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Monthly Archives: February 2010
$600 Million for Police Stations in Afghanistan
Deficit? What deficit? When it comes to the Pentagon, the checkbook is always open (emphasis added): “In an attempt to increase the size of the Afghan police force to 160,000, the United States military intends to invest more than $600 … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, budget, Politics
Tagged $600 million, Afghanistan, deficit, Pentagon, police stations
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Karzai to Appoint Electoral Watchdog Commission
How much more American blood and treasure are we going to expend propping up Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s increasingly corrupt government? “After his brazen bid to steal his re-election, Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, swore that he would do better — … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan
Tagged Afghanistan, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, presidential decree
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“Villain Rotation” in the Senate
I hesitate to even comment on the health care reform charade any more because that’s exactly what it is and has been from the get-go, a charade. But Glenn Greenwald had a piece in Salon yesterday which nailed the situation … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, health care, Obama, Politics, special interests
Tagged campaign contributions, Democrats, Glenn Greenwald, health care reform, individual mandate, insurance industry, Jay Rockefeller, PhRMA deal, President Obama, public option, reconciliation, Salon, Senate, subsidies, Villain Rotation
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Kicking the (Yes We) Can Down the Road
President Obama, who told a group of nurses in July that when it came to health care reform, “We can’t kick the can down the road any longer,” is in his plan released yesterday…..kicking the can down the road. “Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in health care, Obama, Politics
Tagged 2018, healthcare reform, insurance plans, Obama, tax
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Civilians Killed in Afghanistan “Believed” to be Insurgents
More on the civilians killed Sunday in Afghanistan, from the New York Times (emphasis added): “KABUL, Afghanistan — An airstrike launched Sunday by United States Special Forces helicopters against what international troops believed to be a group of insurgents ended … Continue reading
White Collar Contracts MUST Be Honored—Blue Collar Contracts? Toss ‘Em
The bonuses at AIG keep on coming: “… AIG, the fallen insurer, paid out an additional $100 million this month, much of it to the very financial products division whose rampant risk-taking took the firm to the brink. And there’s … Continue reading
Posted in AIG, economy, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street
Tagged AIG, bonuses, contracts, GM, Tim Geithner, UAW
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33 Civilians, Including Women and Children, Killed In Afghanistan
Same song, different verse: You know that hearts and minds can only be won, When you blow ‘em all to kingdom come. “KABUL, Afghanistan– A NATO airstrike on Sunday against what the coalition believed to be a group of insurgents … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan
Tagged Afghanistan, civilians killed, General McChrystal, NATO airstrike, women and children
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Yoo: The President Could Order the Massacre of a Village
Michael Isikoff at Newsweek.com has more on the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report in which David Margolis, senior lawyer in the Obstruction of Justice Department, found John Yoo and Jay Bybee guilty of nothing more than “poor judgement” in … Continue reading
Posted in Dick Cheney, Justice Department, Politics, torture, Uncategorized, war on terror
Tagged Dick Cheney, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, OPR report, torture memos, waterboarding
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Spencer Ackerman’s Open Letter to Liz Cheney
Spencer Ackerman at the Washington Independent has an “Open Letter to Liz Cheney on Torture”: Dear Ms. Cheney, I don’t know if you saw ‘Meet The Press’ this morning, but a general you may have heard of named David Petraeus … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Dick Cheney, Justice Department, Obama, Politics, torture, Uncategorized
Tagged Liz Cheney, open letter, Spencer Ackerman, torture, Washington Independent
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