8 days ago
deusx : TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Palin's Attack On Obama's Patriotism Legitimizes Questions About The Palins' Association With Group Founded By America-Hating Secessionist - "If Palin is going to say this, it is now perfectly legitimate to point out that she repeatedly courted a secessionist group founded by someone who openly professed hatred of the American government, cursed our flag, and wanted to secede from the Uni
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6 month ago
adamrg : The Rise of Big Water - I can live without oil, but Big Water scares the crap out of me.
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nelson : Plutocracy in action - Dollars raised is a proxy for votes in the Democratic primary
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9 month ago
nelson : The ol' Memory Hole - Bush Administration "loses" millions of emails. Again.
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12 month ago
jcgregorio : Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator - New York Times - shocker
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | TV cat poll was fixed, BBC says - I can forgive TV companies for running crooked competitions, or faking phone-ins, but overrulling the viewers' choice for the name for the Blue Peter Cat? That's just EVIL! #
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18 month ago
deusx : Bush administration under a cloud - Yahoo! News - "A rundown of Bush appointees who left under a cloud or face conflict-of-interest allegations"
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18 month ago
deusx : Bush administration awash in scandals - Yahoo! News - "From the very beginning, this administration emphasized loyalty over competence. And at some point, that catches up with you"
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19 month ago
nelson : Why I was fired - One of the eight fired US attorneys explains his story.
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25 month ago
jimray : Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team - Shocking. No, really, I'm shocked *shocked* that this would happen under team Bush.
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25 month ago
deusx : Best-Connected Were Sent to Rebuild Iraq - washingtonpost.com - "O'Beirne's staff posed blunt questions to some candidates about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? Do you support the way the president is fighting the war on terror?"
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27 month ago
jimray : Ken Lay, lynching victim? - Compared to Jesus, JFK, Martin Luther King. Are these people totally insane?
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37 month ago
deusx : Just a Bump in the Beltway: Saving NOLA - "Failure to plan, and train properly has plagued US efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and now that failure has come home to roost in the United States."
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37 month ago
jimray : Carnival Cruise lines is gouging the federal government - "When the federal government would actually save millions of dollars by forgoing the status quo and actually sending evacuees on a luxurious six-month cruise it is time to rethink how we are conducting oversight."
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37 month ago
jimray : How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There? - Cronyism has been a part of the Bush agenda -- unapologetically -- from day one
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38 month ago
kellan : Is FEMA New Orlean's punishment for the sin of voting overwhelmingly (78%) for Kerry? - Whiskey Bar: Where There's a Will #
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38 month ago
jimray : Police chief- Lockerbie evidence was faked - Scottish police officer says the CIA planted evidence crucial to convicting Libyan
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38 month ago
philgyford : LRB | Ed Harriman : Where has all the money gone? - Excellent but despair-inducing article outlining some of the mind-boggling corruption in post-invasion Iraq.
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38 month ago
philgyford : LRB | letters from Vol. 27 No. 15 - The first letter describes how US corruption in Iraq is a direct descendant of the US corruption in Vietnam.
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42 month ago
jimray : Bill Gates, Michael Dell big DeLay contributers - Gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to DeLay's children fund
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54 month ago
Andy Baio : Vonnegut's geezer rant on the state of the world - with the obligatory Eugene Debs quote [via]
plasticbag : Cold Turkey by Kurt Vonnegut who frankly deserves a hagiography - "We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we?re hooked on."
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