http://www.thedailybackground.com Progressive news and opinions, daily. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Ted "series of tubes" Stevens loss in Alaska, Democrats will have at least 58 seats in the Senate come January. Up in Minnesota, the state-required recount process is continuing, with over 80% of the votes left to be counted or recounted, and already Norm Coleman's margin of lead is shrinking. ... http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/20/senate-update/ From a reliable source: the man who Sarah Palin called a domestic terrorist, Bill Ayers, held a house party in his Hyde Park home here in Chicago Sunday night celebrating the end of the election (and, he hopes, the end of the ceaseless stream of media requests directed towards him). Ayers, ... http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/18/i-pal-around-with-bill-ayers/ Somebody just sent a private message to my YouTube account accusing me of being either a moron or a government agent. I get a kick out of that.ShareThis http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/18/late-night-entertainment/ This video speaks for itself.ShareThis http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/17/thank-god-the-adults-will-be-back-in-charge-soon/ As promised a while back...ShareThis http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/16/video-my-election-day-2008/ Word just got around that President-elect Obama has opted to resign his Senate seat this Sunday, November 16th. Although this isn't a controversial thing at all and nobody will complain or laud him for it, it does put pressure for Illinois' immensely unpopular governor Rod Blagojevich (D) to choose a ... http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/13/obama-to-step-down-from-the-senate-on-sunday-who-will-fill-his-seat/ Newspaper trade publication Editor & Publisher on November 5th paper sales: Many of us who have been reporting for years on the declining demand for the daily miracle -- in newsprint anyway -- were both pleased and a bit perplexed to see Wednesday's mad rush for Barack Obama editions. [...] Of course, watching ... http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/11/obama-editions-of-papers-becoming-keepsakes/ Hat tip.ShareThis http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/10/heres-hoping/ I just saw Disney/Pixar's Wall-E for the first time tonight. If you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to give it a try. It's one environmentally-minded movie that might end up being more important than An Inconvenient Truth in the long run.ShareThis http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/09/wall-e/ As promised yesterday, though very blurry. The crowd begins to gather along Wabash behind the Hilton Chicago. Another small crowd begins to form along East 8th street. The media was camped out on the north-western corner of Wabash and East 8th. Biden's motorcade takes off south down Wabash. Biden was in a white car, ... http://www.thedailybackground.com/2008/11/08/excl-photos-of-obama-leaving-the-hilton-after-his-press-conference-friday/