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This shouldn’t surprise anyone but it’s sad that this story in today’s Los Angeles Times isn’t banner news in every paper: U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran’s nuclear aims unreliable Tips about supposed secret weapons sites and documents with missile designs haven’t panned out, diplomats say. By Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writers […]

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This is worth a chuckle. Today’s article in The New York Times on the clear threat of global warming as two paragraphs that are quite amusing and jarring. First…: At the same time, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman rejected the idea of unilateral limits on emissions. “We are a small contributor to the overall, when […]

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Molly Ivins died yesterday. I’m not sure I can say anything original about what a terrible loss this is (here’s the AP story). Her loss is so big, in large part, because she exposed, with her regular writing, how weak and subservient the mainstream media is. Ivins told the truth, and with humor. Here’s a […]

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If you ever wondered what will happen if there is a change in political power in Washington D.C., there was no better reason to fear the future after watching last night’s “debate” on Larry King Live between Lou Dobbs, former Republican-turned-crusader for the middle class, and Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary in the Clinton Administration. […]

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Did anyone see the picture in The New York Times of the dead baby with the hand of her mother, with her wedding band on, sticking out from the rubble in Lebanon? It made me weep.

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There is enough blame to spread around if you want to find a villian in the most recent bloodletting in the Middle East. Part of the problem is that there is almost no debate in the U.S. about a more even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Here’s a voice from Israel that shows that, inside […]

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I published this last year and I think I’ll make it a habit: Recognizing who served: Democrats * Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71. Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72. Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade. Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-’47; Medal […]

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Here’s an item that might escape peoples’ notice because it was buried deep inside The New York Times and probably will not get covered by the rest of the MSM: French Activist Denied Entry to United States, Cornell Says By JENNIFER 8. LEE A leading French antiglobalism activist, scheduled to speak at a conference co-sponsored […]

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Today, the Administration is still trying to spin the vote on the Iraqi constitution–but no matter how it comes out, this war remains an unmitigated disaster. In fact, we don’t see, in the comfort of the U.S., the horrors of the war–and the language that obscures its devastation. We read today about the U.S. airstrikes […]

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Today, hundreds of thousands of people will march in protest against the war in Iraq. Someone I know has a son serving in Iraq. This pic of a bumper sticker on her car says it all.

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