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Downing Street Memo - "fixed around the policy"

There has been some controversy and hair splitting about the meaning of the term "fixed around" as it is used in the now-famous Downing Street Memo. Those who would prefer to deny the signficance of...

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Who done it?

Yesterday, as I pointed out here, it seems more than probable that Novak learned of Valerie Plame from someone on AF-1 during the flight to Africa. The question is: Who got that information from AF-1...

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Strategic threat to US economy from Katrina

Right after Katrina devastated New Orleans, Dr. George Friedman, founder of Stratfor, wrote this incisive article describing the implications of Katrina for the US...

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Iraq - the Silver Lining

"the war against terrorism is a new kind of war" and "this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." -...

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Is this Intelligent Design?

When I was a young teen in the late 50s, my sweetheart of the moment nearly died of appendicitis. Since then, I have been acutely aware of the appendix and have wondered whether it was something we...

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A pithy fundy smack down

I'm going to take a chance on this one. It's not really diary material in the great tradition of Jérôme de Paris, DarkSyde and other Kos greats, but the remark is so apt that I want to share it with...

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The Clintonistas vs. the people

Thanks to Bloomberg for clearing the air about what's going on at the heart of the Democratic Party. On the one side you have the Clintonistas from Wall Street; on the other is organized labor and the...

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Should we go solar?

A couple of days ago, I got into the discussion TMI 29 years later: Lies and Damned Lies and showed folks on the diary what it would take to convert to solar as a replacement for fossil and nuclear...

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Why I don’t support the troops

We’ve all been there. You go to the stadium, you wear the team colors, the hat and the sweater. You wave the flag. You root for the team. You’re a supporter. It’s you and your kind against the other....

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Enemies of democracy

I recently discovered a book that every lover of democracy should read. It is called "The Authoritarians" by Bob Altemeyer, a leading academic researcher into the psychology of the authoritarian...

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There Was No Historical Jesus.

Crossposted at Conceptual GuerillaIt is at this time of the year that Christians await the celebration of the mystery that gives meaning to their beliefs. According to tradition, a man walked the earth...

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The end of capitalism as we know it.

Over my morning coffee and International Herald Tribune (paper edition) I had an epiphany about the "experts". They don’t know nothin’. At least, if they do, they sure don’t want to talk about it.

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Get a free house!

No, this is not spam. This is information that everybody with a mortgage should know about. According to Ilargi over at The Automatic Earth, folks caught in the real estate market melt down can keep...

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Thoughts while boarding a plane

In this season of air travel, whether by reindeer or jumbo jet, I had an epiphany.There I was, waiting to board in Newark, as the ground personnel regaled us with the list of privileged persons given...

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That Farm Bill

So, now we are stuck with 89 Democrats voting to gut the food stamp program so that corporate agriculture can get its welfare checks on time. Well, maybe the President can do something about that.

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J'accuse! Refusal to expand Medicaid is a crime against humanity.

I submit that the governors and legislators who have refused Medicaid expansion in their states should be tried for crimes against humanity. Here's why:

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Mrs. Clinton's opportunity to redeem herself

We now know that Mr. Obama has embarked on a course that could lead to Iraq War III, his very own War for Oil and the 1%.We also know that Mrs. Clinton is attempting to back away from her support for...

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Bernie Sanders election rally in Raleigh, NC

Last night Bernie Sanders spoke to a capacity crowd at the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. The event was clearly organized to promote Bernie as a Democratic candidate for president....

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Fast Food Workers’ Strike - tell your story

Let us know what is happening in your community.My SO and I have just returned from the picket line at Wendy’s in Greensboro, NC. There were 30-50 enthusiastic strikers and supportive members of the...

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The DailyKos Airbrush?

Today I got a letter from DailyKos asking me to sign a petition asking the President to release the TPP draft treaty so that we can all judge it on its merits.Specifically, the letter said:Join CREDO...

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