Blog Entries by Bill Diamond

Cheney's Loverly

Posted July 11, 2007 | 01:50 PM (EST)


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Check out Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, go to Pearlswine.

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It's Nothing To Be Embarrassed About

Posted May 13, 2007 | 10:59 AM (EST)


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Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson apologized yesterday, telling reporters that the reason he mistakenly expressed support for the right of an employer to fire a gay worker at a May 3 GOP debate was because he couldn't hear, didn't feel good and...

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Welcome to the Club, Walt

Posted April 16, 2007 | 04:36 PM (EST)


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Congratulations to Walt Handelsman on winning his second Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, this one for Newsday. Granted, whatever hardware they give you still won't hold a candle to this impressive little baby I bagged back in '73...

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Baraaaaaaaaaack Obama!

Posted April 4, 2007 | 01:28 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, go to Pearlswine.

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Political Reality Show

Posted March 13, 2007 | 01:11 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

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Political Fashion Show

Posted February 13, 2007 | 07:46 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

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Just as I Always Suspected...

Posted January 26, 2007 | 02:31 PM (EST)


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It only works if you drink the Kool-Aid at the same time.

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Dear Mr. Little

Posted January 20, 2007 | 01:31 PM (EST)


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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the White House Correspondents Association has announced a "decidedly safer headliner for this year's April 21 bash: impressionist Rich Little, mimic of dozens of celebrities -- most of whom are dead." The Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Midterm's Greatest Hits

Posted November 29, 2006 | 03:25 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

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Going Negative

Posted October 27, 2006 | 02:41 PM (EST)


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Watch Walt Handelsman's latest animation and remember to vote Fleeber.

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It's Just a Flesh Wound

Posted October 19, 2006 | 01:45 PM (EST)


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Las Vegas gaming tycoon Steve Wynn recently poked a hole in "Le Reve", a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso that the 64-year-old billionaire had just sold for 139 million dollars. Wynn's reaction upon discovering...

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Congressional Pages and House Members

Posted October 13, 2006 | 03:11 PM (EST)


Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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Two Dumps Separated By Half a Continent

Posted October 5, 2006 | 07:46 PM (EST)


In Minnesota today, Vandale Amos Willis, 28, told a judge he was "sorry" and that he took "full responsibility for everything I did in Duluth", adding only that he hoped...

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Political Football Season

Posted September 12, 2006 | 02:23 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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Fun With Numbers

Posted September 6, 2006 | 10:19 AM (EST)


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According to a CNN poll released yesterday, 76% of Americans describe themselves as "angry" about the way things are going in the country, while 54% of those polled said things in the U.S. are going either "pretty badly" or "very badly".

In...

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We the Peephole

Posted August 8, 2006 | 02:24 PM (EST)


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Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

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Go, Condi!

Posted August 4, 2006 | 09:09 PM (EST)


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Earlier today, I heard Wolf Blitzer tell CNN viewers that Secy. of State Condoleezza Rice might be heading for her "breakout moment" if she's able to engineer a cease-fire and a sustainable resolution to the Mideast crisis...

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Slip Slidin' Away

Posted August 4, 2006 | 02:59 PM (EST)


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How's this for a powerful symbol of where we are right now? Troops served up on the back of a truck while the president skeedaddles off to his ranch. Enjoy your August vacation, sir.

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Mission Accomplished

Posted July 28, 2006 | 05:36 PM (EST)


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Pres. Bush went to NAM yesterday, finally fulfilling his military obligations with the Texas Air National Guard.

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No Surprise (Finally)

Posted July 25, 2006 | 02:35 PM (EST)


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A couple of weeks back, I pointed out how the New York Times has continually referred to trips by administration officials to Mideast hotspots as "surprise visits", a description that I said has the "whiff of spin or p.r. to it" because it seems...

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