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Travis - “Selfish Jean” (live)
Bonus: Here’s comedian Demetri Martin’s interpretation.

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About 146,000 people using a jobs Web site sponsored by the U.S. government have had their personal information stolen by hackers who broke into computers at Monster Worldwide Inc, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
The theft on the USAjobs.gov site, which has about 2 million total users, was part of the hacking operation that Monster [...]

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Isn’t this kinda like Tom Delay questioning Bob Ney on corruption? Or, Larry Craig questioning David Vitter on conduct?
Justice Dept. examining Gonzales’ honesty
At the request of Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, the Justice Department is looking into whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, seen here at Monday’s resignation announcement, made intentionally false, misleading or inappropriate statements.
Announcement [...]

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A very interesting and scary video from You Tube.

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The gross level of incompetence in our government is what should scare us.
Some facilities that handle the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile misplaced classified bomb components under their care, according to an Energy Department audit.
The department’s Inspector General also found there was confusion at the facilities over who was responsible for keeping track of weapons [...]

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No kidding…..whodda thunk it! History would have told you that a long time ago.
Military force alone is unlikely to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, a top U.S. commander said Thursday, noting that most insurgencies end with a political solution.
Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, who is in charge of equipping and training Afghan security [...]

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Mirth, of LiberallyMirth, has a must-read post up regarding MTR (mountaintop removal) Coal Mining, and the Bush administration’s push to enshrine the practice.
Be prepared to become even more upset with your current government.

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A “credible” replacement? Seems to me any John or Jane Doe on the street would have more credibility than Alberto! To find someone with equal or less credibility would require a guest-pass to a GOP convention. (shudder)
If they refuse to look outside of their own party, it just ain’t gonna happen.
Job opening for attorney general [...]

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John Edwards in New Hampshire, takes a question from a cancer survivor.

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I can’t wait to get this one……..
An upcoming book that challenges whether diplomatic and military support for Israel is in the United States’ best interests is set to spark fresh debate on Washington’s role in the Middle East.
“The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” written by two of the United States’ most influential political [...]

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