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By Scott Ritter
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The retired U.S. senator, diplomat and Episcopal priest is counting on “nausea” to sour people on evangelical politics. | story
To that, we can only say “Amen!”
Posted on Feb 2, 2006
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The “Million Little Pieces” memoirist appears to apologize in an author’s note. But he still tries to push that “subjective truth” crap. Hey James, feelings are subjective; thoughts are subjective; calling a two-hour stay in jail “three months” is objectively BS.
story / Frey’s note or publisher’s note (both .pdf files)
Also, Warner Bros. may back out of the film version. | story
Posted on Feb 2, 2006
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One day after Bush pledged to reduce Middle East oil imports 75% by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic advisor tell reporters that the president misspoke. Their clarification is a bit confusing. | Read on to figure it out.
Regardless, Reuters is reporting that Bush’s energy “plan” (skepticism ours) will not meaningfully reduce our dependence on foreign crude. | story
Posted on Feb 2, 2006
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The Government Accountability Office slams Bush and the Homeland Security chief for inaction and incompetence when the hurricane struck. | story or go straight to the GAO report
Posted on Feb 1, 2006
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Russia’s leader answers mostly tough questions for three and a half hours without the aid of notes or alcohol--a new personal record. | story
Of interest: He doesn’t regard Hamas as a terrorist organization and won’t support cutting off its funding.
Posted on Feb 1, 2006
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The famed novelist, playwright and social activist continues his 30-year-old tradition of delivering his own State of the Union address. | streaming media and transcript at Democracy Now!
Posted on Feb 1, 2006
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From commondreams.org
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In an exclusive Truthdig podcast, Rep. Dennis Kucinich swings away at the president. Excerpt: “[Bush] hasn’t gotten the message that all his underpinnings of the war have been knocked out. They’re standing totally on lies.” | podcast and transcript
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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From indiewire.com
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“Brokeback Mountain” may be topping the Oscar charts, but its success has just as much to say about America’s homophobic tendencies as it does our homophilic ones.
Check back Wednesday for a major new essay on that topic by Truthdig’s Larry Gross, a pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies.
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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From minnesota.publicradio.org
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The no-stick material will have a hard time sliding this one off: “likely contributor to cancer.” | story
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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The American College of Physicians says that the business of administering routine physicals and treating minor problems could fall apart without immediate reforms. | story
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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Both Republicans and Democrats are canceling meetings with lobbyists in the wake of the Abramoff scandal. | story
Pardon our cynicism, but as long as lobbyists have money to dole out, lawmakers will find a way to the trough.
Any lobbying-reform legislation that results from this scandal will be rendered moot as quickly as you can say “McCain-Feingold.”
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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From Al Jazeera via MSNBC
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Jill Caroll, 28, appears pleading and weeping in a newly released tape. | story
Truthdig says: Al Jazeera won’t let us hear Carroll’s voice because it would be too “upsetting” to viewers. CNN CNN’s “The Situation Room” won’t even show a clip. What exactly is going on here? Why not let us, the viewers, decide what’s too “upsetting”? How is this any different from Bush’s censorship of coffins returning home from Iraq? We’ve watched jetliners packed with innocents crash into our Twin Towers. We’ve watched Iraqi civilians bombed in real time by our own forces. Since when did we become unable to judge for ourselves what we need to see to make sense of the world around us?
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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Two years ago, the attorney general dismissed questions about warrantless spying as “hypothetical.” In fact, the program was already in place. | story
Sorry, but what’s the difference again between “intentionally misleading” and “lying”?
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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The Senate confirms Alito as the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice after the hastily conceived filibuster attempt of Sens. Kerry and Kennedy. | story
Buzzflash: “There is no ‘center’ support for Alito’s actual positions.... There’s just support for an image the Republicans created...of a harmless guy with a wife driven to tears.” | editorial
Posted on Jan 31, 2006
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New commander plans to emphasize improving Iraqis’ quality of life, rather than fighting insurgents. | story
Presidential advisor Karen Hughes’ disastrous “listening tour” across the region last year proved that this is a tough sell, to put it mildly.
Posted on Jan 30, 2006
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A Brown University professor writes: “Every aspect of Iran’s current nuclear development was approved and encouraged by Washington in the 1970s.” | column
Posted on Jan 30, 2006
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The new edition of a book by a London University professor claims that the prime minister was prepared to join the war even before the second U.N. resolution in January 2003. | story
We’re shocked, SHOCKED to learn that the U.N. gambit was apparently a ruse.
Posted on Jan 30, 2006
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From Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
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A Marine in Iraq who became the poster boy of the assault on Falloujah returns home to Kentucky, where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress. | story
Powerful stuff.
Posted on Jan 30, 2006
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The Gray Lady, in an editorial, eviscerates Bush’s defense of his spying program, point by point. | editorial
Posted on Jan 29, 2006
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Quick, someone bring out the smelling salts! A White House official just admitted a mistake. | story
Posted on Jan 29, 2006
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From wehaitians.com
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The musician, actor and social activist issues a strident criticism of U.S. foreign policy before the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration.
Posted on Jan 29, 2006
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From www.defamer.com
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Fabulist James Frey says on an unaired segment of Oprah that he won’t seek to cash in on his lies. | story
We applaud his promise. In the meantime, should we be surprised if his new book, “My Friend Leonard,” turns out to be ridden with mere “essential truths”?
Also, see a clip of Frey’s Oprah appearance: video (Internet Explorer req’d)
Posted on Jan 28, 2006
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In at least two instances, American forces have seized wives of insurgents as a means of “leverage.” | story
Posted on Jan 27, 2006
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From gwu.edu
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A Georgetown think tank secures the release of a secret 2003 Rumsfeld-approved “road map” for psychological warfare abroad. | post
According to the document, our government takes no responsibility for propaganda that boomerangs and returns home--as long as the U.S. public isn’t “targeted.”
Posted on Jan 27, 2006
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Palin Agrees to ABC Interview
