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Keith Olbermann discusses George Bush’s trashing the tradition of Presidents at least making the effort to appear they’re above playing politics and being involved in upcoming campaigns. Johnathon Alter weighs in.

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Keith Olbermann special comment takes on the hypocrisy of Bush’s put down of Moveon.org and the Democrats lack of bashing them over the New York Time’s ad.
Welcome back KO…..

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The Pink Martinis - “Hey Eugene”

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Had to get this one out there……….
While American and European companies have been shelving acquisitions after jitters in the credit market dried up potential financing, oil-producing countries in the Middle East showed Thursday that they do not share the same limitations.
In a series of multibillion-dollar deals, Dubai, Qatar and Abu Dhabi reached out to [...]

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There’s sooooo much political stuff I could post tonight. Alot going on. But I get so sick and tired of being sick and tired of all the political bullshit. So….. I’m posting this story instead. Being a Chicago girl……. this story warms my heart. Is this cool or what?
Ground broke [...]

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The dollar tumbled to a record low against the euro on Thursday and reached parity with the Canadian currency for the first time in 31 years on expectations of more cuts in U.S. interest rates after this week’s sharp reduction.
The sell-off started in Europe and continued later in the day in New York as [...]

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Carlyle agreed on Thursday to sell a 7.5 per cent stake in itself to an arm of Abu Dhabi’s government - the latest US private equity group to bring in a sovereign wealth fund as a big investor.
Blackstone sold a near 10 per cent stake in its management company to the Chinese government in May. [...]

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U.S. AIRPORT SCREENERS WATCHING WHAT YOU READ
TEXANS TURN AGAINST BUSH’S WAR
PRIVATIZING MURDER
THE WEIRD RUSSIAN MIND-CONTROL RESEARCH BEHIND DHS CONTRACT
GOP DEBATES…..MINUS THE CANDIDATES
GATES: I DON’T KNOW IF IRAQ WAR WORTH IT
A LITTLE FROOMKIN IN YOUR LIFE
HE’S FLYING HIGH (A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPY INSERTED HERE)
BEN AND JERRY AND THE PENTAGON BUDGET
NATO JETS INTERCEPT RUSSIAN WARPLANES
WHO [...]

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
The Associated Press
The misleading fact about unemployment numbers from the government is that they don’t tell you that if people use up their unemployment benefits or give up looking for a job, they are no longer counted among the unemployed. - JS

WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment [...]

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By Aimee Allison and David Solnit
from AlterNet
It’s bad enough the President of The United States and General Petraeus are liars, now there’s even MORE proof recruitment and the military in general (no pun intended) are liars as well. - JS
Top military recruitment facts
1. Recruiters lie. According the New York Times, nearly one of five United [...]

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