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By Jonah Raskin
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Buddha: brama.com; menorah: homelessgardenproject.org
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The Los Angeles Times explores the contradictions inherent in the burgeoning religious hybrid. (Via Huff Po.)
(Zen Judaism joke sample: “If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?”)
Posted on May 2, 2006
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An aide to the president says that during Stephen Colbert’s “tribute” on Sunday night, Bush “got that look that he’s ready to blow.”
Posted on May 2, 2006
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi officially resigned today after weeks of refusing to concede defeat in April 9-10 elections. Berlusconi, the largest media owner in Italy, has had a stranglehold on the country’s media, but even an all-out television blitz could not convince the public to ignore a failing economy, which the new center-left government must now revive.
Posted on May 2, 2006
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Pope Benedict XVI has requested a report on whether Catholics might be allowed to use condoms—but only within a marriage in which one partner is infected.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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The former inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security says he was confronted by then-Secretary Tom Ridge ?to intimidate me, to stare me down, to force me to back off” from criticizing security failures in advance of the 2004 presidential election.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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Remember Valerie Plame Wilson? Well, she was apparently working on Iran when she was outed as a CIA agent by Robert Novak, and the outing allegedly damaged America’s ability to track Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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The logs will show how often the convicted lobbyist met with Bush administration officials—and with whom he met.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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A BBC reporter recounts his harrowing tale of being shot by suspected Al Qaeda members in Iraq.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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Republican senators received a flood of angry e-mails and phone calls in response to their plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the pinch of ever-rising gasoline prices. Even Rush Limbaugh said the GOP was treating Americans like “whores.”
Posted on May 1, 2006
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“Death squads,” “ethnic cleansing” and political assasinations are the realities of the democracy said to be emerging in Iraq. The New York Times paints a grim picture of the new Iraq, as both Sunnis and Shiites flee their homes in response to escalating sectarian violence.
Posted on May 1, 2006
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"The Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert delivering the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner roast.
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The president and his wife, Laura, did not seem amused at the blistering “tribute” satirist Stephen Colbert gave them at the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
Watch the video (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Salon calls it Colbert’s “crowning moment.”
Posted on Apr 29, 2006
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The Justice Dept. pored through the bank, library or telecom records of 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents—without a court’s approval. Apparently this was legal—it’s just the first time the FBI is publicly disclosing hard numbers.
Posted on Apr 29, 2006
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