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Hot Headlines, November 2006

Nov. 25
• Chaos: Baghdad descends into outright savagery
Iraq Civil War escalates | Juan Cole runs down the carnage, adds ominous detail: "A [Shammar] Sunni sheikh [told Cole] thousands of former officers are prepared to assault the G[reen] Z[one]. It is no longer a matter of can they do it, they are only mulling over the timing"
Iraq Past the Brink | Bush keeps plans to meet with Iraqi prime minister despite new violence | Saudi and Israeli sources are sounding the alarm on stepped-up Iranian activity in Lebanon | In 1984, Robert Gates, then the No. 2 CIA official and now nominee for War Secretary, advocated U.S. airstrikes against Nicaragua’s pro-Cuban government | Nothing to lose? Moqtada threatens to pull out from Iraq government | Bush Team Laments Escalation of Iraq Violence, But Refuses to Take Blame, Responsibility | As seen on CNN.com -- at last, the press catches up with Iraq reality | 1000 Iraqis displaced each day since February 22 due to sectarian violence | Shiite militiamen grabbed six Sunnis as they left Friday worship services, doused them with kerosene and burned them alive | Um, Mister Bush? Were these the weapons of mass destruction you were looking for?
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Affirmative action for ousted Republicans! Retiring Rep. Boehlert Takes Job in D.C.
HOT POLITICS -- Progressive Internet communities must work with traditional progressive communities to hold Democratic feet to the fire -- and that has never been easier | Realpolitik 2007: The Money Party vs. The People Party | David Broder gets it right for once: A Democratic Tidal Wave in New Hampshire | Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing | Introducing the 2008 Race Tracker Wiki
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Another US bungle in the war on terror: American interference allowed UK "liquid bomb" terror plot suspects to escape
BORDER BUNGLES -- Nutcase Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Twilight Zone) Says Bush Wants To Merge U.S. With Mexico and Canada
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- The LA Times begins calling the Iraq mess a "Civil War" | Glenn Reynolds vs. The Facts... Again | As Iraq unravels, dishonest right wing pundits spin | Right wing chattering class steals heroes from liberal pantheon
FOX WATCH -- Oops! Amateur hour again at FOXNews.com
$MIRKONOMICS -- US Dollar Drops Sharply; Experts Concerned That Economy Will Continue To Weaken
ELECTION THEFTS -- FL-13: Jeb Bush, Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are | Paul Krugman on FL 13: Do we have to wait for a constitutional crisis?
OH, GOD! -- If anything should show the public that Dr. James "Beat on the brat" Dobson is a charlatan, this appearance on Larry King Live should do so
MORALITY MORONICS -- The modern conservative is engaged in one of the world’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy -- that is the moral justification for selfishness
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Energy Firms Brace For Global Warming Legislation From Dem-Led Congress
TRASHING NATURE -- Closing the EPA libraries is the perfect symbol to characterize the methods of the Bush administration

Nov. 24
• Iraqi Cabinet Members to PM Maliki: Don’t Meet With Bush
• al-Sadr followers in Iraqi parliament say they will boycott government over Bush meeting next week
Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle U.S. | Baghdad death toll climbs to 202 dead, 252 wounded | Marine Corps can't maintain a surge in Iraq troop levels | Three Marines killed fighting in Iraq | Winning hearts and minds: US soldiers fire on Iraq minibus, killing 4
• Sen. Leahy: "People are hiding their mistakes"; Senate Democrats Revive Demand for Classified Data
Incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) promises oversight on warrantless wiretapping and the CIA’s secret prison system
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Everything Bush’s allies accuse others of doing (exploiting national security for domestic political gain, being unserious about war matters, playing games with the mission of the troops) is what they do as transparently as possible
HOT POLITICS -- Three big states push for earlier primaries | A promise from a Congressman -- Barney Frank will not run for Senate | Vanity Fair on Karl Rove’s Split Personality | Beltway Incest At Its Finest | Boo-hoo-fracklin-hoo again: Cheney is all busted up over Rummy’s sacking | Bush Sr. defends his son during Arab visit | NC-08: Democrat Kissell closing gap, can still win
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Is Russia a state sponsor of terrorism?
BORDER BUNGLES -- A (Racist) Border Watcher Finds Himself Under Scrutiny
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- Iran Says It Will Build Nuclear Reactor Without Help Of IAEA
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- Idiot right wing blogger blames spike in Iraq violence on Democrats | Gerald Boyd, Pioneering Journalist And Former NYT Managing Editor, Dead At 56 | Novak slow on the uptake: it took the GOP and other right wingers six years to figure out that Bush is deeply flawed
$MIRKONOMICS -- Election of Democrats to snarl Bush trade plans, save US jobs
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Dems to Take Lead on Homeland Security Issues
OH, GOD! -- Separated at birth? | Actually, Darwin is the root of all terrorism: extremist Christian right in America might have some new friends | President-elect of Christian Coalition resigns; cites group’s refusal to address actual, important social issues
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Can Dr. Evil Save the Earth?
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Leaked Drug Company Memo: Rick Santorum Loss "Creates A Big Hole We Will Need To Fill... We Now Have Fewer Allies In The Senate"

Nov. 23
• Turkeys Again Refuse Ceremonial White House Pardon
Conservative Catfight! Grab the popcorn for Mitt vs. McCain | Oh, boo hoo hoo! Frinds Say Dennis Hastert Is Dejected, Unlikely To Serve Entire Term As Rank-and-File Loser | Why Bush Can Never Truly Work With Democrats | AR Gov. Mike Huckabee: Too Goofy for Prez run? | So where in the world is Dick Cheney? And is this his last "disappearance"? | Edwards, Obama Gain Popularity on Tours | VA-10: Rep. Frank Wolf's (R) big fat Iraq lie | State legislature updates: AL, AZ, FL, MN, OK, and PA | Watch Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) address the annual meeting of the Council on American-Islamic Relations | "You Are Where You Sit": Republicans Surrender Prime Office Space To Incoming Dems | Nancy Pelosi vs. Jane Harman: it won't be pretty
• Osama is still free and reportedly now on the move in Pakistan
• The arithmetic: Were thousands from Bush's gulags disappeared?
• Student tapes Christianist social studies teacher proselytizing in class--and the Christianist lies about it!
• NewsCorp implicated in Simpson hush money scandal
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Bob Gates and those troublesome Iran arms sales | Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ-defeated) going out with a rash of free trips | Huckabee Wedding Registries Have Disappeared From Reported Websites | Alcee and the Leak | Can Texas lobbyists work with Democrats? Wouldn't you like to be a fly on that wall? | So just where did Homeland security's contracting files go? | Gröpenführer: Come with me if you want some patronage | Texas gets screwed by DeLay redistricting: no clout in the Democratic-led House | Hastings to Democrats: I Am Innocent | Homeland Security Dazed And Confused: Report Says Many Files On Contracts Signed By Federal Agency Can't Be Located
BIG-BROTHER-GATE --Pentagon STILL spying on antiwar movement | Strict passport rules set for air travelers | Freedom of speech upheld: VT Supreme Court reverses war protester's conviction | Feingold plans habeas corpus hearings and mulls 2008 VP role
QWAGMIRE -- Wesley Clark: A sane, smart plan for getting out of the regional disaster that is Iraq | It's not Thanksgiving in Iraq: 144 die, 236 hurt in attacks in Iraq | Head Of Marines: Iraq War Putting Undue Stress On Corps | More than 140 bodies have been found dumped across Baghdad over the past three days | Social progress too: Violence in Iraq increasingly targeting women | First Daughter "Travel Nightmare"? A reminder of what a real nightmare is... | Early signs indicate that Democrats will be very cautious about redeployment -- and they want to make sure W. takes the blame for the Iraq disaster | Iraqi general arrested on corruption charges | Gunmen Attack Baghdad Health Ministry | ... or is he? Is "Now" the operative word? | Reoprt: Cheney in Baghdad... | Nearly 60% of Americans think Iraq is like Vietnam | Lieberman Says Phased Withdrawal Would Be Road To Disaster; Iraqis Disagree | Situation In Iraq Has Worsensed Since Last Bush-Maliki Mideast Meeting | Doctors Fleeing Iraq: "They Have Been Targeted Since The Fall Of The Regime" | Rumsfailed redux: There isn't enough equipment for the war in Afghanistan | Behind Talk Of A New Draft: Equity
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- David Corn has a solution to Nancy Pelosi's Intel Chair dilemma: appoint Rush Holt
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- IAEA Refuses Iranian Request For Technical Help With Nuclear Reactor | Clinton praised for work on 2004 tsunami recovery | Cheney to meet with Saudi King Abdullah -- will there be kissing, hand-holding?
OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT! -- Lawrence O'Donnell has had it with GOP chickenhawks
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- News, schmooze! TV to voters: fuggetabboudit | The Implosion of DKos Will Not Be Televised: More Fun With Dumbass Conservabloggers | From Tinky Winky to Shrek, Shark Tale to SpongeBob, conservatives seem to have an unhealthy fixation on the alleged dangers lurking in animation | NY Times Co. Spurns Jack Welch's Bid for "Boston Globe" | Shocker from Clownhall: Respect for Liberal Blogs | On Scarborough Country, Larry O'Donnell spanks the chickenhawks
FOX WATCH -- Department of hypocricy: FOX Broadcasting calls FCC indecency rules "radical"
$MIRKONOMICS -- Lou Dobbs: Bush, Congress tell working folk to go to hell
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Billionaire Investor Kerkorian Dumps Chunk Of His GM Stake | Up-is-down World: How Refusing Corporate Deals "Undermines" Democracy
BUDGET MESS -- Never send a Republican to do a Democrat's job
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Michael Chertoff's contempt for the rule of law: it's not just focused on other sovereign states!
ELECTION THEFTS -- In Katherine Harris' old Florida district, more than 18,000 votes went missing -- a Republican "won" a House seat by 369 votes -- and the Democrat is contesting the fix | Whistleblower Stephen Heller: Diebold Cannot be Trusted to Run Elections in America | FL-13: Make no mistake, the election was stolen | Orlando Sentinel: Missing Votes in FL-13 Favored Dems
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Dumbed-down! Education Secretary loses on Jeopardy... to Laverne and Shirley's Lenny
OH, GOD! -- Pass THIS blog entry on to any rapture-cult Evangelicals you may know
RACISM IN THE USA -- Steve Gilliard: BU College Republicans help define the GOP as the Party of Entitled Whites
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Poised To Take Control Of Congress, Dems Look To Cut Payments To Insurers | Bush Officials Tout Doctor Credentials of Anti-Contraception Appointee Who Isn't A Doctor
GAY IN AMERICA -- The American Family Association utterly caved in on their gay-bashing Wal-Mart boycott | Gay obsessed Romney cuts funding for gay suicide prevention

Nov. 22
• NewsCorp implicated in Simpson hush money scandal
Delusions of grandeur: Billo, Laura Ingraham claim victory in OJ cancellation | Watch this! Denise Brown Says NewsCorp. Offered Brown family "Hush Money" To Keep Quiet About O.J. Interview | The FOX O.J. Meltdown: Reaction and Analysis (and yes, it was about the money)
Early signs indicate that Democrats will be very cautious about redeployment -- and they want to make sure W. takes the blame for the Iraq disaster | Iraqi civilian deaths reach new high in October | Anyone feel a draft? Officials: Afghanistan needs more troops | Sen. Chuck Hagel on MSNBC: "The time for more troops is past"; McCain's plan is "not realistic... even if we had them, that's the wrong approach"
• The arithmetic: Were thousands from Bush's gulags disappeared?
First Daughter "Travel Nightmare"? A reminder of what a real nightmare is...
In Katherine Harris' old Florida district, more than 18,000 votes went missing -- a Republican "won" a House seat by 369 votes -- and the Democrat is contesting the fix | Whistleblower: "Diebold can't be trusted to run elections" | Watchdogs File Suit in Florida Election Battle | Diebold whistleblower strikes plea deal
HOT POLITICS -- Dick Meyer on America's real political enemy: bullsh!t | Romney Forges On (to Defeat), Heedless of GOP Losses | McCain Vs. Giuliani: GOP Contenders Competing For Bush's Vast Network Of Donors | 2008 TX-Sen, OR-Sen, ME-Sen: Early looks | Serial Adulterer Rudy Giuliani Files Federal Papers To Test The Water For Presidential Bid | Another defection from the GOP to the Democrats: Connecticut state Rep. Diana Urban | Unfortunately, Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Mean Jean Schmidt (R-0H) will be back in Congress | Bush daughter Barbara robbed; Secret Service agent beaten | White House Aide Beaten And Robbed In Honolulu | Run, Rudy, run (under a bus) | Incoming House GOP Freshmen headed by dumbest Republican ever? | Following a speech in Abu Dhabi, former President Bush was "forced to defend his son from verbal attacks" from a "hostile audience" | Bob Reich Breaks Green Room Omerta, Exposes the McCain "Straight Talk Express" As Doublespeak | Poll: Americans Prefer Bush Senior to Dim Son | NM-01: Madrid (D) comes up short in recount | LA-02: The Election Isn't Over -- Runoff Time | Poll: Majority of Iraqis want us out within a year, support attacks on US troops | GOP Infighting: Mitt Romney slams John McCain | LA-2: Why Karen Carter's run-off race in Louisiana matters
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- NY Times picks up story of suspended Dem staffer cleared in intel inquiry | Michelle Pilecki: Baltimore Sun Shines Light on OSHA Shenanigans | Iraq Defense Contractor CACI International Runs Campaign of Intimidation Against US Journalists | Expert: Hastings Conversation Likely Was Code | House Intelligence: The Trouble with Hastings | For Pelosi and Dems, No Good Choice for Intel Chair | So this is newly-elected Sen. Jon Tester's big "skeleton in the closet"
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- History of problems with UCLA taser cop | Your Tax Dollars At Work As Big Brother: The Pentagon's Counter-Vandalism Unit
QWAGMIRE -- Tammy Duckworth named head of Veterans Affairs for Illinois | Pentagon Considers Massive Troop Level Boost in Iraq | Joe Conason: Bush studies Vietnam, flunks test | President Bush, Iraqi PM to meet, discuss Iraq security | Watch this! Annan says US is trapped in Iraq | Pelosi announces Democratic forum to review Iraq war | Poll: Majority of Iraqis want us out within a year, support attacks on US troops | Lebanese industry minister Pierre Gemayel assassinated
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- The War on Terror: ...And Then It All Went Wrong
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- Bush is "reinvigorated" from Asian trip? After every foreign leader told him to take a hike on North Korea? | The Peacemaker: How Bill Clinton saved deposed Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from hanging
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- News, schmooze! TV to voters: fuggetabboudit | Must-see TV! Keith Olbermann gives Michael "Savage" Wiener the prestigious Worst Person In the World Award for claiming anti-gay remark will appear "in several of the blogs run by gays" whom he compared to "drug addicts" | Shocker from Clownhall: Respect for Liberal Blogs | On Scarborough Country, Larry O'Donnell spanks the chickenhawks | Dems Unlikely to Block Gates Nomination | Whitewashing Iraq on the WaPo Op-Ed Page | Right-wing radio host Melanie Morgan is still peddling eliminationist rhetoric | After touting GOP's "remarkable" feat in 2002 election, media ignored historical context for Dem victories in 2006 | Director Robert Altman Dead At 81
FOX WATCH -- Will the incoming Democrat-majority Congress push FOX to left? | Cartoon penguins have Neil "Poledance" Cavuto all bent out of shape
WHAT A RUSH! -- In conservative-held congressional districts nationwide, "liberals" and "progressives" are viewed more favorably than Rush Limbaugh
$MIRKONOMICS -- But... but... but... Bush said the economy is roaring!
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Alcoa to cut 6,700 jobs worldwide | Treasury Secretary Paulson Says Business Is Over-Regulated: Still Backs Sarbanes-Oxley | Christian Conservatives Boycott Wal-Mart For Promoting What They Call the Radical Homosexual Agenda | Prosecutors drop Ken Lay appeal
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Michael Chertoff's contempt for the rule of law: it's not just focused on other sovereign states!
JUSTICE WATCH -- 92-yr-old woman dies in police shootout
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Top public colleges getting whiter, richer as financial aid practices create barriers for low-income, minority students | BU Republicans offer white scholarship
OH, GOD! -- Pass THIS blog entry on to any rapture-cult Evangelicals you may know | At long last, scientists are beginning to back science and question superstition, religion and tradition | Religious freedom, shmeedom: Imams Removed From US Airways Flight After Praying
RACISM IN THE USA -- Steve Gilliard: BU College Republicans help define the GOP as the Party of Entitled Whites | Oliver Willis: "I hate white guilt"
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Dems Say No To Anti-reproductive-rights Dr. "Quack" Keroack | Mitt Romney to mental patients: Drop dead! | EPA Abrogates Duty to Protect Public Health, Relaxes Rules On Pesticides | American right wing policy linked to global HIV death increases

Nov. 21
• Special Comment Time! Keith Olbermann Schools Bush on Vietnam, Iraq, and Delusions
• Iraq is spiraling out of control
Steve Gilliard on Iraq: Simple questions, simple answers | Now hear this; Wesley Clark talks iraq on the Ed Schultz Show | Progress, dammit! Iraq Twin Pipeline To Turkey Rendered Useless, Says Minister | A Plethora of Plans -- None of Which Will Work | Flip-flopper of State: Condolleeza Rice Was Against the Iraq Study Group Before She Was For It!
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Budowsky: Democratic Congress Should Launch Truman-Like Investigation of Iraq Reconstruction Fraud | Democrats Plan Barrage of Votes on Ethics Reform | Ethics Committee's Foley Inquiry Limping to a Close | Chicago Mayor's Former Aide Sentenced | Roll Call: Dem Intel Aide's Access Restored
ELECTION THEFTS -- TX-23: The DCCC is in da house for the House seat runoff | FL-13: Sore disputed winner Vern Buchanan attacks Christine Jennings (D), demands she concede | FL-13: Democrat Christine Jennings Contests Election Results
HOT POLITICS -- New Statesman: Bush drinking again? | Pelosi team tries to steer Democrats to the center | Out of denial; Rupert Murdoch admits O.J. deal was a bad idea | Bloodshed piles pressure on Iraqi PM, Bush | With attempts to oust Dean crushed, anti-Deaniacs in the party are fresh out of friends | Sen. Hillary Clinton Won Easily, but Bankroll Shows the Toll -- Why the Big Spend? | Smoking a political liability for Obama? | Judge Rules No On Release Of Information About NSA Secret Wiretap Program | Sore Loser Richard Pombo (R-CA11) Considers Options in Wake of Stunning Defeat: Lobbyist... Game Show Host... Captain of the Exxon Valdez... | Sore Loser Richard Pombo (R-CA11) Considers Options in Wake of Stunning Defeat: Lobbyist... Game Show Host... Captain of the Exxon Valdez... | Another Loser-to-be: Kansas Republican Sam Brownback Eyes Presidential Bid | CA-11: How was anti-life, pro-pollution thug Pombo defeated? Simple answer to simple question... | James Carville has been abandoned by all -- even Hillary -- in his quest to unseat Howard Dean | Newt Gingrich, American (Megalo-) Maniac | Hilarious! John Orman becomes head of CT Democrats for Lieberman Party -- and snarks Holy Joe | Dems gain in Alaska | Dems gain in North Dakota | Dem gains in the Mountain West | Despite the Beltway narrative, conservative and southern Democratic victories were scarce | Katherine Harris Squared: DeLay's Temporary Replacement Becomes Poster Girl for Self-sabotage After Her Weird Behavior Hobbles Her Political Career | Democrat Contesting Florida Congressional Race Following Discovery Of Machine Malfunctions | Meet GOP Rep. Jim Walsh, sore winner-man | John Edwards On Barack Obama: "I Hope He Runs. I Think He Should Run"
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- 6 Imams Removed from Twin Cities Flight | Reno, Former DoJ Officials File Challenge to Terror Law | UCLA policy okays use of tasers against passive demonstrators
QWAGMIRE -- War objector stands up for troops | Latest scare claim from Bush regime: Iran may have germ weapons | Once More Into The Breach! Just One Last Push! That's the Ticket! | Look for congressional hearings in January on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy | Sen. Barack Obama calls for gradual pullout from Iraq | Pelosi rejects Rep. Rangel's push to reinstate the draft | War With Iran Would Be "Much More Complicated And Costly" Than "Anyone Envisions" | Bush admits he doesn't know what he's doing in Iraq
WAR CRIMES -- What did the President know specifically about U.S. torture practices and when did he know it?
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Judge to FBI: Correct and complete disclosures on post-9/11 Saudi flyout
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- The List: Who Will Replace John Bolton? | Bush Regime "wary of" (read: really, really miffed about) Iran, Syria role in Iraq | Bush Regime comes back empty handed from Asia, finding nobody to back their plan for taking on North Korea
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- CBS owes Ed Bradley an apology for not allowing him to run the story of a lifetime: how Bush lied America into the Iraq war | California Supreme Court protects bloggers| Air America Gets Another Week for Sale | On CNN Late Edition,hand wringing Neocons blame everyone but the Neocons for the disaster that is Iraq | Cro-Magnon Conservative blames Iraq failure on the hippies! | Even though she hasn't yet taken office, media already trumpeting Pelosi's supposed "failure" as House speaker | Media glossed over Trent Lott's praise of Thurmond segregationist campaign ... again | Jose Padilla also rules Iraq: More Stupidity from the New york Sun | Bill O'Reilly: iPods, Computer Geeks Endangering America | MSNBC gets it right again -- Pentagon's Iraq options: Go Big? Go Long? Go Home? MSNBC: Go Duh!!
FOX WATCH -- Synergy: FOX News Covered O.J. Interview As Much As CNN, MSNBC, Headline News Combined | FOX O.J. fiasco humbles Murdoch, tarnishes NewsCorp's broadcast and print operations | Does this mean Dennis Miller will again have gainful employment for, say, five weeks? FOX News plans right-wing Daily Show | Brit Hume's latest silliness: "Human Shar-Pei" claims Pelosi's Iraq position may put her "at odds with her own majority"
$MIRKONOMICS -- Housing bubble smack-down
BUDGET MESS -- GOP's latest underhanded tactic: leaving their unfinished spending bills for Democrats to clean up
JUSTICE WATCH -- Justice Dept. sued over House of Death mass murder case
MORALITY MORONICS -- Radical Right Christian Groups Want "Sexual Complaints" Question Cut Out Of Government Questionnaires
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Like Marc Perkel predicted: Election finished, gas prices up -- again!
WEIRD SCIENCE -- Thank God For Evolution: Progressive minister and secularist wife promote scientific inquiry into the origin of everything
GAY IN AMERICA -- McCain: Um, not that there's anything wrong with them, but gay marriage should be illegal | Romney is obsessed with gays. Obsessed. It's all he can talk about

Nov. 20
• Watch This! Sy Hersh: Bush, Cheney Stovepiping Intelligence On Iran, Hiding Information From CIA
MORE: Another Hersh Bombshell -- Cheney Told Advisers Dem Congress Would Not Stop Military Options In Iran | MORE: Hersh in New Yorker: CIA Report Says "No Conclusive Evidence" Of Iran Nuke Program...Bush Admin May Still Be Preparing Military Ops
• Kissinger: Military Victory In Iraq Is No Longer Possible
Pentagon Report Oversimplifies, Finds Three Options For Iraq: "Go Big, Go Long, or Go Home"
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- The Importance of Henry Waxman: He's no Dan Burton | OSHA threatens scientist who issued asbestos warning | NV Man Is Zelig of GOP Scandals
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- UCLA orders independent probe of taser incident
HOT POLITICS -- Joe Lieberman's party of one is taken over by a new chairman -- who immediately issued a press release criticizing Lieberman | Oliver Willis Finds Georgia 4th An Embarrassment No More | Conservative Mag: Rudy Giuliani Has No Chance Of Winning GOP Nomination | Steve Gilliard shows black Republicans how to recover! | WaPo profiles Lyndon LaRouche -- yes, he's still active | How the Republicans Lost the NASCAR Garage Dudes | John McCain's Age | Latino Support for GOP Plummets | Bush Has "Fewer And Fewer Friends"
QWAGMIRE -- HRW: Saddam trial flawed and unsound; even a homicidal dictator deserves a fair trial | At least 112 killed across Iraq Sunday | 24 Disguised Gunmen Kidnap Iraq Deputy Health Minister | Bush Has Lost the Central Front In the War On Terror | Make the rich kids fight: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY15) to push reinstating draft | Nice poodle! Tony Blair now says his Iraq disaster quip was a slip-up | Syria Calls For US Troop Withdrawal Timetable | Watch this! McCain undercuts his own argument, admits sending more troops would "absolutely... be terrible" for military, risks "broken Army" | Charles Rangel: If US Had A Draft We "Never Would Have Invaded Iraq" | Arch-Neocon Bill Kristol Weeps, Wrings Hands, Fears Political Support For Iraq "Will Crumble... Among Republicans" In Next 3 Months | Fareed Zakaria: John McCain's Plan For More Troops Is "Just Willing More American Deaths" | Not to be Technical About It, but These People Are Crazy
WAR CRIMES -- Record crowd protests at School of the Americas | Sen./RNC Chairman-to-be Mel Martinez protests the treatment of terrorist suspects -- by Vietnam!
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- One Of These Things Just Doesn't Belong
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- Screenwriter Finds Evidence Implicating 3 CIA Agents In RFK Assassination
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- As Iran Seeks Aid, Atom Agency Faces Quandary | Bush Arrives to Anger in Indonesia | Air Force One Grounded After Mechanical Problems; Bush To Continue Asia Trip On Backup Boeing 757 | Bush Begs China for Aid In Handling North Korea | Not so curious George does another drive by road trip
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- Clear Channel agrees to be acquired for about $18.7B | Now I have you right where I want you: The brilliant utter stupidity of John Assmissile, the Wile E. Coyote of warbloggers | News vs. Not News: Given the choice between Ted Koppel and Glenn Beck... | Tester and Webb shine on Meet the Press; even Russert seemed impressed | Watch this! George Stephanopoulos Stumps McCain On Gays In The Military | Glenn Beck and the paranoid style
FOX WATCH -- Watch this! Smarmy Chris Wallace torments Kerry in "botched joke" attack interview; Kerry smacks back
$MIRKONOMICS -- Who Will Bail Out The American People?
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Still Segregated: Schools Slow in Closing Gaps Between Races
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Dems To Target Oil Companies
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Study: Birth mothers need more rights | Watch John McCain Flip-Flop, Support Immediate Reversal of Roe v. Wade
GAY IN AMERICA --Mass. Gov. Romney Asks Courts To Intervene In Effort To Block Gay Marriage

Nov. 19
• Finally, someone says it, and naturally it's Frank Rich: It's Not the Democrats Who Are Divided
He's stupid and he's ugly and nobody likes him anymore: Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush | NY Times: Karl Rove is going to stay (stay an albatross around Bush's neck, that is!) | Democrats Heed Voters' Message: Health Care, Tuition, Worker's Pay Top American Agenda | America: What to Do Next? | Political cartoon that says it all... | Black lawmakers to have unprecedented clout in Congress
Another GOP hat tossed in the ring: Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson | Reid: Democratic majority will ask for GOP's help (read: see if they got the message about which party has the mandate now) | Immigration top issue for new governors at convention | McCain Hires Key Falwell Staffer For Presidential Campaign | Montana Politician Changes Parties, Giving Democrats Control of State Senate | Dean: More Gay, Minority Leaders Needed | Bush to Viet vets: The sacrifice of your comrades was worth 15 minutes of my precious time
TRAITORGATE -- Well, well, well, whuddya know? It looks like Scooter Libby did not tell the truth, and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is on the case (WARNING: Right-wing fishwrap link)
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- Attorney general Abu Gonzales's panties are in a bunch because people actually oppose illegal surveillance -- so he plays the Big Brother card | Michael Chertoff gets all snippy about the rest of the world expecting the US to abide by the rule of law | Michael Chertoff gets all snippy about the rest of the world expecting the US to abide by the rule of law
QWAGMIRE -- Another $127 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan | At least 18 dead after Iraq gunbattle | This is helping our wounded? Dangerous drugs being given to troops | Iraq Police Making Good Progress... Not! Casualties Are High, Morale Is Low And Many...Do Not Show Up For Work | Brent Scowcroft On Rumsfeld's Replacement: "He's Crazy To Take The Job" | More Progress Smirk Style: Leading Shiite Politician Gunned Down With Wife | Just another day in the Iraq civil war: more than 50 killed in attacks
WAR CRIMES -- Bleeding Americans Dry in the Service of Injustice
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Padilla Case's Troubles Raise Questions on Anti-Terror Tactics
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- Bush Speeds Through Vietnam: One Non-Official Event, No Contact With Ordinary Vietnamese
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- Glenn Beck Needs Some Counseling on Bigotry | Beltway insiders struggle to preserve the value of their Rolodexes by quoting only Republicans
FOX WATCH -- Wacky Billo: "Far Left Loons" Are Linking Fox News With O.J. Interview On Orders From "Their Internet Masters" | Is FOX News Flatlining? CNN, MSNBC Gaining Post-Election | OJ's outrageous pseudo-confession confession turns US against Rupert Murdoch
$MIRKONOMICS -- Reid: Dems to "Seek GOP Aid" (read: force GOP to get the nation's message) on Wage Hike
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Rep. Barney Frank previews Democrats' plan to bargain with megabusiness: you boost wages and benefits, we kill anachronistic regulations
ELECTION THEFTS -- FL-13: Is a New Election Possible? Yes
OH, GOD! -- Just in case you did need further evidence that Pat Robertson is a closed-minded, regressive bigot...
GAY IN AMERICA -- Alaska Lawmakers Show Their Contempt for Constitution, American Government, Thumb Nose At Court Ordered Gay Benefits