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Alec Baldwin: The Misconception Of Nuclear Power

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:30 PM MST
The Misconception of Nuclear Power
Posted August 10, 2008 | 09:58 PM (EST)
Huffington Post- By Alec Baldwin

On a Connecticut public radio program I listened to recently, two guests discussed their views of the growing energy problem overwhelming the US economy. Both pundits, who are political columnists for national magazines, agreed that [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 4:10 PM MST
No immunity for security contractors in Iraq
Think Progress- By Amanda at 5:16 pm
One of the most contentious issues surrounding a [...]

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Isaac Hayes, Deep-Voiced Soul Icon, Is Dead at 65

anthony @ 22:45 BST

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless ”Theme From Shaft” won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 65.
A family member found him unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead an [...]

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KABOOM! Toronto Fireball Evacuates Thousands…

GEF @ 5:27 PM ET
Propane Fireball Result From Explosion In Toronto
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke.

Police said there were only minor injuries, but firefighters [...]

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Dog Days Of Summer And Executive Privilege…

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:35 PM MST

Murray Waas: How the President’s claims of executive privilege for the U.S. attorney probe could prove to be cataclysmic for his own party.
Crooks and Liars- By: John Amato on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at 11:20 AM – PDT
Murray Waas goes into great detail why the Bush administration is making a [...]

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Afternoon Jukebox… Unbelievable

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:30 PM MST

EMF- UNBELIEVABLE

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MIA McCane Iraq Anthrax

by Geezer Power…12:00 pm High Noon G:

Well folks, Olbermann is pretty much laying it on the line here, but as you might notice, part of the video was cut out about the apparent suicide of Bruce E. Ivins, a scientist who helped the FBI investigate the 2001 mail attacks. Here [...]

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“Swing Counties” Favors Obama

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:30 AM MST

Growing Diversity In “Swing Counties” Favors Obama
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | August 9, 2008 10:11 AM EST |
WASHINGTON — Minority Americans have been flocking to the nation’s “swing counties,” hotly contested areas that could play a crucial role in this year’s election.
That’s got to be good news for Barack Obama, bidding [...]

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New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right

Sudhan @20:01CET

What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11?
By Joe Conason | Salon.com, August 8, 2008

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Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Vice President Cheney and President Bush at a White House press conference on Dec. 14, 2007.

If Ron [...]

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Time out on Cape Cod with Edward Hopper

anthony@ 15:47 BST

Today, I came across this rather lovely piece in the New York Times on Edward Hopper’s depictions of Cape Cod, in which four people connected with the places he painted compare them with his watercolors and describe how they’ve changed through the years.
I spent a day on Cape Cod, or, rather, what was [...]

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More rumors of war: our naval armada has sailed to Iran!

anthony @ 12:41 BST
Fabius Maximus| 9 August 2008
Here we go again! More rumors of war with Iran. Move evidence that many people writing on the Internet do not adequately source or research news, so that stories grow in the telling. More evidence that the Internet can make us stupid by over-emphasis of [...]

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