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One Page In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Leasing, Oil Industry, Bush, Froot Loops, Health, Pfizer, New York Times, Cheating, Oil Shale, State-Street-Bank, Monty Python, Labels, Interior Department, Comedy News

Not content to wait for "This Week In Cheating," recently a single newspaper page held enough cheating for a whole seven days.

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How The US Blew The Trillion-Dollar Trade Of The Century

Bloomberg | Mark Fisher | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, John Thain, Hank Paulson, The Logical Trader, Bush, Bill Gross, Paulson, Bailouts, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Aig, Obama, Bofa, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Recession, Mark Fisher, Warren Buffet, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, Bailout, Finance, Lehman Brothers, Fed, Tim Geithner, Bernanke, Treasury, Banks, Ben Bernanke, Business News

When the government was forced to bail out the financial system, our friends in Washington also had the opportunity to make the trade of the century f...

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Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Steinbeck, Hoax, Major Bowes Amateur Hour, Ed Wood, Balloon Boy, Obama, American Idol, Msnbc, Television, Cnbc, White House, Gary Condit, Grapes of Wrath, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Lear, Reality TV, Wmd, War of the Worlds, Bush, Chamber of Commerce, Books, Lou Dobbs, Richard Heene, Heene Family, They Shoot Horses Dont They, Cnn, Day of the Locust, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Wolf Blitzer, Norman Lear, Media News

For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

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Music Matters

Matthew Alexander | Posted 10.24.2009 | Impact

Read More: Guantanamo, Bush, Cheney, Music, Torture, Rem, Eddie Vedder, War in Iraq, The Doors, New Security Action, New Security Action Blog, Impact News

Music is perhaps the freest expression of art in an open society. In my travels to more than 50 countries, a sense of pride has always emerged for American culture abroad in the form of music.

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HouseQuake: Rahm Emanuel Is Star Of Documentary About 2006 Elections

The New York Times | Peter Baker | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Housequake Movie, White House, Rahm, Bush, George W. Bush, Movie, Obama, Housequake Trailer, Film, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Price, Documentary, Housequake, Tammy Duckworth, Housequake Documentary, Politics News

Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist ...

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Raw Story: Bush Pentagon Used Psychological Operation On US Public

The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psy Ops, Community Relations, Psyops, Pentagon, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Torie Clarke, Iraq, Bryan Whitman, Bush Pentagon, Psychological Operations, Propaganda, Defense Department, Bush, Department of Defense, Politics News

A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed...

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Bush Is Headline Speaker At 'Motivational Mega Show' With 'Inspirational Firepower'

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Get Motivated, Bush, Bush Motivational Speaking, George W. Bush, Get Motivated Seminar, Bush Motivational Speaker, President Bush, Motivational Mega Show, Politics News

Here's a surprising new tidbit for those wondering how George W. Bush is spending his time these days (besides using his blackberry and penning a memo...

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Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

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A Regional Summit on the War in Afghanistan?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: President Obama, Colin Powell, Isi, Pakistan, Summit, South Asia, Iraq, Diplomacy, China, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Bush, Us Troops Afghanistan, Russia, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, India, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, World News

A lengthy and focused counterinsurgency effort might eventually produce results, but its chances of success are greatly diminished by the political climate in Afghanistan.

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Vikram Buddhi, Anti-Bush Blogger, Wrongfully Jailed, Says Family (VIDEO)

Russia Today | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Blogger, Bush, George W. Bush, Free Speech, Anti-Bush Blogger Jailed, Anti-Bush Blogger, Free Press, Vikram Buddhi, Vikram Buddhi Case, Vikram, Indian Student, Vikram Buddhi Obama, Vikram Buddhi Sentenced, Vikran Buddhi, Anti-Bush, World News

The case of an Indian student jailed in the U.S. more than three years ago, is being seen as a major test of America's human rights. A jury found Vik...

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The US's Myers-Briggs Profile

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Foreign Relations, Bush, Cheney, Cooperation, Myers-Briggs, Political Humor, Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Obama, Peace, Living News

We are frustrated, as a people, by cold, impersonal logic, by being excluded, and by criticism and lack of appreciation. We value self-determination, and we irritate others by being overly emotional and moralistic.

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Josh Crescenzi: Ex-Bush, Cheney Aide In $2 Million Stolen Fuel Probe

San Antonio Express-News | Guillermo Contreras | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Petro Salum, Oil Investigation, Immigrations, Customs, Mexico, Cheney, Josh Crescenzi, Oil, Stolen Oil, Bush, Stolen Fuel, Los Zetas, Oklahoma, Petroleos Mexicanos, Trammo, Basf, Murphy, Crescenzi, Basfo, Politics News

A man who was a news liaison for former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is at the center of a case involving $2 million in ...

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The Nobel Prize Wasn't for Obama -- It Was for the American People. Do We Deserve It?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Liberals, Afghanistan, Progressives, Guantanamo, Torture, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Dadt, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

That means it's our responsibility to force Obama and other electeds to recognize our priorities and pick up the pace. So call your representative and your senator, and let them know how you feel.

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When Nepotism Goes Awry: Politicians And Their (Naughty?) Sons

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Sons of big name political leaders have been making the news this week from Europe to Africa. In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken heat for ...

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Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

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Hugo Chavez Jokes About Nuclear Bomb For Iran On Live TV

The Guardian | James Sturcke | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Nuclear Weapon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Chavez Jokes About Bomb, Nuke, Chavez Nuclear Bomb, George W. Bush, Atomic Bomb, Bush, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Bomb, Chavez, Chavez Jokes About Nuclear Bomb, Uranium, World News

Telling somewhat less than tasteful jokes about weapons of mass destruction has been an occasional pastime of a number of senior US Republican politic...

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Obama Poll Watch: Obama Halts His Slide

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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This month, the news for Obama fans is not bad. It's not get-up-and-cheer good, either, but it's a lot better than the news has been for the past two months.

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Gen. Petraeus, A Bush Superstar, Faces A New Reality In Obama's White House

nytimes.com | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan War, Bush, Iraq War, War Wire, Petraeus, Gen. Petraeus, Obama, Gen. David Petraeus, Petraeus Obama, World News

WASHINGTON Gen. David H. Petraeus, the face of the Iraq troop surge and a favorite of former President George W. Bush, spoke up or was called upon by ...

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Billions In U.S. Aid To Pakistan Never Reached Army, Generals Say

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: US Aid, Pentagon, Misuse, Al Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, Perves Musharraf, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bin Laden, Terrorism, Mahmud Durrani, Bush, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has bee...

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Obama's Meeting With Dalai Lama Is Delayed In Apparent Nod To Chinese

The Washington Post | John Pomfret | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Tibet, Congress, Obama, China, Bush, Dalai Lama Visit, Dalai Lama Meeting, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, D.C., World News

In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President...

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Obama Should Adopt the "Public Option" in Afghanistan

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Will Obama disappoint the foreign policy elites or will he, like Bush, send a "Drop Dead" message to the American people?

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Obama Should Ask Bush About Afghanistan: Opinion

Slate Magazine | John Dickerson | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan War, Afghanistan War, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Bush, Bush, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Bush Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Obama, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Obama Bush Afghanistan, World News

President Obama came into office promising he wouldn't be captive to groupthink. He would test the assumptions of his advisers by seeking outside voic...

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The Rise And Fall Of New York: A Tragedy In 3 Acts

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Politics, Clinton, Economy, Empire State Building, American Declien, Rome, 9/11, Rockefeller, Obama, Recession, Coliseum, Ground Zero, Bush, New York News

I still love this town. But it saddens me to see how far it's fallen. Can the rest of the country be far behind?

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This Week In Magazines: Obama The "Self-Entangling Giant"

James Warren | Posted 11.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Tribunals, Gary Willis, Detainees, Constitution, Executive Power, Nuclear Weapons, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Leon Panetta, Congress, Obama, Entangled Giant, CIA New York Review of Books, Eric Holder, Bush, Media News

No matter how much he might disdain the W. presidency, especially when it came to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path.

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James Carville And Mary Matalin On CNN: "He Can't Write," Says Matalin

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrat, Rightwing, Bush, John King, Cnn, Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton, James Carville, Gop, Conspiracy, Obama, Snl, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Mary Matalin, Politics News

Married D.C. power couple James Carville and May Matalin returned to their bickering, though loving ways Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union with John...

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