A new dress code. Naturally.
Visitors to the White House are now affronted with a new kind of conservatism: a dress code. Facing stricter guidelines than at the Vatican, tour seekers are now subject to the following rules: no jeans, sneakers, shorts, mini-skirts, T-shirts and tank tops and, especially, [...]
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Simply shouldn’t be happening..
A NASA panel found that drunken astronauts were allowed to fly despite warnings about their alcohol consumption, according to an exclusive story by Aviation Week Space Technology. A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak [...]
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And we have to use slave labor, kidnapped workers, to build it? What’s wrong with this picture?
In early June, I wrote about a report which suggested that slave-type labor was being used to build the oppulent $600 US embassy in Iraq. That was the first I’d heard of such allegations, and I responded in an unsure way: Now, this is the first report I’ve read about this, and as far as I [...]
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The Democrats need to get together and present a united front, or the momentum of the Gonzales debacle will be lost over the August vacation.
On the same day that FBI Director Robert Mueller contradicted the Tuesday testimony of Alberto Gonzales, Senate Democrats went in seemingly different directions about what to do. Mueller gave them enough ammunition. [...]
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The gang at Truthout doesn’t have a 100% success rate in vetting the information in some of their stories, however they have nailed a few tasty morsels in the past. This piece, today, might just be the latest to hold up to scrutiny. Assuming the documents are all legitimate, this one has legs.
Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Suppression in 5 States
Truthout’s Jason Leopold and Matt Renner report, "Previously undisclosed documents detail how Republican operatives, with the knowledge of several White House officials, engaged in an illegal, racially-motivated effort to suppress tens of thousands of votes during the 2004 presidential campaign in a state where George W. Bush was trailing his [...]
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Unconstitutional? That’s been argued and debated by quacks and constitutional experts for decades. Say Anything blog has snagged an interesting bit of information out of neighboring Louisiana…
The IRS has failed to prove to a jury in Louisiana that the income tax is, you know, constitutional. I imagine the ruling will probably be [...]
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Karl Rove gets the next subpoena. That’s right. It’s pretty solid evidence that Congressional Democrats are fed up.
‘We simply cannot stand for this any longer’
Dems, and more than a few Republicans, have made it clear for quite some time that Alberto Gonzales should not be the Attorney General, but after the AG’s ridiculous appearance this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which Gonzales appears to have lied rather recklessly, Senate Dems are taking their frustrations to the next [...]
Joe, over at AMERICAblog, has some thoughts on what comes next…
Okay, when Rove doesn’t respond to the subpoena — and he won’t, play hard ball: cut his salary from the budget, take away his security clearance, make him pay. The guiding principle for Senate Democrats should be: [...]
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Nope. Apparently not.
Fred Barnes Argues Bush Will Go Down as Best President Since Lincoln
George Bush’s polling numbers are sinking faster than a stone. Despite this, he still has his staunch, if somewhat deluded, defenders. Yesterday during a discussion on the topic of newly released poll numbers that show Bush to be closing in on Richard Nixon’s poll numbers at the nadir of the Watergate scandal, conservative editor and commentator Fred Barnes proved once again that the state of denial is alive and well in the Republican Party. Barnes desperately tried to [...]
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Well, now. This is certainly interesting. It does answer Hillary Clinton’s main question, but it doesn’t indicate any type of timetable. So, does it really mean all that much?
Breaking: In Letter To Hillary, Gates Confirms "Planning Taking Place" For Withdrawal
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has written a long letter to Hillary Clinton in which he confirms that "planning is taking place" for withdrawal from Iraq. In the letter, which was obtained by [...]
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But the campaign shakeups are multiplying.
Fred Thompson’s Campaign Shake Ups
Wow, there’s a lot of stories coming out about Fred Thompson’s stealth campaign for the Republican nomination. Can you imagine if he actually declared?First there was the story of his would be campaign manager being pushed aside, allegedly due to friction with Fred’s wife, Jeri Kuhn, herself a GOP operative. And the next [...]
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Dismal numbers last month. But, it’s no wonder why.
….Army recruiting, which seemed like it was picking up for a while, took a sudden tumble in June. Reenlistments are looking anemic too. BGRS has the details [....]
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They’ve got a real string of "mistakes" going on. At first, I was buying the "mistakes" excuse. But, it’s beginning to look a bit suspicious…
FOX Nutwork: Still pretending to be news.
On Tuesday, I showed you how the FOX Nutwork continually makes the "mistake" of misidentifying criminal or inconveniently oppositional Republicans as Democrats, and even switching the party identifications in polls where Democrats are beating Republicans. Well, they’re still at it. "Accidents" will happen. Over and over and over and over and over, apparently. Nutwork "anchor" Brit Hume sets up reporter Jim Angle, thus: [...]
The hazards of Live TV: #24,887
More lower third troubles. FTVLive has a screen grab from yesterday’s Alberto Gonzales testimony where Republican Senator Arlen Specter was misidentified as a Democrat by FNC. Instead of the (R) after his name, there was a (D). You’d think FNC would be more vigilant regarding this sort of error after the Mark Foley incident last [...]
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Our $$$$ is being really well-utilized in Iraq. This really ain’t making my day…
As if we needed to hear of yet another bloated defense contract that has failed to deliver despite healthy costs to US taxpayers, Bechtel is the latest contractor to be cited though it is still up for debate who is at the center of this costly failure. Whether the problem is with USAID who oversaw the contract or Bechtel, the end result is yet another taxpayer funded fiasco. The American middle class [...]
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It really is. But Gonzales blew it.
Earlier today we posted this story about newly released documents proving Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied yesterday during his testimony before the Senate. On tonight’s “Countdown” Keith Olbermann talks with David Shuster and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, about Gonzo’s perjury, Executive Privilege and the vote today in the House [...]
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AMERICAblog has found another. And it, too, is good.
It’s a rhetorical question. Of course, the answer is no. In the column today, Froomkin outdoes himself — and that’s a pretty high standard: "Like any terrorist organization, al-Qaeda wants attention. It wants to be perceived as powerful. And it particularly wants Americans to live in fear. Could [...]
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Just after I put together the earlier posts, THIS news broke. It dominated the first segment of Countdown tonight. It’s easy to see why…
We have documentation now, Congress. C’mon, is there another “Contempt of Congress” charge on the horizon? USA Today: Documents show that eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The documents, obtained by The [...]
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That’s right. That’s the charge. This is what happened:
Cheney Criticizer Arrested for “Assault”
Ah…another day, another story of how Cheney is dragging this country closer to 1930s Germany… Cliff Schecter: A man walked up to Dick Cheney, calmly told him he thought his Iraq policy was reprehensible, and walked away. A few minutes later he was arrested by the Secret Service, in front of his 8-year-old son, for “assault”. When [...]
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Bill O’Reilly is seriously going to say something that’s going to get him in real trouble one of these days. He’s so close to crossing that line, his toes must be cramped to hold him back..
O’Reilly On His Message Board: ‘When We See Objectionable Things, We Take It Off Immediately’
Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly has embarked on a smear campaign to marginalize the netroots through a full frontal assault on the Daily Kos site. First, he was able to pressure JetBlue into distancing itself from the upcoming YearlyKos convention. Now, he is focused on preventing presidential candidates from attending the conference next week. Last night [...]
UPDATE: This may be the quote that does it. It’s not directly from Bill-O, but he hasn’t removed it from his website…
BillOReilly.com: "If [Hillary] wins… my guns are loaded"
UPDATE 2: AMERICAblog is all over this story, helped by other liberal bloggers:
BREAKING: Secret Service looking into anti-Hillary threats on Bill O’Reilly’s Web site
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Rough times, indeed, for the President of the United States. Seems he can’t catch a break from anybody. Anywhere.
Bush’s Unpopularity Topped Only By Nixon’s
The Washington Post reports that President Bush is the most unpopular president "in the history of modern polling" with the exception of Richard Nixon. Bush’s disapproval rating is now at 65%. Nixon’s, 4 days before his resignation, was 66%. "The historic depth of Bush’s public standing has whipsawed his White House, sapped his clout, drained his advisers, encouraged his enemies and jeopardized his legacy. Around the White House, aides make gallows-humor jokes about [...]
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Seems a lot of potential recruits are being talked out of joining the Army. By parents and other influential folks in their lives. So, the Army takes the next logical step. Bring in the big guns. The heavy hitters. The recruiters who can overwhelm the potential recruits, their families and friends.
Army Times: Army orders surge in recruiters
Yet more evidence of the strain the Army is under because of the Iraq War as it tries to meet its goal of 80,000 new recruits this year. Army Times reports that the Army has ordered 1,106 soldiers, former recruiters, away from their current assignments and back to recruiting duty starting on Friday. Army officials said recently that they were having significant difficulties getting new recruits because [...]
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