US President Bush, right, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder walk together in the White House in Washington, in this file photo dated Thursday, March 29, 2001. Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who was vehemently opposed to the war in Iraq, described in an advance excerpts, published Saturday Oct. 21, 2006, of his soon to be published memoirs, […]

is not CNN a news organization which is covering a war? CNN showed little empathy for the family, yet bad taste should not be equated with helping the enemy. Maybe we could learn to distinguish between “fallen” and “killed” in order to keep cowboy presidents’ from jumping half-cocked into a war that really had nothing […]

Just when it seemed the water table of intelligence could not drop further, KOCO-tv tenders the story and video of Republican Bill Crozier who is in the race for Oklahoma superintendent of education. He wants to maintain a supply of thick textbooks in each classroom. Why? Children will be able to shield themselves from hot […]

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic VP candidate and possible presidential candidate in 2008, said she was happier than Hillary Clinton.
“She and I are from the same generation. We both went to law school and married other lawyers, but after that we made other choices. I think my choices have made me happier. I […]

The Washington Post is reporting a theft of e-voting software of Diebold–the company which made 2004 famous.
From the FreeSpeechZone.net: 
*(FORMER) Diebold chairman, president, and C.E.O., Walden […]

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Actually the voices of the right are making religion fun–in that Olympian sort of way. The priests and nuns used to tell us about the Holy Trinity–Pater, Figlium, et Spirito Sancto.Now, the Figlium has brothers.
I’ve already discussed the deific answer to Tammany–Boss Jesus. According to renowned theologian and Marine General Pace, we also have […]

Rush & Molloy of the New York Daily News report on Karl Rove’s high school years. I decided to dig deeper.

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“Karl Rove was willing to do whatever it took to get his man elected as far back as 1968, according to schoolmates at Olympus High School in Utah.”
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Images: (frame) holidaypictureframes.com; (High School Rove) NewYorkDailyNews.com; (Pouf […]

After having read the New York Times editorial, the last paragraph confused more than it explained because my interpretation of the law showed that each ofus is at risk. By chance, I found this thoughtful piece at Consortiumnews.com
“Who Is ‘Any Person’ in Tribunal Law?
By Robert Parry
October 19, 2006
The New York Times lead editorial […]

The New York Times reports today that “new Laws and machines may spell voting woes.”
“Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among the states considered most likely to experience difficulties, according to voting experts who have been tracking the technology and other election changes.”
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Please find the story here.

The New York Sun reports that a Republican PAC is sponsoring ads to entice African-Americans to vote for the GOP. What follows are a few transcripts of the actual ads. I did not write these as humor. Don’t believe me, read the article.

‘”If you make a little mistake with one of your ‘hos,’ you’ll want […]

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“DHEA fails the anti-aging test
A Mayo Clinic specialist answers questions about DHEA’s failure to turn back the aging clock.
DHEA has long been touted as an anti-aging therapy, used to ward off chronic illness and maintain energy and vigor. However, an October 2006 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found no evidence […]

According to RAW STORY…
“House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Democrats who voted against a bill that defines the rights of detainees “want to appease the terrorists.”
Please find the video here.

Please find this story here.

Asuncion, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The land grab project of US President George W. Bush in Chaco, Paraguay, has generated considerable discomfort both politically and environmentally.
The news circulating the continent about plans to buy 98,840 acres of land in Chaco, Paraguay, near the Triple Frontier (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) is the talk of the town in […]

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Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Today, The New York Times devoted 40-Count ‘Em-40 paragraphs to a story about goat cheese. The story led the Food Section.

Today, the New York Times devoted 14–that’s right–14 paragraphs to the demise of Habeas Corpus. They did have a front page photograph showing the signing of the death certificate, but […]

Keith Olbermann and Professor Jonathan Turley discuss the end of Habeas Corpus.
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msnbc.com
Please find the story, transcript and video here.

According to the Associated Press, the Willet Middle School of Attleboro, Massachusetts has
“banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable.”
The story also mentioned the school’s older ban on dodgeball because it was
“exclusionary and dangerous.”
As a kid, […]

“Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Page updated at 12:00 AM (from the Seattle Times)
Heaviest known element created
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times
U.S. and Russian researchers said Monday they had created element 118, the heaviest known element.
It is the fifth ultraheavy element produced by the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., and […]

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Lest you believe my entry is a bit blasphemous, I am not the one who tells people that God told me to run for Congress or wax my car. Read on…

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Candidate Michele Bachmann:‘God then called me to run for the United States Congress, and I thought “What in the world will that be for?” and […]

“Everyone knew how Rumsfeld acts,” another key 41 assistant said. “Everyone knew 43 didn’t have an attention span. Everyone knew Condi [Rice] wouldn’t be able to stand up to Cheney and Rumsfeld. We told them all of this, and we were told we don’t know what we’re doing.”–quoted in New York Daily News, October […]

JFK stops Aquinas

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Senators Hagel and Warner say the policy is wrong!!
Please find the article here.
Please find casualty article here. 

An AP story today mentions how W “keeps revising war justification” from destroying Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction to “history-of-civilization stakes now.”
The remaining two years of his presidency may find W exploring new causi belli.

1…Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has agreed to expand to 32 teams to balance the American and National Leagues and […]

Nine Hundred Fortieth Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.

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THINK PROGRESS has a video and story about an anti-minimum wage group which is using God and Moses to inform people not to support the proposition. 
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‘Their new ad depicts a “Moses” character speaking to the voice of God in the Rocky Mountains. “We need divine intervention,” Moses says. God responds: “We can’t let the people […]

The Associated Press isreporting that the Republican National Committee is pulling funds from scandal-ridden Ohio. W only likes cheating when it directly helps him–as having Ohio Republican Secretary of State Blackwell running his 2004 effort in the Buckeye state. Katherine Harris is another example of the wages of sinning for a Busn. That was then, […]

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The Palm Beach Post printed this e-mail from Representative Mark Foley to Florida Governor Jeb Bush:
“…Sept. 29, 2004: “Have I done something to offend the White House … I am always getting the shaft … they came to ft pierce a few weeks ago and said I was not allowed to attend … ”
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My pal Jack sent me word that Pope Benedict XVI is about to lighten the restrictions on saying the Latin Mass.
The Washuington Post reported the Vatican representative spoke on condition of anonymity. He could have achieved the same result by speaking in Latin.
I have always been in favor of the Latin Mass and salute its […]

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Dave was Deputy Director in command at W’s Faith-based & Community Initiatives office and he is writes that the Bush administration called the right-wing religious fanatics–”nuts” and “boorish.”
What a surprise?! The Bush administration was not telling the truth?

Please find the article here.

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According to THE PLANK on the The National Review site, in early 2006 Karl Rove was able to twist the arm of Mark Foley who had planned not to run in November. The ostensible rationale was an increase in Foley’s ability to be a lobbyist.
It’s worth a peak.
Please find the story here.

Is Denny’s explanation as fake as this photo?

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