firedoglake.com - 12/3/2008
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It doesn't matter what journalist you speak to these days, they're all freaked out about the cutbacks at every traditional media outlet around. Massive layoffs this week are rumored to be hitting a variety of publications. Circulations, and ad sales, are falling. Meanwhile, online ...
fistfulofeuros.net - 12/8/2008
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fistfulofeuros.net —
Last week, some US-based bloggers were talking about
their dissatisfaction with the term, “soft power.” Matthew Yglesias:...
[C]an we retire the term “soft power” already? I always feel that it’s been popularized not so much by Professor Nye ...
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Power and
nelawyer.blogspot.com - 12/5/2008
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nelawyer.blogspot.com —
I've written before about Douglas County Crime Scene
Investigations commander David Kofoed. As I wrote then: Several...
years ago a rural Nebraska couple were brutally killed by shotgun blasts to the head. The investigation quickly focused on ...
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"The Full Power of the... Government"
blogs.tnr.com - 12/3/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
Now Michael Chertoff catches the fever : The
Bush administration's point man in protecting America against terrorism...
says U.S. investments in safety should not be restricted to airport screening machines or border fences. Michael Chertoff says ...
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"Soft Power" Power
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Obama gets soaring marks in the new USA TODAY Poll
Crooks and Liars —
... Act remained as strong as his public proclamations suggested on the campaign trail, transition spokesman Dan Pfeiffer responded, succinctly, "Yes."
As Digby says:
With the kind of support Obama's got going in, EFCA is something that's both achievable and necessary. Despite the hysterical commentary from the right these days, the fact is that unions strengthen the economy not weaken it.
And when liberal bloggers talk, the press listens...
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12/4: Senate Speculation
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... stop a filibuster proof Democrat Senate. " GA SEN II: What Are You Cheering About, Conservatives? Liberal bloggers continue to downplay the significance of Chambliss's victory : MN SEN: Fear The Frankenstein Monster! Conservative bloggers continue to argue that Dem candidate Al Franken is trying to steal the Senate election in MN, which is currently undergoing a recount: EFCA: Make It Happen, Dems! Liberal bloggers are urging passage of the Employee Free Choice Act : Firedoglake 's Jane Hamsher thinks the Obama admin. is sending good signals: " David ...
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