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Bad News Friday continues past election

A GOP aide owned up today to authoring a provision in a new law that would allow lawmakers to look at any American's income tax return.  While the issue has…

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Is Arnold the Manchurian Candidate?

It has just come to my attnetion that the Governator owes allegiance to Old Europe!  The SF Chronicle reported last year that A.S. kept his Austrian citizenship…

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A setback in Kahle v. Ashcroft

So the district court has granted the government's motion to dismiss in Kahle v. Ashcroft.  Here's the order. We're going to fight on to the Ninth…

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A setback in Kahle v. Ashcroft

So the district court has granted the government's motion to dismiss in Kahle v. Ashcroft.  Here's the order. We're going to fight on to the Ninth…

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Arbitraging iTunes?

Apple's price for downloads varies by region--from $0.83 to $1.52.  This would suggest a possibility of arbitrage, but Apple's technology eliminates the…

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Drop Origami, Not Bombs

On Sunday, Thailand will seek to improve relations with its Muslim minority by releasing origami birds over the Muslim region. It's hard to know how it wil…

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Dirty Tricks Redux

Bush's former top campaign official in New England has been indicted for disrupting Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts by having a system that would tie up…

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Politicizing Homeland Defense

President Bush is apparently selecting Bernard Kerik, a former NYC Police Commissioner, to the position of Homeland Defense.  But Kerik seems to be a committed…

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Department of State Solidly Right Wing

According to Alex Massie, writing for Scotsman.com, "Mr Powell’s deputy, Richard Armitage, also resigned and is expected to be replaced by John Bolton, a h…

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Amend For Anupam

DailyKos arguesthat Democrats should step in front of the proposal to amend the Constitution to permit persons born abroad to become President.  I trust the Ame…

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Boycotting Republican Corporations?

My friend Mike Swartz responds cogently to my earlier posting on the possibility of refusing to patronize corporations that donate heavily to Republicans: &quo…