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The key question–is Blair a war criminal? - Opinion - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 21 hours, 8 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The Iraq inquiry will start hearing evidence in open session on Tuesday, and it will almost certainly lead to fireworks. Let us hope the media ...
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Living Standards Declining in America »
Posted by: ameliog 15 hours, 8 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The US used to boast the highest standard of living in the world. Those days are long past. Today --the US is among the most ...
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The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless - The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not »
Posted by: ameliog 20 hours, 13 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.
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Afghanistan decision coming within days, White House says
President Obama will announce within days whether he will send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the White House said late...
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Tapping the Golden Vein »
Posted by: k9kssr 1 day ago in Political Opinion
Tapping the Golden Vein
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Why is my gender suddenly in retreat? - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown - The Independen »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 hours, 30 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Boorish, brutish sexism has broken out again. Yet again. And, as usual, here come lady cheerleaders, handmaidens to men who have never accepted that half ...
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Tucker Carlson: Palin More Experienced Than Obama and Smarter Than Al Gore | Video Cafe »
Posted by: mesodude 7 hours, 27 minutes ago in Political Opinion
From C-SPAN's Washington Journal, the Carlson twins (not really) Margaret and Tucker showed up to give us some of their Villager insight on the ...
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Forecast for Dem primaries: Ugly - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com »
Posted by: gbudavid 22 hours, 14 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Discordant Democratic primaries are already taking shape.
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Cheney: Obama Bow 'Very Upsetting' And 'Fundamentally Harmful' »
Posted by: TimALoftis 13 hours, 11 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Former Vice President Dick Cheney gave an interview to conservative talk radio host Scott Hennen today, in which he slammed President Obama's "fundamentally harmful ...
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Health 'reform' that burdens our young »
Posted by: RTHTGakaRoland 7 hours, 18 minutes ago in Political Opinion
One of our long-running political stories is the economic assault on the young by the old. We have become a society that invests in its ...
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed: The Trial That Will Convict Us All »
Posted by: hyperbola 17 hours, 38 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Republican members of Congress and what masquerades as a “conservative” media are outraged that the Obama administration intends to try in federal court Khalid Shaikh ...
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Palin’s Hagiography Tour Strains Federal Law at Ft. Bragg »
Posted by: capj71 12 hours, 8 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Sarah Palin appeared at Fort Bragg today, promoting her book, “Going Rogue” to the military. Palin had promised to limit herself to signing books, no ...
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Nick Turse: As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region »
Posted by: berkeley 8 hours, 53 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity ...
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Links Foreign and Domestic, 11/23/09 »
Posted by: gbudavid 15 hours, 35 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Edward Niedermeyer, “Taking Taxpayers for a Ride” (h/t Josh) – from the article: Mr. Bloom’s clear signal that the administration is jumping ship is ...
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Ft. Hood and the bugaboo of 'political correctness »
Posted by: bruhaha 18 hours, 59 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The Ft. Hood massacre was not the first violent tragedy that conservatives have blamed on political correctness. But it might be the first one in ...
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GOP now the Party of 'Noooooooooo!' »
Posted by: bruhaha 8 hours, 43 minutes ago in Political Opinion
"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, well, yikes, where do I start?"...How Rep. Mark Kirk ...
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