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Late Late Night FDL: The Milky Way
The Milky Way. This Academy Award winning Metro Goldwyn Mayer cartoon was released on June 22, 1940.

The Milky Way.  This Academy Award winning Metro Goldwyn Mayer cartoon was released on June 22, 1940.

Directed by Rudolf Ising.  Produced by Fred Quimby.  Voices by Bernice Hansen (Mama Cat, Three Little Kittens).  Original Music by Scott Bradley.

Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the seatback in front of ya, and aim your spitballs at the ushers please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?

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Robert Scheer Talks Economic Crisis
In appearances on MSNBC and KCRW, Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer is coming out with rhetorical guns blazing to talk about the economic crisis, Wall Street pandering, and the culpability of both parties in all of it.

In appearances on MSNBC and KCRW, Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer is coming out with rhetorical guns blazing to talk about the economic crisis, Wall Street pandering, and the culpability of both parties in all of it.

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Fox News Took ‘Dramatic Step’ In Suing Political Campaign, Says Copyright Expert
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District Attorney In WI Sent Sexually Suggestive Texts To Domestic Abuse Victim
Kenneth Kratz, district attorney in Calumet County, Wisconsin, sent sexually suggestive texts to a domestic abuse victim last year, during the time he was prosecuting her case against her ex-boyfriend.


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Ye Olde Scribe Presents: The O’Donnell Alternate Universe
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The Republican Threat to Shut Down the Federal Government
Newt Gingrich is saying if Republicans win back control of Congress and reach a budget impasse with the President, they should shut down the government again. GOP pollster Dick Morris is echoing those sentiments, as is Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R….


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Vets Are Close To A Touchdown, And We Need You To Make Some Noise
Only 9 days left. That’s all we’ve got. We’re in the red zone, and the clock is ticking on some of the most important legislation for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. With just 9 voting days left in Congress, we need…


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Christine O?Donnell In Oct. 1999: ?I Dabbled Into Witchcraft?

Before she stole the hearts of tea party activists, Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell was best known for her regular and bizarre punditry on 22 different episodes of Politically Incorrect. The host of that show, Bill Maher, now has an HBO show called Real Time.

Last night, Real Time aired its first show of the current season. Maher began by mocking O’Donnell, calling her “an uemployed, anti-masturbation activist and a close friend of mine.” “I created her,” Maher told the audience, turning to the camera and stating, “You owe me Christine O’Donnell.” Maher said that he has great fondness for O’Donnell, adding, “She does not have a mean bone in her body, or any other bone in her body.”

Later in the show, Maher played a previously-unaired Oct. 29, 1999 clip of O’Donnell on Politically Incorrect, in which O’Donnell said she once “practiced witchcraft”:

O’DONNELL: I dabbled into witchcraft — I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. … I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do. […]

One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn’t know it. I mean, there’s little blood there and stuff like that. … We went to a movie and then had a midnight picnic on a satanic altar.

Watch it:

Maher joked that he’s going to show a fresh clip of O’Donnell every week on his show until O’Donnell agrees to appear again on his show. “I’m just saying, Christine, it’s like a hostage crisis,” he said, “every week you don’t show up, I’m going to throw another body out.”

Learn more about the woman who wants to become a United States Senator in our ThinkProgress report: The Old Adventures Of New Christine.

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