links for July 12th through July 14th

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The Guardian: Panel Demands Records on Tillman’s Death - WH invokes “executive confidentiality”, whatever the bleep that means. Doesn’t this pretty much confirm that the WH was told the truth about Tillman’s death, and kept a studied silence while the U.S. military continued to put out lies for propaganda purposes?
The Reality-Based Community: “Believe this, not […]

links for July 7th through July 11th

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The Washington Times: Bush jokes. Crowd laughs. Girl cries. - Now he’s making little girls cry. For a cheap laugh.
The Big Picture: The Accelerating BLS Birth/Death Adjustment - what to say the next time someone says “but unemployment is so low!”
John Koppel in the Denver Post: Bush justice is a national disgrace - Current […]

links for July 5th through July 6th

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Jamison Foser: Why pay the bigot when you can get the bile for free? - while the mallrats version of this quote is funnier, the column is dead on
The Examiner (Louisville, KY): U.S. eager and it shows in Iraq - The TWAT version of “Love Me Two Times Girl”.
WaPo: Construction Woes Add to Fears at […]

links for July 1st through July 4th

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Reuters: Brown orders doctors probe after British bomb plot - Brown is probing brown doctors; will Bush hold back?
UPI: FOIA Backlog is Decades Old - depends on the definition of freedom?
CBS: Is McCain Down And Out? - never was a fate so well deserved.
Gen Batiste: U.S. Not Serious About War on Terror - ya think?
Reuters: […]

links for June 26th through June 30th

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Media Matters: Will WaPo reconsider its Supreme Court endorsement criteria? - no, but they should. this court is a disgrace.
ABC News: White House ‘Duplicity’ Over Pork Spending Draws GOP Ire - With a straight face, the White House defends more than $1 billion in earmarks by saying: “Our earmarks are better than their earmarks.”
WaPo: […]

links for June 22nd through June 24th

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Tom Edsall: More Lobbyists On McCain Staff Than Any Other 08 Candidate - McCain the maverick had a great fall / and all the maverick’s lobbyists / couldn’t put the maverick together again.
Editor & Publisher: Robin Givhan Defends Covering Politicians’ Fashion Choices - quite ably.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Open door to horrid truths - Sen. Tom Coburn […]

links for June 18th through June 20th

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BBC: Bush ‘in envoy talks with Blair’ - Bush throws Blair a bone. Will he fetch?
NYT: Some Texans Say Border Fence Will Sever Routine - Bordering on insanity: Customs and Border Protection plans to run border fence through the middle of University of Texas campus in Brownsville.
SF Chronicle: SFO nightmare — 400 stuck on […]

links for June 14th through June 15th

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AP: U.S. contractors get half of aid to Colombia - Heckuva job, Bushie!
Just Blaze: Unfinished Business - If Turtle really was Saigon’s manager, Vinny Chase would have sorted this out.
Nieman Watchdog: The method behind endless gasoline price spikes - viva la free market!
AP: Mel C Not Opposed to Spice Girls Reunion - woo-haa
flickrvision - watch […]

links for June 11th through June 13th

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AP: Boy-Band Loot Sold at Bankruptcy Auction - “A man wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers shirt paid $2,200 for a wall hanging commemorating the Backstreet Boys selling 7 million copies. He declined to be interviewed, but said he was still deciding whether to sell it.” WTF?
Kate Phillips: Senator Reid on a Few Choice G.O.P. Candidates […]

links for June 8th through June 9th

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WaPo: For U.S. Unit in Baghdad, An Alliance of Last Resort - When the enemy who is also the enemy of my other enemy becomes my friend … “How not to in Iraq, part 5,217″
William Arkin: Playing Putin’s Game - interesting take on the missile defense game
The Democratic Daily: John Kerry on the Pentagon Decision […]