Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
By- Suzie-Q @ 6:30 PM MST
Corrupt Oil Exec Focus of Reopened Underage Sex Case
Yeesh. There’s muck and then there’s Alaskan muck.
Bill Allen, the former CEO of Veco, has been the government’s star witness in a number of corruption cases against state lawmakers, and he would surely be at the heart of any case [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
by Geezer Power …1:10 pm
Burning Man
2008 ART THEME: AMERICAN DREAM
This year’s art theme is about nationality, identity and the nature of patriotism. One species of the patriotic <urge conflates the nation state with mass identity. Governments, as actors on a worldwide stage, become a surrogate for self, a vast projection of collective ego. And [...]
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By- Suzie-Q @ 7:30 AM MST
McCain, Romney stumble in front of a jury of their peers
Since Sam Brownback withdrew from the presidential race nearly four months ago, John McCain has been the only sitting senator in the large Republican presidential field. Given this, it stands to reason that he’d have the support of [...]
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Sudhan @11:30 CET
Richard A. Clarke | The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 2008
Richard A. Clarke is former head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council
When I left the Bush administration in 2003, it was clear to me that its strategy for defeating terrorism was leaving our nation more vulnerable and our people in a perilous place. [...]
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