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No Joe today:

6:01 a.m. Nancy Pelosi trying to save her skin, Mika openly doesn’t seem to buy it.

6:09 a.m. How is one half of one percent important. That is bs and even the MSNBC guys admit it but then again it is the 6 a.m. hour.

6:11 a.m. Mika wants to ask him the question herself.

6:13 a.m. Back to Nancy, this is definitely the conservative hour

6:19 a.m. Apparently flooding in Alaska will keep Sarah Palin out of DC. Mommy I think likes Palin a lot.

6:21 a.m. Haven’t they ever heard of masking drugs?

6:27 a.m. If only 600,000 jobs lost that’s good?

6:35 a.m. Harold Ford is on but the idea that the democratic party has moved to the center is just funny.

6:41 a.m. Harold Ford gets it when it comes to the attacks.

6:44 a.m. Focus on the family is not opposed to a gay supreme court justice, what a bunch of bigots they are eh?

6:52 a.m. Dominic Dimaggio is dead. That is a huge hit to Red Sox Nation, my older brother knew him.

6:59 a.m. Notice that they won’t show the actual Miss California picture, because it is a side shot that doesn’t actually show anything. It’s the old Errol Flynn business let people imagine it is worse than it is.

7:02 a.m. will have to scoot shortly to drop off a car at a garage.

7:04 a.m Mika is having the staff try to get her office, you know she is a real journalist.

7:06 a.m. Not yet got me married (hypothetically)

7:11 a.m. You know Dick Cheney was never considered polarizing until he was president Bush’s vice president he never fed the dog but did pet it.

7:24 a.m. Back from dropping off car, the problem is its not a cut says Todd.

7:26 a.m. Crown of the Statue of Liberty will re-open July 4th.

7:44 a.m. Here comes Ariana.

7:46 a.m. The kindle idea is a good one.

7:47 a.m. MAYBE THE NY TIMES SKEWS LEFT? Willie Willie Willie…

7:48 a.m. Ariana keeps hitting the war, but other than that she is not far off in her contentions today.

7:51 a.m Ariana takes on Peggy on the clicking through vs changing the channel.

7:52 a.m. Mika is exactly right about the forced ad overlay. I hate them!

8:08 a.m. I understand the old America, when people humiliated other people, I don’t understand how people humiliate themselves.

8:10 a.m. Weren’t these same people arguing about newspapers being needed when the MSN suppressed this story for months?

8:12 a.m. That is really tough stuff to have your parent not recognize you.

8:15 a.m. We’ve both been fired by CBS but I’ve been fired by NBC too.

8:42 a.m. The state of American journalism is discussed, it is a story about money.

8:45 a.m. Who wants to be that the side view of Miss. California’s breast makes the news but the fact that all we see in the photo doesn’t.

8:48 a.m. Now that Jon Stewart has allowed it will they mention the Mustard? yes they can!

8:51 a.m. Yes they can! Will they show the shot? No they can’t!

8:53 a.m. They mention Joe the plumber leaving the party, they didn’t mention if he is joining Obama.

Mika’s back is funtime over?

6:02 a.m. She Really Likes Sarah but it’s MSNBC so she is being diplomatic

6:04 a.m. This is Understandable? Would that say that about Rush?

6:06 a.m. Sox Yankess, Barnicle and Mika win that one.

6:11 a.m. The Ad frankly doesn’t say anything, no reason to vote D or not vote R? Silly

6:12 a.m. Rush and Sarah. She doesn’t have to re-brand. It’s all the media stuff.

6:14 a.m. “The arc of the young female anchor?” That explains a lot. I think Mika really wants to say something but has the discipline to not give away the game.

6:19 a.m. Well that is right seeing how well the government is handling bailouts I’m sure they’ll do great running another chunk of the economy.

6:40 a.m. Barnicle nails it but without Joe this conversation is much too one sided

6:43 a.m. Capheart talks about elites? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. This guy is so full of it.

6:45 a.m. “She’s not smart enough…” Oh he doesn’t think republicans should be conservatives.

7:01 a.m. That is simply awesome, hire him to make shirts for the show.

7:13 a.m. Hey Joe made it in!

7:16 a.m. Joe is not going to be able to keep a straight face after seeing that.

7:22 a.m. I don’t think that’s what Luntz said. A slightly twisted question for Cantor. And Joe is right they have to explain why this stuff is wrong.

7:52 a.m Of course there is an alternative, leave what we have.

8:02 a.m. Joe apparently reads the NYT but doesn’t read Elder of Ziyon, but Perez does.

8:05 a.m. Perez correctly says that the whole world is better with Iraq stopped permanently.

8:07 a.m. Barnicle can’t believe what he is hearing, Perez is on fire today.

8:27 a.m. Earpiece fixed just in time to go.

8:33 a.m. To pay back the Tarp money you have to prove you don’t need it?

I wasn’t awake till I heard about Bill Russell.

6:59 a.m. Can’t have Tina Brown or Christa Freeland without a hit on both Miss California and Sarah Palin. Then again topless shots of Miss California is news.

7:01 a.m. Maria Bartiromo is still one of the most beautiful women on the news. Classic Italian face.

7:02 a.m. They are talking about my pet peeve, Tina Brown is EXACTLY right about the facebook etc and remembering pictures.

7:07 a.m. 9 hours sleeping 2 hours eating, no wonder they have no time to keep the Germans from invading.

7:08 a.m. Maria notes maybe we are heading toward socialism.

7:10 a.m. Tina is also right about believability too. Maria say we can see what is going on too. These two are on a roll.

7:12 a.m. You know the semi regular live chats are a pretty good idea.

7:21 a.m. ah HA evil CNN leaf blowers!

7:23 a.m. I’m sorry having our Treasury Sec talking about tax loopholes is just funny.

7:42 a.m. Good think Mika isn’t here for this interview

7:51 a.m. Oh Angeline Jolie likes a book on wars that’s a vast enforcement.

7:53 a.m. Hass is full of it. I’d say just the opposite, the first war ended up with slaughter in the south when people tried to overthrow Saddam, it ended up with the corrupt UN sanctions that enriched Iraqi Saddamites and the Kurds kept getting hit. Today Saddam is gone, Iraq is democratic and the region and the world is better for it. This deserves its own post.

8:09 a.m. Maria’s face is shocked at even the thought of the bailout of papers.

8:11 a.m. If you think the NYT is going to check out Obama if he is doing something wrong, then Joe you are delusional.

8:13 a.m A public trust? You have to have trust before you can have a public trust.

8:25 a.m. They aren’t going to beat big bang theory, not with an old Chevy Chase.

8:41 a.m. Why do we need to convert to a green economy?

8:43 a.m. For God’s sake Pense why not point out that when you raise cafe standards you cost lives, you also could have mentioned that US also creates more that 25% of the wealth and innovations.

8:46 a.m. Bill Russell and not Michael Jordan is the greatest Basketball player ever and the greatest team player ever.

8:48 a.m. “We came from different tribes… but what we brought allowed us to be friends.”

8:49 a.m. Barnicle must be on cloud nine.

8:50 a.m. “I played for the Celtics, I didn’t play for Boston.” that is a strong statement. O’Donnell: “You did more to advance race relations in Boston than Martin Luther King.”

Barnicle’s back expect good and bad.

6:02 a.m. A lot of this is PR, that is very true. Watch us in two years.

6:04 a.m. Tom Ridge, Tom Ridge, Tom Ridge blah blah blah Yeah run a Bush administration re-tread that will work. Democrats are salivating at the thought of running against ridge if they are smart.

6:06 a.m. The times company is the most mismanaged company…

6:08 a.m. Kemp nice guy, but failed and lost. If people bought his ideas then they would have been done

6:12 a.m. That’s not a bribe its an entitlement, boy is that a senator talking or not?

6:18 a.m. You know that Reagan that Joe keeps talking about. The press loved him and still loves him as much as they loved George W. Bush. They pretend it never happened but they savaged him.

6:20 a.m. Yet another vote for style over substance.

6:38 a.m. There is a difference between hating a man and hating his policy. That’s Deval Patrick. I’ve met him, nice guy, willing to discuss what you disagree with, dead wrong and a lousy governor.

6:40 a.m. Watching Freeland say how nice Reagan was makes me sick, Reporters HATED Reagan. It’s so phony.

6:42 a.m. Willie points out the left is just as bad if not worse.

6:44 a.m. His manor is reaching out, it’s full of bull. He is left wing, we are cheering for smoke and mirrors. Reagan never pretended to be moderate.

6:51 a.m. Did I hear that lady in the background shout “Where is global warming?”

6:58 a.m. Draft Stormy? Joe: “Are there a lot of pictures?” Willie: “Yes but you have to have a credit card”

6:59 a.m. And of Course Freeland equates the porn star to Miss California they are so alike…

7:09 a.m. Barnicle lets the cat of out the bag that other than the sports section and older folks New England wouldn’t miss the Globe.

7:33 a.m. Andrea Mitchel is on, lucky for me I haven’t eaten yet this morning.

7:35 a.m. The media always seem to love republicans’ once they are dead.

7:40 a.m. Why don’t you ask a woman about this. So they ask her and she hesitates.

7:41 a.m. Carloe king is next, time to change the channel

7:45 a.m. She is not on yet, getting ready to switch to Fox and Friends as soon as she is. Now comes swine flu stuff.

7:49 a.m. Here comes Carole King, so here comes Fox and Friends liveblog…

…7:49 a.m. They are interviewing the Kentucky Derby winners 50-1 shot.

7:50 a.m. Making your own cleaning supplies out of Vodka? Mika will be outraged!

7:54 a.m. Crisco can shine leather. Use Country Time to clean your dishwasher. Throw orange peels and icecubes to clean the garbage disposal. Ketchup to shine Copper? Clean your cutting board with a lemon.

7:56 a.m. Vanilla is very expensive for cleaning a freezer. Vodka on your sweaters will get rid of the musty smell. That was rather cool. Apparently this is the regular do it yourself segment…

…8:00 a.m. Carole king is off on a web chat and we’re back to Morning Joe

8:03 a.m. Shelby in studio for a change, no wonder King is somewhere else.

8:07 a.m. Shelby still says: “let them die” Good!

8:09 a.m. When they say mistakes were made that means bad thing were happening.

8:15 a.m. Considering that Shelby is in studio, why not ask him to hang around for another segment? They have done that with people who have “D”‘s next to their name.

8:18 a.m. That is a funny clip but it highlights that comedians still won’t make fun of Obama.

8:19 a.m. That is a very good point in terms of political savvy, that never hit me.

8:21 a.m. Of course it is ungovernable, the liberal legislature has made it so, that is why people are fleeing.

8:25 a.m. Asking about Miss California. Will you have her on your radio show? I’d have her on while disagreeing with her.

8:27 a.m. They all want to “engage” with her. Mika would have scolded them.

8:30 a.m. Did I just see an ad for a new Yusef “Cat Stevens” album. Hey why not the taliban’s greatest hits?

8:34 a.m. Apparently our companies pay a much higher tax rate than most other countries. Reality rules with Erin.

8:45 a.m. Courtney “acknowledged” Hazlett is next

8:50 a.m. The reviews hated wolverine, why does that not surprise me?

8:53 a.m. The Globe’s workers have no choice in her opinion.

8:59 a.m. “When Mika sees the tape of this we are all dead.”