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Thursday, November 23, 2006
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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Salon.com | Base instincts
Rupert the Sleazebag and his fellow sleazeoid OJ, meant for each other
Salon.com Base instincts
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Goodbye, Mr. Altman | Salon Arts & Entertainment
R.I.P one of the Great Ones, Robert Altman, who i saw on a panel about three weeks ago and he was as sardonic as ever, Bob we will miss you....
Goodbye, Mr. Altman Salon Arts & Entertainment
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Sunday, November 19, 2006
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
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Abduction of Americans Reflects Fraying Security in Iraqi South - washingtonpost.com
more evidence of decay in Iraq; not only are kidnappings and murder of westerners on the rise in Baghdad and Sunni provinces but also in Shiite south; this driving Brits stationed there to want to get out asap, Bush and his dog will be last men out.....
Abduction of Americans Reflects Fraying Security in Iraqi South - washingtonpost.com
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Friday, November 17, 2006
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Eugene Robinson - Blood Money - washingtonpost.com
OJ is back, courtesy of Fox and Murdoch empire, needing distraction from failures of Repugs and showing that they are indeed at the bottom of bottom feeders.....
Eugene Robinson - Blood Money - washingtonpost.com
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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Friday, November 10, 2006
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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Monday, November 06, 2006
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DIRTY TRICKS
From American Political Journal and Bernard Weiner, a warning about Repug Dirty Tricks:
American Politics JournalE-mail EditionNovember 6, 2006-- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- =-- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- =RoboTurd: Karl Rove's Last-Minute "Robocalling" Tactic to Steal the ElectionBy Bernard Weiner, The Crisis PapersNov. 6, 2006 -- San Francisco (crisispapers.org) --
We all waited for Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove's so-called October Surprise -- but it turns out he saved it for the final 72 hours before Election Day.It's been termed "robocalling," and Democratic and swing voters urgently need to hear about it in these last moments before voting.In various key states and districts, Republicans have initiated this dirty "robocalling" trick. Here, based on preliminary reporting coming in -- and Josh Marshall's website (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) is right on it -- is how it works:On an automatic-redial system, registered Democrats are called again and again and again and again, at any time during the day or night, to hear what appears to be a message from the Democratic Party in support of the local Democratic Senate or House candidate. The object is to harass and annoy the hell out of these voters, to the point that they'll take out their anger on the Democratic candidate by not voting for him or her, or maybe deciding not to vote in the election at all.In other words, yet another version of voter suppression in tight races, reminiscent of what Republican operatives (with ties to the White House) were convincted of in New Hampshire last year. In that case, involving the 2002 Senate election, the Republicans automatic-redialed the Democratic Party headquarters' phone lines in the final days before the election so that the Dems' get-out-the-vote campaign was totally jammed and rendered useless. The GOP candidate won the election. (Check out the story at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_New_Hampshire_Senate_election_phone_jamming_scandal . )The point here is that these 2006 "robocalling" attacks aimed at Democrats are happening at the last minute, and many Democrats may believe them to be real and get thoroughly pissed off at the Democratic candidates and decide to not vote for them or to stay home and not vote at all.Our job today, the last day before most voters will go to the polls, is to get the word out across the country, alerting Democrats about this desperation GOP tactic -- and traditional Republicans and swing voters as well, who, if they found out about this despicable ploy, might well be appalled at what's being done to manipulate the vote. Let's shine the light of truth on these rats.Bob Fertik at Democrats.com recommends the following: "It's too late for legal action or even newspaper stories. If you receive one of these calls, write down the time and candidate and call every radio and TV show you can and urge everyone listening to vote against the disgusting Republican dirty tricksters. And [[ write an email and ]] forward this email to everyone you know so they aren't fooled by Karl Rove's dirty trick."The Republicans aver that they're doing nothing "illegal" by making their last-minute phone calls to voters ( http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/republicans-admit-they-are-breaking-to.html ), but it would be a tragedy for our democratic republic if their dastardly tactic worked, only to indict and convict these guys a year from now for trying to subvert the electoral process.Apparently, there are variations of last-minute push-phoning in use as well. In the tight Tennessee Senate race between Repubican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr., calls are being received by African-American voters, among others, saying that if they voted for Ford in the primary, they don't need to vote again in tomorrow's general election.The lesson: Stay alert, get the word out, get Democratic voters to the polls tomorrow in huge, landslide numbers. We can't let Rove & his minions steal yet another election. #*Bernard Weiner*, Ph.D. in government & international relations, taught at Western Washington University and in California, worked as a writer-editor with the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently is co-editor of The Crisis Papers <http://www.crisispapers.org>. Send comments to crisispapers@hotmail.com <mailto:crisispapers@hotmail.com>.-- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- =Mailbag!
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
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A November Surprise from Pentagon?
From Salon: "A November surprise from within? Military newspapers say: Fire Rumsfeld
If the Bush administration had a November surprise in mind, this certainly wasn't it: On Monday morning, one day before Election Day, an editorial in the Army Times, the Navy Times, the Marine Corps Times and the Air Force Times will call for the removal of Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense.
"Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large," the papers will say. "His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead is compromised. And although the blame for our failures in Iraq rests with the secretary, it will be the troops who bear its brunt.
The papers say that George W. Bust must face "the bruising truth": Rumsfeld "must go."
The four papers are published by the Military Times Media Group, which is part of Gannett Co. Inc., and therefore not directly affiliated with the military. But as David Segal, the director of the Center for Research on Military Organization at the University of Maryland, tells the San Francisco Chronicle, the papers are "widely read" by and "influential with" the "professional military." Segal suggests that, given their close relationship with the military, the papers wouldn't be likely to do something as dramatic as calling for Rumsfeld's ouster if their editors weren't hearing similar calls from senior officers in the military.
Indeed, the papers' editorial makes it pretty clear that their editors have been hearing such things. "It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has failed," the editors write. "But when the nation's current military leaders sta |
