Learn and Earn Spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E in Ohio

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Thursday October 05, 2006 · 10:18 AM PDT

2006/10/05 · 10:18

With Rep. Sherrod Brown (D) running virtually dead even with Sen. Mike DeWine (R) in the crucial Ohio Senate race, Democrats are nervously awaiting the GOP's expected onslaught of negative ads as well as their vaunted turnout machine. The Republicans certainly don't need any help for the latter, but they may be getting some nonetheless.

There's no gay marriage amendment on the ballot, such as the one that helped spur the vote amongst the religious right in 2004. But the bad news is that Issue 3 on the ballot is starting to stir up impassioned opposition that could give conservatives something to forget Mark Foley by. Read More

Blue Blood in a Red State - The 131st Kentucky Derby

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Thursday May 05, 2005 · 8:06 AM PDT

2005/05/05 · 08:06

This Saturday, in Louisville, KY, where a couple of weekends ago, religious conservatives, and Bill Frist Headroom, gathered to spread their messages of hate and intolerance, around 150,000 people of all races, faiths, sexual orientations, shoe sizes, and opinions on how to handicap a horse race will gather at Churchill Downs for one of America's most celebrated events, the so-called "most exciting two minutes in sports," the Kentucky Derby. There will gather some of the most royally bred equines and humans in the country - as well as some who are distinctly not so. Read More

Mother of dead soldier responds to Time

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Wednesday December 22, 2004 · 9:24 AM PST

2004/12/22 · 09:24

I'm going to post this letter written to the editors of Time Magazine by a mother whose son was killed in Iraq, in response to their naming of President Bush as Man of the Year without any further comment, as none is needed. Via Tom Paine.

Dear Time Editors:

My son, Spc. Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq on 04/04/04. This has been an extraordinary couple of weeks of "slaps in the faces" to us families of fallen heroes.

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The Week in Pictures (PARODY) (mostly)

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Saturday November 27, 2004 · 9:08 AM PST

2004/11/27 · 09:08

Just seems like we could use a little levity around here right now...it is a holiday weekend after all. At least in this country....

President Bush with Chile President Ricardo Lagos and friend Vladimir. The three are shown taking a break on the Hollywood set where they are starring in the remake of The Three Amigos.

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Red Cross Estimates 800 Civilian Deaths in Falluja

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Sunday November 21, 2004 · 8:44 AM PST

2004/11/21 · 08:44

Of course, you haven't heard it from the U.S. forces controlling Falluja hospital, nor from the mainstream press. The idea of civilian casualties has been downplayed, if not altogether dismissed, by the U.S. as well as by Allawi.

But the Red Cross disagrees.

At least 800 civilians have been killed during the U.S. military siege of Fallujah, a Red Cross official estimates.

Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of U.S. military reprisal, a high-ranking official with the Red Cross in Baghdad told IPS that "at least 800 civilians" have been killed in Fallujah so far.

It says a lot about how the U.S. is perceived when a high-ranking Red Cross official is afraid of being quoted due to "U.S. military reprisal!" More from the Read More

The War in Iraq: Self-Defense or Murder?

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Tuesday November 16, 2004 · 8:06 PM PST

2004/11/16 · 20:06

Gazing out from the top floor of the AMC multiplex in Times Square the other night, I found myself face-to-face with the mammoth CBS video screen there. Images from the war flashed but nobody seemed to notice; might as well have been football highlights or scenes from Survivor. I can never quite get used to the idea of watching real people shooting real bullets and dropping real bombs on real people who become really dead; it always just seems so bizarre to be watching it on TV, and even just reading newspaper accounts. The video turned to the NBC tape of the shooting of the wounded Iraqi prisoner, and the closed captions said there would be an investigation. "Was it self-defense," the words continued, "or murder?" More below... Read More

Interview with Cincy Enquirer reporter on Warren County lockdown

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Thursday November 11, 2004 · 7:53 AM PST

2004/11/11 · 07:53

This is turning out to be one of the real bizarro stories coming out of the Ohio vote fiasco - the barring of the press from the vote counting room in Warren County which, as has been reported by previous diarists here, was attributed by officials there to a terrorist warning by the FBI, which the FBI subsequently denied. Jonathan Alter told Olbermann that he thinks this will be the story that does finally break this issue into the mainstream press.

This, below the break, is an NPR interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who has been writing about the story. Read More

Which network are you watching? Poll

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 4:40 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 16:40

I go back to Cronkite back in the good old days. No blogs. No exit polls. No Drudge Report. No Chris Matthews. Walter was the only one to turn to for me. So, preferring to take comfort in the memories of my joyful youth, I'm going with CBS for now, until I feel safe enough to switch to Fox.

Take the poll:

Drudge reporting exit polls "comforting" to Kerry

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 11:24 AM PST

2004/11/02 · 11:24

Election 2004 has been rocked with first wave of exit polls which show Kerry competitive in key states, campaign and media sources tell DRUDGE.... National Election Pool -- representing six major news organization -- show Kerry in striking distance in Florida and Ohio.. MORE...

Actually, the numbers posted on the home page here seem a bit more than "comforting" and "competitive," and more than "in striking distance" in OH and FL.

MORE!!

Who Is That in the Osama Halloween Getup?

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Sunday October 31, 2004 · 3:50 PM PST

2004/10/31 · 15:50

Here's a website that suggests that the Bin-Laden tape is a fake.

Bin Laden's last video appearance was late in 2001. How come he hasn't aged? Why isn't his beard now totally grey - that's what generally happens over time.

See http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/02/01/gen.bergen.cnna/index.html

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The Endless Drama of Falluja - What Will Kerry Do?

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 1:46 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 13:46

Falluja has to be the longest running drama since Gunsmoke. How many weeks/months have we read about negotiations, months ago between Shiite clerics and Muqsada al-Sadr, and now between the Iraqi "government" and Falluja "representatives." Bombing raids on suspected insurgent strongholds seem to take place daily, with the requisite statements from each side - the "carefully targeted strongholds based on reliable intelligence" from the U.S. and the reports of dead women and children from doctors at hospitals.

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Yes, the New Yorker endorsed JK but there's much more

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Tuesday October 26, 2004 · 6:51 AM PDT

2004/10/26 · 06:51

I don't believe that many people who read the New Yorker really needed to be persuaded anyway. However, the issue demands to be seen for the photo spread entitled Democracy 2004, by the late photographer Richard Avedon.

Avedon's photos graced the pages of the magazine for years and never ceased to amaze. Anyone who has been involved in or has followed the current election campaign in any way just MUST see this spread - it captures the essence of the democratic process in which we are involved, featuring many of the main players (and the fringe ones as well) and issues over which the country is so divided. Read More

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