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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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Is It Possible Madoff and Feeder Funds Will Not Be Sued by Big Fish?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Yachts, Sec, karmabanque.com, Madoff, Pyramid Scheme, Mafia, Billionaires, Tax Evasion, Bush, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Fda, Financial Crisis, Fuld, Ubp, Zell, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Why would certain well-off clients and investors in the feeder funds (for example Switzerland's Union Bancaire Privee) not sue Madoff for his illegal ...

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The Deep Hypocrisy of Republican Rule

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Hypocrisy, Gonzales, Criminality, Republicans, DOJ Corruption, Brownie, Cheney, Bush, Goodling, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Standing before the American Enterprise Institute, Bush made another embarrassing attempt to shore up his failed legacy, pleading futilely that he is not the 21st century's Herbert Hoover.

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Bush the Teflon Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Silda Spitzer, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Economic, Markets, Ape, Ny Governor, Crime, Madoff, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee, Guantanamo, Gitmo, John Walsh, Punishment, Sen. Charles Schumer, Slate Magazine, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Bush, Taxpayer, Penal Colony, Iraqi, Nazis, Requirements, Exit Interviews, Villainy, Shoe, Franz Kafka, Satisfaction, Bernard Madoff, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Perhaps it was the sexual nature of Eliot Spitzer's offenses that made the shame stick. That and the fact that the former NY governor admitted he did wrong. Bush by contrast is today's Teflon man.

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Is the Peace Process Irreversible?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.18.2008 | World

Read More: Bush, Obama, Palestinian, Jewish, Olmert, Russian, Israeli, Abbas, Foreign Policy, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Lame-duck Palestinian, Israeli and US leaders are making serious effort these days to ensure that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process enters an irreversible track before they leave office.

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No Choice But to Prosecute Cheney, for the Good of the Country

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Gonzales, Yoo, Geneva Convention, Addington, Rule of Law, Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Paul Abrams

With his admission on television to having authorized waterboarding, Dick Cheney will not be able to travel outside the United States without fearing arrest as a war criminal.

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Dick Cheney, Interior Decorator

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Vice President, Attorneys General, Wiretapping, Habeas Corpus, Doj, Torture, Bush, Cheney, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

It was, perhaps, a dark and rainy day. Through a clearing in the forest the King's horsemen came upon the menacing silhouette of a distant medieval f...

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Bush Says "So What?" Cheney Says "So?"

Chris Durang | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Thown Shoes, Torture, Cheney, Bush, Bush So What, Warwire, Bush Administration Torture Legalizing, Bush Administration Torture, Politics News
Chris Durang

Will we ignore the significant wrong-doing done in this administration? Will we end up with our own "So what?" and "So?" There must be accountability.

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Reading The Pictures: Dana's Shine(r), And More

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.17.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Microphone, Hans Blix, Press Secretary, Bush Iraq Farewell, Islamic Cartoons, Iraq, Dana Perino, George Bush Sr., Shoes, Al-Rasheed Hotel, U.N. Inspectors, Bush, Daily Beast, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-12-17-perino2.jpgBeyond evidence of the lingering indignity of Bush's Iraq farewell, I wonder if there might have been nearly so many tight close-ups if it was Fleischer, McClellan or Snow who got popped in the eye.

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Closet Cleaning Leads to Economic Enlightenment

Karen Leland | Posted 12.16.2008 | Style

Read More: Time Management in an Instant, Karen Leland, Wall Street, Time Management, Nordstrom's, Consignment Shop, Fall Fashion, Clothes, Fashion, Cleaning, Consumer Spending, Sufficiency, Organization, Bush, Style News
Karen Leland

The Bush years called out to us to spend rather than save. They may have been the enablers, but in my own life, I'm the leader, and I can't honestly say I've been doing a much better job.

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In Lebanon, Students Find Hero In Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 12.16.2008 | World

Read More: George Bush, Journalists, Journalism Training Program, Iraq, Lebanon, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Bush, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Bush Administration, American University of Beirut, Arabs, Anti-Americanism, Middle East, Muntadhir Al-Zeidi, Baghdad, Man Thros Shoes at Bush Video, Shoes, Shoe Thrower, Shoe Thrower Arab World, Video, Lebanon Students Shoe Thrower, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

* Scroll down for video As former President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon where he spoke to a crowd of students about peace and was only interrupt...

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sere, Stuart Bowen, Inspector General, Abuse, Kucinich, Geneva Convention, Reconstruction, Guantanamo, Armed Services Committee, Bush, Detainee, Prisoner, Chris Weigant, Few Bad Apples, Abu Graib, Waterboard, Waterboarding, Iraq, Carl Levin, Shoes, Shoe, National Security Council, Senate, Torture, War Wire, Bowen, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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"Shoe Tossing" - An Arab Perspective

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 12.15.2008 | World

Read More: George Bush, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Arab Perspective, Arab Americans, Bush, Iraq Bush Shoe, Bush Shoe, World News
Dean Obeidallah

It should be noted that there were at least 30 or 40 other pairs of Arab shoes in the press conference that were not thrown. In fact, many of the Iraqi reporters tried to stop the "shoe insurgent."

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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KCRW'S Left Right & Center 12.12.08

Huff Radio | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tony Blankley, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, KCRW Left Right & Center, Arianna Huffington, Bush, Dr. Steven Chu, Matt Miller, Politics News
Huff Radio

The Senate GOP rejection of the House deal is top of the news. All believe that W's "kick the can down the road," taking part of the banks' TARP and applying it to the auto bailout is inevitable.

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Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Great Depression, Bailout, Bush, Reagan Revolution, Paulson, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Socialism, Economy, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that community organizer who made it into the White House.

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Administration, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Government Bailout, United Auto Workers, Economy, Ford, Congress, Obama, Bush, Chrysler, Mark Zandi, General Motors, Ron Gettelfinger, Bob Corker, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Gm, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

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Obama Embraces Chicago Factory Sit-In: Symbol of New Wave of Activism

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Workers, Chicago, Protest, Obama, Sit-In, Union, Bush, Republic Windows and Doors, Recession, Business News
Peter Dreier

The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.

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Reading The Pictures: Cheney Holiday Card Says "Already Outta Here!"

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Politics, Laura Bush, Naval Observatory, Washington, End Game, Cheney, 2008 Holiday Card, News, Washington Monument, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards, Dick Cheney, Bush, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-12-09-shaw_cheneycard.jpgWell, the Cheney's final holiday card is now available and it makes for an interesting comparison to George and Laura's.

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A Close Look At The Iraq Status Of Forces Agreement [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | World

Read More: Bases, Troops, Jurisdiction, Timetable, Status of Forces Agreement, American Forces, Forces, Iraq, Agreement, Contractor, Bush, Iraq War, Soldiers, Chris Weigant, Sofa, Armed Forces, Blackwater, Security Contractor, Maliki, Status of Forces, Timetable for Withdrawal, Warwire, World News
Chris Weigant

What I found is that the Iraqis got almost everything they had pushed for, and the Bush administration got almost nothing of what they wanted.

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Bush's Brain: Karl Rove Goes Mental

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Legacy, Afghanistan, Iraq, Karl Rove, Legacy, War, Bush, Rove Partisan, Partisanship, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Rove and his colleagues will try to use sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors and outright lies to get us to forget the horrors of the past eight years.

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Explain to Me Why Sending Private Security Contractors to Afghanistan Makes Sense

Patrick Barry | Posted 12.08.2008 | World

Read More: Kandahar, U.S. Troops, Kabul, Contractors, Afghanistan, Bush, Helmand, Pincus, Pscs, World News
Patrick Barry

Introducing private security contractors -- lightening rods for controversy in the Muslim world -- into an already volatile situation just seems nonsensical.

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Not Home Yet: The Terrible Carnage of Bush's Final Days

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, White House, Water Pollution, Doj, Environment, Endangered Species, Hhs, Air Pollution, Endangered Species Act, Bush, Epa, Obama Administration, Bush Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Bush Final Weeks, National Parks, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As if eight long years of hell under Bush were not enough, we now have to suffer this accelerated push to destroy our future in the last days of his reign of terror.

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Blair says that Palestinians and Israelis Reached a Secret Agreement

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.07.2008 | World

Read More: Abbas, Olmert, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Blair, Palestinian, Bush, Middle East, Tony Blair, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Blair stated that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have resolved differences between them, although he was careful to note that this agreement has not been signed.

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Why Bush's Burrowing Appointees Are Bad, Despite What Slate Says

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Civil Service, Slate Magazine, Bush, Appointees, Bush Administration Burrowing, Media News
Joshuah Bearman

Slate's theory of patronage is overwhelmed by its own example. You can't make a case against the crusty civil service and not worry about the layer of crust Bush is leaving behind.

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