My mother in law does not have cancer! Yeah, I know, not politics. It is still great fscking news. Especially becasue now she has one less excuse to use for not babysitting er, more time and energy to play with her grandson. (Hi mom!)
Archive for October 21st, 2002
The test was negative!
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Hesoid catches the NYT Whitewashing the Atta Story
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Counterspin Central: The unofficial “FIRST AMENDMENT ZONE.” NEW YORK TIMES WHITEHOUSE WASH: In today’s article debunking the Mohammad Atta/Iraqi intelligence link in the Czech Republic, James Risen has this to say about the White House’s involvement in pushing the link: “The White House has generally been cautious about using the reports of the Prague meeting [...]
Saddam could stay in power — The Washington Times Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said in television interviews yesterday that a disarmed Saddam could remain in power, and Mr. Powell said that is now President Bush’s position. You know, if I were cynical, I would point out that [...]
Doonesbury is actually funny!
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GOP's Economic "Plan"
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P.L.A. has a nicelook at the current economic mess and the GOP’s response The above analysis suggests that the proper remedy is to stimulate demand. The best ways to stimulate demand are to put money in the hands of people who will spend it or to have the government spend it directly. Go read the [...]
Eschaton has moved
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involuntarily. Apparently, whatever problems Atrios has been having with Blogger are not going to be that temporary. So, for your daily Eschaton fix, go here for now.
The Rise of Labor
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Tom Tommorrow points out Something overlooked in Krugman’s Sunday Magazine article Some — by no means all — economists trying to understand growing inequality have begun to take seriously a hypothesis that would have been considered irredeemably fuzzy-minded not long ago. This view stresses the role of social norms in setting limits to inequality. According [...]
Sniper lead?
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Man held; sniper team sends message CNN played this up a bit, but MSNBC seems to think that they do not have their man: A man was in police custody Monday after being surrounded at a Virginia gas station by a SWAT team working with the sniper task force. But less than an hour after [...]
Let the Islamic party win
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Let the Muslims Win (washingtonpost.com) The upcoming elections in Turkey are going to provide a huge test for the Bush Administration. The Party of a banned religious leader is in position to win at least a plurality of seats in the upcoming elections. This is a crucial test of the Bush Administration’s commitment to democracy. [...]
D.C. to vote on Drug Treatment Inititiative
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D.C. Initiative Would Alter Program for Drug Users (washingtonpost.com) I think this is a good idea: An initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot asks D.C. voters if they’d like to adopt a new way of dealing with people convicted of narcotics offenses. If passed, Initiative 62 would allow certain nonviolent drug offenders to opt for [...]
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