brien is sticking to his guns in continuing negotiations with NBC, demanding better severance packages for Tonight Show employees—and a new thong for Masturbating Bear.
An economist provides proof in California's same-sex marriage trial that gay wedlock does not impact straight marriages, and in fact makes everything more "fabulous!"
SF mayor Gavin Newsom calls Obama's inaction on gay marriage "inexcusable." AGREED, so say us all.
In sports, a "whites-only basketball league" banning blacks and foreigners will become a reality (and laughing stock) this summer.
Now Here's What's Going On In Your Neck of the Woods: Cloudy today with a chance of afternoon showers, look for sun on Friday through the weekend.
And finally, I always suspected Martha Stewart could work that pole.
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If you would have read his position papers during the Democratic primaries, you would have realized that he never supported gay marriage to begin with. And he's always supported diverting resources from Iraq to Afghanistan; not a full withdrawal of troops.
I think part of the problem with Obama's sagging ratings aren't with him, they're with many of his supporters having a distorted image of the positions he was very open about from day one. Add in a useless Democratic Senate leader and it's no surprise that his agenda hasn't gone as far as some would like.
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