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Remember when one of the lessons of 9/11 was the revelation that the various departments of government don’t talk to each other and share important information? That was supposed to change. But it didn’t: When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the … Read More

And he’s good when he’s pissed.  When asked what he would have done if he was President, and received the same warnings that Bush did about an impending terrorist attack, Gore said: “That’s a separate question. And it’s almost too easy to say, ‘I would have heeded the warnings.’ In fact, I think I would have, I know I would … Read More

Your ‘Do You Want the Terrorists to Win’ Score: 100% You are a terrorist-loving, Bush-bashing, "blame America first"-crowd traitor. You are in league with evil-doers who hate our freedoms. By all counts you are a liberal, and as such cleary desire the terrorists to succeed and impose their harsh theocratic restrictions on us all. You are fit to be hung … Read More

If you’re not Muslim.

Um, okay: Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter. But they don’t want marching in the streets. They’d much rather protesters just stay home. The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. … Read More

Heard about Carl Persing and Dawn Sewell yet? They were the young couple aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles earlier this week.  According to news reports, they were engaging in a bit of a romantic encounter (more on that in a moment), much to the consternation of the flight attendants and fellow passengers. "Persing was observed nuzzling or … Read More

this seems like a big story: Document shows Bush guided CIA on detention The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including one signed by President George W. Bush, that have guided the agency’s interrogation and detention of terror suspects. The CIA disclosed the existence of the documents in a letter Friday … Read More

The Carpetbagger explains: Several months ago, right-wing activists and blogs were convinced that all the talk (read: reality) about Iraq not have weapons of mass destruction had to be false. If only intelligence documents could be released online, Republicans could unleash the mighty power of far-right bloggers, who could review the documents and prove that those pesky facts about going … Read More

Five years after the fact, they’re still finding human remains at the WTC site, some as large as an arm and leg bone. Gruesome, to be sure.  But it’s a reminder of the width and severity of the devastation.

I actually saw this last night — and if Keith Olbermann doesn’t make you think of Edward R. Murrow, then you don’t know who Edward R. Murrow is.  So stunning was Olbermann’s editorial that some are calling it "the most compelling TV moment since Murrow" Watch it here.