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What's The Worst Case Scenario Here?
With Tropical Storm Alex expected to strengthen in the Gulf and head right for the spill zone, what really is the worst case scenario here? The answ…
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Turn On The Lights, Watch The Roaches Scatter Part 48
At least one district judge is siding with the banks in Foreclosuregate, but only because the judge believes state courts have the authority to stop …
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Land Of The Rising Core Temperature, Part 34
Japanese officials are now finally admitting to the scenario I warned about nearly three months ago: that not only have reactors 1, 2, and 3 at Fuku…
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Zandar's Thought Of The Day
What the purple atomic hell is Sully smoking? Leave the Breitbart/Drudge-style histrionics to Breitbart and Drudge, bro. [UPDATE 3:20 PM] Although …
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Former Sen. Ted Stevens In Plane Crash
Reuters has the report: The head of plane manufacturer EADS North American unit, Sean O'Keefe, and former Republican Senator Ted Stevens were a…
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Last Call For Brownie Points
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans (and the Bush administration) former Bush FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job Brownie&quo…
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Challenging The Stars
Some 25 years ago today, a knuckle-headed elementary school Zandar was watching the launch of the shuttle Challenger, just like every other schoolkid…
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Oh Look, It Gets Even Worse In The Gulf
So, apparently the AP's been checking around with all those other wells out in the Gulf of Mexico, and it turns out...well...nobody seems to know…
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Do Work, Son (But Don't Get Paid For It)
Via Digby and Corrente, we see logical endpoint of the Katrina response shock doctrine as applied to California's budget disaster: It's your…
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Turn On The Lights, Watch The Roaches Scatter, Part 53
Republicans are doing their dead level best to punish American's homeowners for Foreclosuregate There can't possibly be any way the banks co…
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Gustav Goes Prime Time
It's now a Category 5 storm as of this afternoon. Once again, NOLA is being evacuated.Forecasters said there is a better-than-even chance that N…
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Whirlwind Tour
The President's speech at Joplin High on Monday was outstanding. Karoli at Crooks And Liars details her thoughts on it. President Obama spoke …
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A Flood Of Problems
Pakistan's record flooding is getting worse, and as Pakistan's government continues to be completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of the disa…
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Laying It On Thick
Make no mistake: the government-hating GOP is now openly blaming Barack Obama's "failure" in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. "I&…
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Because It Never Gets Old
Never, ever get tired of this. Happy Turkey Day. Unless you're the turkey.
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Oiling Up The Government Wheels
Greg Sargent asks a pressing question today that directly has to do with nearly all aspects of domestic politics and it's an argument we've h…
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The Kroog Versus Foreclosuregate
Finally, Paul Krugman weighs in on the robo-signing, foreclosure milling, wrong-house repossessing, document-forging disaster that has been the housi…
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