Wednesday, August 23, 2006

After a presidential press conference performance, Brendan Nyhan found the New York Times dutifully 'Correcting the wrong ... misstatements.' [Cursor.org] 12:54:54 PM    comment []

As unexploded munitions reportedly take a toll on Lebanese children, 'Look Who's Fair And Balanced,' and see who's telling whoppers about Ned Lamont's position on Iraq. [Cursor.org] 12:45:50 PM    comment []

Tape of kidnapped Foxd newsmen out (0). Tape of kidnapped Foxd newsmen out (0) [The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news] 12:44:49 PM    comment []

The draft has begun, although the only persons currently eligible are Marines who have already served their active service obligation. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-military23aug23,0,1165040.story?coll=la-home-headlines 11:35:59 AM    comment []

While President Bush and Secretary of State Rice "may be quite right about a new Middle East being born," it's feared that "it will not be exactly the baby they have longed for," after 'Wars of great miscalculation.' [Cursor.org] 11:28:20 AM    comment []

O'Reilly targets wiretap judge (0). O'Reilly targets wiretap judge (0) [The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news] 11:27:10 AM    comment []

All the News That Fits…. Iran rejects U.S. demands, says it’s ready for “serious negotiations” over nuclear program. Bush back-door drafts 2,500 Marine veterans to return to the front. “You can send Marines back for a third or fourth time, but you have to understand you are destroying their lives,” Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America told the LATimes. “It is not what they intended the all-volunteer military to look like.” President Bush will raise money for slur slinging Sen. George Allen. Senator Conrad Burns calls his house painter, “A nice little Guatemalan man,” then asks to see his green card. [With Brendan Fitzgibbons] [RS National Affairs Daily] 10:38:55 AM    comment []

Learning to Love the Governator. Who is the most effective progressive politician in America? I’ve got news for you, he’s not a Democrat. Who else can trump this record: Negotiated an informal climate accord with Great Britian — after comparing those who doubt global warming to members of the flat-earth society — committing the world’s 12th largest greenhouse polluter to Kyoto-like cuts by 2010, all while echoing Al Gore: “You can build a great economy and you can take care of the environment at the same time.“ Signed a landmark bill to put solar panels on one-million roof tops statewide, forcing utilities to buy back excess power, and mandating that developers offer solar on all new homes by 2011. Worked accross the aisle to negotiate a hike in the state’s minimum wage to a highest-in-the-nation $8 an hour. And that’s just the last month. From a politician who brought the state back from the brink of bankruptcy, is now overseeing the strongest economic expansion since the dot-com boom, and has taken the lead in the push to rebuild the state’s levies and other degraded infrastructure. Oh yeah, and a commander-in-chief who told Bush to shove it when asked to deploy even more National Guard troops to the border to shore up the president’s support with his xenophobic base. Ladies and gentlemen: Arnold Schwarzenegger, a true progressive. Well, at least until he breaks Phil Angelides‘ pencil neck in November. [RS National Affairs Daily] 10:38:23 AM    comment []

...Judge accused of ACLU ties (0). ...Judge accused of ACLU ties (0) [The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news] 10:33:02 AM    comment []

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