Month: January 2006

Russia Vows to End Gas Shortage to Europe

. Russia Will Send Extra 95mln m³ a Day to End Shortage France, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Poland were among those reporting falling volumes.   Hungary says normal gas supplies have now been restored Russia says it...

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The National Security Red Herring

by Larry C. Johnson (bio below) “Definition: A Red Herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue.” Caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie...

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History lessons: a tale of two presidents

Los Angeles Times political pundit Ronald Brownstein had the interesting idea of comparing George W. Bush’s presidency to that of little remembered 19th century Democrat James K. Polk. Polk won office in 1844 with a tiny...

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The Three Ring Power Circus

Both Time and Newsweek are running cover stories on the looming debate over wartime separation of powers that was sparked by the National Security Agency domestic spying scandal.  As we noted before Christmas at ePluribus...

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