Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized

Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that

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Pandemic

Latest measles case brings total to 14 – The Boston Globe: “June 21, 2006 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed another case of measles yesterday, bringing the total to

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Minimum Wage / Maximum Pissed

The Carpetbagger Report: “It hasn’t generated a great deal of attention, but congressional Dems are keeping Republicans on the defensive over a minimum-wage increase. At this point, the GOP leadership

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Our Stories, Mythology in the Making

Wandering through the blogs I read regularly today led to another interesting discovery… via Colleen thru her sister Kathy to Christina Baldwin and her book “Storycatcher”. Now it looks like I need to

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Stay the Course? What Course?

I’ll just let Eugene Robinson say it for me… Stay the Course? What Course?: “Today’s generation of jihadists was forged in Afghanistan fighting the Soviet occupation. How long will the

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Jim Hightower | THE ARTFUL DODGER STRIKES AGAIN

You know my wife hates to be around when I listen to our President. She just can’t stand me screaming liar at the TV screen over and over and over

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Daily Kos: Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballot

Daily Kos: Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballot: “Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballotby georgia10Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 08:04:07 AM PDT

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Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Daily Kos: State of the Nation: “The idea that the President’s allies in Congress would enact legislation which expressly shields government officials, including the President, from criminal liability for past

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