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CBS: Teen Sex Orgy Complaints Invalid
Jun 15, 2006 Virtually none of the people who complained about a racy sex scene in the CBS drama ?Without a Trace? actually saw the show in question, according to the network, which is fighting a record $3.3-million indecency fine. CBS said that all of the 4,211 e-mailed complaints came from conservative websites that urged members to send complaints about the segment--sight unseen. story w/video linkPrivate Boehner Memo on Iraq Surfaces
Jun 15, 2006 Think Progress got ahold of Majority Leader John Boehner?s confidential strategy memo for Thursday?s congressional debate on the Iraq war. Think Progress says the memo aims to "exploit," "attack" and "create a false choice."
Mystical States Explained, via Surfing
Jun 14, 2006 Want to know why near-death experiences frequently feature tunnels of white, euphoric light? The L Times Book Review recommends picking up a copy of Truthdig contributor Steven Kotler's new book "West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief" to find out Also: the Village Voice gives "West of Jesus" a rave.
Ken Mehlman Holds His Own Against Jon Stewart
Jun 14, 2006 The chairman of the Republican National Committee did a surprisingly good job ducking and parrying the jabs that the "Daily Show" host launched at him over the Bush administration's record of lies and deceit. (Stewart got in a few zingers, but Mehlman is as good as they come.)National Review Writer: Mea Culpa on Iraq
Jun 14, 2006 We normally vehemently disagree with just about everything that John Derbyshire says. And we find much of this column truly despicable. But still, he's calling the Iraq war for what it is: a debacle. And that's worth noting.U.S. Officials Seeing New Home-Grown Terror Cells
Jun 14, 2006 This is according to Scott Redd, director of the National Counterterrorism Center. These groups of Islamic radicals are made up of disaffected men in their teens and 20s who draw moral inspiration from Al Qaeda and use the Internet to organize and plan potential attacks.Rove Won’t Be Charged in Leak Case
Jun 14, 2006 That's the word from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and Rove's lawyer. This comes after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations between the two sides. Bush called Fitzgerald's conduct throughout the proceeding "dignified."FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change
Jun 14, 2006 The government doled out as much as $1.4 billion in bogus assistance to supposed victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Sounds like FEMA did a "heckuva job."
Volvo Prototype Can Run on Five Fuels
Jun 14, 2006 The prototype car offers one more demonstration that the only thing shackling us to gas-powered cars is the inability of our lawmakers to stop taking money from Big Oil and Big Auto.
Tom Friedman: What Does Being Right Have to Do With It?
Jun 14, 2006 N.Y. Times columnist Tom Friedman, speaking on CNN, doesn't seem to see the problem in his having been spectacularly wrong on almost every major Iraq-related issue for the past four years.Who Knows Bush’s Mind Best?
Jun 14, 2006 According to Time magazine, it's not Karl Rove, but 26-year-old Blake Gottesman, who became the president's gopher-in-chief (body man) after dating Bush's daughter Jenna in high school.Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.