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What's the chance?Al-Libi was described as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to have plotted and executed attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, including a February 2007 bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney. He was on a "most wanted" list of 12 accused terrorists which was issued in October by the Combined Joint Task Force-82 -- an

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They thought she was dead - or maybe they just willed that it were so. But, at least now we know how the pundits got New Hampshire so wrong .... they were channelling the wrong Hillary.

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Sadly that could be about so many of our leaders but it happens to be about this: I just had to use a screen shot of this dyslexic headline as it matches so well with Kerry's campaign (c'mon - I voted for it before I voted against it?). Supposedly in the works for weeks, Kerry's endorsement was delayed because he wasn't sure how it would "affect the campaign" - so, he held of 'til after the

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Iowa Democrats apparently - Iowa Republicans, not so much. Obama spent 3 times what Edwards spent in Iowa; Huckabee spent 1/8 of what Romney spent. But how is anyone considered a winner when more than 60% voted against the 'frontrunner' - with under 40% approval rating, aren't you considered to be 'tanking'? Obama bought and paid for - and those kids didn't do the buying, you should be

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In 2004 you resuscitated Kerry's campaign from a near death experience and that resulted in another presidential race close enough to be stolen (unlike 2000 at least some Republicans went to prison for their deeds) and another four years of Bush. So this time, please ... don't go for the conventional 'inside track' Hillary. Okay, Bill did a few good things (welfare reform, economy turnaround)

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Damn. 'night, Dan. I graduated from high school way back in '74 and we used To the Morning from Dan's first album (Homefree - and I do mean album) as a soundtrack for our baccalaureate (all girls' catholic school - for all the good it did) slideshow.Watching the sun Watching it come Watching it come up over the rooftops. Cloudy and warm Maybe a storm You can never quite tell From the morning.

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Thursday I was reading the Paul Krugman article on whether after all of the rhetoric (which has been heard since Truman) health care would become a reality with a new administration -and this was at the end of the article:

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who knew the imagination, wit and clarity with which silence could speak. The silence, now mute. 'night, Marcel [my emphasis] Almost 27 years ago, our eldest had been with us only a couple of months and we brought her everywhere, including a Marceau performance at the Northrop Auditorium at the U of M (the M being Minnesota). We had excellent seats and, thanks to Mr. CJ, I

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Yes, it's 9/11 once again but while I don't mean to diminish the personal loss of many Americans, as a country we have lost much more in the days, months and years that have followed. We've been in a downward spiral since December of 2004 when our first stolen presidential election was legitimized by five and 9/11/2001 was merely one point of many along this destructive path.

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Well, at least none with any feathers (that we know of). Yes, Bush made another surprise visit to Iraq sans any Commander-in-Chief-gear lest you think this was some kind of propaganda in advance of the September Report.The meetings were held at Al Asad air base rather than in Baghdad because Mr. Bush wanted to see first hand the progress in Anbar, he said, though the president is not scheduled

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OMG, they've put her back on tv. There is no accounting for taste. But then, this is the network where she reigned as queen for so long. What's that say about the current state of CNN?

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Finally. But this should not end the investigations, Democrats.Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush

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Russia: Still. Pathetic.

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Is Jon Stewart McCain's Tim Russert? Back in the I. Scooter Libby trial, you know, the trial in which he was convicted on several felony counts, it was revealed [confirmed would be more accurate for those of us paying attention] that Russert was Cheney's tool. Granted Stewart's show is comedy, which he pointed out during his surgical dissection of Tucker and Paul for their partisan hackery on

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Yes, 9/11 changed everything. Apparently now we 'merikuns, some of whom haven't managed to master our own language, are fluent in Arabic. In a country not yet two hundred fifty years old with our fast-food attention span and a sense of history that barely extends beyond last week [unless of course we're talking about the Republican Party whose memory goes back further but then only to the

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So Karl Rove is going to spend more time with the family and the New York Times has this to say:But from the time he leaves office, Mr. Rove will no longer have the protection of White House lawyers and will be more on his own when it comes to dealing with Congressional subpoenas.Hear that, Harriet?

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The Hon. Judge Jeanne Scott is as ignorant a buffoon as the plaintiff in whose favor she ruled this past week. A pharmacist's refusal to dispense the emergency contraceptive (Plan B) is not a matter of conscience, it's a matter of biological ignorance - shared, evidently, with Jeanne. Plan B is not abortive. Period. I thought someone had a nice summary on the action of this pill awhile back ..

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Doesn't he know that when you want to blame a black man it's supposed to be the ubiquitous unidentified black man. Geesh Repugnicans can't seem to get anything right these days.

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New and Improved: Investigate, Impeach, Imprison. And, hell, if they want to impede the investigations then let's go straight to the impeachment.

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I caught the Günter Grass segment last night with The Most Annoying Interviewer having the Best Possible Format. Günter was there to discuss his memoir, Peeling the Onion and, when Charlie wasn't talking over him, he spoke of growing up in Hitler's Germany and about "... the questions he didn't ask ...". About an uncle of his that worked in the Polish post office who was shot by the Germans and

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To be honest, although a Mac fan for decades (and loving my Macbook Pro), it's unlikely I would ever purchase an iPhone in the first place -isn't there anyone else who just wants a damn phone - without the camera, the mp3 player, the ... But, even if I wanted all the gadgetry of the iPhone, I wouldn't purchase one. Why? Principle. Conviction. AT&T. While not surprising, I find it sad that so

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They saw him coming a mile away. The Albanians that is. I'm sure you've seen the video where little Georgie is relieved of his watch while he continues, cluelessly, (I know big surprise) along his merry little way (the little voice, no not Jesus, the other little voice saying, they like me ... they really like me). What's the chance his wallet was lifted too -it's not as if they'd admit it.

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It was some years ago that a comedienne, it may have been Paula Poundstone, did a bit where she talked about the existence of things she didn't understand -one example, expiration dates on Pepperidge Farm's cookies ... as they're gone before you reach checkout. In a similar vein, our eldest old boy, Trevor, lost a tooth a couple of weeks and while he healed we fed him a canned food, chicken

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we see/hear about these incidents, many which have a less favorable outcome than was the case here thanks to the restaurant employee and police. But, by all means, let's continue funding abstinence only education because, after all, we are pro-life here in 'merika.

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[AP Photo/Christophe Ena] There is An Equal and Opposite Reaction: [Photo/Volker Hartmann/Agence France-Presse/Getty] Hmmmm ... maybe there's a little intermediate action as well. Perhaps Laura slipped him some Disulfiram.

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