Help me understand the math here

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Saturday March 02, 2013 · 10:37 AM PST

2013/03/02 · 10:37

I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet.

$600 billion in revenue via tax hikes.
$1.2 trillion in spending cuts via sequester.

Didn't the Republicans just win, big? Those who claimed we won with the fiscal cliff negotiations proven wrong?

If there is more complexity to this, please let me know.

Democratic leadership costing the party its populist image

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 1:21 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 13:21

Democrats cannot win the election if they open themselves up to criticism as being friends of a capricious Wall Street and supporters of a clueless Bush and Paulson. House Republicans are performing a flanking maneuver that is going to portray the Democrats as just that - and place McCain as a clear alternative to both Bush, the Dem's, and Wall Street. In this scenario, McCain and the "true" Republicans become the populist representatives of the people. This cannot be allowed to happen.

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Saturday July 19, 2008 · 6:52 AM PDT

2008/07/19 · 06:52

The height of editorial irresponsibility. This article is an atrocity and deserves no place in our national discussion, not to mention a place in the New York Times. Would the NYTimes ever publish an op-ed by an Iranian calling for a preemptive, possibly nuclear strike versus Israel? No way.

Article here.

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Sunday February 05, 2006 · 12:18 PM PST

2006/02/05 · 12:18

The media, and our administration, would very much love for you to think that these Muslims have lit ablaze embassies over simple cartoons. They would love for you to associate Islam with mindless or petty violence. What they really don't want you to do is to place these riots in a greater historical context. Read More

Wake up! Don't le us get Roberts-d again!

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Tuesday November 01, 2005 · 10:02 AM PST

2005/11/01 · 10:02

Alito has been nominated and we need immediate, TODAY action. We need to be contacting Senators to ensure they will not be fence riding on Alito! We need to be developing talking points so as to counter the rightwing parroting that has already been developed and already is dominating the dicussion! We absolutely cannot fall behind on this guy and let another Roberts situation unfold. We cannot afford to have defectors. We must let the likely suspects know this loud and clear. That means Salazar and Nelson and Lieberman. And no it's not too soon to put the pressure on them! Read More

Israeli attorney strikes back, part 2

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Thursday March 10, 2005 · 10:14 AM PST

2005/03/10 · 10:14

Perhaps you might remember back in February when the Israeli Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, ruled that the seizure of Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem was illegal. This put a halt to a practice in which the Israeli government claimed they could confiscate virtually any land they desired, under the pretext of a 1950 law which had never been utilized until a secret Knesset meeting reinstated it last July. Well now there is a new, encouraging story.

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Giuliana Sgrena - piecing truth together

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 10:15 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 22:15

Who to believe? What does rational analysis tell you? Is the military right, or is Sgrena? Chances are, neither. Read More

How West Africa affected US domestic policy

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Saturday February 26, 2005 · 6:01 PM PST

2005/02/26 · 18:01

I want to further elaborate on the agricultural subsidy story, in order to clarify motivations. While I do completely support Bush's decision to cut into agricultural subsidies, one must analyze why Bush suddenly came to this decision. It certainly represents a change of heart.

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Wake up! Don't le us get Roberts-d again!

Israeli attorney strikes back, part 2

Giuliana Sgrena - piecing truth together

How West Africa affected US domestic policy