Powell responds to Limbaugh and Cheney: They have their own ‘version’ of the GOP ThinkProgress May 20, 2009 Earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh declared, “What Colin Powell needs to do is close the loop and become a Democrat.” Days later, Dick Cheney said that he would rather have Limbaugh in the GOP than Powell. “My […]
It’s a slide from CENTCOM [US Central Command], leaked to Larisa Alexandrovna in 2005. It shows the distribution of coalition prisoners in Iraq. The blue is Abu Ghraib [almost 5000 prisoners]. The red is Camp Bucca [close to 7000 prisoners]. With others in smaller facilities, the total came to 13,514 prisoners [in November 2005]. The […]
Wikipedia: Elizabeth Edwards On November 3, 2004, the day Kerry conceded defeat in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election, Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer. She later revealed that she discovered a lump in her breast while on a campaign stop in Kenosha, Wisconsin a few weeks earlier, in the midst of the campaign. Edwards […]
GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001 by Jeffrey M. Jones … Implications The Republican Party clearly has lost a lot of support since 2001, the first year of George W. Bush’s administration. Most of the loss in support actually occurred beginning in 2005, after […]
Sometimes, articles that say something you already know also add something essential. This Friday article in McClatchie caught the eye of the people at TPM: Cheney said in 2004 Gitmo detainees revealed Iraq-al Qaida link McClatchy Newspapers By Jonathan S. Landay May 15, 2009 WASHINGTON — Then-Vice President Dick Cheney, defending the invasion of Iraq, […]
The Associated Press has one of those interactive maps showing a Stress Index – determined from the Unemployment Rate, the Foreclosure Rate, and the Bankruptcy Rate by US County. It’s kind of fun to play with. The top figure shows the hardest hit areas as darker colors. Poor Oregon, California, and Michigan! But my reason […]
Weak on Women’s Rights at Notre Dame Huffington Post by Martha Burk Political psychologist, co-founder, Center for Advancement of Public Policy May 17, 2009 A few minutes before President Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame, the CNN anchor was intoning that he supports stem cell research and he supports abortion rights, and that he would […]
This is the graph of the Consumer Price Index for all of 2008 through 2009 to date. It is a picture of a bullet being dodged. While it’s not the index we follow to see if the Recession is lessening, it is the index we follow to make sure we’re not flying off of a […]
What’s your reaction to Vice President Cheney’s ongoing [criticism]? He’s not quite twittering your administration [ laughter ] but he’s coming fairly close. You know, Dick Cheney had a strong perspective about national security. It was tested in the early years of the Bush administration, and I think it resulted in a series of very […]
Pro-Democracy Leader Goes on Trial in MyanmarNew York Times By SETH MYDANS and MARK McDONALD May 18, 2009 BANGKOK — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, went on trial Monday in a mostly procedural hearing as hundreds of police officers and army soldiers blocked crowds of protesters, according to reports from news agencies […]