Peak-Oil Prophet James Howard Kunstler on Food,
Fuel and Why He Became an Almost Vegan

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Eating Liberally Food For Thoughtby Kerry TruemanOriginally published on AlterNet; Painting by[...]

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So Rihanna has nude photos too, honestly, who
doesnt

post from conversations with an unapologetic black liberal on 11 May 2009 07:23:29 PM. © conversations with an unapologetic black liberal

Rihanna's nude photos

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Tax Increases in Perspective

post from Librocrats - Designed Intelligent on 11 May 2009 07:11:00 PM. © Librocrats - Designed Intelligent

"Who is going to pay for this?!" is a common question by those against Obama's plan to fix the economy. Arguments like "this debt will be passed on to our children!" are thrown around as though your child is not going to have a single dime to their name,[...]

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Huckabee: GOP must not alienate social
conservatives

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 11 May 2009 07:05:00 PM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

Yes, because that whole "conservative" thing has been working so well for the Republicans. The religious right won't give up without a fight, and so far they're taking the GOP down with them. God speed.

In an interview with the California newspaper The Visalia Times-Delta, Huckabee said the GOP would only further decline in influence should it alienate social conservatives ? largely considered the most energetic and loyal faction of the party.

"Throw the social conservatives the pro-life, pro-family people overboard and the Republican party will be as irrelevant as the Whigs," he said in reference to the American political party that largely disbanded in the mid 1800s. "They'll basically be a party of gray-haired old men sitting around the country club puffing cigars, sipping brandy and wondering whatever happened to the country. That will be the end of the party," he said in the interview published Thursday.

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Missouri GOP uses cancer center for leverage

post from Daily Kos on 11 May 2009 07:02:04 PM. © Daily Kos

Just how ugly can state level politics get? This ugly.

In a House Rules Committee hearing Monday, House Republican floor leader Steve Tilley amended the bill to strip Ellis Fischel [Cancer Center] of its funds. Tilley drafted the amendment after Democrats, including Rep. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, walked out of the hearing after a spat over rules and procedures.

Republicans then voted 6-1 to wipe out Ellis Fischel's funds...

In case that wasn't clear enough, what happened was that Democrats became upset over the way Republicans were running roughshod over procedure and walked out of a committee hearing. The Republicans then responded by taking away funding for a cancer center that happened to be in a Democratic district. Yeah, that'll show 'em who's boss.

The system of stripping funds from institutions and projects in Democratic districts has become the standard means for Missouri's GOP majority to bludgeon Democrats into obedience. This isn't the first time that even medical facilities have been denied funds so that the Republicans can get the minority to sign away their every concern.

Fortunately, in this case Republicans were forced to put the money back after their maneuver got public attention. Though Tilley, the guy who jerked the cancer funds away, wasn't happy about it.

On Monday, Tilley said he shouldn't have to defend Webber's district after the lawmaker walked out.

For Republican floor leader Steve Tilley, those stupid enough to be sick in a Democratic district are out of luck.

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Edwards staff were planning to sabotage his
campaign if he won..

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Smart, beautiful, accomplished women stay with the cheating husbands because of the status and fame they gain/gained by being the wives of politically powerful men

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Torture: Whats in a Name It Was Never Just Sleep
Deprivation

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An article by Greg Miller at the L.A. Times has lifted the veil on the profound terror lying behind the supposedly known nomenclature of torture. Miller focuses on the use of "sleep deprivation," a term we will now have to always render in quotes, as the[...]

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REPORT: On Supreme Court, cable news turns to
Republicans for comment

post from Media Matters for America - Latest Items on 11 May 2009 06:45:37 PM. © Media Matters for America - Latest Items

A MediaMatters for America analysis of daytime cable news shows in the week following Justice David Souter's May 1 retirement announcementfound that significantly more Republican members of Congress, especially on Fox News, participated in discussions about or touching on the SupremeCourt than did Democratic members of Congress and Obama administrationofficials.

During daytime programming (9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET) on CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC last week from May 4 to May 8,nine Republican members of Congress made guest appearances in segments duringwhich the Supreme Court was either discussed or mentioned. By contrast, onlytwo Democratic members of Congress -- and no members of the Obamaadministration -- appeared as guests in such segments over that time period.

Fox News had the most imbalancedbreakdown of guests, with five Republicans and no Democrats in discussionsinvolving the Supreme Court. MSNBC had three Republicans and two Democrats,while CNN had one Republican and no Democrats.

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As MediaMatters has noted, media coverageof the Supreme Court in the wake of Souter's announcement hasbeen marked by falsehoods and misinformation.

Below is a list of all the daytime cableprogramming segments from May 4 to May 8 that featured members of Congress or administration officials asguests and during which the Supreme Court was either discussed or mentioned:

Date

Time (ET)

Network

Program

Guest

Position/Organization

5/4/2009

1 p.m.

MSNBC

MSNBC Live

Gregg, Judd

Senator, New Hampshire [R]

5/4/2009

1 p.m.

FNC

The Live Desk

Graham, Lindsey

Senator, South Carolina [R]

5/5/2009

3 p.m.

MSNBC

MSNBC Live

Grassley, Chuck

Senator, Iowa [R]

5/6/2009

1 p.m.

MSNBC

MSNBC Live

Reid, Harry

Senator, Nevada [D]

5/6/2009

1 p.m.

MSNBC

MSNBC Live

Collins, Susan

Senator, Maine [R]

5/6/2009

4 p.m.

FNC

Your World with Neil Cavuto

Sessions, Jeff

Senator, Alabama [R]

5/7/2009

9 a.m.

FNC

America's Newsroom

Hatch, Orrin

Senator, Utah [R]

5/7/2009

12 p.m.

FNC

Happening Now

Sessions, Jeff

Senator, Alabama [R]

5/7/2009

1 p.m.

FNC

The Live Desk

Cornyn, John

Senator, Texas [R]

5/7/2009

3 p.m.

MSNBC

MSNBC Live

Cardin, Ben

Senator, Maryland [D]

5/8/2009

10 a.m.

CNN

CNN Newsroom

Hatch, Orrin

Senator, Utah [R]

Methodology

MediaMatters coded every guestappearance by members of Congress and administration officials in cable newsdiscussions about or touching on the Supreme Court. We coded all programmingfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, May 4 to May 8, on CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC.Fox News Channel and MSNBC shows were reviewed on digital video. CNN shows werereviewed via transcripts available on CNN's website and Nexis. Only guestdiscussion segments in which the Supreme Court was discussed or touched uponwere included. Packaged reports, news clips, and news events in progress (pressconferences, breaking news reports, etc.) were not coded.

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Lieberman breaks with Cheney: ‘We’re
not less safe’ under Obama.

Yesterday on CBS’s Face the Nation, former Vice President Cheney repeated his claim that President Obama is making the country less secure. Notably, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who has largely agreed with Cheney on national security policy, disagrees. Today on MSNBC, Lieberman said the U.S. is not less safe under Obama:

LIEBERMAN: No, we’re not less safe. I suppose that’s the short answer, and probably as good as I can give. I disagree with some of the things the administration has done. Even in the closing of Guantanamo, they’re being very methodical at this point.

“Our guard is up,” he said. “On balance, we remain as safe as we can possibly be in a world in which there is Islamist extremists who want to attack us.” Watch it:

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Former White House press secretary Dana Perino also has broken with Cheney. “One last question I need a yes or no. Do you feel safe under President Obama?” Bill O’Reilly asked her on Friday. “So far, yes,” Perino responded. (HT: Politico)

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"Three-Fourths of Hawija Sahwa" Abandoned Posts

An estimated 75 percent of the locally organized irregular fighters known in Arabic as Sahwa have abandoned their positions in the Hawija area of disputed Kirkuk province, according to one Sahwa leader in the district.

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