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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
According to the New York Times, executives at Blackwater tried to buy the silence of the Iraqi government by offering up to $1 million dollars in bribes after the Nissour Square massacre tarnished their image and threatened their expulsion from the country. Blackwater approved the cash payments in December 2007, the officials said, as protests over [...]
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Red State (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold...
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The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Via Big Government.comOn October 15th, local ACORN spokesman David Lagstein was the special guest of the East County Democrat Club in El Cajon, CA. Lagstein is ACORN's chief organizer in the San Diego area. The meeting was held at Coco's...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
That's Michelle Malkin's broad brush. And that kind of rhetoric can have consequences: Marine reservist Jasen Bruce was getting clothes out of the trunk of his car Monday evening when a bearded man in a robe approached him. That man,...
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Horserace (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Veterans Affairs Secretary Says Department "Working Diligently" to Combat PTSD, Brain Injuries
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Wonkette (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Supreme Court Justice and First Amendment fetishist Anthony Kennedy would not let some high school newspaper to publish an article about his recent visit to Manhattan’s Dalton School until he approved the piece first. “‘The justice’s office received a draft of the proposed article on Monday and returned it to the newspaper the same day [...] Anthony Kennedy - Supreme Court of...
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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 39 minutes ago
Paul Krugman : In fact, the party of Limbaugh and Beck could well make major gains in the midterm elections. The Obama administration’s job-creation efforts have fallen short, so that unemployment is likely to stay disastrously high through next year and beyond. The banker-friendly bailout of Wall Street has angered voters, and might even let Republicans claim the mantle of economic populism....
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Sam Stein at the Huffington Post : The deal struck between the pharmaceutical lobby, the White House and Senate Democrats has drastically improved Big Pharma's expected profits, a private industry report finds. IMS Health, a company that supplies the pharmaceutical companies with sales data, predicts that new health reform legislation -- combined with a projected upswing in the economy -- will result...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Salon columnist Camille Paglia Wednesday called the recently passed healthcare bill a grotesquely expensive nightmare. Better still, in her most recent piece , Paglia said the " passive acquiescence of liberal commentators " to ignore how Medicare is being vandalized in order to provide healthcare for the currently uninsured " simply demonstrates how partisan ideology ultimately desensitizes...
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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
This isn't the first time Gates has taken a swipe at his former boss.
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Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
40 Democrats voted for the Stupak amendment. But House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) says it actually netted about 10 votes for the Dems' health care reform bill. In other words, if push came to shove, 30 of those Dems...
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Political Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
An Alpha Research poll in Rhode Island conducted for former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I) shows him leading a three-way race for governor next year. He released the poll to " help quell rumors he is not long for the race." On one match up, Chafee leads with 37%, followed by Patrick Lynch (D) at 24% and Rory Smith (R) at 15%. In another, Chafee leads with 36%, followed by Frank Caprio (D) at 34%...
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Open Left (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Great news late last night. A number of sources told me there was repeated caucusing all throughout the day yesterday in the Senate Democratic conference and between LGBT advocates, continuing into the night. At last, a deal was announced. Paul Schindler of Gay City News reports : Flanked by four members of the State Senate Democratic majority and the leader of New York's LGBT lobby, Governor David...
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Political Wire (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
President Obama meets this afternoon with his national security team for the eighth time to discuss what to do in Afghanistan. An announcement on the decision is now not expect until Thanksgiving week at the earliest. First Read concludes Obama "doesn't like his options; it's why he keeps asking for more plans from his military advisers." According to a new CNN/Opinion Research survey , 49%...
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The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Netherlands, you know the country where is totally impossible to remove terrorist websites. And yes I have a list.Via Jihad Watch: A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested this week in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment...
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