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I Ban Thee, Lithuania!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:59 PDT
Last month, the Lithuanian parliament "passed the toughest restrictions anywhere in the former Soviet Union on the public display of Soviet and Nazi symbols." Apparently, the proper way to do battle against the reemergence of politically-undesirable regimes that restricted personal freedom is by, well, restricting personal freedom. It makes sense, really: fighting fire with fire, and all. In fact—call me crazy, perhaps; crazy for democracy and liberal values!—but I have a plan that involves rou

McCain Cancels Drilling Speech After Nearby Oil Spill

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:27:05 PDT
McCain Cancels Drilling Speech After Nearby Oil Spill To highlight his support of offshore drilling (and to possibly grab back some of the attention that Obama is otherwise collecting from his historic speech in Berlin), McBush planned a visit to a Louisiana drilling rig located offshore in the Gulf Coast. And just as conveniently the trip was planned, the trip got cancelled. “Blame it on the weather”, they said. But certainly don’t mention how 30 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orle

Taxpayers Made to Pay $25 Billion Dollar Corporate Bailout

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:01:00 PDT
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage finance giants complicit in the current American housing crisis due to corrupt lending practices will be punished with taxpayers money - of which there is significantly less, due to the current economic crisis triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis... triggered by corrupt corporate lending practices.