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NEW YORK - With the arrest of two men, authorities reportedly have broken up a bomb plot aimed at New York City subways. Investigators stres...

The Agonist has a good post on the crime of being poor in the richest nation on earth which you really should read . But what got me was...

Tresy at Corrente has a great piece on the Jesus freak mindset: [. . .] Christianity's central challenge to Man is the recognition...

From NBC News: A DoD official is under investigation for spying for Israel. As that jerk-off Drudge says; developing . . . Update...

You gotta love this city. Look at the picture. The only ones gawking are obviously tourists. The real New Yorkers could give a shit. ...

From Kos : The Olympic's governing board is pissed at Bush's "arrogance", and they have a way to retaliate -- denying N...

From Josh Marshall at TPM : From the AP : "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face 'abrup...

Atrios' cats have gone on strike: Friday Cat Blogging The cats have informed me that they refuse to be photographed until there...

Dear Senator McCain, Let me first say that you will always have my undying respect for your service to this country. As a fellow combat ...

From AP : WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swe...

From Kos : It happened this week almost without notice: The number of Americans killed in Iraq during 2004 now exceeds the number killed...

The Farmer at Corrente has this from the AWOL Project : Summary: Contrary to the spin put out by the White House (and endlessly repeated ...

Lest we forget. From The Talking Dog : Grand Ayatollah Sistani has returned to try to negotiate and end to violence, as the fun and games...

Kevin Hayden at The American Street writes a letter to President No Nuts: [. . .] I put on 12,000 miles per year on a car that gets 24...

1) Minimum wage $10.00/hr. 2) Double taxation for all offshore based American companies. 3) A 2 year tax holiday for any corporations that...

Via Democratic Veteran : New federal rules will ace some 6 million workers out of the overtime pay to which, until now, they have been en...

From Reuters via Corrente . Somebody ought to tell President Nitwit to hire a copyright lawyer. Every writer and TV or movie producer know...

Ya know, I've always said that fat little troll Denny Hastert is a fucking moron. He's gonna get his ass handed to him next week. Fr...

While I was at Eschaton , In noticed Atrios reposted the transcript of Max Cleland's speech to the Democratic National Convention. Go r...

Via Atrios from the Columbia Journalism Review : [. . .] There have been dozens of press failures during this presidential campaign. B...