Michael Phelps wins his 18th gold medal.

Happy 51st birthday to President Obama.

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Finally! The track and field starts at the Olympics! 100 meter dash on Sunday. Got Tyson Gay at a nice price.

Also, too, the suspended badminton players were treated unfairly, as I explain on Daily Kos Radio.

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Out and about today and this evening, I hope nothing important happened.

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I'll be on Daily Kos Radio this morning with Jesse LaGreca. You can listen here.

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The Drew Peterson trial is off to a rocky start. Prosecutorial errors may cause a mistrial. More here. This is one of those cases, like Casey Anthony, I have zero interest in and haven't followed. Nor have I figured out why anyone else is following it.

A new report on James Holmes and his psychiatrist: "Sources" (who don't sound like law enforcement) say his doctor notified members of a special assessment team at CU that he was potentially dangerous a few weeks before the Aurora shootings, but he dropped out before the team could evaluate. No one notified police. It's not clear why she was concerned -- whether it just his statements or he disclosed he might take violent action. I put no stock in the "threat assessment expert's" generic opinion.

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Are you watching the Olympics or following Mitt Romney's latest foibles abroad?

Romney's latest problem at home: Americans just don't like him as much as they do Obama. Here are the Gallup-USA poll numbers.

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The opening ceremony of the Olympics is today.

Yesterday, Mitt Romney easily won the Upper Class Twit Olympics:

[10/15/2024) Embedded You Tube Video deleted due to DCMA complaint by Lumens saying it belongs to NBA]

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I'll be on Daily Kos Radio with Jesse LaGreca at 11 Eastern. Listen here.

I'll be discussing gun issues, Mitt Romney and the Supreme Court's role on the issue. And of course we'll be discussing the tax issue and the passage in the Senate of tax cuts for person earning $250K or less.

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Podcast here.

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I'll be on Daily Kos Radio with Jesse LaGreca at 11 am Eastern. You can listen here.

Here is the podcast:

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Quote of the day:

I don't want to retire and leave college football in the hands of the Jackie Sherrills and Barry Switzers. --Joe Paterno

Here's me discussing Penn State - link.

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