Take A Deep Breath… Warren Buffet Says Recession Will Be Long And Deep

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:00 PM MST
Monday, April 28, 2008
Warren Buffet warns of long and deep recession
Chris in Paris · 4/28/2008 04:15:00 PM ET
Many have been predicting the worst recession in decades and now Warren Buffet, the world’s richest person, is moving to this camp.
“This is not a field [...]

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US Supreme Court Justice Playing Politics and Justifying Torture!

GEF @ 5:48 PM MST
This man shouldn’t be a US Supreme Court Judge. He’s broken all his oaths of Office…
Scalia: Does Torture Violate ‘Cruel And Unusual Punishment’ Provision? ‘No.’»
Last night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia granted his first broad-based television interview, to Lesley Stahl on CBS’s 60 Minutes. There he explained that the torture of [...]

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Abramoff Scandal: Justice Department Probing Other Former DOJ Officials

By- Suzie-Q @ 3:00 PM MST

Investigators Probing Other Former DoJ Officials
By Paul Kiel – April 28, 2008, 12:34PM

Last week, Robert Coughlin, the former chief of the criminal division at the Justice Department pleaded guilty to conflict of interest charges. Filings by prosecutors showed that Coughlin served as an inside man for Jack Abramoff’s associate [...]

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“Enhanced Interrogation” Techniques: John McCain Helped Keep Things Hazy

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:00 PM MST

Today’s Must Read
By Paul Kiel – April 28, 2008, 9:55AM

It’s the same lesson from the administration over and over again: with torture, all things are relative.
Back in January, for instance, Attorney General Michael Mukasey patiently explained to Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) how relative that whole conscience shocking thing [...]

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Afternoon Jukebox… Soak Up The Sun

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:55 AM MST

Sheryl Crow – Soak Up The Sun

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House Judiciary Committee To Investigate Rove’s Role In Trying To Get Fitzgerald Fired

By- Suzie-Q @ 9:00 AM MST

House Judiciary to investigate Rove’s alleged effort to get Fitzgerald fired.»
In the corruption trial of Chicago political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko last week, a federal witness alleged that “Rezko discussed efforts among top Republicans, including former White House political director Karl Rove and GOP national committeeman Robert Kjellander,” to have [...]

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Pariah Diplomacy

Sudhan @10:30 CET
By JIMMY CARTER
The New York Times | April 28, 2008

A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE Washington policy in recent years has been to boycott and punish political factions or governments that refuse to accept United States mandates. This policy makes difficult the possibility that such leaders might moderate their policies.Two notable examples are in Nepal and [...]

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