Month: June 2008

I’m Back, but I’m Not Happy

I’m just back from DC and have been offline all day. Thanks to the other front-pagers for picking up my slack. I see that Steny Hoyer capitulated, as expected. I’d like to just make one point about this. The Netroots...

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Pelosi, Complicity, and FISA

On Olbermann tonight, Jonathan Turley said: “we now know that the democratic leadership knew about the illegal surveillance program almost from its inception…they were aware of an unlawful surveillance program as...

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Permanent Bases in Iraq Explained

It’s not to threaten Iran, though that may be a side benefit. It’s not to spread democracy. It certainly helps KBR rack up obscene (and fradulently obtained) profits, but that’s not the real reason either. No,...

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Opps??

Will we see any change? Funding for Iraq groups phasing out Or will the situation that exist now stay pretty much the same? And if change, how serious? The process in northern Iraq could be a harbinger for how it is done by...

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