This one will get you: While the U.S. military searches for a soldier missing in Iraq, kidnapped by insurgents possibly allied with al Qaeda, his wife back home in Massachusetts may be deported by the U.S. government. Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, who has been missing since his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on […]
Unbelievable. Think Progress has the video up. “I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,†Lieberman said. Host Bob Schieffer followed-up: “Let’s just stop right there. Because I think you probably made some news here, Senator Lieberman. You’re saying that […]
Think Progress has the dirty: 10 out of 15 countries believe “that the United States cannot be trusted to “act responsibly in the world.†The new PIPA poll also finds that majorities in 13 out of 15 publics polled say the United States is “playing the role of world policeman more than it should be,†[…]
Perhaps this war: Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans — those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 — receiving their largest share of national income since 1928, analysis of newly released tax data shows. The top 10 percent, roughly those earning more than $100,000, also reached […]
A heads up. Keith will be giving a special comment on Countdown tonight: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the Democratic-controlled Congress not to interfere in the conduct of the Iraq war and suggested President Bush would defy troop withdrawal legislation. “I can’t imagine a circumstance in which it’s a good thing that their flexibility […]
Funny that when Biden says something like this, he gets chastised by the wingnuts. It will of course be different when you got a 2008 GOP Presidential hopeful saying it: Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said Thursday that Iraq must achieve a “political equilibrium” even if means partitioning the country along ethnic lines. “I’m saying, […]
From Bush’s radio address today: The message of this week’s elections is clear: the American people want their leaders in Washington to set aside partisan differences, conduct ourselves in an ethical manner, and work together to address the challenges facing our Nation. This is important work that will demand the hard effort and good faith […]
We have been plagued by stories of computers that contain our personal information being stolen this year. Now we have a study out that shows how little privacy we have here in the United States: U.S. privacy protections rank among the worst in the democratic world, a London-based privacy organization said Wednesday. Privacy International ranked […]
In the last few weeks we have heard the right-wing talking heads going on about how the Insurgents, Iran and North Korea are trying to influence the elections. This morning, we have the following as the big story: North Korea agreed on Tuesday to return to six-party talks on dismantling its atomic weapons just weeks […]
I posted this past weekend Mike DeWine’s piss-poor excuses for his horrible attendance record on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Sherrod Brown now has a new ad highlighting DeWine’s failure to appear and do his job for Ohio and the United States: (H/T Aravosis on the video find)