the constant bombardment from the e.l.f. weapon is starting to take a toll on my body. the bishop of bling. the german bishop has been suspended after reportedly spending $42 million renovating his new home. here s part of the shopping list. a $20,000 bathtub, $34,000 for a conference table and a $4 million chapel. hillary clinton will be the big guest at the center for american progress conference. the liberal think tank taking on everything from middle-class growth to climate change. head to tv.msnbc.com. if you read only one thing this morning, time magazine has a really cool interactive article that matches your mood and kind of your personality to where you might want to live. other if, west virginia is the most neurotic state, utah, the most agreeable and the folks of wisconsin are the country s most
house together, the consensus from all of us is that we would get this done in a few hours. i would argue that even if sarah palin were in the room, that we could find a way to get together. that s like a triple dog dare, dafna. even if sarah palin were in the room we could figure out a way to get this done. msnbc.com also takes a look at how women are shaping up the talk. so explain, are republican women worried about what s going on? we know that susan collins was over the weekend trying to spearhead her own effort. sarah palin is not in the room and neither is michele bachmann. these two tea party women are just not part of this effort, though, as you said that s being spearheaded by republican women who have had a very successful year in working very closely with their democratic counterparts on everything from military sexual assault to other kinds of benefits for women across the country. and i think that republican women, especially, are seeing the effects of the shutdown on
ends. mark osler runs the law clinic at st. thomas university in minnesota. we have people serving time, over 5,000 people probably serving time under harsh crack laws that have now been undone by congress. among the 5,000 is clarence errand, in prison for two decades since the age of 23. a first-time offender, he was still given the maximum sentence for arranging a meeting between two drug dealers. three consecutive life terms in prison. obama has the power to release him right now. there s a lot of people now currently serving sentences. had they been sentenced today, they would already be out. dafna linzer, managing editor of msnbc.com, co-authored a series on the issue with the washington post. it would take the president the stroke of a pen on ca commutations to right that disparity now. they invited the obama
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