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And this generation's 'Cronkite Moment' . Via Atrios . Update: Read Taylor Marsh too.

IRS exams found nearly three out of four churches, charities and other civic groups suspected of having violated restraints on political act...

Well, it's Saturday. We gotta go to the Big City today, that's Carson City, pilgrim, so while we're a-traipsin' over the hi...

They've reconstituted the Underground Railroad .

I posted on them the other day. More today from Dr. Attaturk: About six months ago it was admitted that there was but ONE IRAQI batallion...

Jesus' General does satire that runs very close to the truth: Serving in the vanguard of the Glorious Conservative Christian Revolutio...

Princess Shayna is mad at Preznit Anything-For-A-Buck for trying to sell out our nation's ports to terrorist enablers. "Is he effi...

From MadKane : It's Surely Snowing In Hell By Madeleine Begun Kane I never thought I'd see the day That I'd agree with Tom DeLay...

You knew this port thing wasn't done yet. When you uncover some Chimp shenanigans, there's always more beneath the surface. UPI v...

Yesterday I posted about a report coming out that The Dick was gooned up when he blasted his buddy while booze-binging "hunting...

NYTimes The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will break the lease of a big container terminal at Port Newark to stop a company base...

I've been waiting for days for Paul Krugman to weigh in on the seaport deal. I'm not disappointed. The storm of protest over the pl...

I've tried (along with most of the reality-based veterans) to give folks a taste of what it's like in combat and the effects of that...

First thing in the morning. I see this at Atrios and it makes my blood boil: I wonder if we'll ever really get the full story of why H...

I got a kick out of this one Mrs. G sent me in an e-mail: FARWOOD "Hello, is this here the Sheriff's Office?" "Yes. What ...

Or, "Ideology trumps reality". From IPS News : The United States and Iran were on a course to work closely together on the war aga...

Got this from Lurch at Main and Central . Lurch says: Capitol Hill (yeah - I know) reports this morning that Secret Service agents in Mr Ch...

I think these are way bitchin'. From Firedoglake : The bronze medal goes to: The Ballad of Swagger and Scowler They came from Wy...

The most excellent Friend o' the Brain, Patrick Yelladog, has gone through some changes. The best is that his software will let me comm...

That Rethug bankruptcy law? Remember when we all said the only people it will hurt are the ones who really need the help? Well... ... ...