Oliver Stone Looks to Direct ‘Bush’
January 21, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oliver Stone is ready to put the life of George W. Bush on the big screen.
The Oscar-winning director has been quietly shopping a script for “Bush” — a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, according to Daily […]
January 19, 2008
New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
Fear and Voting in Las Vegas
By GAIL COLLINS
LAS VEGAS
Today, Nevadans go to the polls to take part in their presidential caucuses, a political tradition so historic that nobody had ever heard of it before.
As a headline in The Las Vegas Review-Journal understated: “Format creates state of confusion.”
You will remember these […]
Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down
By Jonathan Alter
NEWSWEEK
Updated: 1:43 PM ET Jan 19, 2008
Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in the 2008 campaign, a role they believe is inappropriate for a former president and the titular head of the Democratic Party. In recent weeks, Sen. Edward Kennedy […]
Marc Cooper
The Huffington Post
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Bill Clinton Ignites Ruckus Inside Casino Caucus
January 19, 2008 06:05 PM
Las Vegas, NV - Just minutes before local voters entered one of the controversial casino-based caucus sites at the Mirage resort Saturday morning, former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to personally lobby voters on behalf of his wife and to […]
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Right Wing Defends Thompson’s AIDS Callousness: It Is A ‘Good Conservative Reflex’
In a column titled “Callous Conservative” in today’s Washington Post, former Bush White House aide Michael Gerson criticizes Fred Thompson’s stance on international AIDS funding.
At a campaign stop last week, Thompson was asked if he, “as a Christian, as a conservative,” supported President Bush’s […]
WWD.com
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Published: Friday, January 18, 2008
Memo Pad: Sharp Words… Shutter Fly… Close, But No Cigar…
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SHARP WORDS: Don’t mess with Anna Wintour. A lesson learned by many in fashion, but obviously not by Sen. Hillary Clinton or her advisers. Clinton was to appear in Vogue as the presidential race reached high gear, but backed out late last […]
W. pounds his chest three times while bellowing ‘I am the president,‘ the Constitution is relegated to comic book status, thieves steal copper from working communication and HVAC systems, the Middle Class falls into poverty as the rich become richer through greed and favorable government decisions and the executive branch play games with […]
The New Republic
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Paul’s Pause by James Kirchick
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Ron Paul says he has no idea who produced his controversial newsletters. So why did he come so close to naming someone?
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Since my article “Angry White Man” was posted on our website last Tuesday, many have asked who the author of Ron Paul’s newsletters could have […]
Bin Laden son wants to be peace activist
By PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press Writer
29 minutes ago
Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there’s the black leather biker jacket.
The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, […]
From Think Progress.com…
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who was appointed to replace Trent Lott, “last year obtained a $6 million earmark for a defense contractor whose executives were among his top campaign contributors” and were represented in the matter by Wicker’s former chief of staff.
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Huckabee: Amend Constitution for God
SALON.com
A month after Mitt Romney declared that “freedom requires religion,” Mike Huckabee is explaining his desire for constitutional amendments outlawing abortion and same-sex marriage in starkly religious terms.
At a campaign event in Michigan Monday night, Huckabee said that he supports such amendments because “it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution […]
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals Apple’s new ultra thin notebook computer, “MacBook Air”, during his keynote address at the Macworld Convention and Expo in San Francisco January 15, 2008.
REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:38pm EST
By Matt SpetalnickRIYADH, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah hosts George W. Bush at his desert playground on Tuesday when the U.S. president will get a taste of how the royals live in the world’s richest oil-producing monarchy.
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NAPLES ‘44 immediately comes to mind–but this New York Times piece and a post by Vincenzo Kolchak belie my observation.
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January 15, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
Our Fetid City
By ELENA FERRANTE
Naples, Italy
AT night the mice and the dogs are masters. The garbage is piled up to the second floor of the houses, and in the darkness it comes […]
Gulf prankster possible message source
January 14, 2008
Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt - A threatening radio message at the end of a video showing Iranian patrol boats swarming near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf may have come from a prankster rather than from the Iranian vessels, the Navy Times newspaper has reported.
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Overweight pitcher promises to come to Spring Training in shape.
GM of (name ball club): We should not have any visa problems this February.
They don’t like my politics because I’m a Washington outsider.
North Korea will stop nuclear program.
President plans a working vacation.
Senator Specter vows to fight White House on Constitution.
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Your “We’ve Heard It Before” suggestions are […]
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General “Buck” Turgidson: Ahem… The Duty Officer asked General Ripper to confirm the fact that he issued the go code, and he said, uh, “Yes gentlemen, they are on their way in, and no one can bring them back. For the sake of our country, and our way […]
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01/11/2008 @ 3:48pm
Recession Refocuses Campaign Strategies
by The Nation
When Goldman Sachs announces recession and the Federal Reserve
chairman on the same day promises ready-to-go interest rate cuts, you
can take it to the bank: the recession is official. The 2008
campaign’s refreshing spirit–the chorus of “change, change, change”–
is joined by a more traditional theme. “Jobs, jobs, jobs.” Suddenly,
everyone […]
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The new question is: How many Nanos can an Indian carry?
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The World’s Cheapest Cars
Jacqueline Mitchell 01.11.08, 8:00 PM ET
In the market for a no-frills car under $10,000? Pack your bags. For that price, you’ve got to travel to emerging automotive markets like India and China.
The Tata Nano is the latest entrant into the […]
Hillary is anti-Soldiers of Christ!!
Call in the Catholic League’s answer to Al Sharpton…
William Donohue!
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William Donohue making the cable news stations of the cross?
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Clinton justifies war vote, hits Obama
Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:31 AM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
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Clinton justified her 2002 Iraq war vote again on Meet the Press, saying […]
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Geoff Holman introduces Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma television at the Panasonic booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Panasonic Debuts 150-Inch Plasma TV
Monday January 7, 4:30 pm ET
Panasonic Unveils World’s Largest TV at 150 Inches, As Well As YouTube-Enabled TV
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 150-inch high-definition plasma […]
‘Filipino Monkey’ may be behind radio threats, ship drivers say
By Andrew Scutro and David Brown
The Navy Times
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 17:24:25 EST
The threatening radio transmission heard at the end of a video showing harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come from a locally famous heckler known […]
Bush teary-eyed about Auschwitz
TheStar.com
January 12, 2008
JERUSALEM–A teary-eyed U.S. President George W. Bush stopped in front of an aerial photo of Auschwitz yesterday at Israel’s Holocaust memorial and said the U.S. should have sent bombers to prevent the extermination of Jews there.
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How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to powerRumours of a link between […]