Month: October 2006

A Level Playing Field

In an bold attempt to capitalize on the extraordinary success of the earlier Oil for Food program, President Bush has initiated what is being called Oil for Nukes.Designed to provide nuclear weapons to even the poorest third...

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Open Thread

Majority Watch has some new polling results from the October 8-10 time period. Here are the results for candidates on the Booman Tribune ActBlue candidate list. Darcy Burner is trailing 48%-45%. Patty Wettterling is leading...

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No-fly List — another Republican SNAFU

[update to diary of Oct. 11, 2006]    On slow news days, semi-comical stories have provided momentary respites from the thunder of war, about who was interrogated as a suspected terrorist simply because of a...

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Soused Hitchens Comes Unglued

Invite a drunk to your dinner party and this is what you get. Christopher Hitchens coming unglued. Parker relates a dinner party attended by Hitchens and his wife. Relaxed occasion, Hitchens and some women are shooting the shit...

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