Nichols Countdown—8

(see 10 for introduction) 7 next For Thursday's Capital Times , John Nichols reworked his latest Nation On-Line Beat entry, which topped Common Dreams' list Wednesday. The subject was the thwarting of a church's attempt to celebrate inclusiveness. I'm attempting to...

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I Don’t Even Know Where to Begin

Or, How Many Daughters Does Michael Ledeen Have? The following is apparently supposed to be yet another example of the wonderful Iraq news the doggone librull media get up early in the morning to suppress. According to our source, the young lady who authored this...

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Kill the Martians

A new threat has emerged against freedom; the threat from life on Mars: "Earth’s defences may need to be boosted against risk of potentially deadly microbes returning on space probes" This represents the greatest threat to democracy since Saddam Hussein. What we need...

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How to Win the Presidency

The "bombs-and-Jesus crowd" (Hunter Thompson's decade-old description) – whose heart is in Dixie – has become the decisive voting bloc in American politics. For nearly a century after the civil war Dixie voted solidly Democrat until a magic bullet in Dallas killed the...

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Roll out the Iraqi tanks

Who do these guys think they're kidding?However, Qassim Dawoud, Iraq's national security adviser, said insurgent attacks were down since the invasion of Fallujah. He provided no details but said Iraq didn't need U.S.-led coalition forces' help to safeguard the...

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November was Iraq’s Deadliest Month

The Department of Defense released the names of three more US troops killed in Iraq, bringing the November US death total in Iraq to 137, the highest since the war began. In April of this year, 135 US troops were killed. Each of the three soldiers killed died from...

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Clearing and clearing and clearing Fallujah…..

OK, now this is a shocker. Who would've imagined:Iraqi rebels are creeping back into areas cleared by US marines in Fallujah, where the military continues daily to secure homes and try to seize weapons caches before they can be used to again attack US and Iraqi...

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Libertarians on Foreign Policy

What Jim says about Radley Balko's TCS piece on libertarians and foreign policy. Jim: Radley Balko's TCS article this weekend leaves a smoking crater where claims of "libertarian unseriousness" on foreign policy have been.Radley Balko, "That Republicans don't take...

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An Open Letter From Sibel Edmonds

Dear Fellow Citizens: For the past three years, the United States Department of Justice has been relentlessly engaged in actions geared toward covering up my reports and investigations into my allegations. These actions include gagging the United States Congress,...

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Nichols Countdown—9

(see 10 for introduction) 8 next Good news out of Madison, "progressive" bellwether John Nichols has rung out November with "Accenture pact a boneheaded move." The streak lives, still no mention of "Israel" this year, 101 columns down, nine to go. If John does...

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