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Sarah Palin, WWE Star | Matt Taibbi | Taibblog | 20 November 2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:41:49 GMT

the world in a window "Sarah Palin sells copies. She's a cartoon combatant who inspires stadiums full of frustrated middle-American followers" Give us 15 minutes of your time, and we will give you everything that matters in the world.
Source: The Browser

Will the circle be unbroken?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:09:24 GMT

It’s not every day that I say this, but I think Matt Taibbi and Nate Silver are both fundamentally wrong about Sarah Palin.
Source: Balloon Juice

Bowing to the Hive Mentality

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:38:26 GMT

There’s one person among the wretched, wriggling masses of the political blogosphere whom I clearly do not read often enough, and that’s Matt Taibbi.
Source: The Moderate Voice

Palin: The Fumes Of Culture War Hell

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:14:34 GMT

Matt Taibbi shares the Dish's desire to have politics be about arguments about solutions to emergent problems. He's not unaware that the culture war has helped prevent this, which is the core reason I supported Obama in 2007.
Source: Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish

[A] Seemingly Endless Parade of Meanies

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:10:40 GMT

Matt Taibbi has an interesting perspective on Sarah Palin and her bestseller: [Palin] is the country’s first WWE politician — a cartoon combatant who inspires stadiums full of frustrated middle American followers who will cheer for her against...
Source: Rising Hegemon

Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – Sarah Palin, WWE Star

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Obama knows the long odds against a right-wing populist winning the presidency, no matter how good she looks in a skirt or running clothes, brandishing a gun.
Source: Beltway Blips

SEIU protests Goldman's D.C. offices

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:46:02 GMT

Protesters stand outside of the Goldman Sachs's offices in D.C. Photo: AP About 100 protesters gathered outside the Washington offices of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, demanding the company donate its $23 billion in bonuses to...
Source: The Politico

Items! The Evening Star Diamond and The Office

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:42:02 GMT

Matt Taibbi explains why he hasn't yet written about Lloyd Blankfein doing God's work: "my editors will chop my balls off if I do a blog post on that right now." Don't have an Observer.com account? You can use your Facebook account instead.
Source: New York Observer

Quoted in 'bullets, banners and Fathead give the Wizards' practice digs a makeover'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Matt Taibbi said in The Washington Post:

You have a responsibility to deliver as a football owner when you live in a city whose only other diversions are a basketball team that used to be called the Bullets and a once-good baseball team that used to be called the Montreal Expos ... The Redskins are the only real pro-sports franchise in the nation's capital . . .

Quoted in 'Paulson and Goldman Met In Secret in Moscow'

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:29:18 GMT

said in True/Slant:

What about Goldman Sachs? They received 13 billion of the AIG bailout, and were primary beneficiaries of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In fact, let’s put Matt Taibbi in charge of the Treasury Department.

Matt Taibbi on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:47:18 GMT