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This Just In!

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THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Cheney, Briefly Assuming Bush’s Duties, Says He Enjoyed The Downtime President’s Colon Procedure Offered Welcome Break From Grueling Vice-Presidential Schedule Vice-President Dick Cheney, having briefly assumed President Bush’s duties while the President underwent a routine colon procedure on Saturday, told … [Read more...] about This Just In!

QOTD

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Quote of the Day "There once was a man named Vitter/Who vowed that he wasn'Â’t a quitter/But with stories of women/And all of his sinninÂ’/He knows his careerÂ’s in the -- oh, never mind." -- Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), quoted by The Hill, on Sen. David VitterÂ’'s (R-LA) prostitution scandal. … [Read more...] about QOTD

Another Rebuke on Gitmo Detainees

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In yet another stinging rebuke to the Bush administration’s extralegal policies and practices, a three-judge federal appeals court has unanimously ordered the government to turn over virtually all its information on the 360 detainees being held at the Guantánamo Bay brig. The New York Times reported that "The ruling, which came in one of the main court cases … [Read more...] about Another Rebuke on Gitmo Detainees

Pols’ Hair: The Bald Truth of the Matter

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A lot of Republicans are hoping that Fred Thompson makes a run for the presidential roses, but as British cartoonist Kal notes, American voters prefer hair on the presidential cranium. Writing at Democracy In America, the U.S. blog of The Economist, Kal writes that: "Not since 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower defeated an equally dome-headed Adlai Stevenson, has baldness … [Read more...] about Pols’ Hair: The Bald Truth of the Matter

North Korea Hails Virtues Of Dog Meat

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If Michael Vick knew about this he could have sent his dogs that couldn't do well in dogfights here: NORTH Korea's state media is talking up the virtues of dog meat, saying the controversial cuisine is a prized delicacy for coping with the summer heat. Dog soup, called dangogi-jang or boshintang (health soup), is “the best cuisine” served over the summer season, the … [Read more...] about North Korea Hails Virtues Of Dog Meat

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch Calls For Withdrawal From Iraq

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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, who campaigned for George Bush for President and is a noted foe of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has dropped his support of the Iraq war and now wants the troops to come home. In a column in The Politico Koch says the time has come to realize the Iraq government is not up to the task and that Iraq is too divided for the U.S. to continue … [Read more...] about Former New York Mayor Ed Koch Calls For Withdrawal From Iraq

Selective Police Action Is the Best Approach to Dealing With Pakistan-Based Militants

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With a new report from the US intelligence community suggesting that al-Qaeda has found a safe haven in tribal areas of Pakistan, there is increasing talk of war. The Washington Post, for example, suggested in an editorial today that we should bomb Pakistan in order to take out militant strongholds. But the Post is way off base. An examination of what's going on in … [Read more...] about Selective Police Action Is the Best Approach to Dealing With Pakistan-Based Militants

Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

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Does the Bush administration’s astonishing assertion that Congress has no power to force a U.S. attorney to pursue contempt charges rise to the level of a constitutional crisis? The answer, I believe, is that this is just the latest chapter in an ongoing constitutional crisis involving a rogue president who continues to insist that when he invokes executive privilege, inks … [Read more...] about Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

A Turning Point For Turkey?

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From Pajamas Media: Turkish citizens go to the polls on Sunday for an important election. Will the vote reverse the course of Islamization or move it further down the road of becoming a more Islamic, socially conservative society and a foreign policy more attuned to Iran and Syria than to the United States? Barry Rubin, who is covering the elections for PJM, isn’t … [Read more...] about A Turning Point For Turkey?

Bless the Danes, Shame on the Yanks

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Denmark has secretly airlifted about 200 translators and other Iraqi employees of its troops and their relatives ahead of its withdrawal from Iraq, and most are expected to seek asylum. The Nordic country will withdraw all of its 480 combat troops in August and replace them with a small helicopter unit of 55 soldiers. Bo Eric Weber, Danish ambassador to Iraq, said the … [Read more...] about Bless the Danes, Shame on the Yanks