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Politicians and the Military

Politics – Recently, I noted the comments of a retired flag officer, who though historically a strong Republican, noted his strong discontent with the way the Pentagon had been politicized. It led him to say he was thinking the hitherto unthinkable: voting for some Democrats. Today a study has appeared showing he is not alone.

View Story Discuss (6) (harpers.org) 121 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on March 05, 2008 06:00pm

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McCain tags Dems on trade treaty

Politics – McCain claims that the Canadians will leave Iraq if America backs out of NAFTA, which he claims both Dem candidates are threatening. Of course that is a McCain lie, but the facts aside, interesting claim about Canadians.

View Story Discuss (1) (seattlepi.nwsource.com) 125 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on March 01, 2008 09:17pm

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Straight Talk Express or 3:10 to Yuma?

Politics – Straight Talk Express...or...3:10 to Yuma? Loans Could Paint McCain Into Corner McCain has painted himself into a very sticky legal and fund raising corner with potential for jail time.

View Story Discuss (8) (washingtonpost.com) 125 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on March 01, 2008 05:23am

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Economic Stimulus: Fact Check (video)

Politics – Not all tax incentives are made equally. So which ones did our govt choose, and why? Benefit of $1 in food stamps: $1.73 Benefit of extending social security: $1.64 Benefit of tax rebates: $1.26 Benefit of equip purchase tax rebate for businesses: $0.35

View Story Discuss (0) (cnn.com) 156 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on January 30, 2008 02:16am

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NPR: Iraqi Militias Target Women

Do No Evil – Historically, Iraqi women had greater freedom than most Muslim countries. However, since the election of right-wing Iraqis and since the `Surge` emboldened neighborhood Islamic militias, Iraqi women are living in fear and/or on the run.

View Story Discuss (0) (npr.org) 157 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on January 29, 2008 07:31pm

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Republicans: FISA authority in Constitution

Politics – Amazing, isn`t it! The Republicans found a brand new part of the Constitution that no one knew existed, and it turns out not only did the Founding Fathers know that we would have the Internet, but it also turns out they were a bunch of fascists.

View Story Discuss (4) (washingtontimes.com) 164 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on January 22, 2008 05:15am

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FOX caught stealing copyrighted material

Do No Evil – The same FOX that sued Youtube over copyright is caught stealing copyrighted material from others. Corporate hypocrisy at its finest.

View Story Discuss (4) (sweetney.com) 171 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on January 15, 2008 06:19pm

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Jonah Goldbergs Bizarro History

Books – Another author tries to rewrite history, this time by claiming that the history of liberalism, fascism, and socialism are one and the same. I saw this fellow speak on TV and he is quite intelligent but at the same time has about a second-grader`s grasp of definitions and issues.

View Story Discuss (1) (prospect.org) 172 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on January 14, 2008 02:48am

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Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines

News – After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

View Story Discuss (1) (seattleweekly.com) 206 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on December 11, 2007 02:21am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 39 votes / No sinks

White House Threatens Budget Veto

Politics – The Dems tried to add $11B to the budget for healthcare, border security, and disaster relief. The WH rejected this claiming it is fiscally unsound. Unless of course the Dems agree to throw in an additional (!) $70B for Iraq.

View Story Discuss (11) (guardian.co.uk) 208 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on December 09, 2007 04:20pm

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Kerry takes oilman Pickens up on $1 million Swift Boat challenge

Politics – Now that Kerry has taken him up on his $1 million challenge, Pickens is renegging.

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Submitted and Voted for on November 18, 2007 02:02am

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Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program - 2000 election vote fraud

Politics – If Vice President Al Gore is wondering where his Florida votes went, rather than sift through a pile of chad, he might want to look at a "scrub list" of 173,000 names targeted to be knocked off the Florida voter registry by a division of the office of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. A close examination suggests thousands of v

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Submitted and Voted for on November 06, 2006 09:03pm

Lie by Lie: The Iraq War Timeline
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Lie by Lie: The Iraq War Timeline

Politics – Cool interactive timeline of the sexed up intel and the purging of the truth in the Bush admin marketing campaign that led to the Iraq war. Scroll through the timeline by month and/or year. Most in-depth analysis (and user friendly format) of the lies that I have seen yet.

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Submitted and Voted for on October 31, 2006 05:26pm

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US Voting Machines Controlled by Venezuela

Politics – The greater threat to our nation's security comes not from Dubai and its pro-Western government, but from Venezuela, where software engineers with links to the leftist, anti-American regime of Hugo Chavez are programming electronic voting machines that will soon power U.S. elections.

View Story Discuss (0) (littlegreenfootballs.com) 613 days ago by Lurch

Submitted and Voted for on October 30, 2006 03:01pm

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University researchers challenge Bush win in Florida

Politics – In Broward County, for example, Bush appears to have received approximately 72,000 excess votes, Hout said, adding that the research team is 99.9% sure that these effects are not attributable to chance. The three counties revealed the most significant irregularities and were the most heavily Democratic counties in the state.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 25, 2006 03:37pm

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