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Swopa provides the latest moves by al-Sadr in Iraq, which demonstrate to me how smart the man is and how well he covers his ass against all the powers who’d like to see him dead or imprisoned so they can advance their own power and influence and wealth.
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Steve Benen discusses Obama’s patriotism, and once again, I find myself impressed with the value of Obama’s words and reason at the Montana Democratic Party Dinner.
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The Rude Pundit forwards an appeal on behalf of a widow of an army combat engineer recently killed in Iraq. For such a rude guy, the soft side this reveals outweighs anything his detractors could ever say.
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Bosskitty discusses mind control and cultism and wonders if political cultism has created a Manchurian Candidate Officeholder.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden takes a look at the defining statement of capitalism - the stock market - and determines how it’s rigged in a bipartisan way.
As one of the many on the short end of this schtick up my arse, this analysis defines why I’m less of a party animal and more a believer that the greatest political divide will always be rooted in economic class.
(h/t to Avedon Carol for referring me to Patrick’s post.)
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Nonnie keeps hitting them out of the park. Here’s her latest cover of the Bush/Petraeus puppet show on the eve of the puppet’s return engagement before Congress to pitch the idea that Iran fucked up every perfection in Bush’s Iraq strategery. Remember, if anything goes wrong in foreign or domestic policy, it’s always the fault of a Democrat, Al Qaida or Iran.
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Via Norm Jenson: For saving our economy from financial meltdown this year, Daniel Gross gives thanks where it’s due: to that liberal FDR.
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Cookie Jill reminds us of two more big US corporations who epitomize the bad biz sector that turns so many against soulless corporatism for good reason.
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Sean-Paul Kelley gives us the latest violator of economic sanctions against Iran. Israel, we hardly recognized yer red pair of faces in that burqa.
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