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Take the A Train - Duke Ellington 1969
During a concert in Berlin, Germany, Duke Ellington and his orchestra play Take the A Train . The featured soloist is trumpetplayer Cootie Williams.
Cootie Williams (1910 -1985) rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington’s orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He [...]

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Wolf Blitzer talks with Seymour Hersh about Iran and Bush trying to sell a war with Iran.

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Real Time Overtime with Bill Maher 9/28/07
New Rules
Real Time’s Overtime segment with Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Michael Eric Dyson and Pete Hamill.
Rahm Emanuel…….. I can’t stand that guy.

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Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies interviews Chalmers Johnson in his Conversation With History series. If you’ve never read any of Chalmers books…… you should. This is a great interview. You can listen to it or watch it here.

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Podcast of Helen Thomas’s conversation with Chronicle reporter Zachary Coile. Gotta love this woman!!

(or d/l audio-MP3 file HERE)

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It is the official, considered position of the state of Texas that President Bush is a constitutionally ignorant power-grabber.
An unusual case that the Supreme Court will hear as it begins its new term features Texas accusing its former chief executive of overstepping his office, by ordering Texas judges to comply with an International Court of [...]

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Best wishes to Jane for a safe trip and a safe stay in Iraq. I look forward to reading your reports.

Berkeley blogger Jane Stillwater has been approved to embed with the U.S. Marines and will leave for the Iraq war zone Oct. 6.
In March, the 65-year-old grandmother filed 17 reports on her blog, jpstillwater.blogspot.com, [...]

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American diplomats have been ordered to compile a dossier detailing Iran’s violations of international law that some fear could be used to justify military strikes against the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.
US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran
Members of the US secretariat in the United Nations were asked earlier this month to begin [...]

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We’ve known this for a long time. How about we get out of Iraq and spend the billions of dollars we are spending on that war here at home where it’s needed. Healthcare, education, security, infrastructure. While our country falls apart we destroy another, and spend billions to do it! That Bush…..he’s [...]

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Every time I read something related to Abramoff I am reminded of the charges against Tom Delay and wonder what’s going on with that case. The Texas courts ruled this week that the dismissal of the conspiracy charge stands. He’s still charged with money laundering and conspiracy to launder money. No trial date [...]

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Cheney was the keynote speaker at the meeting where the idea for the group formed. Several members of the AEI (experts on radical Islam uh huh) will speak at a forum they’re holding next month. They placed a newspaper ad calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a terrorist. They’re hellbent on war with Iran. Oh, [...]

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SUNDAY TALK
MTP: ex-Pres. Bill Clinton (D); roundtable of WaPo’s Dan Balz, MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, NBC’s David Gregory, and PBS’ Tavis Smiley.
FTN: Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM); roundtable of author Lawrence Wright, AEI’s Danielle Pletka, and WaPo’s Robin Wright.
This Week: Newt Gingrich; Bill Clinton; roundtable of ex-Pentagon spokesperson Torie Clarke, Dem strategist Donna Brazile, and George Will.
FNS: [...]

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