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Smearing Hillary

Salon News | Smearing Hillary: Even more damning was a “Nightline” report broadcast that same evening. The segment came very close to branding Hillary Clinton a perjurer. In his introduction, host Ted Koppel spoke pointedly about “the reluctance of the Clinton White House to be as forthcoming with documents as it promised to be.” He […]

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Mideast allies near a state of panic:

Los Angeles Times: U.S. leaders’ visits to the region reap only warnings and worry. By Paul Richter Times Staff Writer December 3, 2006 WASHINGTON — President Bush and his top advisors fanned out across the troubled Middle East over the last week to showcase their diplomatic initiatives to restore strained relationships with traditional allies and […]

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Spin

Spin Brian Springer: Artist Brian Springer spent a year scouring the airwaves with a satellite dish grabbing back channel news feeds not intended for public consumption. The result of his research is SPIN, one of the most insightful films ever made about the mechanics of how television is used as a tool of social control […]

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US scientists reject interference

BBC 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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Top Ten Reasons Why Joe Lieberman is a Gutless Schmuck

REASON NUMBER ONE: Senate hearings … Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, the behavior by Americans at the prison in Iraq is, as we all acknowledge, immoral, intolerable and un-American. It deserves the apology that you have given today and that have been given by others in high positions in our government and our military. […]

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