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Election 2006: Wake Me When It’s OverBy Joshua FrankNov 7, 2006, 01:53 Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has promised there will not be a change of course in Iraq if the Democrats take back Congress. Potential House leader Nancy … Continue reading →

And this fellow was another migrant who ate his fill for a couple of days, then flew off to more attractives climes. He is a black-headed grosbeak (you may see the resemblance to his cousin, the evening grosbeak, particularly around … Continue reading →

Panama Wins Seat on U.N. Security CouncilBy EDITH M. LEDERER, AP UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 7) – Panama won a seat on the U.N. Security Council on the 48th ballot Tuesday after U.S.-backed Guatemala and Venezuela, led by leftist anti-American President … Continue reading →

FBI to Investigate Voter Intimidation ReportsBy ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON, AP RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 7) – The FBI was investigating complaints about attempts to intimidate voters in the U.S. Senate race between GOP Sen. George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb, … Continue reading →

Throw the Truthiness Bums OutBy FRANK RICHPublished: November 5, 2006 EACH voter will have a favorite moment from the fabulous midterms of 2006. Forced to pick my own, I’d go for Lynne Cheney’s pre-Halloween slapdown of Wolf Blitzer on CNN. … Continue reading →

U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA PrisonsCourt Is Asked to Bar Detainees From Talking About InterrogationsBy Carol D. Leonnig and Eric RichWashington Post Staff WritersSaturday, November 4, 2006; Page A01 The Bush administration has told a federal judge that terrorism suspects … Continue reading →

Investigators Say Appropriations Panel Lost Appetite for OversightBy Steven T. Dennis, CQ Staff Last month’s mass firing of House Appropriations Committee investigators followed years of declining appetite for tough oversight and partisan squabbles that the investigators say often stalled their … Continue reading →

Right up there with filling his buddies’ faces with buckshot. Since it’s unlikely that many of our readers will be watching this channel, we thought it might be interesting to post this. Here’s what the YouTube poster, who cynically calls … Continue reading →

U.S. Backs Hot Line in Iraq to Solicit Tips About TroubleBy KIRK SEMPLE BAGHDAD, Nov. 4 — When armed insurgents moved into her southern Baghdad neighborhood last spring and started threatening Shiite families like hers, Umm Hussein called Iraq’s widely … Continue reading →

We posted this news last Friday, but the extensive reaction from Iraqis was not part of what we saw then. Time does report the latter, and it’s well worth reading. Shock and Anger in Baghdad Greet the Abu Ghraib NewsBy … Continue reading →

Iraq shuts two Sunni TV stationsMonday, November 6, 2006 (Baghdad) Iraqi security forces closed two Sunni Muslim television stations for violating curfew and a law that bans airing material that could undermine the country’s stability, the Interior Ministry said. Brig … Continue reading →