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Bush's Favorite Lie
Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 1:20 AM EST (consortiumnews.com)
When cataloging George W. Bush's lies – even if you stick just to his fabrications about the Iraq War and the "war on terror" – there are so many to choose from, it's hard to pick a favorite.
Freedom Rider: Gangster Giuliani
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:39 AM EST (blackagendareport.com)
On September 11, 2001 New Yorkers were giving collective thanks because term limits legislation insured that Rudy would soon be gone for good. Only a small number of dead enders were still in his thrall. But the terror attacks on the twin towers put him back in the spotlight.
Computerworld - Most consumers clueless about online tracking
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:46 PM EST (computerworld.com.au)
Every single move you make online can, and often is, tracked by online marketers and advertising networks that gather and use the information for serving up targeted advertisements.
Attacking Iran - The Defining Moment of the Foolish Generation?
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:06 PM EST (mwcnews.net)
In the 2002 run-up to the Iraq War, President Bush stopped for a photo-op at the East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, Tennessee.
The War on Medical Marijuana
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 5:18 PM EST (consortiumnews.com)
Eleven years ago, California voters passed Prop 215, the Compassionate Use Act, permitting the use of marijuana to treat medical conditions. But state and local officials are still collaborating with federal law enforcement in a war on medical marijuana.
The "War on Terror" - brought to you by Corporate America
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 12:49 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
The problems that we face in this country are not just problems caused by the Bush administration. They are not caused by a corrupt and ineffective media. They are not caused by politicians that use their office for personal power and wealth.
Intelligence Vets Make 'Waterboading' Appeal to Senate
Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 2:12 PM EST (consortiumnews.com)
Michael Mukasey refuses to acknowledge that "waterboarding" – a simulated drowning technique that dates back to the Inquisition – constitutes torture. Nevertheless, the Democratic-controlled Senate appears on course to confirm Mukasey's nomination to be U.S.
Researchers: Ron Paul campaign e-mails originating from spambots
Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:46 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
The University of Alabama-Birmingham's computer forensics research department, which collects spam messages as part of its Spam Data Mining for Law Enforcement Applications project, analyzes hundreds of thousands of e-mail messages per month.
Honey, They Shrunk the Congress
Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:29 AM EDT (The New York Times)
President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Michael Mukasey, was asked an important question about Congress's power at his confirmation hearing.
We now have three minute comment editing!
Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:09 PM EDT
I just left a comment on one of Hamid's seeds, and I got a message in a black bar saying I had three minutes to change anything. We finally got what we wanted. Thanks to the Newsvine staff for this new ability.
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Giuliani's Iron Fist
Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:22 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)
Could the United States actually elect as president a Yankee fan who has been rooting for the Red Sox? A father whose own children would boycott his inauguration? A husband whose first wife was his cousin and whose current wife can't remember how many times she married? Could the …
Abolish the Electoral College?
Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:04 AM EDT (LewRockwell.com)
In the wake of the 2000 presidential election, numerous commentators discovered what they took to be flaws in the presidential election system. For Hillary Clinton, for example, the election of George W.
Ralph Nader: Beyond the Rule of Law
Seeded on Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:28 PM EDT (counterpunch.com)
Every law student promptly learns the national ideal that our country is governed by the rule of law, not the rule of men. Today, the rule of law is under attack. Such activities have become a big business and, not surprisingly, they have involved big business.
Bush: Master of Disaster
Seeded on Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:16 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
After the U.S.S.R. dissolved, Americans believed their country was the sole, remaining superpower, but the strength of any nation is its economy. Without a robust and thriving economy, the U.S.
Democrats in Congesss: Dead Men and Women Walking
Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:49 PM EDT (democrats.com)
The Democratic Party in Congress, and indeed the leading candidates for the party's presidential nomination, are all dead men and women walking. They look alive. They may even think they're alive. But their political futures are close to moribund.
Bush's Heated 'World War III' Rhetoric
Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:37 PM EDT (consortiumnews.com)
When the Senate passed a resolution declaring a faction of the Iranian government a terrorist organization, the faction is led by a commander in chief, the Supreme Ayatollah of Iran, who is declared, inherently, a terrorist himself.
The Democrats' Year of Living Disastrously
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:27 PM EDT (Salon.com)
Outrage follows outrage, surrender follows surrender: Every day the unreality of our political discourse worsens, even as the reality on the ground grows more bitter and uncontainable.
There Are No Republicans in Science Fiction
Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:08 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
Only in America can you win the Nobel Peace Prize and then be condemned in the media. Rather than taking pride that an American won a prestigious award right wing pundits have reignited the whole there's no global warming shtick.
Newsvine Earnings - August Distribution
Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:16 PM EDT
The August earnings have arrived. I hope you all did well.
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Torture Memorandums: Do We Already Have Our Pentagon Papers?
Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:44 PM EDT (tomdispatch.com)
How else to explain the torture memorandums that continue to flow out of the inner sancta of this administration, the most recent of which were evidently leaked to the New York Times.
Should generals resign if Bush orders an attack on Iran?
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:52 PM EDT (Slate)
From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to U.S. Central Command, most of America's military leaders have expressed wariness about, if not outright opposition to, the idea of bombing Iran.
The Real Iraq We Knew - By 12 Former Army Captains
Seeded on Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:47 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion. Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start. And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles.
Outsourcing Torture
Seeded on Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:24 AM EDT (globalresearch.ca)
The Bush administration has called for the respect of human rights in Burma, a pretty safe piece of posturing, but it remains silent as Egypt's dictator, Gen. Hosni Mubarak , unleashes the largest crackdown on public opposition in over a decade.
Smearing Al Gore: Here We Go Again
Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:30 PM EDT (consortiumnews.com)
When people wonder how the United States ended up in today's nightmarish predicament, a big part of the answer is that the right-wing message machine and the mainstream U.S.
Blackwater founder interview: 'Mercenary is a Slanderous Term'
Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:18 AM EDT (MSNBC)
Erik Prince made it clear he doesn't like talking to the press.
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