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Exxon seeks to absolve itself of responsibility - again

From the BBC:Exxon Mobil has won the right to appeal against $2.5bn in damages relating to a 1989 Alaskan oil spill. The US Supreme Court said it would hear the appeal against damages due to victims of...

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Do it yourself waterboarding

There seems to be a lot of conversation in Republican circles about how waterboarding isn't torture.So, all you Republicans who think that, I'd like you to try an experiment.  It's called "Home...

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The Smokescreen of Super Tuesday

While everybody was focusing on the battle for votes in the so-called "Super Tuesday", two massively important news items came and went relatively unreported. As an ex-brit I’m used to spotting the...

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CIA: We don`t torture*

* But our contractors do.  That's okay, though, because it doesn't count.

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President Bush's Welfare Handouts

You know, all those terrible liberals keep complaining that Mr Bush is consistently failing to look after his people.  They want welfare handouts, and lots of them.  Well, all you liberals, Mr Bush has...

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President Canute and the tide of Financial Mismanagement

For what is probably the fifth time in the last fortnight, the BBC reports President Bush is uptalking the collapsing economy again. President George Bush has attempted to restore confidence in the US...

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NEWSFLASH: McCain appoints new German President

I'm surprised more people haven't caught on to the fact that Vladimir isn't exactly a traditional German forename:This man would be an absolute nightmare on the international political scene.  

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A Critical Analysis of John McCain's latest speech

John McCain, the Republicans' choice for president, has said the US can succeed in Iraq, but warned against any hasty withdrawal of US troops.His address came ahead of a report to Congress this week...

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Coming soon to an airport near you: DHS supplied Taser Flight Check in bracelets

On Monday the Washington Times carried an article about an exchange of letters between the Department of Homeland Security and a company called Lamperd Less Lethal.  The purpose was to investigate the...

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Note to Iraq: Rebuild your OWN damn country!

Years and thousands of lives after invasion, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has just released a new message to the people of Iraq:Rebuild your OWN damn country.

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Governator terminates 22,000 jobs almost unnoticed

On Thursday of this week, in a largely unreported and unnoticed story, governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order eliminating 22,000 jobs and reducing the wages of a further...

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Lesson for Wingnuts: How to use "teh interwebs"

Cruising around Wingnuttery in cyberspace, I came across this article that is entitled "Desperation from Democrats" and says, among other things, that Kossacks are saying absolutely SCANDALOUS things...

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The Age of Majority

I was talking with someone a few days ago who raised a very interesting point about anti-abortionists.  The fondness they have of referring to themselves as "pro-choice" promotes the concept that they...

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Keeping the war on terror going

The BBC on a recent NYT article:The US has carried out nearly a dozen anti-terror attacks in Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere in the past four years, the New York Times has reported.The previously...

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Why not supporting the mileage tax idea can be environmentally friendly

I've read quite a few diaries today about how if you don't support a tax on mileage, you're somehow not environmentally friendly, not green, not doing your bit.I beg to differ.

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Rush Limbaugh: Unlawful Combatant?

Having read the released Yoo memorandums that tried to expand Bush's power exponentially, and then read some diaries that reference conservative blogs all but calling for armed uprisings, I have to ask...

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Bristol Palin: Will this single mum now be an Ann Coulter target? (updated)

The BBC are reporting that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have decided to split up.  Given Ann Coulter's hatred of single mothers, will this now put Bristol on her hit list, or will Ann give her a...

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Ted Stevens to go free, courtesy of DOJ

At first I thought it was an April Fools joke, but no, it's on the Department of Justice website:"In connection with the post-trial litigation in United States v. Theodore F. Stevens, the Department of...

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BBC:  Michael Savage to sue UK government after ban

The BBC is reporting that Right Wing Conservative radio host Michael Savage is planning to sue the British Government after being placed on a banned list for entering the country.A US radio talk show...

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In Defense of Dr Tiller: How do you define Murder?

I've seen a lot on right wing blogs this past week of derivatives of the Bill O'Reilly rant that Dr Tiller murdered close to 60,000 people before he was assassinated by a gunman at his church.Having...

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