While I’m posting videos from Countdown, here’s Keith Olbermann giving our Secretary of State a little history lesson on WWII.
On Sunday morning on Fox News, the Secretary of State said that if Congress were now to revise the Iraq authorization, “it would be like saying that after Adolf Hitler was overthrown, we needed to change, [...]
via Alternet:
Seymour Hersh’s latest piece in the New Yorker reveals that the Pentagon is accelerating plans for an attack on Iran, that ex-Iran-Contra figure John Negroponte is moving to the State Dept because he’s “too ethical” for the Pentagon and that the president is pushing the “absolute limit” of his authority in bypassing Congress and [...]
via TPM:
You’ve probably already seen some of the news about the Bush White House engaging in a seemingly unprecedented spree of firings of US Attorneys across the coutry. Conveniently, they’re being replaced without senate approval under a provision of the Patriot Act. We’re digging into now and we’re finding a bunch. More soon.
– Josh Marshall
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via The Raw Story:
In an interview set to air on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, President George W. Bush vows to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq “no matter what” the Democratic-controlled Congress tries to do.
“Do you believe as Commander in Chief you have the authority to put the troops in there no matter what [...]
Well, not so much the country as the Iranian consulate in Iraq. But still, this is sovereign territory of the nation of Iran. It didn’t take the President long to make good on his threats to Syria and Iran in his speech last night. Make no mistake. This is an act [...]
For the first time in two decades the US is going to begin building new nuclear weapons. And the President’s plan has the low-low cost of only $100 billion. That’s the way to convince North Korea and Iran not to build nuclear weapons. Great plan yet again.
The NY Daily News reports:
President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a “signing statement” that declared his right to open people’s [...]
From the New York Times (requires login):
In the week since Saddam Hussein was hanged in an execution steeped in sectarian overtones, his public image in the Arab world, formerly that of a convicted dictator, has undergone a resurgence of admiration and awe.
On the streets, in newspapers and over the Internet, Mr. Hussein has emerged as [...]
I’m always discovering new horrible things that women have done in order to fit into beauty standards now and in the past. Whether it is the recent Western Barbie-doll ideal, Muslim women spending their lives hidden from the world, or Chinese children having their feet bound or many, many others; men (and the women [...]
The annual gluttony-fest known as swag is over for the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes thanks in part to the words of actor Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X). He responded to the news that the gift bags would no longer be handed out:
“Picking through $35,000 gift baskets is disgusting and shameful. [...]
