Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s communications director, who was a central figure in an attempt to use the State Police to embarrass the governor’s main rival, is expected to return to state government as early as this week, people briefed on the matter said yesterday. From: Suspended Spitzer Aide Is Expected Back at Work – New York… Continue reading Suspended Spitzer Aide Is Expected Back at Work
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Armored Trucks’ Delivery Delayed
The United States military said Wednesday that it would deliver less than half the number of blast-resistant trucks to Iraq by year’s end than planned. A Pentagon spokesman, Geoff Morrell, said 1,500 vehicles, rather than 3,500, would be delivered because of the time it takes to equip them with radios and armaments and then deliver… Continue reading Armored Trucks’ Delivery Delayed
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important… Continue reading China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation
Bernanke’s `Rookie Mistake’ Forces Fed to Shift Focus
“It was a rookie mistake,” said Kenneth Thomas, a lecturer in finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Philadelphia. The Fed “underestimated liquidity needs” of investors and the fallout from the housing recession, he said, adding, “This demonstrates the difference between book-smart and street-smart.” From Bloomberg News The meeting signals Congress is looking… Continue reading Bernanke’s `Rookie Mistake’ Forces Fed to Shift Focus
Glenn Greenwald on imperial ideology
It may very well serve our “national interests” to start a war because we want to control someone else’s resources, or because we think it would be good if they had a different government, or because we want the world to fear us, or because we want to change the type of political system they… Continue reading Glenn Greenwald on imperial ideology
the secret plan?
This secret plan makes sense in a weird kinda way.
Giuliani: Leave My Kids Alone
“I love my family very, very much and will do anything for them. There are complexities in every family in America," Mr. Giuliani said, according to a dispatch from the Associated Press. The best thing I can say is kind of, "leave my family alone, just like I’ll leave your family alone." From Giuliani: Leave… Continue reading Giuliani: Leave My Kids Alone
How Karl Rove lost a generation of Republicans
The March poll from the Pew Research Center showed that 50 per cent of Americans identify as Democrats while only 35 per cent say they are Republican. The June NBC-Wall Street Journal poll showed 52 per cent of Americans would prefer a Democratic president while only 31 per cent would support a Republican, the largest… Continue reading How Karl Rove lost a generation of Republicans
The collapse of Karl Rove
A month ago, a friend who has spent his entire career working for the Republican House leadership pulled up beside me at the intersection of Seventh and Pennsylvania in Washington. A House institutionalist, and a fiercely partisan secular Republican, he was oddly cheerful. “Call me next time you’re in town,” he said. “We’ll talk about… Continue reading The collapse of Karl Rove
Gingrich calls War on Terror Phony
Newt Gingrich, former Republican House Speaker, called the war on terror “phony” in a speech to a group of young conservatives in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. … Instead of the current strategy to fight terrorism, Gingrich said we should focus on energy independence. “We have to have a national energy strategy, which basically says to… Continue reading Gingrich calls War on Terror Phony