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Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld — Keith had some very choice words about Rumsfeld's "fascism" comments tonight. Watch it, save it and share it. — Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld's comments echoes …
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Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist — President Bush and his surrogates are launching a new campaign intended to rebuild support for the war in Iraq by accusing the opposition of aiming to appease terrorists and cut off funding for troops on the battlefield, charges that many Democrats say distort their stated positions.
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Video: Olbermann's very "special" commentary — As expected. And as expected, Olbermann Watch came to play. The barest taste: … You'll have to follow the link to see which list they mean. — I'm sorry that I can't show you the entire clip. Sincerely.
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COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - AUGUST 30, 2006 — "COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET) — Topics/Guests: — RUMSFELD SPEAKS: John Dean, Democratic National Committee — POLITICS AND THE GREAT LEAK CASE: Richard Wolffe, Newsweek
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Helen Ubiñas — Liebermont Bickering Gets Old — A little advice for Joe Lieberman's new communications director, Dan Gerstein: Think about the "good stuff," buddy. — Gerstein was downright chafed when I called him about the New Age-y Lieberman ad that urges folks to step away …
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Lieberman, 'Snakes' and the seductive mythology of the blogosphere — If ever America needed a wake-up call about the mythology of blogging, we got it this month. — On Aug. 8, Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont defeated U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary …
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A Moment of Zen — Connecticut Bob generously offers …
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Boyle Included In Nominees for Appeals Court — Bucking opposition in the Senate, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people for the U.S. Court of Appeals, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster. — News that Bush had decided to nominate …
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Pinocchio and friends converted to Islam — Malcolm Moore in Antalya — Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum. — "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto …
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Nasrallah for Prime Minister - of Israel — Now it's official. Israel is a country without a prime minister. — This had been no more than an educated suspicion until Monday night, when Ehud Olmert effectively made the announcement. Not in so many words, of course.
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UN condemns Israeli strategy as 'immoral' — By Mark Turner at the United Nations, Harvey Morris in Jerusalem and Quentin Peel in Amman — The United Nations on Wednesday described as "shocking and immoral" the fact that Israel dropped well over 90 per cent of its cluster munitions …
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Sacrificing truth on the altar of diversity — YOU'RE A publisher of children's textbooks, and you have a problem. Your diversity guidelines — quotas in all but name — require you to include pictures of disabled children in your elementary and high school texts, but it isn't easy …
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National Guardsman Brutally Attacked In Pierce County — PARKLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon. — The soldier was walking …
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Taxpayers pay for Bush's campaign travel — WASHINGTON - Bankrolled almost entirely by taxpayers, President Bush is roaming far and wide on Air Force One to help Republicans retain control of Congress and capture statehouse contests in high-stakes midterm elections.
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U.S. military sees Iran's nuke bomb 5 years away — The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to eight years away from being able to build its first nuclear weapon, a time span that explains a general lack of urgency within the Bush administration to use air strikes to disable Tehran's atomic program.
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Mind the Gap — Democratic voters have unambiguously repudiated the Bush doctrine. The same can't be said for Democratic foreign policy elites. — It is becoming increasingly obvious that Democrats have a stronger grasp on national security issues than do Republicans. Democratic voters, at least.
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Devaluing Labor — Labor Day is almost upon us, and like some of my fellow graybeards, I can, if I concentrate, actually remember what it was that this holiday once celebrated. Something about America being the land of broadly shared prosperity. Something about America being the first nation …
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"Death To Israel" Rally in Salt Lake City — Just back from diversity training at the Salt Lake City anti Bush/Jews/Sanity protests staged to oppose President Bush's arrival here to speak at the American Legion convention. Angry Left starlet Cindy Sheehan was supposed to be here, but due to a recent surgery she couldn't make it.
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In Defense of Tofu — Ah, the vegetarian paradox. It's an odd state of affairs. Being the guy who snacks on soy, my fellow bread breakers seem routinely fearful that I'll mention the horrific conditions at the overcrowded feedlot their burger came from.
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Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract — U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.
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No Day at the Beach — Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation — A banner stripped across the top of the Daily Dish declares that the popular Web log's host, Andrew Sullivan, has "gone fishing." Mr. Sullivan declared a two-week vacation and opted to leave his political blog behind.
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Abbas urges prisoners' document reply — Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas and Islamic Jihad to respond within a week on the prisoners' document , PA journal Al-Ayam reported on Thursday. — The PLO Executive Committee approved the plan and Abbas discussed …
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