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Trick or Treat : Sarah Palin in 2012
Sarah Palin on Halloween: Now THAT’S scary.If conservatives keep jumping Repug ship, then Palin’s the one.By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 McCain can have only two hopes left in 2008: the Bradley Effect is stronger … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, November Election, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
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Twitter: Diabolical Terrorist Tool?
Army surveillance photo of Twitter terrorist conspiring with comrades.Army report: ‘Twitter was recently used as a countersurveillance, command and control, and movement tool by activists at the Republican National Convention.’By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / October 26, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cell Phones, Conspiracy, Paranoia, Technology, Twitter, U.S. Army
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Economic Crisis : It’s World-Wide and Long-Term
It’s not getting better any time soon.By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 See ‘US government throws oil on fire’ by Henry C K Liu, and ‘What now?’ by Jim Kunstler, Below. The economic crisis is … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Collapse, Financial Crisis, Global Economy, Great Depression
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Vetting John McCain : The Keating Five Scandal
John McCain, with his lawyers, before he testified before the Senate Ethics Committee in 1991 about his involvement in the Keating Five scandal. Photo by Andrea Mohin / NYT.John McCain, Charles Keating and the S&L ScandalBy Sherman De Brosse / … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Keating, John McCain, Keating Five, November Election, Organized Crime
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Sarah Louise : A Reality Check List
Sarah Louise, cover girl: Easy to look at, but…‘Eight years of one socially inept moron has caused enough international cringing wouldn’t you think?’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 22, 2008 Sarah Louise, as she would be called … Continue reading
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Tagged November Election, Pentecostals, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Vice President
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The Bailout Monster : Feed Me!
Just wait until next month, sucker.By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 22, 2008 See ‘Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Aid Money Funds’ by Craig Torres and Christopher Condon, Below. Dividing $540 billion by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Economic Collapse, Economy, Global Economy, Money Markets, Wall Street Bailout
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McCain on Iraq : Ignorant and Contradictory
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, tells a crowd in Columbus, Ohio on May 15, 2008, that the Iraq War can still be “won.” Photo by AP.A Confused McCain Lunges About on Iraq and the OccupationBy Sherman De Brosse / … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, McCain, McCain Mistakes, Presidential Campaign
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Camilo Mejia in Austin : Private Rebellion, Public Resistance
‘Mejia’s primary message is that conscience, not combat, is the source of our freedom.’By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2008 When Camilo Mejia walked into the auditorium of UT’s Garrison Hall where he was to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Authors, Books, Iraq Veterans, Social Action, War Resisters
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Mariann Wizard: García Lorca’s Grave
García Lorca’s Grave García Lorca’s gravehas been found, they say,in Spain – in Spain, where the rain fell on Abel and on Cain – where those without fear were shortly seen to disappear – in Spain, where the brave fell mainly into mass graves –in fascist … Continue reading
Yellow Dog Time? These Repugs Gotta Go…
‘What I’m bitching about is not disagreement over policy. It’s knowing how to do things, ANYTHING, using the tools of political science.‘By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / October 19, 2008 For the second time in my life, I … Continue reading
Big Pharma and Your Pocketbook : Big Hurt
‘In no other civilized nation, would you, as a sufferer from an illness, have the opportunity to subsidize one of the three most profitable industries in the world.’ By Dr. S.R. Keister / The Rag Blog / October 17, 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pharma, Congress, Generic Drugs, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies
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