Month: January 2009

Something Stinks

Color me skeptical. Apparently the CIA used a Predator drone to kill two al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan. One of them was supposedly indicted for the 1998 African Embassy bombings and the other was supposedly responsible for the...

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Wide Stance Caves

Larry Craig gives up. Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting, one of his lawyers said Thursday. Attorney Tom Kelly said Craig had...

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Brownie Evacuated

Here’s some karma: A series of wind-whipped wildfires north of Boulder, Colo., have forced the evacuation of more than 11,500 residents — among them vilified ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown. Brown...

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Morning Senate Hearings

There are two hearings this morning. The Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, is holding a hearing on The CBO Budget and Economic Outlook. Probably more interesting is the nomination hearing for...

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Hitting Bottom

It’s clear to this unbiased observer that Hell froze over as the hand-basket arrived. It’s clear the October Surprise was to saddle the in-his-heart progressive, Obama, with a fucking millennial nightmare to thwart...

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