mentalectomy.

The Quiet Revolution - Obama has reinvented the state in more ways than you can imagine.

Yet there is one extremely consequential area where Obama has done just about everything a liberal could ask for--but done it so quietly that almost no one, including most liberals, has noticed.

Obama Keeps Another Promise - DADT Now on the Table

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil the Pentagon's plan to prepare for repealing the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" law regarding gay soldiers at a committee hearing Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.

More Republicans can identify Reid as majority leader than can identify Steele as chairman of the RNC

Health care? Fewer than one in three Americans even know that no Republicans voted for the Senate health care overhaul.

After the Speech: CNN Poll - Obama Policies in the Right Direction, 71%

78% had a positive reaction to the State of the Union address. PDF file. Enjoy.

White House Debuts iPhone App; Will Carry State of the Union

With a growing number of Americans using mobile devices, the White House said that it has released its own application for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone.

The year climate science caught up with what top scientists have been saying privately for years

Key aspects of the climate are changing faster than expected and if we stay on our current emissions path, we face catastrophe. In 2009, the scientific literature caught up with what top climate scientists have been saying privately for a few years now:

Governing Amid Chaos: A Day In Obama's Life : NPR

President Obama has spent much of his political capital on health care during his first year in office. He's also had to wrestle with the worst economic crisis in a generation and cope with the occasional natural disaster.

Study Shows Toxic Effects of Genetically Modified Corn

Effects were mostly concentrated in kidney and liver function, the two major diet detoxification organs, but in detail differed with each GM type. In addition, some effects on heart, adrenal, spleen and blood cells were also frequently noted.

Health Spending Slowed In 2008

The U.S. spent an average of $7,681 per person on health care in 2008, for an eye-popping total of $2.3 trillion – even though spending actually slowed dramatically that year because of the recession, a new federal study says.

"Healthcare for all Americans"

The headline on the government website detailing health care reform facts. A great deal of information quickly and easily available here.

Moon hole might be suitable for colony

Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole. That's the message sent by an international team of scientists who say they've discovered a protected lunar "lava tube"  …

Admiral Mullen on Afghanistan: "This is doable."

A really great article that illuminates the reaction to the updated USA strategy in Afghanistan--from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs down to forward troops and Afghan tribal elders.

Failed Christmas Day Attack on Detroit Bound NWA Flight

A Nigerian man was detained on the flight from Amsterdam Friday after he attempted to detonate an explosive device during landing.

Scientists spot nearby 'super-Earth' - CNN.com

Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth. While the planet probably has too thick of an atmosphere and is too hot to support life similar to that found on Earth, the discovery is being heralded as a majo …

Fishermen Say Carbon Dioxide Having "Really Scary" Ocean Effect

Jeremy Brown, a fisherman from the Pacific Northwest, is pulling things from the ocean he says are so disturbing that he came to Washington to warn U.S. lawmakers about it.

U.S. offers to pay Native Americans $1.4 billion for lost funds - CNN.com

Thousands of American Indians would receive as much as $1,000 each if they accept a proposed $1.4 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit over government mismanagement of tribal lands. The suit, filed in 1996, accused the U.S.

Another GOP Talking Point Up in Smoke - Economy sheds fewest jobs since 2007

The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market.

Feds 'Pinged' Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year

Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009, according to a company manager who disclosed the statistic at a non-public interception and wiretapping conference in October.

Olbermann Slams 'Cowardly' Cheney, 'Maybe You Should Shut Up, Dick'

Article with transcript: Olbermann Slams 'Cowardly' Cheney, 'Maybe You Should Shut Up, Dick'

Rabidy Anti-Government White Guy in Akron Turns His Apartment Into A Bomb-Making Factory. Strangely, The Word "Terrorist" Does Not Appear In This Article

Following a pipe bomb explosion Monday night, police and federal law enforcement officials are trying to figure why a Center Avenue man turned his apartment into a bomb factory. Police said no charges have been filed against Mark Campano, 56.

4 police officers killed in Wash. coffee shop[breaking]

Four police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning as they sat in a coffee shop Sunday morning in what sheriff's officials described as an "ambush."

Tiger Woods seriously injured in car crash

Woods was taken to Health Central Hospital. His condition was not immediately known, though the news release said his injuries were serious.

Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards - White House initiative to limit influence could affect thousands

In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen announced that the administration no longer wanted federally-registered lobbyists appointed to agency advisory boards a …

Obama: "This country wasn't built on greed." The President Shows His Excellent Grasp of the Issues[video]

Take a look at his video. The President details not only the nuts and bolts of his math and science initiative, but profoundly underscores the larger purpose and its importance. Then come back here and try to argue that he isn't right and he doesn't know what he is talking about.

A Partisan History of the National Debt

A great write-up with plenty of references.

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