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Guantanamo: Obama’s Crockery
In 2008, the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay had the right to challenge the basis for their detention. That decision - a …
Michael Moore | The Green They Steal, the Greed They Wear … a St. Patrick’s Day Lament
Friends, It was amazing. Every story on the front page of Monday's New York Times told the story of the Age of Greed during which a system known as …
Will Weak Reforms Bring on Another Crisis?
Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his latest financial reform proposal on Monday, and the stakes for the new legislation couldn't be higher. After consumer groups raised a …
In Heated Testimony, Holder Says Bin Laden Won’t Be “Captured Alive“
The Obama administration does not expect to capture Osama Bin Laden alive. Attorney General Eric Holder told a House appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that the possibility of catching the …
Lehman Brothers Autopsy: Repo 105, and Why Auditors Have Some Explaining to Do
If you haven’t already watched it, Marketplace has a great video explaining Repo 105, a shady accounting maneuver through which Lehman Brothers hid its financial troubles for so long …
Slow Progress in Iraq Vote Count Fuels Suspicions
BAGHDAD — Iraq's embattled election commission announced Tuesday that 79 percent of the votes from parliamentary elections have been counted, a breakthrough for a process so slow that it's …
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon – Part 1
Washington - Mike Furlong, a top Pentagon official, is alleged to have run a covert network of contractors to supply information for drone strikes and assassinations in Afghanistan and …
Guantanamo: Obama’s Crockery (2)
In 2008, the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay had the right to challenge the basis for their detention. That decision - a …
“Deem and Pass” Is NOT “Without a Vote“
Several traditional media outlets are regurgitating the conservative spin that if the House uses the parliamentary procedure known as a “self-executing rule” or “deem and pass,” it will be …
Pledging Allegiance to God
In 1954, at the height of the cold war, Congress amended the phrase “one Nation indivisible” in the 62 year-old Pledge of Allegiance to read "one Nation, under God, …