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Rove's Replacement, Republican Rioter | BLOG ENTRY
As Michael Crowley at TNR smartly reminds us Joel Kaplan — the man assuming many of Karl Rove's policy duties — was a member of the GOP melee that shut down the vote count in...
April 20, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
Team MiniKiss | BLOG ENTRY
In the battle of little-person Kiss tribute bands, this blogger is a MiniKiss man all the way.
April 19, 2006 11:09 AM ET -
We're Number One! | BLOG ENTRY
In Independent Online Edition carbon dioxide emissions! Oy. 2004 — the latest year to be studied — was our worst ever. We're now more than fifty percent over the 1990 levels that we should have been aiming...
April 19, 2006 11:08 AM ET -
War Tax Resister's League | BLOG ENTRY
This C.S. Monitor piece reports you can stiff Uncle Sam your part of the Pentagon's budget — and get away with it.
April 19, 2006 11:01 AM ET -
Missing You Already | BLOG ENTRY
I gotta confess: I've always had a soft spot for Scotty McClellan. Blessed with none of the intellectual dexterity or unctuous eloquence of his predecessor, Ari Fleischer, Scotty was a terrible liar, forced on a daily basis...
April 19, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
Trent Lott's $700 Million Stinker | BLOG ENTRY
If you thought Alaska's bridge to nowhere was some tasty pork, check out Trent Lott's $700 million earmark to move Mississippi's coastal railroad line inland — to clear coastal property for Vegas-style casinos. And where will...
April 19, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
How We Love Dear Leader | BLOG ENTRY
Prosperous and happy "Katrina Kids" singing propaganda odes to FEMA at the White House? A little Pyonyang flava in the Rose Garden! Kim Jong Il would so totally approve: "Our country's stood beside us People have sent us...
April 18, 2006 11:07 AM ET -
Militia Madness | BLOG ENTRY
Shiite militias, backed by Iran, are now perhaps the gravest source of instability in Iraq. This Knight-Ridder article suggests that U.S. generals knew that their presence was growing but did nothing. Why? Because this administration has committed...
April 18, 2006 11:06 AM ET -
Why Are We Not Surprised? | BLOG ENTRY
Jason Leopold and Murray Waas do the 4th Estate proud. Jason's latest scoop: "Eleven days before President Bush's January 28, 2003, State of the Union address in which he said that the U.S. learned from British intelligence that...
April 18, 2006 11:06 AM ET -
Bush Knows Best? | BLOG ENTRY
In his press conference this morning Bush told the Army's anti-Rumsfeld contingent, You're not the boss of me: "I hear the voices. And I read the front page. And I know the speculation. But I'm the decider,...
April 18, 2006 11:00 AM ET -
$1.9 Million | BLOG ENTRY
That's the size of Dick Cheney's refund from Uncle Sam this year. But before you gag, consider that Big Time gave nearly $7 million to charity — and that he's finally received his last Halliburton bonus. ...
April 17, 2006 11:04 AM ET -
All in the Family | BLOG ENTRY
TPM Muckraker has a great item detailing how California Republican Congressman John Doolittle hired his wife to be his chief fundraiser. The great thing? She works on commission. A straight fifteen percent. Meaning that when a...
April 17, 2006 10:57 AM ET -
40,000 Suicide Bomber Brigade? | BLOG ENTRY
Iran really does seem determined to out-crazy the Bush administration. You wanna threaten us with mini-nukes? Fine: How do you like our 40,000 self-guided human bombs? It's like mutually assured destruction, Jackass-style.
April 17, 2006 10:55 AM ET -
Thanks for Linking | BLOG ENTRY
A shout-out to a few of the kids crazy enough to link to National Affairs Daily: All America PAC HongPong.com I'd Rather Be in Kalangadoo imagineaworldof.blogspot.com Denmark Vesey's Plantation Grouchy's Liberaltopia
April 17, 2006 10:55 AM ET -
Nuclear Salvation? | BLOG ENTRY
A note to proud members of the "reality-based" community. Left-of-center types pride themselves on their commitment to rationality, science and fact. But for far too long we (and I count myself among the guilty) have been caught...
April 17, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
16 Days?!? | BLOG ENTRY
Condi Rice's State Department seems to have learned a trick or two from Tony Blair's government. Remember when the Brits declared Saddam could launch a WMD attack in 45 minutes? Now the State Department is circulating the...
April 14, 2006 11:02 AM ET -
Must Read | BLOG ENTRY
Flight 93 Hijacking Transcript
April 14, 2006 11:00 AM ET -
Pastel Protest | BLOG ENTRY
In a rocking test of tolerance, gay families are lining up to grab the first tickets to the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll. I can't wait for the photos of Dubya, Laura and My Two...
April 14, 2006 10:59 AM ET -
Jesusland | BLOG ENTRY
Remember this United States of Canada vs. Jesusland map that circulated after the 2004 election. Well, here's the real deal: Fascinating.
April 14, 2006 10:59 AM ET -
Hunters Bash Bush | BLOG ENTRY
From Field and Stream (and no, not their April Fool's edition): With deep ties to the oil and gas industry, Bush and Cheney have unleashed a national energy plan that has begun to destroy hunting and fishing...
April 14, 2006 10:53 AM ET
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