Is there still a Republican party?

by Geezer Power ….7:27 pm

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Opium big business in Afghanistan

by Geezer Power ….7:19 pm
Bill Moyers Journal
February 15, 2008
Recent official reports have touted many successes in Afghanistan, but the country still faces many problems. Back to back bombings in one week of February 2008 left over 140 dead — leading to calls from NATO leadership for troop increases. In addition, Afghanistan’s government ranks high [...]

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Two Mack Daddies… McCain And Lieberman

By- Suzie-Q @ 3:00 PM MST

By: Jane Hamsher Sunday February 24, 2008 9:00 am
Just A Couple Of Wild And Crazy Guys
Okay I wasn’t the only one creeped out by Joe Lieberman attesting to John McCain’s marital fidelity:

Even Joe Lieberman, who is not a Republican but who often “unites” with them, and sometimes on [...]

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CREW: SENATORS’ USE OF POSITIONS TO BENEFIT FAMILY MEMBERS

By- Suzie-Q @ 1:00 PM MST

CREW RELEASES NEW REPORT DETAILING SENATORS’ USE OF POSITIONS TO BENEFIT FAMILY MEMBERS
24 Feb 2008 // Washington, DC –
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its first-ever analysis of the misuse of power by all members of the Senate to financially benefit their family members. [...]

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Olberman’s Timeline On “Nexus Of Politics And Terror”

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:00 AM MST

Olbermann Timeline: How The Bush Administration Exploited Terror Threats For Political Gain, 2002-2008
In case you missed it, on Thursday night’s “Countdown” Keith Olbermann presented an impressively detailed timeline he called “The Nexus of Politics and Terror,” in which he chronicled the Bush administration’s exploitation of terror threats for [...]

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Crossing the Rubicon: Breaking the Fake News Trance

GEF @ 10:08 AM MST
via: The Cleaver
Crossing The Rubicon: Breaking The Fake News Trance
The phrase ‘Crossing the Rubicon’ is a metaphor for proceeding past a point of no return. It originates from 49 BC when Julius Caesar directed his legions south across the river Rubicon (a traditional barrier between the Roman province of ‘Cisalpine Gaul’ [...]

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Taking risks to put Impeachment back on the table..

GEF @ 8:08 AM MST
“I don’t want to die and I don’t want to hurt my health,” said Hall, “but I need people to understand how important this issue is.”

State rep hungers for Bush, Cheney impeachment
By NANCY FOSTER
New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent

BROOKLINE – An 86-year-old state legislator may embark on a hunger strike in [...]

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Chomsky: Where’s The Iraqi Voice?

Sudhan @10:10 CET
By Noam Chomsky | Information Clearing House, February 23, 2008

The US occupying army in Iraq (euphemistically called the Multi-National Force-Iraq) carries out extensive studies of popular attitudes. Its December 2007 report of a study of focus groups was uncharacteristically upbeat.
The report concluded that the survey “provides very strong [...]

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Cheney Impeachment: Courageous, but Not Surprising

Sudhan @09:50 CET
Elizabeth Holtzman | The Huffington Post, February 22, 2008

For the first time since the Bush administration took office, three members of the House Judiciary Committee, Robert Wexler (D-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), are calling for hearings on the impeachment of Vice President Richard Cheney.

Their position, while courageous, is not surprising. [...]

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