24 – noon til 1pm open thread
Description of tonight’s episode from the website:
Obama on electronic media devices: “Information has become a distraction”
The AFP reports on some unintentionally revealing comments President Obama made yesterday to graduates at Hampton University in Virginia:
Times Square bomber fallout: Obama admin seeks to expand interrogation time on Miranda “public safety exception”
The Washington Post reports on some intriguing comments made by AG Eric Holder on the Sunday morning talking head shows regarding the possibility of expanding the interrogation time on the Miranda “public safety exception” in light of the Times Square bomber incident (via Memeorandum):
Raquel Welch: Ladies, gentlemen – be more responsible with your bodies
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 40 or so years you know who actress Raquel Welch is. Throughout her acting career she has been regarded as a sex symbol, with men wanting her and women wanting to be her, especially in the 60s and 70s when she stormed the acting scene and captivated audiences on TV and movie screens, and later in life, Broadway and Las Vegas stages. Anytime my dad has seen something with her in it on TV, whether it’s a commercial, re-run, or whatever, he always yells out “Raquel!” And I’m sure he’s not the only man who does that 😉