tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37731162011-08-26T17:30:48.935-05:00Knowledge without action is like sleeping in a library. -- Vernon HowardCharlienoreply@blogger.comBlogger6251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1147809891891643092006-05-16T15:04:00.000-05:002006-05-16T15:04:52.210-05:00

The [Republican] party's main, almost sole, purpose has been to ensure that as much money as possible goes to those who need it least and that as little as possible goes to those who need it most. -- Jacob Heilbrunn review of The Making of the American Conservative MindThus the condundrum: accepting the reality of climate change is one thing....But accepting that Al Gore was right about climate

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The Big Fish ... (From Rubber Hose)See how three presidents answered the question "what was the best moment of your presidency?"to summarize:carter: the camp david negotiationsclinton: the resolution of the kosovo crisisbush: that time i caught a big fish on my ranchy'know, as richard cranium says, bush is probably right. catching that fish probably was the best thing he's done since he entered

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Looking for a quick background to the Porter Goss mess? TPM gave a pretty good one last week. There are probably more details by now..The hookers in Hookergate are, of course, the sizzle. But there's a bigger story. It stems directly from the Randy "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal, which many had figured was over. But it's not. You may have noticed that while Duke Cunningham is already in jail

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Do yourself a favor and go listen to Neil Young's Living with War album which is streaming right now. The CD won't be released until May. I just listened to it and it is a good album even without the political comment. Most of it is Neil Young and Crazy Horse. By that I mean that it is the Neil Young side which always comes out when playing with Crazy Horse as opposed to what you might call

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Gems from Fafblog …Fare thee well, Tom DeLay. After years of diligently and thanklessly serving his donors, his lobbyists, and himself, the former House majority leader is leaving the United States Congress. He has endured one of the cruelest smear campaigns in recent political memory, a bitter and protracted effort to paint him as a criminal simply because he broke the law.The Slipperiest Slope.

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Clearing Out Odds & Ends ...A good sign you've chosen the wrong person to run Iraq's 135,000 member police force: When asked whether he likes his job, he responds: "No. I don't want to keep it! They force me to take it. I'm a civil engineer, a merchant. I can't continue. I don't want to continue. My specialty is construction, industry. I want to rebuild Iraq. -- Think Progress @@@@@From

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The late Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater on John McCain's new pal Jerry Falwell, July 1981: "I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass." -- Talking Point’s MemoWell, you know, that's the problem in America, we're always having elections. – Sen. John Cornyn@@@@@From Corrente:THIS BUSH-ISM IS EVEN BETTER THAN "HECKUVA JOB"!Words fail me. Well, almost. AP:“[BUSH] I want the

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And another disgrace. This is from Glenn Greenwald’s excellent blog, Unclaimed Territory. These guys have to be stopped.THE FICTITIOUS KYL/GRAHAM "FLOOR DEBATE"… The Government contends that it does and in support of this position, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John Kyl have filed an amicus brief with the Court. … Specifically, the brief cites a lengthy colloquy between Senators Kyl

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Another national disgrace. This article was published in Roll Call and reprinted at the AEI website. These guys have to be stopped.WILL SCALIA BLOW THE WHISTLE ON THIS CONSTITUTIONAL FARCE? By Norman J. OrnsteinA few weeks back, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia described the legal philosophy of his adversaries--those who believe that interpretation of the Constitution should not rely on

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From American Progress Action ...MEET THE NEW CHIEFPresident Bush announced this morning that he has replaced Andrew Card, his Chief of Staff for the past five years, with Joshua Bolten, the current director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The transfer of power will officially occur on April 14. Bolten served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the White House from Jan. 2001 to

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AN ACUTE CASE OF CODEPENDENCY. This covers something I have wondered about a couple of times. Why are we so tied to Israel especially since it causes so many problems? James Wolcott discusses the issue via a book review of The Israel Lobby.THE BUBBLE SQUAD: Shape-shifting Republican operatives impersonate reporters and the Secret Service.People place their hand on the Bible and swear to

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What the hell ....Impeachment? Hell no, impalementWill DurstWhy are we sick of George W. Bush? Pick a reasonI don't know about you guys, but I am so sick and tired of these lying, thieving, holier-than-thou, right-wing, cruel, crude, rude, gauche, coarse, crass, cocky, corrupt, dishonest, debauched, degenerate, dissolute, swaggering, lawyer shooting, bullhorn shouting, infrastructure destroying,

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A courageous and potentially watershed moment in our country …Feingold’s Resolution to Censure Bush. Posted now on SECOND THOUGHTS.

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The deterioration of the mass media, or maybe more accurately, the co-option of the media, is alarming. The success of grass-roots political action is directly dependent on coverage. This is graphically illustrated by this story ....300,000 Marched in Chicago Friday. Why Doesn't Anyone Know?

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Just a brief note. Please go and read this post by Steve Gilliard regarding the Council for National Policy. The thrust of the post is on the relationship between Ken Blackwell and the CNP but the scary part is the description of the CNP, its policies, its power and its successes.

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ON VACATION I am going to take some time off from the blog. I have to do it periodically because it becomes addictive and time-consuming. I need to refocus on work (spiritually and materially). I will of course return if something major occurs but I am going to try to keep away from it for a while.

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I know this is Friday but I’m going to ruin it anyway …WHEN AMERICANS NO LONGER OWN AMERICAThen came the flat-worlders, led by misguided true believers and promoted by multinational corporations. Do away with those tariffs, they said, because they "restrain trade." Let everything in, and tax nothing. The result has been an explosion of cheap goods coming into our nation, and the loss of millions

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CONSERVATIVES WANT PAY-BY-CHANNEL CABLE — EXCEPT THE TV PREACHERSIn recent years, the idea of pay-by-channel cable television has caught on with a broad audience, but conservatives have been particularly keen on the idea. By selecting only those channels they want to pay for, conservative families could stop subsidizing networks they find morally offensive, and save some money on their cable bill

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This is not satire …US LEADER CRASHED BY TRYING TO 'PEDAL, WAVE AND SPEAK AT SAME TIME'He may be the most powerful man in the world, but proof has emerged that President George Bush cannot ride a bike, wave and speak at the same time. … After a hard day's discussion with fellow world leaders, the president was looking for some relaxation. Instead, he ended up the subject of a police report in

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New Post on SECOND THOUGHTS . I was led to this through Steve Gilliard and I agree that this is brilliant. I love it when writers make these kind of connections. Bode Miller was the perfect candidate for the packaged American Hero, a good-lucking lad who played the rebel to perfection for the image-makers, and ran with the hype and the credit card ads to the 2006 Olympics. Miller was a portable

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1140925916386297812006-02-25T21:45:00.000-06:002006-02-25T21:51:56.553-06:00

I am posting this at home and I opened a word file that I keep called blog in which I paste things until I have enough to post. Unfortunately, at home, I sometimes forget to post. I looked back at potential times that I might have posted the entries in this particular document but couldn't find them so I will go ahead and put them here even if they are from January.@@@@@Good Riff on Bush by

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Since it’s Friday …YOU KNOW YOU ARE STILL A REPUBLICAN IF ...by Jimmy Lohman (published at Buzzflash)You are more upset about Brokeback Mountain than Abu Ghraib.You can’t stand Hilary Clinton’s hair but you have no problem with Tom DeLay’s.You think Global Warming is no big deal but environmentalists are a major problem.You support the "war on drugs" but think Rush Limbaugh is being prosecuted

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I have a new post on SECOND THOUGHTS. A very powerful, sobering look at where Bush/Cheney is taking us. Let us hope it is not too late to turn it around.IT’S MUNICH IN AMERICA, THERE WILL BE NO NORMANDY.It’s Munich in America, people. We can dream the pleasant dream that if we just stand by quietly while the Boy King gobbles up some of our liberties, he won’t want any more, but that would be a

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1140648737325895252006-02-22T16:52:00.000-06:002006-02-22T16:52:17.653-06:00

Saw this on Steve Gilliard’s News Blog and tend to agree with his assessment (this is bad and holy shit). A Shiite uber-holy shrine located in a Sunni dominated area in a town with a history of hardcore insurgency gets destroyed by bombers dressed as police commandos. And many of the Sadr followers accusing the Americans of the attack.BLAST DESTROYS GOLDEN DOME OF SACRED SHIITE SHRINE IN

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These people are very good at the details to go along with their arrogance. Tbogg shows where they even altered a book cover to change Clinton’s picture with Bush’s …@@@@@And this ..FUNDS RESTORED TO ENERGY LAB BEFORE BUSH VISITOn the eve of a presidential visit to a renewable energy lab in Colorado, the Department of Energy said it has transferred $5 million to the operation, which had funding

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From Dr. Weil of all places …While they do not cause any of the "side effects" of marijuana, hemp seeds are a great vegetarian source of omega-3 fatty acids, and have a delicious nutty flavor. Try dry roasting them (pour half a cup of them into a dry skillet placed over medium-high heat and stir until they begin to toast and pop) and enjoy this healthy snack!@@@@@Obligatory Cheney report …A TPM

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Great. Combine this with the release of new Abu Ghraib pictures and it doesn’t look pretty (via Kevin Drum) …According to the National Journal's research, upwards of half of all prisoners at Guantanamo weren't captured on the battlefield. Rather, they came into our custody by way of third parties "who had their own motivations for turning people in, including paybacks and payoffs." Many —

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Note: I am a day late posting this so it may be dated but what the heck …Now we find out that Karl Rove talked to Armstrong 90 minutes after the shooting. And it still took all night to “gather the facts”? And she spontaneously decided to be the one to go the press? CONNECTIONS (via Talking Points Memo) ..We noted earlier that little more than an hour after the Cheney shooting incident, Karl

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The Cheney shooting may or may not be any more than a “normal” hunting accident. But there are a few oddities involved. As firedoglake points out, Something is weird about this. I can't put my finger on what it is, and I'm awaiting a read of whatever police report gets released, but the whole narrative is odd. And reeks of covering for something.” At the very least it points out that Cheney

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New Post on SECOND THOUGHTS à Maureen Farrell on TOP 10 'CONSPIRACY THEORIES' ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH.@@@@@And they are off …EX-U.N. INSPECTOR: DECISION ALREADY MADE TO ATTACK IRANThe former U.N. weapons inspector who said Iraq disarmed long before the U.S. invasion in 2003 is warning Americans to prepare for a war with Iran.He predicted the matter will wind up before the U.N. Security Council,

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Following on the heels of the Social Security subterfuge inserted into the budget, this from the Stakeholder …HIDDEN BUDGET CUTS IN DOMESTIC PROGRAMS FOUND IN OMB COMPUTER FILES WITHHELD FROM PUBLICThere has been little attention this week to the proposed cuts in domestic discretionary programs in the President's budget for years after 2007. There's a simple reason for this: documents provided by

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If this doesn’t make you angry, probably nothing will …BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY SLEIGHT OF HANDIf you read enough numbers, you never know what you'll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts. Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget.

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Meet the new boss, same the old boss (from Josh Marshall) …It was sort of easy to let it slip by. But Jonathan Weisman had an important piece in the Post on Saturday. In the piece, Weisman notes how new Majority Leader John Boehner's first move on the job was to put a halt to the House GOP's already fairly anemic bill to crack down on lobbyists. The bill, which was moving forward under the

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New Entry on SECOND THOUGHTS. This is an extract from Kurt Vonnegut’s new memoirs. Well worth the read.@@@@@From Bruce Schneier …BIG BROTHER PRISONThis Dutch prison is the future of surveillance.At a high-tech prison opening this week inmates wear electronic wristbands that track their every movement and guards monitor cells using emotion-recognition software.Remember, new surveillance

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US IN TECHNICAL DEFAULTIn a shocking development, the Treasury Department website is openly stating that as of January 24, 2006 our national debt stood at $8,185.3 billion and on January 26th at $8,190.5 billion. US Treasury Debt Counter Yet the US national debt `ceiling', the maximum amount of debt the US government may hold at any one time, stands at $8,184 billion - a full $5.5 billion less.

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This is one of those things that when seen from the outside looks absolutely ridiculous. I am referring to Bush outright denying he even knows Abramoff and then the press (some of them at least) trying to find a photo of them together. This escalated into BushCo trying to cleanse the world of any existing photos. Here is Josh Marshall’s take …BUSH DOESN’T KNOW JACKSometimes the symbols of

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This is it kiddos, It IS Happening here. Check out this post by Steve Gilliard (with reference to Mark Crispin Miller who posted the story originally) on the fine print (Sec. 605) of the new Patriot Act. I first became politically aware just before the war not because of Bush, or NeoCons or the war buildup but rather when the Patriot II act was leaked. In the process of trying to find out more

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The Stakeholder speaks out on the ascendancy of the Executive …THE CONSTITUTION & THE COVER-UP CONGRESSPerhaps the most shocking issue raised by the White House's defense of the NSA wiretapping is their claim, also cited in support of torture, that the president can do what he pleases and "set aside" laws at will. But this is not some legal technicality, it's a philosophy of government, and it

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Rather long post today, I guess I held it in too long. Bear with me, it's all good stuff.@@@@@Cannot resist this from Steve Gilliard …AMERICAN KLETPOCRACYIt's really simple in the end. Bush and Cheney are not Musolini or Stalin or Pinochet. They are Mobutu Sese Seko, the kleptocrat which ran Zaire into AIDS, Ebola and Civil War. No need to blather on. Just consider these points:* Despite a very

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We were talking about the Texas governor race last night and I thought that one of the biggest factors in Perry’s chances would be how much he was linked to the Abramoff (or DeLay) scandals. Lo and behold, in Talking Points Memo this morning Josh Marshal posted this:MORE OF THE PATTERN.Before 2003, the State of Texas had never hired a private sector lobbyist to advocate its interests in

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ZOGBY POLL: MAJORITY SUPPORTS IMPEACHING BUSH FOR WIRETAPPINGBy a margin of 52 to 43 percent, citizens want Congress to impeach President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge's approval, according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigation of Pres. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.The poll was

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Al Gore’s speech is posted on SECOND THOUGHTS (via Raw Story)@@@@@New Post on MEMORY PAUSE. Blumenthal, Palast, Ivins, Herbert, Parry and Edsall.@@@@@From the Political Animal …IRAN AND ITS OIL.Iran's economy minister warned over the weekend that sanctions on Iran could "raise oil prices beyond levels the west expects." Over at the Oil Drum, Stuart Staniford suggests that this is pretty much

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Bruce Schneier gives us another thing to think about ...Authentication systems suffer when they are rarely used and when people aren't trained to use them.[...]Imagine you're on an airplane, and Man A starts attacking a flight attendant. Man B jumps out of his seat, announces that he's a sky marshal, and that he's taking control of the flight and the attacker. (Presumably, the rest of the plane

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Interesting question posed by Josh Marshall …Okay, here's my question: where's the money?The accepted number has it that Jack Abramoff collected more than $80 million in fees from his Indian gambling clients. And, remember, those weren't his only clients.Take the example of Abramoff's work for Tyco, handled by the company's counsel Timothy Flanigan. Abramoff had Tyco pay 'Grassroots Interactive'

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ALARM OVER DRAMATIC WEAKENING OF GULF STREAMThe powerful ocean current that bathes Britain and northern Europe in warm waters from the tropics has weakened dramatically in recent years, a consequence of global warming that could trigger more severe winters and cooler summers across the region, scientists warn today. Researchers on a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean measured the

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New Post on MEMORY PAUSE. Two Parry, Two Ivins and a Fricker.@@@@@From Josh Marshall …Good stuff! Holding Republicans to account violates their rights.You have to love this. Three and a half years ago members of the New Hampshire state Republican party, the Republican National Committee and others entered into a criminal conspiracy to disrupt Democratic get-out-the-vote activities on election

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I have had discussions with various friends/relations/co-workers on Wal-Mart. Most shop at Wal-Mart and most have no problems with their business activities. And even more so, they cannot comprehend that there is something basically wrong with what they are doing. A lot of what is wrong with Wal-Mart does not involve illegal activities so it can be seen as a simple question of free market. And

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Some of this was left over from before I left for vacation. I just added today’s comments to them.@@@@@Via Agonist …RICE AUTHORIZED NSA TO SPY ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN RUN-UP TO WAR, FORMER OFFICIALS SAYRaw Story - President Bush and other top officials in his administration used the National Security Agency to secretly wiretap the home and office telephones and monitor private email accounts

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Jesus’ General is still at it. In this post, he writes to Herc Palmquist at Texas Christian High School about his suspension for bringing in college-age players as ringers on their Six-man football team …… Perhaps the next time you're tempted to do something like this, you should ask yourself, "what would Jesus do?" I think the answer would be that he'd find a better way to game the system. He

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Well, end of vacation and back to work tomorrow. Leave you with a couple of phrases and quotes ...[Americans have been asked to] pledge allegiance to a certain post-9/11 Order, abandon the rule of law, compromise our values, turn against our neighbors, enlist in a clash of civilizations, all in the name of defeating the terrorists. We are being asked to destroy our country in order to save it. -

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From fafblog …THE ZEN OF IRAQToday's koan comes to us from none other than the aged master George Bush, bodhisattva of gratuitous bloodshed:One day a young monk came before Bush and said to him, "There were no weapons of mass destruction. There was no threat from Saddam. Why then is there a war?"Bush replied, "True, there was no threat to justify the war. But still there was a threat, and the war

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1135308716936801442005-12-22T21:31:00.000-06:002005-12-22T21:31:57.156-06:00

The Daou Report gives us an all too familiar scenario of how this latest scandal (Bush’s criminal activities) will play out …THE DYNAMIC OF A BUSH SCANDAL: HOW THE SPYING STORY WILL UNFOLD (AND FADE)It's a battle of attrition that Bush and his team have mastered. Short of a major Dem initiative to alter the cycle, to throw a wrench into the system, to go after the media institutionally, this

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EXPLOSIVES HEIST ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN RECENT HISTORYAccording to federal officials, the theft of 400 pounds of high-powered plastic explosives in New Mexico is one of the largest high explosives heists in recent history.The material was taken from Cherry Engineering, a company owned by Chris Cherry, a scientist at Sandia National Labs. The site, located outside Albuquerque, had no guards and no

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1135029028062599752005-12-19T15:48:00.000-06:002005-12-19T15:50:28.243-06:00

I will be on vacation for a week so posts may be spotty during that period. It still feels like we are at a period where the thunderheads are forming before a big storm. The news is usually mixed. On the one hand, key players are being exposed to the light of day. Delay was handed some setbacks to his reclaim of his throne. Bush outed as an out-and-out criminal. Rove doesn’t appear to have

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1134771249441717252005-12-16T16:12:00.000-06:002005-12-16T16:14:09.566-06:00

On the front of the War for Christmas. From the Progress Report …THE REAL CHRISTMAS SCANDALFor some on the right, this Christmas season is about little more than empty political symbolism. The most important issue for people like Jerry Fallwell is ensuring the greeters at stores like Target and Lands End say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays." Self-described "religious conservatives"

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Bruce Schneier has definite ideas on what approaches do not work in security issues. In this post he touches on a familiar theme of his …KOREA SOLVES THE IDENTITY THEFT PROBLEMSouth Korea gets it:The South Korean government is introducing legislation that will make it mandatory for financial institutions to compensate customers who have fallen victim to online fraud and identity theft.The new

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1134427767633441572005-12-12T16:48:00.000-06:002005-12-12T16:49:27.763-06:00

From Talking Points Memo …A week ago it was reported that Justice Department lawyers had concluded at the time that the DeLay redistricting plan of 2003 violated the Voting Right Act, but that senior DOJ officials overruled that finding and okayed DeLay's plan anyway.Justice Department officials have now instituted a policy to assure this never happens again. They have, as reported in today's

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I don’t usually blog on a Sunday – have to get away from paying too much attention this insanity. But this post in Political Animal warrants attention.SECRET LAWSJohn Gilmore is suing the government because he doesn't think he should be required to show ID before boarding a commercial flight. I think this is stupid and he deserves to be thrown out of court.At least, that's what I'd think if it

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New post on MEMORY PAUSE. An interview with Sam Hamm, screenwriter of Homecoming (which I haven’t yet gotten to see) and three (yes, three) Robert Parry articles.@@@@@From Ellen Goodman …IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS… In short, the sacred and co-opted evergreens of the Druids have become the symbols of the purist Christmas Christians. Somebody hug a tree for me, here we go

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1133995740046546822005-12-07T16:48:00.000-06:002005-12-07T16:49:00.206-06:00

Never say die. (from Josh Marshall) …Recently I told you that any chance Tom DeLay has of regaining the Majority Leader's post was to have his case in Texas close to some resolution in January -- before dissidents in the House GOP caucus could force new leadership elections. That seemed very likely to happen when lawmakers came back to DC mid-January.Of course one way to give The Hammer a bit

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New Post on SECOND THOUGHTS. Maureen Farrell’s timeline of the roots of our present chaos, TIRED OF BEING LIED TO? MODERN HISTORY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO IGNORE. It is rather lengthy but I think it will be well worth your while. It is a little discomforting to see it laid out like this. The status of our present media generally prevents us from seeing the context of the events in our lives.@@@@@

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Miscellaneous weird stuff …@@@@@CHARLIE BROWNIn a twist that might make its round-headed hero exclaim, "Good grief," Charles M. Schulz's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" — the animated television special about love conquering materialism that airs tonight on ABC — now fuels a $1.2-billion-a-year global publishing, merchandising and marketing machine.Millions of Americans will tune in, as they have

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Need a good rant? Polly Toynbee in the Guardian gives a good one on Narnia.'NARNIA REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THAT IS MOST HATEFUL ABOUT RELIGION'… Poor child Edmund, to blame for everything, must bear the full weight of a guilt only Christians know how to inflict, with a twisted knife to the heart. … So the resurrected Aslan gives Edmund a long, life-changing talking-to high up on the rocks out of

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1133560340412549882005-12-02T15:51:00.000-06:002005-12-02T15:52:20.563-06:00

New post on MEMORY PAUSE. Two Robert Parry, Two Molly Ivins, and Michael Powell on Darwin@@@@@Phrases and Quotes …According to a source who wishes to remain anonymous because they don't want to be identified … -- from firedoglake who attributed it to a Washington Post article.I'm telling you, folks, there's a part of me that likes this. – Limbaugh on the kidnapping of 4 peace activists in

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1133389910545938962005-11-30T16:29:00.000-06:002005-11-30T16:36:47.106-06:00

EFF CONVINCES NORTH CAROLINA JUDGE TO THROW OUT DIEBOLD E-VOTING CASERaleigh, North Carolina - Responding to arguments made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a North Carolina judge today told Diebold Election Systems that the e-voting company must comply with tough North Carolina election law and dismissed the company's case seeking broad exemptions from the law.EFF intervened in the

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1133304906539763352005-11-29T16:53:00.000-06:002005-11-29T16:55:14.323-06:00

Hard to get back into this after a long break. Here is a short version.@@@@@From Schneier on Security …MIAMI POLICE STAGES "RANDOM SHOWS OF FORCE"They actually think this is a good idea:Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant. Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1132781991663917402005-11-23T15:37:00.000-06:002005-11-23T15:39:51.846-06:00

I’ve been inactive for a couple of days. Also there is so much going on now that it is hard to keep up much less sum up in a few links. The post below on Wilkerson is old but I’m leaving it in because that seems to be the direction the Fitzgerald investigations are leading. To start off, though, I was lead to this graphic on Daily Kos through a link on Atrios. It is a comforting visual with

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1132349004312605242005-11-18T15:22:00.000-06:002005-11-18T15:23:24.510-06:00

ADL URGES JOINT EFFORT AGAINST RIGHTWarning of a growing campaign to "Christianize America," the national director of the Anti-Defamation League is calling on Jewish organizations to join him in coordinating a communal strategy for confronting the political and cultural initiatives of religious conservative groups.In a speech last week at the ADL's national conference in New York, Abraham Foxman

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PC GAMING AS ADDICTIVE AS CRACKCompulsive computer game playing affects the brain just like an ADDICTION, according to medical researchers in Germany. Intense cravings to play can be induced by merely showing a game addict a screenshot of their favorite game.@@@@@New Post on MEMORY PAUSE. Roundtable on Bushco & Iraq. William Rivers Pitt, Michael Klare, Robert Scheer & Robert Parry.@@@@@Phrases

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From Tom Burka …HUGE HAND FROM SKY WHACKS PAT ROBERTSON IN HEADIntelligent Designer Chastises MortalShortly after televangelist Pat Robertson warned the residents of Dover, Pennsylvania that they would soon suffer the wrath of God, a giant hand descended from the heavens and smacked Roberston "upside the head repeatedly," witnesses said. At the same time, a booming and authoritative voice "like

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ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALUMINIUM FOIL HELMETS:AN EMPIRICAL STUDYAmong a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio

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If Frist is still under the illusion that he is a contender for the Presidency in 2008, he had better just shut up …FRIST CONCERNED MORE ABOUT LEAKS THAN SECRET PRISONSWASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he is more concerned about the leak of information regarding secret CIA detention centers than activity in the prisons themselves.Frist told reporters Thursday that while he

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From Buzzflash’s intro to Tuesday’s Headlines newsletter …As for today's news, we have the Orwellian -- actually, beyond Orwellian -- Bush claim that his administration doesn't torture people (despite all proof to the contrary), but that he needs Congress to let him and his Cheney Busheviks continue torturing people. We guess the people in "What's the matter with Kansas" who support these

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From Bob Harris …CHENEY NOW SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE PUBLIC BEATING OF CHILDREN Bush's approval rating has fallen to 35. Maybe America is starting to realize that secret prisons and endless war aren't really the best government we can possibly hope for.Dick Cheney, in the same poll, has a 19 percent approval rating. […]That's two points less popular than cheating on your spouse and seven points

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Today’s ArticlesIKEA (Business Week)BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MORAL COMPASS IS LOST (Cathleen Falsani)KERRY SUSPECTS ELECTION 2004 WAS STOLEN (Robert Parry)SO IRAQ WAS ABOUT THE OIL (Robert Parry)IKEAHow the Swedish Retailer became a global cult brand When Roger Penguino heard Ikea was offering $4,000 in gift certificates to the first person in line at the opening of its new Atlanta store, he had

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THE WHITE HOT CENTER....The 9th Circuit Court ruled yesterday that individual parents don't have a constitutional right to prevent schools from teaching things they don't like:"Schools cannot be expected to accommodate the personal...concerns of every parent," Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the panel. "Such an obligation would not only contravene the educational mission of the public schools,

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This is from Think Progress verbatim ...Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary since President Bush won re-election. Here’s what has happened since:2004November 3: Bush Pledges To Reach Out the Whole Nation In Second Term. Bush: “So today I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent: To make this nation stronger and better I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I

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If Dubya thought he was going to go the South America and play the big shot he is going to find even more reasons to go back to the bottle …Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, emboldened by thousands of anti-American protesters, is getting a rare chance to stand up to his adversary, George W. Bush, with promises to keep the president from reviving talks on a free trade area stretching from Alaska to

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When DeLay was successful in getting the judge recused in his case because he donated to Democratic causes, more than one person, including myself, half-joked that only Republican judges could try Republicans and Democrats try Democrats. Well, it may not be that far off (via Josh Marshall) …TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME.Just out from the Austin American-Statesman: "Earle challenges Republican judge.

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New Post on MEMORY PAUSE. Nat Parry on Bush’s Rule of Law and the full text of the New Yorker article on Scowcraft by Jeffrey Goldberg (previously excerpted).@@@@@When I first saw the headlines of this story I didn’t think a whole lot about it – in that it didn’t really sound too much different from previous stories about our country’s torture obsession. But this is different and illustrates

Charlienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1130884218719006562005-11-01T16:24:00.000-06:002005-11-01T16:30:18.886-06:00

I don’t usually post on breaking news because my few readers probably get that elsewhere and I’m not likely to post in a timely manner anyway. The Closed Session that Reid called today is interesting. Of course, the question is why? Did something unusual happen? Is it attempt to get the focus back on the war leadup as exposed through Treasongate? Here are two reference items …First, the

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THINK PROGRESS has an initial look at Alito.ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito concurred with the majority in supporting the restrictive abortion-related measures passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in the late 1980's. Alito went further, however, saying the majority was wrong to strike down a requirement that women notify their

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Well the time finally arrived and it does feel almost like a let down since most of us probably have more of a visceral feeling about Rove/Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld than with Libby. But check out this post that Steve Gilliard wrote this morning before the indictments. Basically he makes the case of why an indictment of Libby is more important than one of Rove. The other side to that is also that

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1130448580034072122005-10-27T16:27:00.000-05:002005-10-27T16:29:40.053-05:00

Digby on the upcoming battles …… Is there anyone on the planet who thought that the wingnuts were going to sit idly by and let the White House go down in flames without marshalling a feral response? It's their MO about everything. Cross them and they turn into shrieking harpies swooping and swirling in inchoate fury.Guys, this is Karl Rove we are talking about here. He made his bones more than 30

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I didn’t make this post last night but at the end of the day there seemed be a flurry of activity. Maybe it is just last minute jitters or something. But the rumors seem to be that the indictments will not be trivial and that Fitzgerald is seeking to empanel a new grand jury after this one, etc. The Dems launched their new product and Dubya spewed out his usual bag of chestnuts and called it a

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Haven’t read much of William Rivers Pitt since he moved to PDA. This is from his column yesterday …THE BUNKER MENTALITY… Here’s the funny part. President Clinton violated that oath after being asked a bunch of questions about his personal life, his sex life.It’s a little different today. Anyone violating that oath in Fitzgerald’s investigation, be they Lewis Libby or Karl Rove or Judith Miller

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New post on MEMORY PAUSE. Rosenfield and Yglesias on liberal hawks; James Moore on Plamegate; Robert Parry on the Hariri Report on Syria; and excerpts from the Jeffrey Goldberg article on Scowcraft’s attack on the Bus Administration.@@@@@On Jack Balkin’s website which generally deals with legal issues the had a short post on the pardon option for Dubya. Interesting read.BUSH’S ACE IN THE HOLEBut

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Tom DeLay has been criminally indicted for facilitating the illegal use of corporate funds in Texas campaigns. How did he arrive at his arraignment?:DeLay’s staff disclosed that he flew to Houston on Thursday morning on a corporate jet owned by R.J. Reynolds, a longtime contributor that has flown him to Puerto Rico and other destinations.When he landed, DeLay held a press conference and called

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New post on MEMORY PAUSE. Two Parry articles on Iraq and Miller. An article by an ex-CIA analyst on Cheney’s orchestrated efforts to take us to war. The last is a so-called must read. This is the transcript to Colonel Wikerson’s talk on US Foreign Policy in January. I hadn’t seen this before. I wonder how come it took so long to make the forefront. Wilkerson is a former aide to Powell and

Charlienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1129757699515011952005-10-19T16:33:00.000-05:002005-10-19T16:34:59.530-05:00

I notice that there are rumors going around about Cheney resigning. I have always thought that there was a real good chance that he would resign before the end of Dubya’s reign. That way it would give his replacement a boost for the next election. But with Bush’s record of appointments that could backfire.@@@@@TEXAS COURT ISSUES WARRANT FOR DELAYAUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas court on Wednesday

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Livejournal asks “Is it me, or has that thing on his back returned?”@@@@@Good news, sort of … KATRINA FLOODWATERS LESS TOXIC THAN PREDICTEDThe waters that flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina were pretty nasty, but they may not have been as toxic as experts had feared. That may be a comfort to the storm survivors and emergency workers who slogged through those waters. Still, you wouldn't

Charlienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773116.post-1129518981656448852005-10-16T22:14:00.000-05:002005-10-16T22:16:21.663-05:00

Getting nasty out there …THE PRESIDENT'S DAY: ONE HIGH CRIME AND TWO MISDEMEANORSSince Attytood is now officially a "liberal journalist" according to Slate.com, we feel it's our duty to report that many on the farther left have been agitating in recent days for the impeachment of President Bush, primarily on the grounds of deliberately lying to the American people about Iraq. But why stop there.

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From the Onion …BUSH TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO BE IN CHARGE OF COUNTRYIn response to increasing criticism of his handling of the war in Iraq and the disaster in the Gulf Coast, as well as other issues, such as Social Security reform, the national deficit, and rising gas prices, President Bush is expected to appoint someone to run the U.S. as soon as Friday. "During these tumultuous times, America is

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IRAQ WAR NOW COSTING $6 BILLION A MONTHThe Bush administration is spending about $7 billion a month to wage the war on terror, and costs could total $570 billion by the end of 2010, assuming troops are gradually brought home, a congressional report estimates.The paper by the Congressional Research Service underscores how the price tag has been gradually rising for the war in Iraq. A year ago, the

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WOMAN BOOTED OFF PLANE OVER T-SHIRTA woman was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight for wearing a T- shirt that bore an expletive and images of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Lorrie Heasley of Woodland, Wash., said she plans to press a civil- rights complaint against the airline over Tuesday's action at Reno- Tahoe International Airport,

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Forgot to post yesterday so here is catch-up …New Post on MEMORY PAUSE. Molly Ivins, Buzzflash, and three Robert Parry Articles. (In case you wonder, Parry and Consortium News makes a lot of these postings because, first, the articles are usually well-written and researched, and two, they are usually rather lengthy which is why I print them out to read later.)@@@@@Via CAP …THE ERA OF

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From Molly Ivins …THE UNIFICATION OF CHURCH AND STATEBush nominee Miers is Texas conservative, fundamentalist ChristianUh-oh. Now we are in trouble. Doesn't take much to read the tea leaves on the Harriet Miers nomination. First, it's Bunker Time at the White House. Miers' chief qualification for this job is loyalty to George W. Bush and the team. What the nomination means in larger terms for

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Well, it certainly looks like Bush’s criteria for Supreme Court justices does not include experience. This is the best response to Harriet Miers’ nomination, from Tom Burka …BUSH NOMINATES ACTUAL BLANK SLATE TO SUPREME COURTLong Held Positions of Trust and Confidence in Bush AdministrationsThis morning President Bush named an actual blank slate to fill Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's place on the

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From Billmon …KEN STARR ON STEROIDSEthics wars could intensify if Republicans uncork a new nuclear option -- counter-charges hurled against leading Dems. Among the candidates under consideration for GOP attacks: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Democratic Congressional Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), Representative William Jefferson of Louisiana, and Senator Jon Corzine

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