Monthly Archives: August 2009

What Every American Should be made to learn about the IG Torture Report

This is an extremely interesting article written by Glenn Greenwald.  Some right wingers should also read it because I think it might just turn their stomaches too. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/24/ig_report/?source=newsletter

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Source: Army has approached Kennedy family about burial at Arlington

Posted by GeoT Washington (CNN) – CNN has learned that Army officials a few weeks ago met with Sen. Edward Kennedy’s staff and presented a plan that has his final resting place may be just a few feet from the … Continue reading

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Farewell Teddy— 1932-2009

Rest in Peace… Posted by GeoT You were a fighter to the end, for those who are most in need. We hope to carry on your legacy and pass health care legislation that will embody the things you believed in … Continue reading

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The GOP’s Top Chef Starves a Beast and Poisons a Debate

Posted by Audiegrl Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, this week revealed a secret Republican plan that would end up eliminating all federal farm subsidies; closing down Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks; selling off the interstate highway system; … Continue reading

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President Obama on brink of deal for Middle East peace talks

from the: guardian.co.uk Posted by GeoT Barack Obama is close to brokering an Israeli-Palestinian deal that will allow him to announce a resumption of the long-stalled Middle East peace talks before the end of next month, according to US, Israeli, … Continue reading

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Sound familiar? Colorado Democratic headquarters vandalized

Posted by Audiegrl A “vandalism spree” hit the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters in Denver today, where the “vandal allegedly used a hammer to smash” 11 windows. Party Chairwoman Pat Waak attributed the violence to the intensity surrounding the health care … Continue reading

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Angry right boos John McCain for stating that Obama ‘respects the Constitution of the United States.’

Posted by Audiegrl Today in a town hall forum in Arizona, an elderly woman asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) whether President Obama knows “that we still live under a Constitution.” To his credit, McCain distanced himself from the questioner’s claim, … Continue reading

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Barack’s Book Bag What Obama’s summer reading list says about him.

Posted by GeoT Even the news media have their vacation rituals. One of them is overinterpreting the presidential summer reading list. Monday the White House obliged, offering the list of five books president Obama has packed for his trip: • … Continue reading

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Majority of Americans Believe Health Care Reform ‘Myths’

Posted by GeoT More than 50 percent of Americans believe a public insurance option will increase health care costs, according to a new survey on assertions the White House has called myths. full article @ LiveScience.com

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Recommended by GeoT

Posted by GeoT About DKTV Daily Kos TV is a political news video blog published by Kos Media and created and edited by Jed Lewison. Jed, who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, also publishes Jed Report DKTV

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