Latest Articles: Neocon Nuttery
Savage: "You're telling me there's no possibility of a conspiracy by the Democrats" to cause Roberts' seizure?
Post Date: 2007-08-01 19:36:57 by aristeides
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Savage: "You're telling me there's no possibility of a conspiracy by the Democrats" to cause Roberts' seizure? On the July 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage reacted to news that Chief Justice John Roberts had suffered a seizure that day by raising the possibility that "his health was in some way tampered with by the Democrats." Savage said, "Something's wrong with this picture," after noting that Roberts' seizure occurred just three days after Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said he would seek in general to reject any future Supreme Court nomination made by President Bush. Schumer told the American ...
Bush is expected to claim executive privilege to prevent Karl Rove from testifying before Congress
Post Date: 2007-08-01 15:40:30 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON – President Bush is expected to claim executive privilege to prevent two more White House aides from testifying before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors. Thursday is the deadline for Karl Rove, Bush's top political adviser, to provide testimony and documents related to the firings, under a subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Also subpoenaed was White House political aide J. Scott Jennings. The Justice Department included both men on e-mails about the firings and the administration's response to the congressional investigation. White House Counsel Fred Fielding has consistently said that top presidential aides – present and past – ...
Rumsfeld Defends Himself on Tillman
Post Date: 2007-08-01 12:26:16 by Eoghan
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Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended himself and took no personal responsibility Wednesday for the military's bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld, in his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since President Bush replaced him with Robert Gates late last year, reiterated previous testimony to investigators that he didn't have early knowledge that Tillman was cut down by fellow Rangers, not by enemy militia, as was initially claimed. He told a House committee hearing that he'd always impressed upon Pentagon underlings the importance of telling the truth. ``Early in my tenure as secretary of defense, I ...
The Curse of Dick Cheney
Post Date: 2007-07-31 21:14:48 by kiki
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The Curse of Dick Cheney The veep's career has been marred by one disaster after another Posted Aug 25, 2004 Should George W. Bush win this election, it will give him the distinction of being the first occupant of the White House to have survived naming Dick Cheney to a post in his administration. The Cheney jinx first manifested itself at the presidential level back in 1969, when Richard Nixon appointed him to his first job in the executive branch. It surfaced again in 1975, when Gerald Ford made Cheney his chief of staff and then -- with Cheney's help -- lost the 1976 election. George H.W. Bush, having named Cheney secretary of defense, was defeated for re-election in 1992. The ...
The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda
Post Date: 2007-07-31 07:19:30 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda By Robert Parry July 30, 2007 No need to wait until September. It’s already obvious how George W. Bush and his still-influential supporters in Washington will sell an open-ended U.S. military occupation of Iraq – just the way they always have: the war finally has turned the corner and withdrawal now would betray the troops by snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. At one time, the Iraq story line was how many schoolrooms had been painted or how well the government security forces were doing. Now there are new silver linings being detected that will justify a positive progress report in September – and the U.S. news media is ...
Bill O'Reilly Calls FreeRepublic a Right Wing Hate Site
Post Date: 2007-07-30 22:30:15 by ...
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O'Reilly Stirs up another hornets nest.
World Net Daily Attempts to Debunk Tillman Murder Evidence As Leftist Conspiracy Theory
Post Date: 2007-07-29 14:25:52 by Eoghan
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Claims Olbermann and Wesley Clark didn't discuss Tillman case in the context of a high-level murder cover-up when the video manifestly contradicts this World Net Daily today sought to dismiss clear evidence that Pat Tillman was murdered by attempting to marginalize the issue as a leftist conspiracy theory and by suggesting Wesley Clark and Keith Olbermann didn't lend credence to the murder angle - when they clearly did. The article quotes large portions of our piece yesterday about the new evidence in the Pat Tillman case. The World Net Daily piece firstly fails to address clear indications that Tillman was murdered, as unveiled by Army medical doctors, that Tillman was triple ...
What's a Nice Girl Like Me Doing in a Place Like This?
Post Date: 2007-07-29 08:14:33 by YertleTurtle
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I am almost ashamed to admit it now, but for the better part of my life I was liberal on a lot of issues. I was anti-death penalty, pro-gun control, pro-gay marriage (more or less) and believed much of the nonsense imparted to me by the Jewish feminist harridans. I also believed many of the lies fed to me by the Liberal (Jewish) media. Of course, I was born and raised in Canada where being on the left is pretty much a requirement for citizenship. It could be in mother's milk or perhaps in the water, but whatever the reason, Canadians pride themselves on being "progressive" and "multicultural," while not even understanding that, by supporting multiculturalism and ...
Follow-up on Syria
Post Date: 2007-07-28 13:46:34 by Eoghan
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Just a short post to note that Michael Gerson’s notion that the U.S. mount cross-border raids into Syria — in part because Iran was just too tough for the moment – was followed up not only by Max Boot’s suggestion that the U.S. forces hold the Damascus International Airport hostage, but also by commentary from the increasingly fevered swamps of The National Review’s “Corner” blog. Michael Ledeen and Mark Steyn wrote that they were deeply disappointed that stronger action was not recommended and were particularly provoked by Gerson’s phrase description of Damascus’ (and Tehran’s) roles as mere “accelerants to Iraq’s frothing ...
Death Cat Begins Gonzales Vigil
Post Date: 2007-07-27 15:46:37 by ...
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LMAO!! http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/27/121636/772
Hazardous Materials in Her Bag? [Dangerous terrorist is apprehended, then released]
Post Date: 2007-07-27 13:38:55 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Hazardous Materials in Her Bag? TSA Warning Prompted by Mother Bringing Ice Packs on Cross-Country Flight Sara Weiss says she was detained by airport security for trying to bring ice on board to treat her bad back. (ABC News) From WN July 26, 2007 An unsuspecting senior citizen from Long Island, N.Y. is behind one of the incidents that prompted the TSA to issue a bulletin last week about cases in which they suspect terrorists may have been probing airport security by trying to bring peculiar items on board airplanes. In her case, Sara Weiss tried to bring ice packs on her flight home. "I'm not a terrorist. I'm just a 66-year-old woman ...
Terror, terror, terror, terror
Post Date: 2007-07-27 12:52:07 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Terror Cheese [WH jams the true news with ridiculous terrors]
Post Date: 2007-07-26 21:08:42 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Terror Cheese Last week the Transportation Security Administration issued an intelligence bulletin warning airport security officers that terrorists may be conducting dry runs at airports here in the United States. The bulletin comes after several items were intercepted at airports around the country that resemble components that could be used to make a bomb, suggesting someone may be testing security. The warning cites "the unusual nature and increase" in items intercepted by security, for example, wires embedded in cheese, which has the consistency of some explosives. A block of cheese with suspicious components was discovered at Mitchell International Airport in ...
Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour
Post Date: 2007-07-26 15:49:47 by Eoghan
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On July 16, I attended Christians United for Israel's annual Washington-Israel Summit. Founded by San Antonio-based megachurch pastor John Hagee, CUFI has added the grassroots muscle of the Christian right to the already potent Israel lobby. Hagee and his minions have forged close ties with the Bush White House and members of Congress from Sen. Joseph Lieberman to Sen. John McCain. In its call for a unilateral military attack on Iran and the expansion of Israeli territory, CUFI has found unwavering encouragement from traditional pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and elements of the Israeli government. But CUFI has an ulterior agenda: its support for Israel derives from the belief of Hagee ...
'N.Y. Sun' Still Wants Cheney to Run for President
Post Date: 2007-07-26 00:25:01 by kiki
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NEW YORK Ira Stoll admits that his paper's pushing for Vice President Cheney to run for president several months ago was widely mocked. And he admits that a Washington Post pollster has pointed out that with a favorable rating of only 18%, Cheney is less popular than Michael Jackson and O.J. Simpson -- after their trials. Yet he is standing by his man, and re-iterates today in the New York Sun that he hopes the Veep takes a look at the current GOP field and throws his hat in the ring. Stoll, managing editor at the New York daily, uses a review of the new Stephen Hayes biography of Cheney to make this plea, claiming that the positive virtues revealed in the book proves his case. ...
German Bakery Owners Close Florida Business, Face Possible Deportation
Post Date: 2007-07-26 00:07:42 by JCHarris
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German Bakery Owners Close Florida Business, Face Possible Deportation Wednesday, July 25, 2007 The owners of a bakery in Florida have shuttered their business and face deportation after nearly a decade of serving German pastries. Detlef and Marina Raddant, owners of the German Baker Boy Bakery in St. Pete Beach, Fla., have emptied their shelves and turned off their ovens after a special E-2 business visa that allowed them to permanently move to the United States was cancelled, http://MyFoxTampa.com reported Tuesday. The visa automatically expired 10 years after the couple moved to the U.S. from their native Berlin. Attempts to renew the visas in Germany in the beginning of the month ...
THE NORTH AMERICAN 'SOVIET' UNION
Post Date: 2007-07-25 16:57:32 by Ferret Mike
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There is one common thread running through all articles and speeches by elected officials, well-known writers, and commentators in opposition to the merging of the United States into a political and economic regional arrangement known as the North American Union. To my knowledge, not one of them has chosen to use the “C” word (communism) when warning Americans of the dangers of this unconstitutional merger about to be foisted upon us without proper hearings in Congress. Excellent speeches and articles are being given and written warning us of all sorts of bad things related to this merger, including the fact that we will lose our sovereignty, but we are not being told that all ...
FBI Proposes Building Network of U.S. Informants
Post Date: 2007-07-25 15:11:31 by Eoghan
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The FBI is taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United States as part of a sprawling effort to boost its intelligence capabilities. According to a recent unclassified report to Congress, the FBI expects its informants to provide secrets about possible terrorists and foreign spies, although some may also be expected to aid with criminal investigations, in the tradition of law enforcement confidential informants. The FBI did not respond to requests for comment on this story. The FBI said the push was driven by a 2004 directive from President Bush ordering the bureau to improve its counterterrorism efforts by boosting its human intelligence capabilities. ...
The Guns of August 2007: Cheney's Finger Is Already on the Trigger
Post Date: 2007-07-24 08:24:04 by Eoghan
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On July 16, the London Guardian reported that President Bush, under the powerful influence of Vice President Dick Cheney, has tilted in favor of military action against Iran before he leaves office. According to the Guardian account, a series of meetings during June and July, involving top White House, Pentagon, and State Department officials, was used by the Vice President to assert that the diplomatic track, ostensibly pressed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, had failed to produce any results, and that no future U.S. administration would have the courage to act militarily against Tehran. President Bush, according to the account, went along with ...
Romney aides' bogus badges (badges, badges? We got steenking badges)
Post Date: 2007-07-23 21:32:36 by Mekons4
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Romney aide’s bogus badges: Sources detail ‘illegal’ security tactic By Casey Ross/ Exclusive Boston Herald Reporter Friday, July 20, 2007 - Updated: 12:21 PM EST In an apparent violation of the law, a controversial aide to ex-Gov. Mitt Romney created phony law enforcement badges that he and other staffers used on the campaign trail to strong-arm reporters, avoid paying tolls and trick security guards into giving them immediate access to campaign venues, sources told the Herald. The bogus badges were part of the bizarre security tactics allegedly employed by Jay Garrity, the director of operations for Romney who is under investigation for impersonating a law enforcement ...
Officers wrote names in Haneef's diary
Post Date: 2007-07-23 14:29:31 by Eoghan
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* Police wrote names of suspects in Haneef's diary * Police asked Haneef why he wrote the names * No evidence of Q1 attack plot A NEW bungle has emerged in the investigation of Mohamed Haneef as Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty yesterday dimissed reports that the Indian doctor was suspected of being involved in a plot to attack the Gold Coast's tallest building. The Australian can reveal that investigating AFP officers wrote the names of overseas terror suspects in Dr Haneef's personal diary, only to later grill him during an interrogation over whether he had written the potentially incriminating notes. The mistake is revealed in the record of the first interview ...
Alleged Child Rapist Goes Free Because Court Can't Find Interpreter
Post Date: 2007-07-22 14:19:48 by JCHarris
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Alleged Child Rapist Goes Free Because Court Can't Find Interpreter Sunday , July 22, 2007 ROCKVILLE, Md. — Charges against a man accused of repeatedly raping and molesting a 7-year-old girl were dismissed last week because the court could not find an interpreter fluent in the suspect's native West African language. Mahamu Kanneh, a Liberian native who received asylum in this country and attended high school and community college here, according to The Washington Post, was denied a speedy trial after three years awaiting a court-appointed interpreter who could speak the tribal language of Vai. Click here to read The Washington Post article. A court-ordered psychiatrist ...
Careful, Iraq may be key to al-Qaida
Post Date: 2007-07-22 08:36:16 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Careful, Iraq may be key to al-Qaida July 22, 2007 BY STEVE HUNTLEY The Iraq war critics seized upon a new intelligence report that al-Qaida has been rejuvenated by the Iraq war as proof that the invasion of Iraq was a distraction from the war on terror. OK, that should be good for a few minutes of bashing President Bush, but it doesn't change the reality that al-Qaida is in Iraq and is our enemy. Here's another thought: What would be the reaction of the quit-Iraq advocates should al-Qaida in Iraq's fingerprints be found in a terrorist attack in America? This is not an idle question. After all, the National Intelligence Estimate released last week also said Osama bin ...
Beyond Euphemism: How to Read a National Intelligence Estimate
Post Date: 2007-07-21 14:48:06 by Eoghan
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Much notice has attended the release of the unclassified version of the latest National Intelligence Estimate [NIE] titled "The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland." It contains the rectified juices of all sixteen of our intelligence agencies. Federal statute prohibits disclosing the numbers of employees or the budgets of these agencies, but in aggregate there are well over 100,000 placemen, and unofficial estimates of the combined budgets come to over $40 billion annually. Given the avalanche of "temporary" spending on Iraq and Afghanistan in supplemental appropriations, we would estimate that a figure of $60-$70 billion is closer to the mark. That is a lot of Bentley ...
US Reportedly Investigating PKK Weapons
Post Date: 2007-07-20 23:32:22 by Eoghan
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The US military has launched an internal investigation to uncover how American weapons got into the hands of the PKK, according to Turkey's foreign minister Abdullah Gül. In a TV interview Thursday evening, Gül also revealed that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will travel to Ankara for talks next week following Turkish elections. Regarding the PKK's use of American weapons, Gül told NTV: “After some terrorists were arrested, security forces seized their weapons. When we investigated the place of origin of those weapons, we saw that some of them were manufactured by the United States. US officials told us that those were the weapons they handed over to the ...
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