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• VIDEO: America attacked as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney dithered

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff My pal Greg Skilling wrote up a piece at The Examiner on this and passed it along to me. Wow. Id missed 60 Minutes last night so I didnt see this. Double wow: Watch CBS News Videos Online Unnerving much? While the administration of former President George W. Bush and his erstwhile partner ...
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• New Docs: Pentagon Ignored FBI’s Warnings on Abusive Interrogations

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff After reading The Dark Side by Jane Mayer, this isnt all that new. But thats a book, and these are declassified Department of Justice-released documents : Sadly, they reveal that the FBI knew perfectly well — and repeatedly warned Defense Department officials, as well as Justice Department ...
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• Italian court convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA rendition case

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff Meaningless/meaningful, depending on how you look at it: Twenty three Americans have been convicted in absentia, after an Italian court found them guilty of kidnapping in the CIA rendition of a Muslim cleric, the Associated Press reports . Three other Americans were acquitted. [...] The ...
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• MUST SEE VIDEO- Justice Denied: Voices from Gitmo- "Its a place where people lose their mind"

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff "People were sodomized... with broomsticks..." The men in this video were held at Guantánamo for years without charge and denied any meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention. But now they are finally free. This is their story. Produced for the ACLU by Joel P. ...
  6 days ago

• Welcome to America

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff Crime: Being Not White and Muslim. Punishment: Unlawful imprisonment, abuse, humiliation. Era: Bush Crime Family: The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse , their ...
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• Bush’s interrogators used slaps to ‘instill fear and despair’

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff My friend Larisa Alexandrovna has a piece up at Raw Story that you should go read. Heres a sample: Recently declassified documents on the Bush administration interrogation program describe several techniques used on detainees in US custody, some of which may have violated the United Nations ...
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• Runoff Canceled—Karzai Wins!

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 584
  This can’t be good. Juan Cole is not optimistic here and here . Whether or not backing Karzai ever made sense as an improvised strategic make-do, you have to admit the US has never had a gift for craftily installing credible puppet governments. And anyone who doesn’t see this as a toxic legacy of the Bush ...
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• VIDEOS: Jason Leopold interviews Valerie Plame about CIA leak case

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff My pal Jason Leopold is not only the go-to guy for all things Plame/Rove/Cheney , he also conducts interviews with newsmakers. Heres a Q and A from 2007 that he had with Valerie Plame Wilson herself that deserves more attention, especially in light of the newest revelations about what a big fat liar ...
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• Obama Ditches Another Bush Rule

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff Scrubbing out another Bush stain. GObama! The latest rule to get the boot was finalized in December 2008 and upped the number of hours truckers could stay behind the wheel , despite safety concerns about driver fatigue . [...] They issued the same rule three times [3] , even though the ...
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• Working Through the Extra Hour Tonight

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  An extra hour. Tonight, when we turn the clocks back , we get 60 more minutes to do with as we please. Being Halloween, that might mean an extra hour of reveling for many. For kids, it might mean staying up an extra hour. For others, it might mean an extra hour of sleeping. But for a couple of folks, it definitely ...
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• Evening Read

  
  Delaware Liberal — Authority: 607
  No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up.The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It’s not what you think.The Daily Beast: The Left’s hero on Fox “News”: Shep Smith.Paul Krugman: Time to decide which side of history you are on.
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• Attention Bush Apologists: Reagan Greeted Fallen Americans at an Air Force Base, Idiots

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  It appears my post yesterday got the teabaggers all riled up . Apparently, their position is that George W. Bush’s refusal to honor fallen Americans as they return to this country for the last time — something his predecessors all did — is proof that a) he loves the troops more than anyone else and; b) ...
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• Disgraceful: In 8 Years, George W. Bush Never Greeted Fallen Troops

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  This is what a president does . US President Barack Obama has paid his respects to 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan, the first time he has honoured the fallen in this way. NPR notes that , The dramatic image of a president on the tarmac was a portrait not witnessed in years . Why ? His ...
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• Media Complain About Media Being Too Easy On Obama

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  Yes, it’s true – Politico is actually trying to claim that the media have gone easier on Obama than they have on Bush: What’s remarkable is what hasn’t happened. These episodes haven’t become metaphors for Obama’s personal and political character — or consuming controversies that sidetracked the rest ...
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• Historically Unpopular Former President Says That Popularity Doesn’t Matter

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  If you were in Ft. Worth yesterday, for a mere $4.95, you could’ve gotten MOTIVATED! by the Commander Guy . Former President George W. Bush told more than 11,000 people at the Fort Worth Convention Center that he was confident he made the right decisions as president, even if it hurt his popularity. [...] ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fox, meet henhouse

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 584
  Holy god, did Obama ever shit in his hat when he called out Fox News ! Per NewsBusters : If the Obama administration’s attack on Fox News was designed to diminish the cable network’s influence, the White House has failed miserably. In fact, since Anita Dunn’s now infamous appearance on CNN’s “Reliable ...
  2 weeks ago

• VIDEO- Will on Iraq: "A bit of dithering might have been in order "; Podesta: BushCo only spent 1 hour on Afghanistan report

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff Via Think Progress, Who neglected what again? Recently, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) — a former top aide to Biden and co-chair of the Vice President’s transition team — said tha t the Bush administration basically just “threw” the report “to the transition team as they were going out ...
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• Dead-tree Clownhall, plus, a general unloads on Cheney

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 584
  Did you know Townhall had a magazine? Me neither. I found it via a link on one of our auto-generated blog ads. The magazine is what you’d expect. A glance at the two sample covers on the site captures the content better than the drool-propelled pixels comprising the text. The covers after the jump:
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• "...how far astray the so-called conservative movement has drifted"

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff L.A. Times letters are often better reading than the articles: Dither or blather? Re “Ditherer in chief,” Opinion, Oct. 18 It took President George W. Bush a number of years to put us in the difficult global position we now face. And, of course, as with so many others, John Bolton ...
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