BUSH: WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW  —  Bush has lost his mind and his moral compass.  This statement is an outrage.  A lie and a blood libel.  Israel has never committed any acts of terrorism.  What a tool of Islamic jihad.  Based on that, Bush is a terrorist, anyone that defends himself, his family, his country is a terrorist.

Everything that is rancid and corrupt with modern journalism: The Nutshell  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  Time Magazine has done a superb service for the country by illustrating everything that is rancid and corrupt with our political media.

Bill Clinton Flatly Asserts He Opposed War at Start  —  During a campaign swing for his wife, former President Bill Clinton said flatly yesterday that he opposed the war in Iraq "from the beginning" — a statement that is more absolute than his comments before the invasion in March 2003.

Important: "Reclusive, neurotic, over-the-hill vocalist" endorses Hillary  —  I'm quoting, as you'll shortly see.  Her statement begins, predictably, not with a tribute to Hillary's qualifications but with an identitarian ode to What It Means: … Not unexpected (really not unexpected?) …

Venezuelan Students Fired On By Regime- One in Critical Condition  —  Clashes in Venezuela...  Protesters battle in the streets of Puerto La Cruz in run-up to the Chavez referendum for absolute power.  —  An opponent to President Hugo Chavez, left, uses an iron stick to hit a Chavez supporter during …

Citigroup to Raise $7.5 Billion From Abu Dhabi State  —  Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, will receive a $7.5 billion cash infusion from Abu Dhabi to replenish capital after record mortgage losses wiped out almost half its market value.

Mark Penn: Buckling Under the Pressure of an Unfavorable Poll  —  All is fair in love and war, the centuries-old proverb states.  Politics is not included, but given the way the game is played in modern-day America, maybe it should be.  That's the sense I had again this morning watching Mark Penn …

Hillary's Secret Weapon: Colin Powell?  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has been talking for some time now about how, if she is elected president, she will ask both Democratic and Republican statesmen to hit the road on her behalf to declare that "bipartisan foreign policy is back" in post-George W. Bush America.

Exclusive: Romney Opposed Naming Muslim To Cabinet On Second Occasion, Witnesses Say  —  Presidential canidate Mitt Romney has discounted appointing Muslims to his cabinet on more than just the one occasion reported in a CSM op-ed yesterday.  —  TPM Election Central has learned …

BOXBUX SUX AS STIX HIX NIX XMAS FLIX  —  Los Angeles - Despite critical acclaim and massive promotional budgets, a wave of anti-Santa holiday pictures floundered at the box office over the Thanksgiving opening weekend, leading some entertainment industry analysts to question whether Hollywood …

Bay State's going slap-happy  —  Pols debate ban on spanking … Parents who spank their kids - even in their own homes - would be slapped by the long arm of the law under an Arlington nurse's proposal to make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to outlaw corporal punishment.

Senate Race That Fizzled Honed Skills for '08 Stage  —  By the time Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York stepped before a wall of television crews in the Public Hearing Room at City Hall on May 19, 2000, there were no surprises left.  —  In the course of three tumultuous weeks …

To Muslim Girls, Scouts Offer a Chance to Fit In  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Sometimes when Asma Haidara, a 12-year-old Somali immigrant, wants to shop at Target or ride the Minneapolis light-rail system, she puts her Girl Scout sash over her everyday clothes, which usually include a long skirt worn over pants as well as a swirling head scarf.

Google's Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal  —  Creates renewable energy R&D group and supports breakthrough technologies  —  Mountain View, Calif. (November 27, 2007) - Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources …

FABIO RIDES AGAIN  —  The Italian mega-hunk who lent his physique to more than 2,000 romance novels has a new hobby, an energy drink, and a few important things to get off his impressively chiseled chest  —  It has been about 10 years since Fabio Lanzoni, now 48, posed for the cover of a romance novel.