Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Crooks and Liars » This is absolutely ridiculous. Flynt Leverett — former CIA analyst, NSC member and established foreign policy expert — has written an op-ed for the NYT bashing the Bush admin. for it’s failed policies towards Iran. The WH, in typical ruthless and authoritarian form, has pressured the CIA to heavily redact his […]
MoreCrooks and Liars » 2006 » December » 18: John MCain is a Saint—don’t ya know!. As Chris Matthews tells us: “Every time I look at a poll. And I expect McCain to win everyone of these polls. The press loves McCain. We’re his base I think sometimes.” The “press loves McCain” narrative is made […]
MoreCrooks and Liars » 2006 » December » 15 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday the world faces “a new type of fascism’’ and likened critics of the Bush administration’s war strategy to those who tried to appease the Nazis in the 1930s. In unusually explicit terms, Rumsfeld portrayed the administration’s critics as suffering […]
MoreTPMmuckraker December 18, 2006 * In March, the administration announced it would no longer producethe Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, whichidentifies which programs best assist low-income families, while alsotracking health insurance coverage and child support. * In 2005, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration […]
MoreBBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US scientists reject interference: Some 10,000 US researchers have signed a statement protesting about political interference in the scientific process. The statement, which includes the backing of 52 Nobel Laureates, demands a restoration of scientific integrity in government policy. According to the American Union of Concerned Scientists, data is being […]
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