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At today’s Metro board meeting, the group unanimously approved a pilot program that would extend Red Line hours until 3:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from November through January 3rd. Yes, Los Angeles will finally have a subway that operates until 3:00 a.m… well, at least for a short period of time.

The approved motion allows for the program to begin on November 1st, but “those familiar with the discussions have indicated the 14th as a more realistic launch,” notes blogdowntown who has been following the issue closely. The program will only exist on the backs of private businesses donating funds, which are due by October 17.

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Boy suspended over anti-Obama tshirt

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with solely 40 days communistic until the 2008 presidential election, there’s no doubt that things are heating up. as the candidates contest it out on the main manoeuvre, conversations at home are bound to turn to politics. parents, of course, have a huge influence over a child’s developing political leanings. and parents who feel strongly about an issue are sure to pass those feelings on to their kids.whether or not it was his due to his parents’ influence, a colorado boy is pretty certain that, if he was of voting time eon, he wouldn’t be casting his vote for barack obama. the boy wore a handmade t-shirt to school that declared, “obama: a terrorist’s most qualified friend.” the private school gave the boy three choices — interchange his clothes, turn the shirt inside out, or get suspended. the boy chose ejection, and now his family plans to sue. hooo, boy.the kids is citing first repay rights, of sure, while the school partition says it has a right to ban any clothing that interferes with learning. i think that the devotees community did the right thing. the shirt was inflammatory, and they gave the boy several options to avoid debarring. but i’m sure there are others who think this is a ribald violation of this boy’s rights. where do you stand on the issue?

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Steve Clemons: Bush Does a 9/11 Replay in Asking for Unprecedented Powers and Unprecedented Budget

Just after the September 11th terrorist attacks occurred, George W. Bush went before the nation and made the case that he needed unprecedented authority — budgetary and military — to take on the threats poised at the well-being and safety of the country.

Now with the current economic crisis in the United States, Bush is yet again asking for unprecedented powers and budget.

What happened after 9/11?

We saw no-bid contracts given to firms like Halliburton. We saw $9 billion of U.S. taxpayer money “go missing” through the Coalition Provisional Authority. We saw abuses of power, the expansion of secrecy, and the promulgation of norms that seemed to be the very antithesis of what America stands for.

A nation’s values and its deep DNA are really only knowable and observable during times of crisis — when it’s tough to stand up for codes that seem a heavy burden during tough times.

We are in a crisis again — and the Bush administration is again asking Americans to forgo fundamental values.

Tonight, George Bush succeeded I think in scaring Americans that this crisis could be a systemic threat. Bush said “our entire economy is in danger.”

That’s the fear button. He pushed it. And he said the clock was ticking.

This seems like a bad episode of “24.”

What is shocking about the presentation by Bush — and the deal that is unfolding is that we don’t see any acceptance of responsibility for the failure of his team’s stewardship of the economy. We didn’t hear acknowledgment that the compulsive deregulation mantra of Bush’s political and economic allies created a bubble where billionaires were created and now tens of millions are holding the bill.

We didn’t hear Bush say that it’s time to reverse the tax cuts that he helped put in place to further help those who have already benefited from the perverse finance and housing bubble that was pumped up.

We didn’t hear a firm commitment from Bush to help the holders of these sub-prime and adjustable rate mortgages keep in their homes and to help them stabilize their life and neighborhood and job situations — while these financial firms are bailed out.

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We probably do need to float major funds into the financial sector — but there needs to be a quid pro quo written in — a new social contract that does away with the “winner takes all syndrome” that has helped rot out America’s economic promise.

And we need to hear what comes after the bail out. This nation is heading into recession — and is probably already there.

We need to trigger real growth in the real economy with real jobs — and that’s infrastructure. We need an infrastructure commitment and a capital budget that helps make sure that some of this massive amount of money being let loose into the system actually gets some traction in rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and telecom infrastructure.

That was missing — and it must be part of this debate.

– Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note

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Quote of the Emmys: Tina Fey

“i want to appreciation my parents for by hook raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. good done — that is what all parents should do!”

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Darren Bent’s second-half header gave Tottenham their first victory of the season over Polish team Wisla Krakow in the Uefa Cup.

Spurs took the lead when Aaron Lennon’s cross was finished by David Bentley on 33 minutes, only for Tomas Jirsak to hit back 67 seconds later with a chip.

Bent had a second-half goal disallowed for offside after a fine build up.

But substitute Fraizer Campbell’s cross found Bent, who hit the net from six yards for a confidence-boosting win.

But the home side were made to work hard for their victory against a disciplined Wisla side, who created a number of problems for Juande Ramos’ side.

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Still searching for his best starting 11, the Spaniard could have done without the enforced absences of new signings Luka Modric, out with a knee injury, and Vedran Corluka and Roman Pavlyuchenko, both cup-tied.

However, he recalled captain Ledley King, rested for the 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa, while restoring Bentley, Giovani Dos Santos, Chris Gunter and Jermaine Jenas to form a side with a clear attacking intent.

Spurs sought to stamp their authority on the game from the off, harassing the visitors at every opportunity and adding some weight to their tag as second favourites for the tournament.

But despite dominating possession, Tottenham failed to create the final delivery for strikers Bent and Giovani.

It was not until a Jonathan Woodgate header from a corner in the 23rd minute, saved comfortably by Krakow keeper Mariusz Pawelek, that either side offered an attempt on target.

But the game sprang into life in the space of 67 seconds just after the half hour. First Aaron Lennon ran at the Krakow defence from the left before placing the game’s first decent cross for Bentley to slot left-footed into the far post.

It was the England midfielder’s first goal for his new club since his ?15m move from Blackburn Rovers in July.

But Spurs’ season to date was typified when, in their next foray forward, Krakow equalised. Brozek neatly fed the unmarked Jirsak, who calmly chipped over the advancing Heurelho Gomes.

The visitors took advantage of Spurs’ fragility at the back and could have had a second but for Gomes saving a 25-yard Roberto Cantoro drive.

Spurs began the second half as they did the first, their endeavour almost rewarded when Bentley forced Pawelek to tip over his rasping 20-yard drive before Giovani poked wide when through on goal.

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Jenas and Lennon combined brilliantly before feeding Bent, who slotted home, but the striker had strayed into an offside position and the goal was ruled out, although replays suggested he had been onside.

This prompted changes from Ramos, with debutant on-loan striker Campbell and Jamie O’Hara replacing Lennon and Gunter.

After a 20-minute period of graft with little end product, it was the fresh Campbell-Bent partnership which provided the breakthrough for Spurs.

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MSNBC’s Hall, Harwood allowed McCain campaign’s DuHaime to set up false “contrast” between Palin and Obama on earmarks

On the September 9 edition of MSNBC Live, co-hosts Tamron Hall and John Harwood did not challenge the false “contrast” that McCain campaign political director Mike DuHaime purported to draw between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Barack Obama on earmarks. DuHaime claimed that Palin has “cut half a billion dollars in spending when she was governor using her veto,” whereas Obama has “asked for a billion dollars in earmarks.” In fact, Palin, by her own account, has requested hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks for Alaska in her two years as governor, which, according to The Seattle Times, amount to “more, per person, than any other state.” Hall and Harwood also did not dispute DuHaime’s false claim that Palin “saved the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars” by “kill[ing] the Bridge to Nowhere.”

Since becoming governor of Alaska, Palin reportedly requested at least $254 million in earmarks in 2007 and $197 million in 2008, totaling at least $451 million, or an average of $330 per person each year based on Alaska’s estimated 2007 population of 683,478. By contrast, since becoming a U.S. senator, Obama has reportedly requested $853.3 million in earmarks for Illinois, a figure that “exclud[es] earmark requests for national programs, such as breast cancer research”; he has reportedly requested a total of $931.3 million in earmarks over his Senate career. The figures include earmarks Obama requested in 2005, 2006, and 2007 (for the subsequent fiscal years); he reportedly requested no earmarks in 2008 (for fiscal year 2009). Based on Illinois’ estimated population for 2005, 2006, and 2007 (12,719,550, 12,777,042, and 12,852,548, respectively), Obama’s earmark requests for Illinois since taking office amount to an average of approximately $17 per person, per year. Using the higher overall earmark request total, which includes earmarks for national programs, Obama has requested an average of approximately $18 in earmarks per Illinois resident, per year.

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While both Hall and Harwood noted that Palin initially supported the “Bridge to Nowhere,” neither corrected DuHaime’s false assertion that when Palin “killed the Bridge to Nowhere … [i]t saved the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.” In fact, Palin reportedly kept the federal funds for Alaska that had been originally designated for the bridge, so its termination “saved” federal taxpayers nothing — it meant that the federal government’s money was spent on other Alaskan transportation projects. Indeed, the press release announcing Palin’s decision against “proceeding any further with the proposed $398 million bridge” outlined her plans to do just that:

The Department of Transportation has approximately $36 million in federal funds that will become available for other projects with the shutdown of the Gravina Island bridge project. Governor Palin has directed Commissioner Leo von Scheben to review transportation projects statewide to prepare a list of possible uses for the funds, while the department also looks for a more affordable answer for Gravina Island access.

DuHaime was responding to Hall’s statement that “[w]e know there’s a new ad saying that she [Palin] originally supported it [the Bridge to Nowhere project] before she was against it” and that PolitiFact.com had said “earlier today [on MSNBC] … that her statement about not supporting it is ‘barely true.’ “

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David Quigg: Is a Pig With Lipstick Really Still a Pig?

I don’t know why nobody is talking about this.

The lunatic controversy over whether Barack Obama called Sarah Palin a pig misses the real point. Look at what Senator Obama actually told his Virginia audience Tuesday, contrasting John McCain’s status-quo stands with his maverick, change-agent posturing:

“That’s not change. That’s just calling something that’s the same thing something different. You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.”

Now, as I said, it’s beside the point that the McCain campaign unveiled a brand-new “Palin Truth Squad” to claim Obama’s words amounted to a porcine slur against Gov. Palin herself. The point here is objective truth. Science.

Politicians — including John McCain himself — have used this “lipstick on a pig” line for years. I found references going back to the mid-1980s. My favorite is attributed to the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards in an interview with Larry King: “Larry, you can put lipstick on a pig and call it Lurlene, but at the end of the day, it’s still a pig.”

Lurlene. Classic.

Anyway, the saying is commonplace — not the sort of thing any rational campaign would concoct an ad to denounce.

But does anyone know if the saying is true. Is it even partly true? Has anyone ever managed to put lipstick on a pig? If so, were scientists present? Is there solid experimental evidence that a pig wearing lipstick is really still a pig?

Anyone who thinks it’s crazy to pose such questions did not watch the GOP convention and see the speech by Palin, who now has her very own Truth Squad and must hereafter be presumed to be a trustworthy source of information on everything. In her speech, she asked the GOP delegates if they knew the difference between a hockey mom like herself and a pit bull.

Now, hers was not the sort of “rhetorical” question a small-town Alaska mayor might ask her city librarian about banning books. No, this was a real question. And Palin gave the roaring Republican audience an answer: “Lipstick.”

Lipstick, it seems, can transform a volatile, human-face-eating dog into a qualified candidate for vice president of the United States of America.

So how can Senator Obama smugly claim that a pig in lipstick is “still a pig.” Maybe a pig in lipstick is a crossing guard or a cosmonaut or an exotic dancer named “Marie, the Flame of Florida.”

We can’t afford to overlook these possibilities. Not at this critical moment in our history. Lipstick might just be the key to everything.

I mean, putting lipstick on a drowning polar bear might create some special mutant kind of thespian polar bear that can act in live-action Coca Cola commercials and subsist entirely on spilled oil and cruise-ship exhaust. Given that possibility, Gov. Palin is so right to fight against special rights for polar bears.

And thank goodness the newly-adopted GOP platform calls for banning the use of embryonic stem cells in the quest for treatments and cures for some of humanity’s most awful afflictions. How, in good conscience, could we allow such research before we are certain that the same sorts of cells can’t be synthesized using some lipstick-related process? My guess: Put some lipstick on a Cymothoa exigua and you’ll get more stem cells than you know what to do with.

Though promising, all of this is speculative. What’s indisputable is that the ongoing manufactured controversy has led to the discovery — or rediscovery — of some wonderful things. Type “lipstick on a pig” or various parts of the phrase into Google or newspaper archives or collections of quotations and you unearth some gems:

* The lipstick-less phrase “on a pig” brings up a November 1961 story in a Fresno newspaper chronicling what should rightfully be the most famous event in history: a cameraman who survived a fall from an airplane by landing on a pig.

* The pig-less phrase “lipstick on a” yields a 1949 story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette headlined “Men Like Lipstick on Women.” In it, readers learn this: “Put lipstick on a man and he certainly looks like a jerk — but of all the cosmetics in a girl’s bag, her little lipstick probably does the most for her, with the possible exception of perfume.”

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