Blogcast
: I’m scheduled to do two blogcasts from Buzzmachine World Headquarters on MSNBC’s Connected between 5 and 6p ET — one on winds of change in the Middle East as soon through blogs there, the other a blog round-up, including the Oscars.
Here are the links I talked about (since some didn’t show up on the screen and I blew a few). My notes for the segments:
Egypt: Links here.
Lebanon:
This is moving fast and we’re seeing comment and coverage from Lebanon. This is being called the “Cedar Revolution” (after the velvet and orange revolutions).
Across the Bay says:
“The popular pressure has managed to topple a cabinet without a single act of violence or bloodshed. It’s a proud moment for the Lebanese people.”
beirut2bayside.blogspot.com/
Cave Man in Beirut says:
“The government has fallen. And now the fun begins.”
blissstreetjournal.blogspot.com/
Bahrain: Links here.
(Note the new pictures up at Chan’ad Bahraini; these are brave souls.)
Hillary Clinton:
Daniel Owen at Oval Office 2008 says:
Joe Biden… says of Hillary, “she is … the elephant in the living room. She’s the big deal.” “I don’t know how you beat her for the Democratic nomination,” added former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, “she’s a rock star.”
Oscars left and right:
Even the reviews of the show are turning into a red-state-v.-blue-state shtick.
Jeralyn Meritt at TalkLeft.com complaints that Robin Williams efforts to sing a song making fun of censorship was censored so much that he had to kill it.
But over at the conservative blogs….
LaShawn Barber at complains:
“What happened to class and civility? Chris Rock said,
