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The Watering Hole: December 16 - The Great White Fleet
This is our open thread. Please feel free to offer your own comments on any topic. On this date in 1907, Teddy Roosevelt sent forth four naval battle groups on a mission to project US naval power arou… more →
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The Watering Hole: December 16 - The Great White Fleet
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This is our open thread. Please feel free to offer your own comments on any topic. On this date in 1 … more →
The Watering Hole: November 10 - Kristallnacht
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wrote 1 month ago: This is our open thread. Please feel free to offer your own comments on any topic. 51 years before t … more →
Of Missile Shields and Missive Spiels
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wrote 3 months ago: : : : : : : : : : : Predictably, the minute President Obama announces a policy shift from the Bush A … more →
Secessionists v. the Military Commissions Act of 2006
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wrote 3 months ago: Under Bush’s Military Commissions Act of 2006, anyone determined to be an “unlawful alie … more →
Rachel Maddow lets Tom Ridge destroy himself
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wrote 4 months ago: Rachel Maddow interviewed Tom Ridge on her show yesterday, and frankly, I was shocked at his very we … more →
The Watering Hole: September 1 - Universal Health Care
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wrote 4 months ago: Today, we will move the concept of universal Health care back a few years. When Social Security was … more →
Let us not rush into Health Care Reform
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wrote 4 months ago: Why this big push to reform health care? Why now? Can’t it wait while Congress investigates an … more →
Cheney ordered CIA program kept secret (Updated)
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wrote 5 months ago: According to the New York Times, former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to keep a counter … more →
The Ethics of Indefinite Detention 101
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wrote 6 months ago: Think Progress has a thread about a Washington Post article stating that President Obama’s con … more →
Should this man be waterboarded?
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wrote 6 months ago: I’d like to post this on every Conservative blog on the internet. The man charged with murderi … more →
OPEN THREAD: Who is Ali Soufan?
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wrote 7 months ago: Ali Soufan, FBI agent, testified today at the congressional hearing on the Bush Administration’s det … more →
24,000 People On Terrorist Watch List By Mistake
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wrote 7 months ago: NewsFeed Researcher Reuters reports it took the FBI an average of 45 days to place a suspect on the … more →
Airplane Stolen in Canada Lands in Missouri
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wrote 8 months ago: A small Cessna was stolen from a Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and flown across the border, finally l … more →
'Terrorist' Watch List Hits 1 Million!
wrote 9 months ago: Are you on it? The government’s terrorist watch list has hit 1 million entries, up 32% since 2 … more →
Remember the Anthrax?
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wrote 10 months ago: Apparently Rep Rush Holt does. He is introducing HR 1248, the Anthrax Attacks Investigation Act of 2 … more →
The sooner they close Guantanamo, the better..
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wrote 10 months ago: This yesterday from Reuters, reporting from London: Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsene … more →
I was just following orders...
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wrote 10 months ago: is now a sufficient excuse to get away with…torture! According to Leon Pannetta: CIA officers … more →
Now, this is not acceptable Mr President!
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wrote 11 months ago: The Guardian reports: US threats mean evidence of British resident’s Guantánamo torture must s … more →
No-mo Gitmo!
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wrote 11 months ago: President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders … more →
