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The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | October 9, 2008 10:23 AM
Writing for the Daily Beast, Michael Kinsley relays a disturbing story about John McCain from Jeff Dearth, former publisher of the New Republic, when Dearth and McCain attended a magazine industry conference at a casino hotel in Puerto Rico in 2005:
McCain’s game is craps. […]
October 9, 2008
States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
By IAN URBINA
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The […]
“That One,” McCain Calls Obama In Debate (VIDEO)
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Huffington Post
Seth Coulter Walls
October 7, 2008 10:06 PM
During a discussion about energy, McCain punctuates a contrast with Obama by referring to him as “that one,” while once again not looking in his opponent’s direction (merely jabbing a finger across his chest). That’s not going to win McCain any […]
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By KATE HOWARD • Staff Writer • October 7, 2008
Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight’s debate and let America know where he truly stands.
McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt today, said the presidential candidate Sen. […]
McCain prone to mishaps as Navy pilot: report
7 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — US presidential hopeful John McCain was prone to mistakes during his time as a Navy pilot, and if today’s standards were applied, his career may have ended in a hard landing, according to a report Monday by The Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper […]
We the taxpayers pay for his and others’
Golden Parachutes…
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REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)
Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a […]
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“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.”
~ Thomas Sowell
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Alaskan Independence Party
Introduction
The following is the entry on the AIP in the University of California’s Political Science […]
That is a quote given on Face the Nation by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks. He was discussing Sarah Palin’s qualifications to be president of the United States.
Find the Think Progress story here.
State Dept. Move to Let Contractors Probe Complaints Over Other Contractors May Be Illegal
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By KIRIT RADIA
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Oct. 3, 2008
In an apparent violation of federal regulations, the State Department has outsourced to private contractors the responsibility to investigate possible crimes committed by security contractors in Iraq.
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Earlier this year, the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security hired the […]
May I present the Merciless Brothers–
Ming and G. Gordon…
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MEDIA MATTERS for AMERICA
October 4, 2008
On October 4, The New York Times published a 2,140-word front-page article about Sen. Barack Obama’s association with former Weather Underground member William Ayers — at least the 18th Times article this year mentioning that association. But the Times has yet to […]
Could there also be a relationship between big oil, coal and gas
and a few of the nay-saying scientists of Global Warming?
N’ahhh!!
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Emory acknowledges past issues with professor, launches investigation
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER, ALISON YOUNG
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Emory University officials said Saturday that a prominent psychiatric researcher has been accused several times in […]
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An ultra-Orthodox man walks past a sign calling on women to dress modestly in a religious neighborhood in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. In Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law takes a back seat to the rule of God, religious zealots are on a crusade to stamp out unchaste behavior. They hurl […]
Sadly, the mainstream media has already rolled over for much less. When the history of this administration is written, the news organizations will be justly vilified.
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Prior to and following the vice-presidential debates, conservatives on Fox News purported that the “mainstream media” has a preference for an Obama presidency. Bill Kristol, Kirsten Powers, and Bernard Goldberg […]
The New York Times
The Caucus Political Blog
October 4, 2008, 4:54 pm
Palin: Obama Is ‘Palling Around With Terrorists’
By Kate Phillips
In remarks at a Colorado airport hangar today, Gov. Sarah Palin tore into Senator Barack Obama with a twist that she ripped right from the headlines of this very newspaper.
SARAH SPEWS–ROVE STYLE.
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Images: (Palin) via Huffingtopost.com; (Campbell’s Split […]
For McCain and Team, a Host of Ties to Gambling
By JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA Jr.
Published: September 27, 2008
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around […]
The Viske-Preskident’s Debate…
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Well, shiver me timbers, Joe Sixt Pack!
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Images: (Palin) via capitolhillblue.com; (Popeye) via richbrownesq.co.uk via puregarlic.blogspot.com;(Superman) glasshousepresents.com; (pipe) halloweenexpress.com; (hat) image.buycostumes.com;(California raisin) via timelesstrinkets.com
Report Implicates White House
E-Mails Hint at Involvement in Prosecutor Firings, Officials Say
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 1, 2008; A15
In 18 months of searching, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility chief H. Marshall Jarrett have uncovered new e-mail messages hinting at heightened involvement of White House lawyers and […]