Coraline

Went to see Coraline last night with mizzlaurajean and davidschroth. 3-D effects are wonderful. The parents that brought the young, noisy child to the movie should be taken out and shot have their movie privileges suspended for a year. The 3-D is wonderful, but hides a plot that seems a wee bit thin and threadbare. "Those are pearls that were his eyes" has become "Those are buttons that were his eyes." Fun, but not suitable for young children. Go see it at a matinée. It's not going to be nearly as exciting on DVD.

Rich!

Slumdogs Unite!
By FRANK RICH
Published: February 7, 2009

SOMEDAY historians may look back at Tom Daschle’s flameout as a minor one-car (and chauffeur) accident. But that will depend on whether or not it’s followed by a multi-vehicle pileup that still could come. Even as President Obama refreshingly took responsibility for having “screwed up,” it’s not clear that he fully understands the huge forces that hit his young administration last week. More

From one who rarely wanders into sense..

Potomac’s Postpartisan Depression
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: February 7, 2009
WASHINGTON

Once upon a time, America thought Prince Charming would glide in and kiss her, reviving her from a coma induced by a poison apple of greed, deceit, carelessness, recklessness and overreaching.

But then the prince got distracted, seeing Lincoln in the mirror, and instead gave the kiss of life to a bunch of flat-lining Republican tax-cut fetishists. More

New GOP Chairman Claims He's Not a Crook!

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Is it just me or is the moderator on MTP an idiot?