Reminder – Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War (MSNBC, 9:0 ET)

Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War, a documentary special hosted by Rachel Maddow airs Monday, 9 p.m. ET on MSNBC.

Happy Presidents’ Day – This Land is Your Land

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, January 18, 2009

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Some of you have already had the pleasure of seeing a selection of my epic photos from the concert, but for anyone unlucky enough to have missed them…..

Okay, this isn’t actually one of mine:

But this is: 😎

Photographic proof I wasn’t right at the back, there were some – true, not many – behind me:

Denzil, looking me right in the eye, in a swoony kind of way:

Me and Bono:

Bruce serenading me:

A close-up of President Obama about to speak:

Another Pete Souza-esque photo of President Obama:

If you’re not careful, I’ll post more some time soon.

Happy Presidents’ Day everyone.

Rise and Shine

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Today:

5:0 EST: President Obama departs West Palm Beach, Florida

7:30 EST: Arrives White House

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NYT: The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics.

The project, which the administration has been looking to unveil as early as March, will include federal agencies, private foundations and teams of neuroscientists and nanoscientists in a concerted effort to advance the knowledge of the brain’s billions of neurons and gain greater insights into perception, actions and, ultimately, consciousness.

Scientists with the highest hopes for the project also see it as a way to develop the technology essential to understanding diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as to find new therapies for a variety of mental illnesses.

More here

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@ReignOfApril‘s response to Melissa Harris-Perry here

I’ve added a link to April’s blog in the blogroll on the right, I’ve noooooooo idea why I didn’t do it before

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That was short – mooOOOooorning!