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Archive for March 11th, 2008

By- Suzie-Q @ 5:15 PM MST

From: Crooks & Liars
Cent Com Chief Admiral Fallon resigns: Robert Gates Presser

By: John Amato on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 1:55 PM – PDT
You knew it was coming. We thought he’d be fired at C&L, but Fallon resigned instead. Robert [...]

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Evening Jukebox… Under My Thumb

By- Suzie-Q @ 5:00 PM MST

Stones- Under My Thumb (London 1982)

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OH PLEASE! McCain Defends Hagee…

By- Suzie-Q @ 2:15 PM MST

From: Think Progress
McCain Defends Hagee: ‘He Said That His Words Were Taken Out Of Context’
On Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he repudiates “any comments” by hard-line conservative Pastor John Hagee “that are anti-semetic or anti-Catholic, racist, any other.” “I repudiate the words [...]

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McCain’s Long Friendship With Chalabi

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:45 PM MST

From: Think Progress
Prior To Iraq War, McCain Political Adviser Charlie Black Helped Chalabi Push WMD Claims
ThinkProgress recently reported on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) long friendship with Iraqi exile leader Ahmad Chalabi, who drummed up claims that Saddam Hussein had WMD, and helped lead the United States into [...]

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Presumed Dead: A Tale of the Americas # 2

anthony @ 19:15 GMT

continued from Presumed Dead: A Tale of the Americas # 1
I must have read the news stories about the case that, in the fall of 1978, began to appear in the papers that I daily perused in the subway train that took me from my rented flat in the Dupont Circle to [...]

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BAM! Spitzer Will- Or May Not Resign?!

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:45 PM MST

From: Huffington Post
** UPDATED: 2:00 PM ET **
Aides Divided On Spitzer Resignation: “Top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday morning that they expect the governor to resign his office, although the timing of the resignation remains uncertain,” the New York Times reports.
After a report that Gov. [...]

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Market Panic…

GEF @ 9:11 AM MST
Market panic after Bear Stearns reports
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Last Updated: 6:40am GMT 11/03/2008
Panic swept the credit markets on reports of an insolvency crunch at both the US investment bank Bear Stearns and the mortgage giant Fannie Mae, triggering a dramatic surge in default insurance and rumours of yet another emergency rate cut [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 9:00 AM MST

From: TPM Muckraker
Waxman Calls for Investigations of Blackwater Tax Dodge
By Paul Kiel – March 10, 2008, 12:13PM
It was a pretty neat trick. Because Blackwater classified its guards in Iraq as independent contractors, the company saved possibly “tens of millions” of dollars in taxes.
A number of senators called [...]

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Tony Blair Teaches Religion?

Sudhan @16:00 CET
Margaret Kimberley | Smirking Chimp, March 10, 2008
This is all too sick and disgusting for words. Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair will teach religion at Yale University. That’s right. The man responsible for giving Bush cover in occupying Iraq and killing one million people will be affiliated with the Yale University [...]

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American Empire Comes At A Very High Price

Sudhan @15:30 CET
By Cynthia Tucker | Information Clearing House,

09/03/08 “Yahoo” — – Once upon a time, the United States was the world’s most powerful economic engine, a job-producing machine that propelled a broad swath of its citizens into a comfortable middle class. They bought tidy little houses they could afford. They bought big, shiny [...]

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DOJ only works for Republicans..

GEF @ 6:08 AM MST
Via: DKOS

And the Difference Between Spitzer and Vitter Is …

by SusanG

Via CQ’s Ground Game, we get a look at a press release from the Republican Governors Association:
The Governor of New York should immediately resign from office and allow the people of New York to pursue honest leadership. The [...]

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