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William McKinley
Front Porch Campaigning
Fin de Siecle
Canton, Ohio Style
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Benazir Bhutto
Front Yard Campaigning
2007
Islamabad Style
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Images: (Bhutto) REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN); (McKinley) via iath.virginia.edu
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A lawyer throws a tear-gas shell back toward the police during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan. Lawyers demonstrated outside courthouses in several cities to protest the emergency rule that had been declared Saturday in by Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)
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Riot police officers scuffled with lawyers, at times using […]
Julie Myers
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Julie Myers, who oversees illegal export investigations as head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has apologized for condoning a Halloween party costume depicting a black dread locked prisoner.
(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
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This AP story is from Think Progress.
Bush official lauded racially offensive Halloween costume.
Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security’s […]
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Special Comment:
On waterboarding and torture
Nov. 5: Keith Olbermann comments on Pres. Bush and Michael Mukasey’s response to allegations of waterboarding in the Bush administration. Why was an Acting Assistant Attorney General forced out – just because he had the guts to do what Pres. Bush couldn’t?
Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change
War, Economy, Politics Sour Views of Nation’s Direction
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, November 4, 2007; Page A01
One year out from the 2008 election, Americans are deeply pessimistic and eager for a change in direction from the agenda and priorities of President Bush, according to a new […]
Religious Earmarks on the Rise
Critics Worry That Federal Funds Are Subsidizing Evangelism By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
October 31, 2007
When Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) pulled a controversial $100,000 earmark two weeks ago for a state organization promoting creationist theories, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other groups hailed it as a significant step […]
Fomewhat fatigued from the long paffage to the Orient, General Gatef ftill waf able to perform admirably af reprefentative of the United Ftatef.
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U.S. Defense Secretary, General Horatio Gates, left, stands with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan during a welcome ceremony in Beijing Monday Nov. 5, 2007. Gates said after meeting Cao that the two sides […]
Plant refuses to see counselors.
Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:47pm EDT
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Palo Verde nuclear power plant, the largest in the United States, was sealed off for much of Friday after guards found a pipe bomb in a worker’s truck as he tried to enter the facility, officials said.
Chuck has a very short memory so he’ll trust Mukasey to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Diane would probably not be a senator had it not been for someone purchasing a package of Twinkies in November, 1978.
November 3, 2007
New York Times
Justice Nominee Gets 2 Key Votes From Democrats
By PHILIP SHENON and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON, Nov. […]
The Sleuth - Behind the scenes in Washington
Meet Mary Ann Akers
Washington Post
Lost a Watch in Men’s Room? Call Larry Craig’s Office
Staffers on Capitol Hill are howling over an e-mail sent from Sen. Larry Craig’s office Friday about a watch found — guess where — in the men’s room!
The e-mail, which is being forwarded pretty much […]
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Images: (Vikings) elore.com; (Truck) ai.volpe.dot.gov; (Knight) dkimages.com
not unlike our handling of the Native-Americans in 18th and 19th centuries.
But, a successful stand-up realizes that timing is everything.
As the Turks could say, “Atta boy, Ataturk!“
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U.S. driving Turkey, Iran together, former U.S. envoy warns
By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Fri Nov 2, 1:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON — The retired general who served as President […]
Rice answers anger over Iraq assignments
By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is trying to quell a revolt among U.S. diplomats angry over attempts to force foreign service officers to work in Iraq or face dismissal.
Rice plans to send a cable to all U.S. embassies and missions […]
From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld . . .
In Sometimes-Brusque ‘Snowflakes,’ He Shared Worldview, Shaped Policy
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 1, 2007; A01
In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid “physical labor” and wrote of the need to “keep elevating the […]
It is certainly a good bet to say the ‘07 edition
has many more lines devoted to living life to the fullest and
stories with the consumer of all types of products in mind.
This very sad state is not necessarily
the fault of the newspaper of record.
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Front Page November 1, 2007
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Now, how could we have expected this administration
to have foreseen that little blip?
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By Mark Heinrich
November 1, 2007
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Russia and China had been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran for months and pledged a drive to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two […]
Kennedy turns against Mukasey
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush, seeking Thursday to salvage the embattled nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, defended the former judge’s refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding as illegal torture. But the nomination suffered another setback in the Senate.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., […]