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HUckabee
may have very well nixed his chance for VP. 5-16 |
| “pure
politics,” “blatant,” “beneath the presidency,” “truly
disgraceful,” “outrageous,” “disturbing,” “ridiculous
hypocrisy” and “long-distance Swiftboating.” 5-16 |
| McSame:
Bush ‘Exactly Right’ On ‘Appeasement’ Remark
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You
know who else is a terrorist appeaser? In 2006 McCain criticized
Bush for not talking to Hamas, the democratically elected leaders
of Palestine 5-16 |
| Conyers:
'We're closing in on Rove' 5-16 |
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Bill
Clinton urges Hillary supporters to ignore media, math, their lyin' eyes,
and reality 5-16 |
| McCain
and Clinton: We can't do anything about swiftboating third party attack
groups. Obama: |
| U.S.
House and Senate this week passed a $300 billion farm bill that will
shower even more taxpayer subsidies on corporations and some of the
nation's wealthiest farmers. 5-16 Here's the House
vote. Here's the Senate
vote. |
| Defense
Secretary Robert Gates proposed talking with Iran the very same day Bush
attacked Obama for suggesting the exact same thing 5-16 |
| Poor
tired huddled masses are offered amnesty for helping to rebuild
Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Just kidding, the state made them all
felons 5-16 |
| Bush
goes to Saudi Arabia and promises to help them develop nuclear
capabilities. 5-16 |
| Chris
Mathews chooses his targets well and, like any efficient animal in the
wild, goes after the weak, unprotected and helpless members of a herd to
survive. And it makes for some fine entertainment. 5-16 |
| Iraqis
shoot Iranian embassy employees. Iran blames US. 5-16 |
| Osama
bin Laden releases new message reiterating old message: He's still in a
cave somewhere and will release a new video whenever it's politically
expedient for the GOP. 5-16 |
| Government |
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| Corrupt
congressman Ron Young (R-AK) sets up a legal defense fund in January to
help with multimillion dollar fees. But so far, not one single person has
contributed 5-16 |
| As
House members debated the latest "emergency supplemental"
spending bill for Iraq, David Obey delivered a nice smackdown to John
Culberson (R-TX) after he tried to trot out the usual Republican canard
about Democrats, supporting the troops and pork 5-16 |
| United
Steelworkers Union endorses Obama. What was that about working class white
men? 5-16 |
| Swift
Boaters plan to attack Obama viciously for not wearing flag lapel pins and
other miscellaneous non-issues 5-16 |
| Shocker
- the TV reporter Barack Obama called "sweetie" was not and is
not offended by being called "sweetie" 5-16 |
| President
Bush receives farm bill, breaks out box of veto crayons, Congress says
they can override. 5-16 |
| Former
Gov. Jesse Ventura said he "may" file the necessary papers to
run for the U.S. Senate in the November election. 5-16 |
| Bush
in 2000: Faults the president for not doing more on $28/barrel oil. Bush
in 2008: Oil at $128/barrel... OMG TERRISTS!!!!!!!! 5-16 |
| McCain
once said the NRA shouldn’t be embraced by the Republican Party. Flip
meets flop 5-16 |
| Sen.
John McCain (R-AZ) “secured millions in federal funds for a land
acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer
whose executives were major campaign donors 5-16 |
| Domestic
Programs |
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| McConnell's
Farm Bill Priority: Tax Breaks For Thoroughbred Race Horse Owners 5-15 |
| Iraq |
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| US
Probing Iraqi Companies For Insurance Fraud 5-15 |
| Security
developments in Iraq, May 15
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| Suicide
bomber kills 20 west of Baghdad -police 5-15
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| A
teenaged girl blew herself up outside an Iraqi army post south of Baghdad
on Wednesday, killing one soldier 5-15
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| IRAQ:
Child labor, a forgotten childhood under poverty 5-15
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| Sadr
City Conditions Worsen 5-15
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| Afghanistan |
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| United
Nations rights official alleged today that foreign intelligence agents
were acting with impunity in Afghanistan and have taken part in secret
raids that have killed civilians. 5-14 |
| AFGHANISTAN:
Over 360,000 affected by reduced health services 5-14
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| Afghanistan
opium production increases to a $4 billion per year enterprise, with 15%
of the population involved. 5-15 |
| Suicide
blast kills 18 Afghan police, civilians 5-15 |
| Afghanistan,
a road doesn't run through it, yet 5-15 |
| Marines
who once planned to be in the southern Afghan town of Garmser for just a
few days are extending their mission by several weeks after facing an
influx of Taliban fighters. 5-15 |
| Iran |
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| Defense
Secretary Robert Gates proposed talking with Iran the very same day Bush
attacked Obama for suggesting the exact same thing 5-16 |
| Lieberman
Says Bombing Iran 'Has An Appeal To It' 5-15 |
| Israel and
Palestine |
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Gaza:
The children killed in a war the world doesn't want to know about 5-15
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| Use
of torture on 17-year-old boy by Israeli security service 5-15
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| Central Asia |
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| At
least one missile suspected to have been fired by a suspected U.S. drone
hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Wednesday 5-15 |
| Pakistan
"thins out" troops in Waziristan for pact 5-15 |
| Foreign
Affairs |
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| Venezuela
to sell oil to Portugal in exchange for food, technology 5-15
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| U.S.
calls Chavez oil diplomacy "slippery slope" 5-15
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| Civil
Liberties |
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| Many
hetero married couples brace to have their marriages torn asunder now that
the California legislature OKs gay marriage. 5-15 |
| Conservatives
vow to fight California gay marriage ruling, because the only way to save
this land of Freedom is to guarantee permanent discrimination against gays
5-16 |
| Human Rights |
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| ACLU
obtains new Defense Department docs on prison deaths in Iraq. 5-15 |
| Around
500 minors are currently detained by the US army in Iraq, as well as
nearly a dozen juveniles in Afghanistan 5-15 |
| U.S.
Forcibly Drugs Detainees 5-15 |
| Environment |
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| NASA
Team Pinpoints Human Causes of Global Warming 5-16 |
| Between
a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970
5-16 |
| According
to an “unprecedented study” by experts that included members of the
UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), “[g]lobal
warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent.”
The experts found that “at least” 90 percent “of environmental
damage and disruption around the world could be explained by rising
temperatures driven by human activity.” 5-16 |
| This
summer, the Bush administration plans to implement “new air quality
rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks
and wilderness areas 5-16 |
| Bush
administration finally lists polar bears as endangered 5-15 |
| German
universities bow to public pressure over GM crops 5-15 |
| Veterans'
Issues
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| Following
his move that effectively killed the bill to help veterans House Minority
Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on the floor of the House today that,
“we’re playing political games on the backs of our troops.” 5-16 |
| House
Democrats, along with some Republicans, “approved an expansive new
veterans education benefit that would be paid for by a tax on affluent
Americans.” 5-16 |
| VA
"suggesting" that health professionals in its system steer away
from a diagnosis PTSD to stop them greedy "compensation seeking
veterans" from securing disability benefits 5-16 |
| Sen.
Widestance announced that he would offer an amendment to the forthcoming
Iraq war supplemental that would strip the legislation of Sen. Jim Webb's
GI Bill 5-15 |
| GOP
Uses GI Bill As A 'Political Gimmick' On Senate Floor To Thwart Passage Of
First Responder Legislation 5-15
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| Media |
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| The
Senate just passed a "resolution of disapproval" nullifying
the FCC's latest giveaway to big media companies! 5-16 |
| Bill
O'Reilly compares Kos to a racist. Kos responds 5-15 |
| During
heated fake-polite exchange on "Morning Joe," Clintonista Terry
McAuliffe accuses Chris Matthews of being "Obama campaign
chair." Matthews responds with "You're on meth" 5-15 |
| Chris
Matthews again shows his brilliance: "(Obama) Playing pool, not a bad
start, but it's not what most people play. People with money play pool
these days." 5-15 |
| Countdown
Special Comment to President Bush: "Shut the hell up." 5-15 |
| CNN
Goes Nuts For Coal 5-15 |
| Corporate
America |
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| Carlyle
Group [CYL.UL] is buying a majority stake in the U.S. government business
of management consulting technology firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc 5-16 |
| Blackwater
being incorporated into USO efforts 5-16 |
| Thom
Hartmann talks about the over-medication of America...a pill for every ill
mentality 5-15
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| Economy |
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| According
to AAA, “Alaska has become the first state” where gas prices are
averaging more than $4 a gallon. 5-16 |
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