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James Love

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The "partisan" Alaska Legislative Council - 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats

James Love | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Read More: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin, the McCain campaign and many bloggers have described the Troopergate investigation as a partisan inquiry. It was carried out by the Alaska Legislative Council. The members of the Council are 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats. The Council voted 12-0 to release the report by investigator Steve...

Nathan Gardels

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My Interview with George Soros: End of Financial Crisis Could Be in Sight

Nathan Gardels | Posted October 12, 2008 | Business


George Soros, the financier and philanthropist, is author most recently of The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What it Means. He spoke with me in Washington, D.C., where the IMF and World Bank are meeting, on Sunday.

Nathan Gardels: Let's talk first about the...

Robbie Gennet

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The Ten Percenters

Robbie Gennet | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


The most recent Newsweek poll says that while a whopping 86 percent of voters say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States, 10 percent of voters say they are satisfied. Not accounting for the 4 percent who were perhaps too dumbfounded to speak, who...

Andy Borowitz

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McCain Holds Auditions for Angry Mob

Andy Borowitz | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


With just three weeks to go until Election Day, the McCain campaign has launched a nationwide talent search to find angry audience members for their increasingly hate-filled rallies, McCain aides confirmed today.

"People assume that when we hold a rally, angry white people just magically appear, but that's not the...

Martin Varsavsky

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We are not going to party like it´s 1999!

Martin Varsavsky | Posted October 12, 2008 | Business


Read More: Market Turnaround

When I was in college Prince used to sing "we are going to party like it´s 1999". Surprisingly that´s what the markets are singing now. 1999 was almost a decade ago but the value of stocks now is the value of stocks in 1999. If you had kept a...

Robert Naiman

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Gates Says Talks with Taliban "Conceivable" - Let's Get Started

Robert Naiman | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Defense Secretary Gates said Thursday that the U.S. could "ultimately" contemplate the idea of negotiating with the Taliban to secure a political settlement in Afghanistan, if the Afghan government were to pursue such talks, the Financial Times reports. Gates said a political settlement with the Taliban was "conceivable."

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Tom Matzzie

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How McCain Will Steal the Election from Obama (Sort Of)

Tom Matzzie | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Imagine an election where one of the participants calls foul. Investigations are launched or at least called for. Prosecutors raise the specter of charges, the U.S. attorney and FBI get involved. No voter fraud is ever actually found. But by the time that conclusion is reached, the myth has been...

Jack Hidary

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Thanks Foxnews.com for promoting Anorexia and Waterboarding

Jack Hidary | Posted October 12, 2008 | Media


The home page of Fox News is showing an ad for a T-shirt company featuring two anorexic models. What a wonderful way to portray your feelings for your country. 2008-10-12-anorexicfox.jpg


You can buy some wonderful shirts on this site with such slogans...

Kerry Trueman

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The Meltdown We Really Can't Afford

Kerry Trueman | Posted October 12, 2008 | Green


Hey, ho, where's the cash flow? Wasn't the bailout supposed to get those streams of credit flowing again? But while the titans of trickle-down and the free-reign rainmakers pray for new rivers of revenue to float their boats,...

Jeffrey Feldman

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McCain Volunteers Taught to Accuse Obama of Terrorism

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


According to Time, McCain campaign staffers in Virginia are teaching volunteers to see Barack Obama as having terrorist 'friends,' and then providing these volunteers with arguments for persuading voters that Sen. Obama, like Osama Bin Laden, shares responsibility for bombings of the Pentagon.

The report from inside the...

Dave Winer

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Waiting for November 4

Dave Winer | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Are the markets are waiting to find out who wins the election?

Will trust return if the voters go... for Obama? Republican?

Me, I can't wait for the election to be over. But I'm totally looking forward to the final debate (we're doing another debate party at the Hillside...

Blake Fleetwood

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An Arab Can't Be A Good Family Man?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


In no way am I suggesting that John McCain is qualified to be president of the United States. By temperament and policy, he is clearly not able to lead us in foreign affairs or domestic policy. He is mired in the cold war policies of the past. His aggressiveness is...

Tim Giago

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Forming a Native American Party

Tim Giago | Posted October 12, 2008 |



By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)
© 2008 Native American Journalists Foundation, Inc.

October 13, 2008

As I write this there are only three weeks left until Election Day.

Native Americans by the thousands will, for the most part, go into the voting booth and...

Lee Stranahan

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WATCH: 7 Reasons I'm Voting For Barack Obama, 23 Reasons To Go

Lee Stranahan | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


I'm posting a new ultrashort video on YouTube every day from now until election day listing different reasons I'm voting for Barack Obama in no particular order. I want to mention another creative project along similar lines - 30Reasons.org is a group of graphic artists posting an original poster...

Lloyd Alter

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So Much to be Thankful for this Canadian Thanksgiving

Lloyd Alter | Posted October 12, 2008 | Green


Read More: Canada, Economy, Recession

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The view from my window

Every year we celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with an extraordinary family that lives all year round on a small lake just outside of Algonquin Park in Ontario. They don't keep a TV or computer in the...

Menachem Rosensaft

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What Is Todd Palin's Agenda?

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Who is Todd Palin?

According to the Alaska legislative report on what has become known as Troopergate, Sarah Palin's husband used the Governor's office to promote a personal agenda. Indeed, while the report found that Governor Palin "unlawfully abused her authority" in her obsessive vendetta against her former brother, the...

Sal Nunziato

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I Saw The Light: Todd Rundgren's Alive & He's Taking Names

Sal Nunziato | Posted October 12, 2008 | Entertainment


At the beginning of "On Golden Pond," Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn return to their summer home. It's an annual pilgrimage that is both warm and familiar, as well as cold and dispiriting. As each year passes, everything becomes a little less everything. Lots of dust and some cobwebs, a...

William Fisher

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Let's Cut W. a Little Slack!

William Fisher | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics


Poor George!

His administration can't seem to catch a break these days.

As some of you may have heard, Dubya finds himself at the center of an economic meltdown. And neither he, nor his trusted lieutenants, appears to have much of a clue about how to reverse it. (The Presidential...

George Spyros

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Palin Disputes Finding That She Abused Power VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted October 12, 2008 | Politics



(Select the video from the playist)

Sarah Palin yesterday defended her actions in the Troopergate scandal after an Alaska ethics report concluded that she had abused her gubernatorial power when firing a state official. In the video Palin seems to flout the reality of the ethics...

Gretchen Rubin

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Why You Shouldn't Follow the Stock Market Too Closely

Gretchen Rubin | Posted October 12, 2008 | Living


I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you should have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now.

This has been a crazy week in the financial world....

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