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Hidden Provision in the Patriot Act allows Bush to appoint U.S. Attornies w
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Check this out: In order to replace several U.S. Attorneys with handpicked successors, the Bush Administration has relied on a tiny, obscure provision tucked into last year's USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act. How did it get there? Former Senate... More About: Patriot , Point , Patriot Act , Sion
Syria in secret talks with Israel
2007-03-18 00:00:00 From Haaretz: In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syria ns and Israel is formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria. Here you have the potential for a huge breakthrough to the... More About: With , Talk , Secret
Failed Republican Revolution
2007-03-18 00:00:00 With the Democrats retaking Congress this week, it's notable to go back to a recent Op-Ed by Paul Krugman, which he basically hits out of the ballpark: The truth is that the movement that took power in 1994 -- a... More About: Evolution , Republican , Public , Revolution , Republica
More on Saddam's final moments
2007-03-18 00:00:00 What a telling ending to Saddam's death and apt commentary on the state of affairs in Iraq that his last moments would be so filled with derision and confusion. From the NY Times: A new video that appeared on the... More About: Men , Final , Moment , More , Moments
Saddam Executed
2007-03-18 00:00:00 The War on Iraq continues and will most likely escalate even with Saddam 's hanging today. It's doubtful that his death will lead to anything other than more death. This cannot end well, and yet it's really the only accomplishment that... More About: Cute
How Partisan is the Gonzales Justice Department?
2007-03-18 00:00:00 If you haven't been following the developing USA-Gate Just ice Dept. Purge, whereby the Bush Administration has fired US Attorney Generals accross the country, you can catch up with this recent article in the NY Times: Senator Charles E. Schumer, a... More About: Justice Department , Department , Men
NYC Subway Hero Saves Teenager
More articles from this author:2007-03-18 00:00:00 From here in the Big Apple, an amazing story: A New York City construction worker has been hailed as a hero after rescuing a student who had fallen onto the tracks at a New York subway station. Wesley Autrey jumped... More About: Subway , Hero , Save , Teenager , Teenage 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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