Month: June 2005

FAKES?! Downing Street Memos

The right wing would love it if they were. They are fomenting a controversy akin to the CBS/Rather one in order to put the memos and their information in dispute. Michael Isikoff today on Air America hinted that they were fake...

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Can we call it "HATE" now please?

(cross posted at DailyKos, probably one of the last or so.. booman mainly from now on.. and my my blog. I want this meme to spread into every nook and cranny :). The New York Times had a piece yesterday about organizations like...

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Today’s Economic News

DIA -.08%, SPY, -.03%, QQQQ +.33% 10 -year treasury -3/8, yielding 4.14% Oil + 1.5% at $59.37/bbl Dollar +.4% versus Yen and Euro The markets have little new economic information this week, so traders are left to their own...

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LIVE: Bolton Cloture Vote FAILS

Update [2005-6-20 16:7:20 by catnip]:: The cloture vote failed by a count of 54 ayes to 38 nays. 60 ayes were needed. The options now are to continue debating Bolton’s nomination in the senate or to have Bush make a recess...

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