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The Justice Department said last month that there were nine political appointees who had represented the detainees in challenges to their confinement.First shared by GeraldHoon SERVICE_TWITTERLast shared: Tue Mar 09 07:03:55 GMT 2010315 Total Shares: 61 Tweets, 254Diggs

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In an Ideas piece, Pipes says tea party movement must be attached to larger conservative majority.

Some enjoy the challenge of a bullfight. And in India’s Tamil Nadu, this dangerous sport is celebrated each year. Bullfight festivities began on Monday…leaving more than 70 people injured. More than 70 people have been injured at an annual bullfight festival kicked off in Tamil Nadu, India.

On Monday the prominent Middle East historian Avi Shlaim came to Cambridge to speak on the ‘history and historiography of the Israeli-Arab conflict’. He gave a brief overview of the conflict to date and sketched the development and subsequent split within the ‘ New Historians’ (a group of Israeli hi ...

The GuardianAngry Ky. Sen. Bunning held up bill for daysThe Associated Press

On his radio show yesterday, Rush Limbaugh took that a step further, saying that “Mullah Nancy Bin Pelosi” was “no different” than...

The overriding factor in Ron Paul’s politics is his consistency. Regardless of to whom or whe

Group asks SC to halt use of RFIDBusiness MirrorThey argued that, on the other hand, the implementation of the RFID project involves police power that “significantly impacts on existing rights of persons ...

Watch the full movie online for free at: tiny.cc Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul is his "partner-against-crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball. cop out 1 [HQ] [Watch Full Movie Online]

Spring training means love probably isn't in the air.

Originally published at Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose. You can comment here or there. The Long View Power By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22:57:00 02/24/2010 BACK IN 1998, TEODORO L. LOCSIN JR. wrote an essay for the literary journal Pen & Ink, and quoted some l ...

(Political rant I've been thinking on in recent weeks) It’s been said that a common blunder is to prepare for the next war by preparing to refight the last war. France’s Maginot Line was useless when World War II set the same forces against each other who had fought before, but the tactics had evolv ...

The cast of "Rush Limbaugh! The Musical" includes Kevin Sciretta (from left), Karla L. Beard, Colleen Murray, Mark Sutton, Cayne Collier and...First shared by ebertchicago

One of the more disturbing -- and little noted -- aspects of the Supreme Court's execrable ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is the way it legitimized, if inadvertently, the far-right operatives at Citizens United ...

"Clinton added that the National Rifle Association also played a bigger role than it's credited in turning over Congress during the 1994 Republican revolution. "They were mad about this whole weapons ban and the Brady Bill, ...

He'll focus on his open-government agenda and on tightening campaign finance laws.

…that Crooks and Liars had a link to my humble site today. Really. Now if you came here from Crooks and Liars, I’m thinkin’ you’re more interested in politics and social matters than in my humble attempts at photography. If that’s the case, you can click on the “Politics and Society” category in the ...

The depth, width, and long range planning of the Republicans' dark strategy should have every American shaking with terror, especially since it is picking up momentum once again.

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Dean Murray, a 45-year-old Long Island, N.Y., businessman who organized Tea Party protests, will be sworn in as the new Republican state assemblyman...First shared by foxheadlines

Who didn't nod his or her head just a little bit this week when Bill Maher chastised everyone lamenting the departure of "centrist" Senate-quitter Evan Bayh. "He isn'ta centrist," explained Maher, "He's a corporatist, and that's the ...

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Democratic leaders in Congress unveiled proposals Thursday that would limit the impact of a Supreme Court decision allowing unfettered corporate spending on political campaigns. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (NY) and Rep.

Ralph Nader doesn't like the recent corporate speech decision, asserting in a WSJ op-ed that [T]he U.S. Supreme Court gave carte blanche to the world's largest corporations to spend unlimited sums of money to support or oppose candidates for elected office.

Commentary By Ron Beasley Paul Krugman thinks Obama is clueless: I’m with Simon Johnson here: how is it possible, at this late date, for Obama to be this clueless? The lead story on Bloomberg right now contains excerpts from an interview with Business Week which tells us: President Barack Obama said ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton A brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Judicial Watch, which investigates and prosecutes government corruption...First shared by Somuchpain

(A work in progress) There are many folks, especially corporate oriented conservatives and those

The prospect of the Winter Olympics on the horizon causes me to contemplate that most existential of all sports debates: just what is a sport anyway? At first glance […]

This recent ruling should be seen as a personal challenge to get corporations out of our government.

At times, having Obama in the Oval Office is like having a really powerful Dr. Phil around.

New York TimesRules Do Little to Tamp Down Race for Iraqi ParliamentNew York Times

In fact, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just announced the Obama Administration would be working hand in glove with the UN to pass a...First shared by PatriotAirborne

Sure, everyone loves the Super Bowl, or at least enough of us to make a quorum or threaten a filibuster. Some 100 million Americans will.

WASHINGTON — Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century ...

Following the Supreme Court decision implicitly granting corporations the right to free speech (by determining... It is running for Congress.First shared by MrBabyManon SERVICE_TWITTERLast shared: Fri Feb 05 22:39:20 GMT 20102289 Total Shares: 626 Tweets, 1518Diggs, 72 OneRiot shares

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With the election of Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., the Democrats have lost their supermajority and will not be able to stop a filibuster. Newsweek’s Howard Fineman talks about the possible consequences. (Countdown) Filibuster - United States Senate - Supermajority - Howard Fineman - United States

Barack Obama May Have Two Supreme Court Picks Soon, Would Affect Abortion: http://www.lifenews.com/nat5962.html via @addthis