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Thursday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded Violence remained fairly light today; however, at least 12 Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded across the country. Meanwhile, U.S. military advisers warn that the Iraqis must correct the inefficiencies of their armed forces if U.S. troops hope to withdraw next year.
by Margaret Griffis
2 Sep 2010 at 1:35pm

Flying the Flag, Faking the News Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the first world war, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book, Propaganda, published in 1928, Bernays [...]
by John Pilger
2 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

Iraq: The Never-Ending Story 'Advisory' troops will still kill and die, says Tom Knapp
by Thomas Knapp
2 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

Somebody?s Son or Daughter is Our Tragedy Philip Giraldi on the senseless loss of war
by Philip Giraldi
2 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

A Speech for Endless War Norman Solomon on Obama's Bush-like tone
by Norman Solomon
2 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

Wednesday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded Today begins Operation New Dawn, the new U.S. mission In Iraq. Despite the end of "combat operations," at least 10 Iraqis were killed and 22 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. Coincidentally, U.S. officials reported Iraq is planning to spend $13 billion on U.S. arms and military equipment.
by Margaret Griffis
1 Sep 2010 at 1:50pm

Assessing the Iraq War As President Obama gave a self-congratulatory speech about keeping his campaign promise to remove U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the end of August, he accomplished this feat by merely redefining the mission of the 50,000 combat-trained U.S. forces remaining there to ?advising and assisting? Iraqi forces. Of course, this really means that we are [...]
by Ivan Eland
1 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

Acts of Contrition I hate it when I’m right, mostly because my predictions are invariably dark. We’re lost, doomed, the end is near. It’s always something. And while it may be in bad taste to say “I told you so,” I did indeed tell you so back in March of 2003, when the invasion of Iraq was nigh: [...]
by Justin Raimondo
1 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

What Obama Should Have Said About Afghanistan My Fellow Americans, ? so much for Iraq. Turning now to Afghanistan, let me be clear. My learning curve has been steep, as the New York Times noted last weekend. The curve has also been jagged as I have tried to assimilate the not-always-consistent advice the four-star generals have given me. It’s been more than [...]
by Ray McGovern
1 Sep 2010 at 1:00am

Monday: 1 US Soldier, 4 Iraqis Killed; 7 Iraqis Wounded As the United States marks the change in mission for Iraq, one American soldier was killed in sniper fire in Tikrit. At least four Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in unusually light violence that could be the result of a media blackout.
by Margaret Griffis
31 Aug 2010 at 12:33pm

Huffington Post

Judge Overturns Nebraska Ban On Flag Mutilation, Siding With Westboro Church'...

OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge overturned Nebraska's ban on flag mutilation Thursday, clearing the way for Kansas church protesters to continue trampling on the U.S. flag when they protest at military funerals.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said the law can't be applied as long as Megan Phelps-Roper and fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church "otherwise act peacefully while desecrating the American or Nebraska flag during their religiously motivated protests."

It was unclear whether the ruling applied only to the church members or to everyone in Nebraska. An...

by AP
2 Sep 2010 at 8:31pm

Prop 8: Court Won't Force Schwarzenegger, Brown To Defend Gay Marriage Ban

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group's request to force the officials to defend voter-approved Proposition 8.

Presiding Justice Arthur Scotland did not explain why the appeals court turned down the request filed two days earlier by the Pacific Justice Institute.

The institute now plans to take the matter to the California Supreme Court, Chief Counsel Kevin...

by AP
2 Sep 2010 at 8:24pm

Feds Charge 6 In Forced Labor Of 400 Thai Workers, Largest Human-Trafficking ...

HONOLULU — Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment Thursday that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.

The indictment alleges that the scheme was orchestrated by four employees of labor recruiting company Global Horizons Manpower Inc. and two Thailand-based recruiters. It said the recruiters lured the workers with false promises of lucrative jobs, then confiscated their passports, failed to honor their employment contracts and threatened to dep...

by AP
2 Sep 2010 at 8:09pm

HuffPost TV: Roy Sekoff On Glenn Beck's Phony Gospel Of Unity

HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Thursday night to weigh in on the "my demo is bigger than your demo" war of words between host Ed Schultz and Fox News host Glenn Beck.

Sekoff dismissed Beck's effectiveness at rallying people to his cause, noting that the Fox host has been less than successful when it comes to taking down Barack Obama, the stimulus, the health care bill or financial reform. But he cautioned that Beck's disaffected adherents shouldn't simply be ignored.

"I think we have to be careful not to denigrate the people who turned out to the Mall or to t...

by HuffPost TV
2 Sep 2010 at 7:34pm

Sec. Hilda Solis: Fighting for Workers This Labor Day

For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or back to school and for many an election season. For me, Labor Day has always been what it was originally intended to be: A day to celebrate the contributions that working men and women have made to the strength and prosperity of the country.

It's become somewhat of a tradition for labor secretaries to use Labor Day to speak on the status of the American worker -- to give a "State of the American Worker" report, if you will.

Some have made remarks from podiums. Others have testified on Capitol Hill. Some have chosen to address think...

by Sec. Hilda Solis
2 Sep 2010 at 7:21pm

Goldman's For-Profit Colleges Battle Obama Crackdown

It's a classic move by an industry player feeling the squeeze of pending regulation: Hire a lobbying firm to create the appearance of widespread opposition via a carefully stage-managed astroturf campaign. One of the latest outfits to give this strategy a try: Education Management Corporation (EDMC), a multibillion-dollar heavyweight in the for-profit higher education industry that's the subject of multiple lawsuits and ample criticism from investors, lawmakers, and government officials who accuse the company of a range of deceptive business practices. The company, whose majority stockholde...

by Mother Jones
2 Sep 2010 at 7:19pm

Christopher Brauchli: Poverty's Penalty

. . . .[W]ith liberty and justice for all.
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Opinions from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are of interest to a variety of people. Lawyers read them in order to learn what the law is with respect to issues that have been ruled on by the courts in the circuits in which they live. The poor, who live within the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, read them to learn how their constitutional rights differ from those of the well off. They were reminded of this in August by the same court that had tutored them three years earlier i...

by Christopher Brauchli
2 Sep 2010 at 7:05pm

Cenk Uygur: Unilateral Disarmament Has Destroyed the Democrats

President Obama spent the first two years of his administration practicing political unilateral disarmament. He laid down his arms to reach out to Republicans, and they ripped his arms off and clubbed him over the head with them.

This idea of playing patty-cakes with the Republicans is enormously naïve. When is this administration going to get it through their thick skulls that they will never work with you?!

Now, if attempts at bipartisanship had no downside, then of course I'd be in favor of it. As a theoretical matter, trying to reach out to the other side and reach consensus sounds l...

by Cenk Uygur
2 Sep 2010 at 6:00pm

Linda McMahon Says Entitlement Reform 'Not A Campaign Issue' While Attacking ...

There have been a host of Republican candidates for Senate -- chief among them Sharron Angle and Rand Paul -- who have taken heat this election cycle for ducking the press. Connecticut Senate aspirant Linda McMahon is not one of them. The former wrestling executive has not gone out of her way to avoid the media. She has, however, made some fairly interesting decisions about what press questions she will and won't answer.

In the past few weeks, McMahon has studiously refused to talk about what she would like to see done to both Social Security and Medicare. The Connecticut Republican has be...

by Sam Stein
2 Sep 2010 at 5:59pm

Obama Economic Team Considering New Stimulus Heavy On Tax Breaks For Business

With the recovery faltering less than two months before the November congressional elections, President Obama's economic team is considering another big dose of stimulus in the form of tax breaks for businesses - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars, according to two people familiar with the talks.

by Washington Post
2 Sep 2010 at 5:50pm

MSNBC: Politics

First Read: Mayday, mayday There?s no question that this summer has been brutal for Democrats and the Obama White House. What explains the summer slide and where did it begin?
2 Sep 2010 at 8:14am

Did Obama's agenda hobble the recovery?

The economic hard times are so persistent that observers who supported the Recovery Act might be feeling twinges of guilt about President Obama's stimulus package.

2 Sep 2010 at 11:04am

DOJ sues Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio In an atmosphere of tension between the federal government and Arizona, the Justice Department today dialed it up some more, filing a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- accusing him, the county, and his office with failing to cooperate with a civil rights investigation of his office.
2 Sep 2010 at 11:50am

Arizona governor stumbles during debate

Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled and stammered through her opening statement during a televised debate Wednesday night, suffering through an embarrassing, cringe-eliciting pause that lasted more than 10 seconds.

2 Sep 2010 at 6:29pm

Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate

Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.

2 Sep 2010 at 7:57pm

Boxer, Fiorina tussle over economy in first debate

The recession and how to turn around California's sky-high jobless rate loomed large Wednesday as Sen. Barbara Boxer and GOP challenger Carly Fiorina hold their first debate.

2 Sep 2010 at 12:34am

First Thoughts: Turning the page on Iraq The big question President Barack Obama didn't answer in his Oval Office address on the war: "Did it make America safer, and was it really worth it?"
1 Sep 2010 at 2:38pm

Mideast peace talks open to qualified optimism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas his "partner in peace" at a dinner kicking off long-delayed Mideast peace talks.

1 Sep 2010 at 8:40pm

U.S., Iraq formally mark end of combat mission

The U.S. marked on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own.

1 Sep 2010 at 10:13am

Ex-congressman certified for Nov. 2 ballot in Ohio Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way onto the Nov. 2 ballot to run again for a U.S. House seat ? this time as an independent.
1 Sep 2010 at 5:32pm

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Fardell supports gay adoption bill on grounds of rights equality A vote to allow gay couples to adopt children is not about same-sex relationships but about equality, according to Dubbo MP Dawn Fardell.
2 Sep 2010 at 5:09pm

Do Anti-Bullying Programs Push Gay Agenda? Gay-rights groups push for anti-bullying legislation and school programs in an effort to "promote homosexuality to kids" says Focus on the Family, raising the ire of politicians and parents who have lent their support to these policies following a string of deadly bullying episodes around the country. Bullying - Focus on Family - Christian - Homosexuality - LGBT rights by country or territory
1 Sep 2010 at 10:20am

Gay Rights activists meet staunch opposition Back-to-school shopping can get expensive. It often means moving into dorms, apartments and houses, which in turn means buying furniture, kitchenware, school supplies, and cleaning products. Luckily for those of us who'd rather not support Wal-Mart, there exists an ethical and convenient shopping option: Target.
1 Sep 2010 at 9:19pm

Manila ready to dazzle for historic gay beauty pageant Fifteen muscular gay men strut the stage in a whirlwind of sequins, feathers, gold and glitter while a transvestite dressed as Lady Gaga performs the American pop-star's latest hit.
2 Sep 2010 at 12:59am

Malaysia's gay community begins to push the limits When Malaysia's only openly homosexual pastor announced he was establishing the nation's first gay church, the proposal was met with a torrent of outrage and criticism.
2 Sep 2010 at 12:57am

Award-Winning Gay Rights Documentary Debuts in Seattle One hour documentary, "For My Wife," to be shown at the Jewelbox Theater Wednesday night A Seattle woman who lost her life partner four years ago in a flood and since then has fought for equal rights for gay couples will be at the showing of her documentary Wednesday in Seattle.
1 Sep 2010 at 12:26am

Scandinavian airline organizes first gay wedding in the air If you think gay marriages are not getting any kind of special treatment, think again, as SAS Scandinavian Airlines is planning to host the world?s first gay wedding in the air. The wedding will be onboard an Airbus A340 between Stockholm and New York on December 6. Robin Kamark, chief commercial officer of SAS, said in a press statement that this is but a natural celebration of love. The ...
2 Sep 2010 at 1:20pm

GLAAD President on His Divorce Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation president Jarrett Barrios says that while the main focus on gay rights may be marriage, it also includes the right to divorce.
2 Sep 2010 at 6:36pm

Chris Matthews Looks At Growing Gay Marriage Support Within The GOP Last night Chris Matthews invited Joe Solomonese of the Human Rights Campaign and R. Clarke Cooper of the Log Cabin Republicans to discuss what Matthews is describing as a movement by the Conservative Elite to make the "Republican Case for Gay Marriage."
2 Sep 2010 at 7:33am

Court says gay couples can't divorce in Texas Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
31 Aug 2010 at 7:12pm

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Personal Finance Daily: Palliative care does not mean 'death panel' What sometimes got lost in all the debate over death panels is that sometimes very ill people, and their families, really do want help figuring out the best way to prepare for the inevitable.
31 Aug 2010 at 3:41pm

Parrish Museum?s ?Underground Pop? Shows Allure of Homespun ?Underground Pop,? at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, N.Y., highlights the tension between college-trained sophistication and fictions of naïveté.
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Appeal nixed for mother accused of killing baby MIDDLETOWN ? An appeal filed by attorneys of a Hamilton mother accused of killing her 5-week-old son and putting his body in the trash has been dismissed, increasing the chances of the capital murder trial to begin later this month.Chris Pagan and Melynda Cook, defense counsel for Asuncion ?Suzie? Avila-Villa, challenged the constitutionality of a criminal rule that allows a death penalty ...
2 Sep 2010 at 12:31am

The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It's Green IT Solar, wind and biofuels are all fantastic technologies, but to make money, stick to IOPS.
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1 Sep 2010 at 9:21pm

What do different hurricane categories mean? Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 categorization based on a hurricane's intensity at the indicated time - the scale ? originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and meteorologist Bob Simpson.
2 Sep 2010 at 10:51am

Porsche's Kitchen for Men Dudes, it's as sleek and cool as a certain sports car. There's even a TV. But what if you want toast? You're an evil genius, bent on world domination. You have a nuclear weapon simmering away in the basement of your underground lair, deep within some Polynesian volcanic island. You still have to eat.
2 Sep 2010 at 10:47am

Mittal son takes guard New Delhi, Sept. 2: Telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal has appointed son Shravin as a manager in Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands), in another instance of youngsters following in the footsteps of their illustrious businessmen fathers.
2 Sep 2010 at 6:23pm

George Lakoff: The Cry for Democratic Moral Leadership and Effective Communic... The Democrats cannot take their base for granted. Only moral leadership backed by actions and communicated effectively can excite the Obama base once more. Without that excitement, the Democrats will lose big in November.
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