A new report from the Digital Youth Project takes a thorough look at the online behavior of some of our youngest internet users. In what will likely comes as a shock to most educational experts, the time children spend online socializing with peers is likely critical to them using the net for such serious matters [...]

A group of UFO enthusiasts has requested that Barack Obama release all files on UFO’s when he takes office. The Extraterrestrial Phenomenon Political Action Committee – yes, it does exist as “X-PPAC” – sent a letter requesting that Obama “end the six-decade truth embargo regarding an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.”
In the Telegraph:
The group wants [...]

First Lady Laura Bush makes an appearances and talks about the need for more rights for women in Afghanistan.

Thoughts?

I think she set the gold standard for First Ladies, and the following clip provides more evidence to that end…

If Barack is looking to FDR’s tenure for guidance, maybe Michelle can use Eleanor as a template?

A Washington Post article marks somewhat of an unofficial launch to the Jindal buzz, although we’ve been talking about this since May on Donklephant.
In any event…the following sounds very familiar…
Jindal insists he is ignoring all the speculation. In Cedar Rapids, at a breakfast event devoted to addressing this beleaguered city’s efforts to rebound from its [...]

This was the last thing that needed to happen, and Bill agreed to it last night. But it looks as if the Obama administration will really try to keep the ex-President in check because there were more conditions. A lot more.
From NY Times:
CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose publicly the names [...]

10:40 a.m. ET to be exact.
We all know the names by now.
Gen. Jim Jones for National Security Adviser. Robert Gates for Defense Secretary. And Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.
CNN has the other names…
Also, two sources close to the transition said Obama will nominate Susan Rice as United Nations ambassador, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as [...]

As a life-long Democrat with a moderate viewpoint, I launched a new centrist blog on Election Night 2008 – The Purple Center – to contribute to what I hope will be a renewal of moderation and good sense in American politics.  I am delighted that Justin Gardner invited me to contribute to Donklephant and look forward [...]

I wonder what Joe The Plumber would have to say about this kind of wealth redistribution…
According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts and allowances. Still, only 12% of the multimillionaire cheaters said they plan to give up [...]

You’ll watch it, but you still won’t believe it.

Hey…I wonder if this guy could help Obama balance the budget!
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here forever…don’t forget to tip your bloggers.

O’Really?
Well, if true, boo-f**king-hoo. Murdoch and Ailes created that fakey-populist monster, so they’re ultimately responsible for all the backwards nonsense Bill spews night in and night out.
From Michael Wolff’s new book “The Man Who Owns The News” comes this via Politico:
“It is not just Murdoch (and everybody else at News Corp.’s highest levels) who absolutely [...]

This is one of those things that you can’t believe exists, but there it is nonetheless.

Note to self: do not mess around with Mother Nature…ever.

Amid the turkey and stuffing, I neglected to update everybody on this good news…
In a vote heralded by supporters as a momentous step toward restoring Iraqi sovereignty, lawmakers here passed a crucial bill Thursday, setting out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi soil.
The bill passed after months of backroom negotiations [...]

Looks like the Big 3 will get one last shot at it, and this time they better have a more cohesive plan.
From WSJ:
The House Financial Services Committee scheduled a hearing for Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m. ET to review plans by the Big Three car makers to stabilize their beleaguered companies. The Senate Banking Committee [...]

Actually, I’m not laughing at this…just giving Matthews some grief for that signature, guttural laugh of his.
From FiveThirtyEight…
Chris Matthews, it appears, is in.
FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time that Matthews is serious about running for the United States Senate, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng [...]

If you’re economist, you know her to be a pragmatic, centrist expert on Great Depression era economic policies. And if you’re an American, well, hearing about her background should make you confident that she’s the right person to help pull us out of this downturn.
Politico gets to know the new Council of Economic Advisers Chair…
Christina [...]

They wanted him to appoint left wingers. He hasn’t.
So what to make of this?
Obama talks…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, rejecting liberals’ criticism of his emerging cabinet, today strongly defended his decision to choose more experienced, centrist aides for his inner circle, arguing that the nation needs sure hands in a time of turmoil — and [...]

Keep in mind that the following is coming from a critic of the Georgian administration, but he was an insider and he also went before his own government to give his assessment of the situation.
From BBC:
Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a former envoy to Russia, was testifying at a parliamentary commission hearing into the war the breakaway Georgian [...]

I’m sure Mark Halperin and right wingers don’t want this kind of ally in their “pro Obama media bias” campaign, and I want to be clear that this post in no way discounts their claims (although I think it’s bunk). Still, the following “support” has to sting…
From Counterterrorism Blog:
Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri’s controversial [...]

Baramania continues unabated, even though the election is over and cloudy crises fill the sky.
“He’s still selling papers,” a colleague told me the other day. When was the last time you could say that about a politician? Another baby boomer here suddenly realized this was the first Nov. 22 he hadn’t thought about the assassination [...]