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NYT Op-Eds (2)
"The question voters should be asking John McCain is whether he has stopped serving his party’s economic Kool-Aid and is ready to change his ways" (Herbert); "America’s political leaders have failed utterly to project any sense of authority and to give the world a reason to believe that this country is being governed" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NYT: Courts Allow Early Voting Week in Ohio
A defeat for Republicans, but with potential complications.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NYT: Frustration in the South as a Gasoline Shortage Drags On
Annoyance turns to frustration - and now to anger.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NYT (2): Environment
Restoration of the Everglades is in serious trouble; and a Times editorial on a local Connecticut law re plastic bags.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NYT (3): International News
The stand-off against Somalian pirates intensifies; Olmert has some harsh words as he leaves office; and French Muslims find haven in Catholic schools.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
AlterNet: Are You Better Off than You Were Eight Years Ago?
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008AlterNet: Far Right Group Executes Plan to Bring Church and State Closer Together
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008daggatt blog: more palin [VIDEO]
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008AlterNet: ‘If You Can Run the PTA, You Can Run the Country’ — Republicans Explain Their Support for Palin
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008AlterNet: There Might Be a Financial Crisis, But the World’s Arms Dealers Are Doing Just Fine
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008Radar Online Bailout by Charles Kaiser
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008Predatory Lenders’ Partner in Crime by Eliot Spitzer
We posted this when it came out. Now Sharmange has reminded us of its importance. Worth visiting again. Also a reminder of the perils of politicians having a private life (J. Edgar Hoover rises again). MBPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
daggatt blog: more palin
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008DE BORCHGRAVE: Connecting geopolitical dots
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 30, 2008Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Palin buys into Big Oil’s deception
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 30, 2008The nation’s social bargain with the rich
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 30, 2008Topical depression
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 30, 2008Bailout rejection sends out financial shockwaves, but it’s also an invigorating moment for democracy
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 30, 2008AlterNet: The American Empire’s $650 Billion Bailout Already Passed Congress
More from Chalmers Johnson about the war bill just passed.Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 29, 2008
t r u t h o u t | McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 29, 2008AlterNet: The Fiscally Insane Bailout Bill Might Not Pass — Here Are 5 Reasons It Shouldn’t
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 29, 2008AlterNet: Sarah Palin, 21st Century Theocrat
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 29, 2008NYT Op-Eds (4)
"The next president will likely have to deal with some major financial emergencies. Barack Obama seems well informed. John McCain, on the other hand, scares me" (Krugman); "The only chance John McCain has to win the presidential election is if he overrules those of his aides who are trapped by conventional wisdom" (Kristol); "If Pakistan is the most dangerous country on earth, then Asif Ali Zardari has taken one of the world’s least enviable posts as president" (Cohen); "Sanctions have not kept Iran from developing its nuclear program. The next U.S. president must do better to convince the mullahs that they are better off without it" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 29, 2008
NYT: Treasury Would Emerge With Vast New Power
"Give me control of a nation's money, and I care not who makes its laws." (Mayer Amschel Rothschild). Taken together with Paul Krugman's comment in his op-ed today that Phil Gramm is a likely candidate for Secretary of the Treasury in a McCain administration, and there is serious trouble a-brewing...Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 29, 2008
NYT: No Charges Expected in Dismissal of Attorneys
The Justice Department rails, but Mukasey ultimately protects Gonzales & Co. Typical.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 29, 2008
