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Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000

BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are using Brett Favre as a manner of getting at the ...

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As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:48 +0000

Amid thousands of student protesters and armed police standing guard, the University of California's Board of Regents has approved a 32 percent increase in student fees. The vote will bring the total cost of a UC education to more than $10,000 per year for the first time. We discuss the protests ...

The BRAD BLOG found this 11 hours ago on democracynow.org

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U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:58 +0000

BAGHDAD In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and ...

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Colbert On "Letterman": Obama Is The Meryl Streep Of Presidents (VIDEO)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:06 +0000

Stephen Colbert sat down with David Letterman last night and reminisced about his trip to Iraq . He recounted for Dave his visit to the White House where the president taped a segment for Stephen to show the troops. Turns out the president is an unnervingly talented actor who made Colbert feel ...

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Brett Favre: History’s Greatest Monster

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:24 +0000

The Iraqis are using Brett Favre to taunt American soldiers. Goddddddammit. According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are using Brett Favre as a manner of getting at the guard troops there. “They know Favre by name,” said First ...

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Democrats Propose Surtax to Cover War Costs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:48 +0000

CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE Nov. 20, 2009 – 1:43 p.m. Democrats Propose Surtax to Cover War Costs Senior House Democrats have introduced legislation that would impose a surtax beginning in 2011 to cover the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill was unveiled late Thursday by David R. ...

The Corner on National Review Online found this 11 hours ago on cqpolitics.com

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Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:51 +0000

As California struggles with a crippling $21 billion project deficit, professor and progressive activist George Lakoff has submitted a 2010 ballot proposition that would roll back the two-thirds majority needed to pass a budget and, he says, end the gridlock created by minority rule. [includes ...

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Palin: Crack Down On 'Iraq' To Prevent Nuclear Iran

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:03 +0000

During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a nuclear Iran by cracking down on "Iraq." Sarah Palin - Iraq - United States - Government - Alaska

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Palin: Crack Down On 'Iraq' To Prevent Nuclear Iran (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Detainees in Iraq asking for a good waterboarding

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:31 +0000

This is just plain wrong as Drewzer pointed out in the comments.BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. According to a...

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‘60 Minutes’ Runs 15 Minute Segment on Resurrecting Iraqi Marshes– Forgets to Thank George W. Bush (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:00 +0000

“60 Minutes” ran a wonderful segment on the restoration of the Iraqi marshes. Saddam Hussein drained thousands of miles of marshland after the 1991 War and slaughtered the Marsh Arabs who lived there. But after Iraq was liberated from this brutal tyrant the US helped resurrect ...

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Intelligentsia Against Intelligence

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:29 +0000

By David Sirota Any hope that we aren’t turning into a full-on slobbering idiocracy was snuffed out last week by two of the Washington intelligentsia’s most respected voices. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 20, 2009 Intelligentsia Against Intelligence November ...

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Sarah Palin-You’ve Got to Be Kidding Right?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:00 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding? Sarah Palin wants to cut off aid to Iraq? Palin to Crack Down on Iwrack, or Iraq? or Iran? TAGS: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin You’ve Got to Be Kidding, Palinism, Palin to Cut Aid to Iraq, Social Bookmarking © admin for , 2009. | Permalink | No comment ...

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Arlington, Obama, and the Afghan decision

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:54 +0000

WHAT WAS in the mind of President Obama last week as he stepped apart from the official Veterans Day obsequies to walk silently amid the grave markers of America’s war dead at Arlington Cemetery? The impression of his deep preoccupation evoked a similar image of the same man on the midnight ...

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Fred Thompson's Harry Reid Impression -- By: Pete Hegseth

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:51:25 +0000

As Kathryn noted , today Senator Fred Thompson declared, “It really doesn't matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden. Because the war has been lost .” That’s right, Senator Thompson has declared America’s defeat in ...

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An Evening of COIN

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:51:43 +0000

An Evening of Counterinsurgency at the Pritzker Military Library Hearts and minds? Overrated. If you want to run a successful counterinsurgency, it all starts with the person at the top. On Thursday, December 3rd, Mark Moyar will appear at the Pritzker Military Library to discuss his new book, A ...

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The Campaign Store

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:01 +0000

Go Back The holiday season, beginning with Thanksgiving, is always a difficult time for our troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. They will be missing their moms and dads, brothers and sisters. Many will be missing their wives and children, some that may have been born while they were ...

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A Message From The 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:46:23 +0000

Except for short blurb type articles, I almost never duplicate an entire article or column that appears in the press. I'm making an exception here, because this is a message from one of America's finest on the ever of his...

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Iraq veto could affect troop withdrawal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:40 +0000

From NBC's Sue KrollU.S. offcials said Wednesday that the U.S. was disappointed by news that the Iraqi Vice President vetoed a key part of Iraq's election law. "We urge the Iraqi leaders and parliament to to take quick action," State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said. The move raises ...

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VP holds army brigade responsible for Abu-Ghraib killings

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:04 +0000

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Wednesday held the Iraqi army 24th brigade and its commander, Colonel Raheem Kareem Resan, responsible for the killings of 17 people in Abu-Ghraib district. Al-Hashemi described the incident as a “massacre,” and held Resan and ...

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