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The Low Post

Matt Taibbi's weekly column, featuring reporting, invective, cheap shots and broadsides

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Posted Aug 11, 2006 1:21 PM

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Death of a Drunk
>> At long last, former Russian president and notorious booze-hound Boris Yeltsin dies

The Imus Sanction
>> In a media shitstorm, everyone ducks for the cover of easy moral outrage

The Return of Evil Campaign Journalism
>> Debuting this week: the "Sweet n' Blow," a no-calorie substitute for real journalism, a gossip column masquerading as political reportage

Timetable to Nowhere
>> Meaningless vote passes in Senate: Democrats, Republicans, White House all suspiciously happy

Tasting Their Own Medicine
>>Republicans complain about the congressional shaft

Driving Miss Clinton
>>Like her husband, creator of the ridiculous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, the presidential Hillary takes the fork in the road on homosexuality .

Right War, Wrong Tactics
>>The "It woulda worked, except..." movement kicks off.

Between Barack and a Hard Place
>>The "talent of the century" hits the campaign trail

101 Ways to Lie About Iraq
>>The only thing consistent about the opinions on the war is their inconsistency

The Scum Also Rises
>>Like him or not, Obama got smeared -- and it's only gonna get worse

In It to Spin It
>>Hillary gets off to a smashing start

Waiter, There's a Surge in My Soup
>> How 20,000 additional troops seems to confirm a shockingly stupid (and apparently accidental) plan for perpetual occupation

Hussein in the Membrane
>> Making lemonade in Iraq

Keep on Hatin'
>> At the year's end, a look back on the birth of the hate era

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Nativity Story
>> The nuttiest Christmas gift of all time

An Undeniable Embarrassment
>> W is checkmated by Ahmadinejad -- and there's never been a more embarrassing time to be an American

That Iraq Report? More of the Same
>> The great Baker-Hamilton crock: A classic bullshit-cloud in the proud tradition of congressional "studies"

Murder on the Polonium Express
>> Obsessed with unraveling the murder mystery, almost no one is bothering to point out the other obvious angle: The Litvinenko murder is the world's first act of nuclear terrorism

Scum Season
>> Vladimir "Pooty-Poot" Putin, Bush's buddy, is getting out of hand

The Worst Show on Television
>> An election night diary

Not Better Late Than Never
>> Mass culture turns on the Republicans -- but why?

Payback Time
>> If Republicans lose Congress, don't assume things will change

How the Media Lies About China
>> "Try harder," American worker -- and Thomas Friedman thinks everything will be fine

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I, Left Gatekeeper
>> Why the "9/11 Truth" movement makes the "Left Behind" sci-fi series read like Shakespeare

Your Tax Dollars at Work
>> In Washington, another tale of waste and fraud unpunished

Why Ask Why?
>> Five years after 9/11, the question remains unanswered

Eat Me, Joe Biden
>> Democrat makes even Rumsfeld look good

The End of the World
>> August 22nd was supposed to be the end -- Just ask Karl Rove!

Off With Their Heads
>> The Democrats walk themselves to the gallows

Dead Man Coming
>> Don't hold your breath waiting for Joe Lieberman to go away.

Hill on Fire
>> Hillary Clinton copulates with the ghost of Richard Nixon

The Mansion Family
>> Yuppie paranoia (and David Brooks) guarantees the Democrats are still -- and forever -- doomed.