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Spying, Failing, Thumbing

2006-01-25T11:29:00.000-05:00

As the Bush Administration attempts to extend its spying on U.S. citizens through Wed search engines like Google (see "Google and Privacy" and "Forgot What You Searched For? Google Didn't" in The...

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Bob Novak Says Bush Knows Plame Leaker

2005-12-16T09:42:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, The Washington Post refocused the nation's attention on the main issue in PlameGate: who is responsible for naming Plame to Robert Novak for his article? A rat jumping from a sinking...

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Cheney Replaces Scooter with Sulu

2005-10-30T21:55:00.000-05:00

In a surprise move, U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney has replaced Lewis "Scooter" Libby with George "Sulu" Takei, the Star Trek star who recently confessed to Frontiers Magazine that he was gay,...

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Frist Followed HCA Stock: Washington Post

2005-10-24T10:35:00.000-04:00

According to today's Washington Post, Senator Frist was indeed aware of his HCA stock portfolio in blind trust -- see article.

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Johnny-Come-Lately's: Scowcroft and Wilkerson

2005-10-24T07:27:00.000-04:00

Later today, Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft will join the ranks of earlier critics (retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, former US Secretary Treasurer Paul O'Neill and former US Counter-Terrorism czar Richard...

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Democratic Void: Economist

2005-10-23T17:49:00.000-04:00

While the Republicans flounder amidst Plamegate (see previous post) and associated scandales of Bush 43's second term, the Democrats have little or nothing to say in response, as The Economist notes...

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Republican Scandals: Times of London

2005-10-23T17:45:00.000-04:00

Excellent summary of where things stand in Washington in today's Times of London -- no, not TIME -- entitled "Prosecutor closes in on Bush ‘brain’."

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Valerie Plame-Karl Rove Timeline

2005-07-16T10:09:00.000-04:00

Today's New York Times provides an excellenct timeline on the Valerie Plame-Karl Rove Case: (Just click on the images to go to the NYT page.)

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Karl Rove's America

2005-07-15T07:26:00.000-04:00

Be sure to ready Paul Krugman's Op-Ed this morning about "Karl Rove's America" -- click here. Here is an excerpt: What Mr. Rove understood, long before the rest of us, is that we're not living in...

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Patrick Seale: US Cannot Win in Iraq

2005-07-05T20:23:00.000-04:00

Veteran Middle East analyst Patrick Seale commented in last week's Daily Star (Lebanon) that "America is facing the real possibility of defeat in Iraq." According to Mr. Seale, the insurgency...

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Iraq War Was Precluded: UN Negotiation Charade

2005-06-28T08:18:00.000-04:00

Today's Washington Post has an article "From Memos, Insights Into Ally's Doubts On Iraq War: British Advisers Foresaw Variety of Risks, Problems" which analyzes more of the eight memos released to...

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Thomas Friedman: Run, Dick, Run

2005-06-22T15:33:00.000-04:00

In "Run, Dick, Run," which ran in today's New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman provides more insightful analysis than of late into an important, as-yet undiscussed facet of Republican Party...

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Cheney Girls Mine America

2005-05-31T09:20:00.000-04:00

The New York Times is running a story this morning called "Weaned on Politics, Cheney Daughters Find a Place at the Table," by Todd S. Purdum, that reports on the gains of the family of US Vice...

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American Gulag: Bad Gulash?

2005-05-26T10:47:00.000-04:00

Click here to read article on superchefblog.

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Tsunami Update 1: US Ex-Presidents Lead Funding

2005-01-03T19:19:00.000-05:00

Visit superchefblog for Tsunami updates: - Tsunami Update 4: US Ex-Presidents Lead Funding - Tsunami Update 3: Christmas Island - New Year's Resolution: Eat Well, Help Others - Tsunami Update 2:...

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Help Tsunami Victims

2004-12-29T18:56:00.000-05:00

Political comments are forthcoming: for now, please donate money to your favorite aid agency to help victims of the 2004 Tsunami. For details, link to and read "2004 Tsunami: How Foodies Can...

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Five Easy Pieces? Democratic Reform

2004-12-13T16:23:00.000-05:00

Political consultant for California's Assembly Democrats and also a UPI contributor Patrick Reddy has offered five ideas to reform the Democratic Party's platform in a recent article because...

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Whittaker Chambers Warns Democrats

2004-11-09T17:25:00.000-05:00

In today's Washington Times, national columnist Paul Greenberg wrote: The Democrats don't have to change. They can just sit back and let the red states turn redder, and lose the next three or...

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Election Maps

2004-11-02T15:49:00.000-05:00

Here are some amazing election maps, for your convenience today -- just click on the logo to see:

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The Economist Endorses Kerry

2004-10-29T08:21:00.000-04:00

The Economist, bastion of conservative British thought, has finally weighed in on the US presidential elections and admitted, "We think American readers should vote for John Kerry on November 2nd... ...

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Clinton For Kerry: Join Us in Comeback Country

2004-10-25T18:45:00.000-04:00

Bill Clinton joined Democratic candidate for president John Kerry in Philadelphia today and spoke before a rowdy crowd of 10,000 supporters. "If this isn't good for my heart, I don't know what is,"...

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Kerry Scores Big on Newspaper Super Sunday

2004-10-24T10:36:00.000-04:00

According to Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher" industry magazine, Democratic candidate John Kerry made "huge gains" in endorsements from newspapers around the country, including 23 papers...

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Boston Globe Endorses Kerry

2004-10-24T10:25:00.000-04:00

Last Sunday, The Boston Globe endorsed Democratic candidate John Kerry for president. They quoted him from 1997 saying prophetically, "We should be the natural leaders of a world coalition against...

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New York Times Endorses Kerry

2004-10-24T10:10:00.000-04:00

Last Sunday, The New York Times Magazine stated that "we enthusiastically endorse John Kerry for president." First, they ran Ron Suskind's commentary entitled "Without a Doubt," which details to...

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Superman Endorses Kerry

2004-10-24T09:47:00.000-04:00

Just days after her husband's death on October 10, Dana Reeve, wife of Superman star Christopher Reeve, came out of private mourning at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, to endores Democratic...

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