Iraqi doctor estimating civilian deaths denied visa
The Seattle Intelligencer is reporting that an Iraqi epidemiologist who co-wrote the October 1966 article in The Lancet (thelancet.com) estimating Iraqi civilian deaths since the U.S. invasion at...
View ArticleThe best Obama video in the universe
OK...I'll risk disapprobation (practicing my vocabulary) with a really short diary. I know you're supposed to throw in a bunch of palaver, but HONESTLY FOLKS, you don't need it with this!!! Speaks...
View ArticleJust like 1968--they're planning a backroom deal w UPDATE
The NYT has a front-pager up about the 'endgame' being planned by the here-to-fore incompetent Clinton advisors.http://www.nytimes.com/...I think it's pretty disturbing, because, along with other...
View ArticleCalling all 'blue dresses', Carville, etc!!!!
You want this guy running the country? Running in and out of the White House to 'fix' things???Guess what? They've started early!! They fixed it so I can't cut/paste.No surprise here....
View ArticleClinton Foundation and Tibet
The LATimes has a story up today showing how Bill Clinton uses his foundation to accept contributions from politically risky sources. http://www.latimes.com/...Obvious problem: What favors do these...
View ArticleObama's spreadsheet of delegates
The Obama campaign has sent its current spreadsheet of distributed delegates to Steve Clemons, the excellent blogger at www.thewashingtonnote.com, and also founder of a new Washington think tank, The...
View ArticlePetition to sack Liz Trotta
This is a short diary -- if too short, I apologize.I believe the Liz Trotta episode was FoxNews'/Murdoch's opportunity to amplify the so-called "RFK gaffe," --they saw it, and they took it. I dont...
View ArticleKids sleeping in cars - dogs put to death
Mr. Paulson said 1.5 million home foreclosures were started in 2007 and that an estimated 2.5 million more would take place this year.http://www.nytimes.com/...Yes, that's the title -- and that's the...
View Articledavid_remnick@newyorker.com
Here is it -- I posted it on jefflieber's diary, but taking this chance to rediary it here because it's so far down -- afraid people wont see it.I cant and wont say who, but I have talked to people --...
View ArticleMcConnell-Lunsford
I wish Lunsford were the person we all wish he were.But he isn't.Google 'Vencor' -- if you're patient, this will explain a lot.Lunsford is widely viewed by informed Lvillians as a crook who got away...
View ArticleRepubs want to kill 'cram downs' -- Obama: stop this!!
The Hill newspaper today says Senate Republicans are threatening filibuster of the stimulus package if the Obama admin doesnt agree to remove a provision to allow bankruptcy judges to force mortgage...
View ArticleI am mailing my bumperstickers to the WHouse
Ok. They say:"IRAQ/IRAN""OBAMA 08"AND THAT NICE ROUND ONE: "OBAMA/BIDEN"I am mailing them PRIORITY MAIL to the White House today.Here's the message:IF OBAMA GOES WITH NO PUBLIC OPTION, I WILL [I...
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