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valleywag.gawker.com - 1/26/2009

Cheney's Veil Lifted on Vice President's Residence [Google Maps]

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Hope and change has come to Google Maps. The official residence of the vice president, obscured until Dick Cheney's last days in office and residence, now shines in satellite sunlight. A reader...

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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/21/2009

The Pro-Cheney Case For A Torture Commission

— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — As Daniel Larison notes, the one place where Obama explicitly invoked "false choices" in yesterday's speech was... his Bush-rebuking reference to "the choice between our safety and our ideals." This comes a week after Evan Thomas and Stuart Taylor ... (more) The Pro-Cheney Case For A Torture Commission

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thinkprogress.org - 1/27/2009

Vice President’s house now appears unobscured on Google Maps.

— thinkprogress.org — In 2005, Maureen Dowd noted that “if you use Google Earth’s database to see [former Vice President... Cheney’s] official residence, the view is scrambled and obscured . You can view satellite photos of the White House, the Pentagon and ... (more) Vice President’s house now appears unobscured on Google ...

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maps.google.com - 1/23/2009

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— maps.google.com — Go to Google Maps Home RSS View in Google Earth Print Send Link Get Directions Get Directions... My Maps My Maps Add Destination - Show options ... (more) Google Maps

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Ben Smith's Blog — ... Valleywag spots another kind of change: The Google Maps image of the Vice Presidential residence, whose blurring under Cheney had become a symbol of his attachment to secrecy, is unblurred. ...

Vice President’s house now appears unobscured on Google Maps.
Think Progress — ... . You can view satellite photos of the White House, the Pentagon and the Capitol — but not of the Lord of the Underworld’s lair.” But Gawker reports today that as of last week (when Cheney left office), the overhead view is now clear: ...

Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... hit a record in 2008 , and increased 45% over the year before. The result was 161 fatalities among coalition troops -- double 2007. * This is Fox News at its most destructive and irresponsible. * Drew Westen makes the case for a new narrative to replace the "government is the problem" meme. (thanks to R.K. for the heads-up) * Obama still intends to ban weapons in space . ( via Blue Girl ) * On Google Maps, the Vice President's home will no longer be blurred . * Althouse has a habit of writing very silly things . * Robert Reich ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... Have they no sense that their policies have sent the country hurtling down the road to ruin? Are they so divorced from reality that in their delusionary state they honestly believe we need more of their tax cuts for the rich and their other forms of plutocratic irresponsibility, the very things that got us to this deplorable state? Boehner has to stop fixating on "the size of the package". David Brooks: In defense of institutions. Owen Thomas On transparency in government (now with google maps!) h/t First Read ...

So what exactly was Cheney hiding...
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings ...at the Naval Observatory? Obscured for years at Google Maps, the once-blurry image of Cheney's former residence, and Biden's current one, is now clear.