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Archive for: December 8th, 2006
Republican Senator Says Iraq War May Be Criminal
Another rat jumps off the sinking ship, worried about being reelected in 08.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, who voted in favor of the Iraq war and has supported it ever since, now says the current U.S. war effort is “absurd” and “may even be criminal.”
In a major speech on [...]
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Club blue
By D-day | December 8th, 2006 - 10:10 pm
[[ Video ]]
Leonard Cohen
The Future
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McKinney’s Parting Shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney announced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
The legislation has no chance of passing and serves as a symbolic parting shot not only at Bush but also at Democratic leaders. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, has [...]
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Saudi Money Pouring into Iraq Sunni Insurgency
Wonder if this is what EvilDick talked to the King about on his recent visit……..
CAIRO, Egypt - Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the [...]
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Patterson Bill Passes in Australia, Allowing Stem Cell Research
H/T to my Australian friend, Scottie! Hopefully the U.S. will advance this research soon!
The Patterson Bill gives Australian scientists an opportunity to fully explore every aspect of embryonic stem cell research. Significant work and progress has been made under the current law which allows for human embryonic stem cell research under licence.
The bill allows [...]
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Rummy Has Left The Building
By Buck | December 8th, 2006 - 4:54 pm
Rumsfeld [Flips America The Bird]
WASHINGTON - In an emotional farewell at the Pentagon, Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday the worst day of his nearly six years as secretary of defense occurred when [Americans, and the rest of the world] learned of [his] Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse.
Speaking to a gathering of [Halliburton executives] 10 days before [...]
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No Reprimands Over Foley Scandal
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House ethics committee has found that GOP leaders did not break any rules in handling allegations of improper Internet exchanges between former Rep. Mark Foley and former pages, but they were negligent in protecting the teenagers.
No one will be reprimanded, the panel said.
Among the findings included in the report released [...]
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war
By Mirth | December 8th, 2006 - 3:01 pm
“War is the stateman’s game, the
priest’s delight,
The lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s
trade,
And, to those royal murderers, whose
mean thrones
Are bought by crimes of treachery and
gore,
The bread they eat, the staff on which
they lean”
Percy B. Shelley
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Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006
By Buck | December 8th, 2006 - 2:11 pm
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Specter Leahy
Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Leahy): S. 4081. A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. SPECTER: Mr. President, I introduce legislation which is captioned “Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006” which I introduced on [...]
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Karma’s A Real Bitch!
By Buck | December 8th, 2006 - 1:58 pm
The Wall of Separation
Falwell’s Flub: Jerry-Rigged Policy Opens Door For Pagan Proselytizing In Virginia Public School
by: Rob Boston
Americans United
A group of Pagans in Albemarle County, Va., was recently given permission to advertise their multi-cultural holiday program to public school children - and they have the Rev. Jerry Falwell to thank for it.
The dispute started last [...]
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