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• Justice after Bush: Prosecuting an outlaw administration

  Wed Jan 7, 2009
  • WBUR's On Point Radio presented this quite well in a recent show.

• The Last Recount

  Mon Dec 1, 2008
  • On the Republican side, meanwhile, the far less cheery Coleman hasn't gone for any of this post-Obama bipartisan feel-good bullshit, and no wonder — having lost a humiliating gubernatorial race to wrestler Jesse Ventura 10 years ago, he now sits on the verge of becoming the first …

• The Dangers of Revisionism: Tom Friedman tries to hide his "very big stick"

  Sun Nov 30, 2008
  • God I hate Tom Friedman. I expect we will be seeing a lot of these assholes denying their own words and actions. I just wonder if they are truly delusional or if they just think we are THAT stupid.

• Flunking the Electoral College

  Thu Nov 20, 2008
  • Is this even debatable anymore? All votes should count equally regardless of where they are cast. One way to ensure that is to get rid of this constitutional anachronism.

• Thomas Frank: It's Time to Give Voters the Liberalism They Want -- Don't believe pundits who say there's a centrist mandate.

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent money on this election, if he has not sent money to Norm Coleman and these other guys," Mr.

• Scientists Could Bring Mammoths Back To Life for $10 Million

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • mmmmm, mammoth steak

• TPMMuckraker | How the Ratings Agencies Helped Cause the Financial Crisis

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • This is a woefully under-reported aspect of the financial crisis considering it was key to the entire thing.  BTW, you might want to post this in the Business news.

• ‘Kristol Ball’ Breaks: Stevens Will ‘Hang On In Alaska,’ McCain Will Conquer The ‘Path To The Presidency’»

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • I think Glenn Greenwald or Digby, perhaps both, have repeatedly made the observation that William Kristol has been wrong to stunningly wrong on every single major policy initiative, foreign policy move, whatever, of the Bush administration pretty much since Day One. He is remarkably consistent.

• Mitt Romney: "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt"

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • Ryan, Romney is right on with this statement. jblossom, Most U.S. auto executives are pompous asses who don't give a hoot for the average Americans. To heck with them - let's get some Americans who want to build good products for their fellow citizens.

• Amity Shlaes strikes again

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • It's sad really. Why can't these people face defeat with dignity and honesty? Perhaps a bit of humility and introspection might be in order as well.  Here's a thought. Maybe, just maybe it is your ideology and not reality that is *horrors* flawed.