Month: June 2005

Republican Senate Shows True Loyalty: Big Oil

A common charge thrown at Democrats by the ‘Thugs and their media henchmen is that Dems are nothing but obstructionists, that they are the party of no, that they are incapable of proposing policy to move the country...

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Transatlantic Internet Spying

The US Justice department is considering a proposal to require ISP’s to retain records of customers’ internet activites. Meanwhile, the European Parliament goes head to head with the Council of the European Union on...

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Tom Friedman And His Imaginary Playmates

Juan Cole posted this at 4:30 AM. His sleep deprivation was likely overcome by the shock from reading Tom Friedman: Friedman and Imaginary Troops Tom Friedman, writing in the New York Times, makes several policy decisions with...

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Another Record Trade Deficit

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis “The U.S. current-account deficit–the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income, and net unilateral current transfers–increased to $195.1 billion in the first...

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