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From Anti-War.com
Suicide bombers using the Arbaeen religious observance to attack Shi’ite pilgrims, exacted a heavy toll today in Baghdad and Iskandariya. Meanwhile, fighting continues between Turkish troops and PKK rebels in northern Iraq. Overall, at least 52 Iraqis were killed and another 125 were wounded. The number of Turkish soldiers and PKK rebels killed is [...]

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24 Feb

Civil Rights Activist Johnnie Carr Dies

QuestionGirl 12:45 pm (Civil Rights, Obituaries)

Johnnie Rebecca Carr, one of the lesser-known leaders of the civil rights movement, died Friday in Montgomery, Ala.
For decades, Carr led the Montgomery Improvement Association, an organization formed in 1955 when Carr’s childhood friend Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. The moment sparked the [...]

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24 Feb

Rehash The Past When There’s Nothing To Sling

Buck 12:21 pm (Rightwing Hack)

Associated Press Writer, Pete Yost, apparently doesn’t want to see another Clinton administration:
Whitewater. The word symbolizes years of legal troubles for Hillary Rodham Clinton during her husband’s presidency. The scandal stoked a $52 million criminal investigation and offered moments of extraordinary spectacle, including the unprecedented grand jury appearance by a first lady.
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Starr’s probe left a [...]

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24 Feb

The Game Just Got More Interesting

Buck 10:45 am (2008 Presidential Election, Ralph Nader)

You take that framework of people feeling locked out, shut out, marginalized and disrespected. You go from Iraq, to Palestine to Israel, from Enron to Wall Street, from Katrina to the bumbling of the Bush administration, to the complicity of the Democrats in not stopping him on the war, stopping him on the tax cuts. [...]

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24 Feb

Sunday Talk & TV Alerts

QuestionGirl 10:05 am (Sunday Talk, Television)

SUNDAY TALK
MTP: Ralph Nader; roundtable of NYT’s David Brooks, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, NPR’s Michele Norris, and NBC’s Chuck Todd
FTN: Charlie Black (McCain campaign strategist); Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI); Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ)
This Week: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) on foreign policy; roundtable of WaPo’s E.J. Dionne, WSJ’s Peggy Noonan, [...]

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24 Feb

Oscar Spoofs

Batocchio 3:36 am (Film, Humor)

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Here’s Conan O’Brien with “Conan on the Aisle: Oscar Edition.” (I’m hoping NBC won’t yank this one too quickly, or better yet, at all.) The Atonement spoof is quite good, but the No Country for Old Men segment is hilarious if you’ve seen the film.
Speaking of which, the Upright Citizens Brigade has [...]

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24 Feb

The Madness Is Spreading

Buck 12:58 am (Lunacy, Religion)

Pamela Pizarro, RH Reality Check, writes:
While attending a recent event honoring the twentieth anniversary of the all-important Morgentaler decision here in Canada, I came upon some disturbing news: doctors in Canada are denying pap smears to women citing religious objections. You read it right: doctors are using their personal morality to further restrict a women’s [...]

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