Saturday, January 29, 2005

The Homeland Security State

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Nick Turse in TomDispatch : Since ancient Rome, imperial republics have invariably felt a tension between cherished republican practices at...

Well, exactly

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This fellow in Memphis sums it up pretty well. Anytime a program is proposed to help the American people, Republicans cry, "There...

The Payoff

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Here's the problem: Bush needs a few European allies to legitimize his preemptive, optional, poorly-planned war with Iraq. Here...

Opposing Torture

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Okay, so I finally signed the petition on behalf of the Brain. I'm a little slow. Update: 11:45: Well said. RUFNKM : . . . ...

Saturday Cattle Dog Blogging

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It's good to be the Princess.

Myths

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Gillard debunks hackery . What John Stossel does not tell you is that vouchers would not give kids access to a private education. When as...
Friday, January 28, 2005

Incest

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Well, not really, but it got your attention, didn't it? What I am doing is, as the Jews call it, kvelling (Translation: what a Jewish ...

Wal-Mart....Progressive?

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The bible-thumpers are in for a surprise today as their favorite shopping mecca, Wal-Mart, has announced that it is expanding its employee...

Cheney at Auschwitz

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As big an embarrassment as the Chimp. The Rude Pundit .

Good on 'em

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Good Christians: [. . .] "Absolutely, the UCC [United Church of Christ] extends an unequivocal welcome to SpongeBob," the Re...

Revelations

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More conservative Republican (are we better now, CAFKIA?) pundits on Goebbels' . . er, Rove's payroll. Details at Shakespeare...
Thursday, January 27, 2005

Hope?

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JERUSALEM ( Reuters ) - Israeli leader Ariel Sharon said on Thursday conditions were right for a "historic breakthrough" on Middle...

Teddy

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Today : We thought in those early days in Vietnam that we were winning. We thought the skill and courage of our troops was enough. We tho...

Take a minute

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Sixty years ago today, the camp at Auschwitz was liberated. BBC : [. . .] At least 1.5 million children were murdered by the Nazi reg...

Maggie On Babs

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No, it's not a new mail-order-only video. Margaret Carlson writes about Senator Boxer in the LATimes : You wouldn't know it from ...

End-Timers & Neo-Cons

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I'm getting some good stuff lately from conservatives that are nearly as pissed off at Bush as I am. I am glad to see this. Dr. Pau...

Democracy, Inc.

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From the Corporate Crime Reporter : Robert Kennedy Jr. last week accused President George Bush of being “the most corrupt and immoral Presi...

I'd rather a BJ

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In terms of presidential indiscretions anyway. Stolen from Travis : Today in history Was it really only seven years...

Soul, or the lack thereof

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Wolcott : [. . .] When Bush did address the soldiers' deaths, he said that we "weep and mourn" when Americans die, but a...
Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Liberators

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Cartoon via Ezra .