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Yearly Archives: 2008
Phoenix Reporter Details McCain’s Sordid Political Past
Former John McCain cohort Charles Keating, Jr., right, glances at the cameras as he stops outside Federal court following a hearing in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 1998. Photo by Susan Sterner / AP.‘He was known then for cavorting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cindy McCain, History, McCain, Political Corruption, Political Scandal, Presidential Campaign
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Ruling : Texas is Failing Limited-English Schoolchildren
Judge William Wayne Justice issued landmark ruling. Photo by Kelly West / Austin American-Statesman.State in no hurry to fix big problemBy Lisa Falkenberg / August 7, 2008 The 95-page landmark ruling issued recently by Judge William Wayne Justice on how … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Education, Hispanic, Public Schools, Spanish-speaking, Texas, Youth
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This Is How the United States Has Always Run Its Dirty Little Wars
A U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division walks past a member of the Iraqi CLC (Concerned Local Citizens) guard during a patrol in Baiji Dec. 27, 2007.‘We Were Basically Hiring Terrorists’By Anna Badkhen / August 6, 2008 The … Continue reading
The Republicans : Stupid is as Stupid Does
Stephen Colbert’s ‘caricature of right-wing blowhards is so eerily accurate.’Intelligent analysis? Real men don’t do that.By Steve Benen / August 8, 2008 The Colbert Report is hilarious because Stephen Colbert’s caricature of right-wing blowhards is so eerily accurate. Colbert doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-intellectualism, Republican Party, Right Wing, Stephen Colbert
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Worldwide Protests On Eve of China Olympics
Tibetans protest in India ahead of Olympics.Demonstrations ‘pressure Beijing over its rule of Tibet and heavily Muslim Xinjiang province, the arrests of dissidents, Internet censorship and concerns about Chinese foreign policy’August 8, 2008 PARIS – Police banned demonstrations outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Human Rights, Olympics, Protest, Social Action, Sport, The World, Tibet
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Holding Ourselves Responsible for the Crimes Our Government Perpetrates Around the World
The Prophetic Challenge: ‘Few Are Guilty, but All Are Responsible’By Robert Jensen / August 7, 2008 One of the common refrains I heard from progressive people in Pakistan and India during my month there this summer was, “We love the … Continue reading
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‘The Fed’s Next Move is Down’
See “The Fed’s next move is down” by John Browne below. ‘The odds thus favor inflation to keep the party going’ By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2008 This guy lays out the facts of the Hobbsian … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investments, Wall Street
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Bo Diddley : Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley. Photo © Neal Preston/CORBIS.Bo Diddley’s beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa. By Ned Sublette This article appears in the August issue of Smithsonian magazine. … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Entertainers, Music, Musicians, Popular Culture, Rock 'n Roll, Songwriters
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Texas Appeals Court Takes New Look at Use of Post-Conviction DNA Evidence
‘We know the criminal justice system needs reform,’ By Grits for Breakfast | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2008 There was a time not so long ago when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals didn’t think too highly of … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, DNA, Innocence Project, Texas, Texas Courts
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If There Were a God, We’d Be in Them Ourselves
The Home of the CravenBy Jerome Doolittle / August 7, 2008 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is segregating violent Iraqi prisoners in wooden crates that in some cases are not much bigger than the prisoners. As a boy I was … Continue reading
Paris Does John and Maybe Barack, Too
See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com See more funny videos at Funny or Die Source / Bad Attitudes The Rag Blog
Quote and Picture of the Day – Zoriah
Zoriah Miller writes of being a passenger in an armored vehicle convoy travelling through Iraq. I have come to realize that it is like being in jail, with a window looking out onto another jail. Zoriah, Photojournalist Source / ZORIAH … Continue reading
