Talk of firing Chicago’s US attorney cited at Rezko trial As one of the nation’s toughest prosecutors on corruption, Patrick J. Fitzgerald is viewed with icy suspicion at best among Chicago’s cigar-chomping, patronage-loving, backroom politicians. But prosecutors dropped a bombshell Wednesday at political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko’s corruption trial, suggesting some of Fitzgerald’s foes may […]
Operation Chaos is Rush Limbaugh’s idea of a joke, I guess. Maybe a power trip. He encourages his many listeners [presumably Republicans] to vote in the Primaries as Democrats voting for Hillary Clinton. I presume that the point is that they think that they can beat Hillary. But it comes across as blatant racism. Whatever […]
Bush administration disavows Carter’s Mideast talks Rice rules out peace negotiations with Hamas group Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that former President Jimmy Carter’s recent talks with the Palestinian group Hamas had not been helpful, and she disputed Carter’s contention that no one in the government had tried to dissuade him from his […]
The Low Road to Victory The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it. Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not […]
The voters of Pennsylvania have no sympathy for those of us who want this Primary over with – none at all. 8% is right smack in the middle of the gray zone… I liked 8% better…
U.S. Soldiers Say Administration Exaggerated Role Of Iraqi Troops In Basra Offensive Earlier this month, the southern Iraqi city of Basra was engulfed in violence as radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calling for the “downfall of the U.S.-backed government.” As Reuters noted, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s crackdown on the militias largely “backfired, exposing the […]
Cheney Falsely Claims The House ‘Allowed’ FISA To ‘Expire’ During a speech yesterday at the conservative Manhattan Institute, Vice President Dick Cheney claimed that Congress “does have a way, at times, of missing big opportunities and losing sight of big responsibilities.” As an example, Cheney criticized House Democrats for allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]
Addington, Gonzales Witnessed Gitmo Interrogations In 2002; Approved Of ‘Whatever Needs To Be Done’ Last month, ABC News revealed that President Bush’s most senior advisers approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics. Days later, Bush confirmed to ABC he “approved” of the tactics. In a forthcoming book, British international law professor Phillippe Sands further documents […]
White Men … This is an election about whether the people of Pennsylvania hate blacks more than they hate women. And when I say people, I don’t mean people, I mean white men. How ironic is this? After all this time, after all these stupid articles about how powerless white men are and how they […]
Halliburton profit lifted by international growth Halliburton Co (Quote) said on Monday that first-quarter profit rose 6 percent, meeting Wall Street expectations, as customers in markets including the Middle East and Asia spent more on oil and gas exploration and production… Halliburton vs Dow Jones [5 years] "The fundamentals of the world oil and gas […]