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Late Late Night FDL: The Walls Are Coming Down |
| By: Eureka Springs Monday August 24, 2009 10:00 pm |
Late Night: I Asked For Sharks With Frickin’ Laser Beams Attached to Their Heads! |
| By: watertiger Monday August 24, 2009 8:00 pm |
When doubling down on the crazy just isn’t enough.
Cherry-Pick with Dick: Cheney’s Torture Docs Show Tailoring, Contradictions |
| By: emptywheel Monday August 24, 2009 7:20 pm |
The two documents that Cheney wanted liberated sure do read like propaganda pieces.
“Hallelujah!” Health Insurers Reaping “Bonanza” in Closed-Door Negotiations |
| By: Scarecrow Monday August 24, 2009 6:30 pm |
LA Times reporters Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger assess how well health care consumers are faring in the battle against the mega insurers, and the verdict is not good: the insurers are winning.
FDL Movie Night – The Cove |
| By: Lisa Derrick Monday August 24, 2009 5:00 pm |
The Cove is a high-tech eco-thriller, fraught with tension and drama as a team of filmmakers, divers and ecologists infiltrate a cove in Taiji, Japan where the world’s largest dolphin capture and kill occurs annually.
Director Louis Psihoyos is intrigued when he meets Ric O’Barry, the man who trained the dophins for the 1960s television show Flipper which helped launch dolphin parks and swim-with-dolphin programs, now a multimillion dollar business around the globe.
CAP’s Lawrence Korb: More Fringe Than Orly Taitz? |
| By: Derrick Crowe Monday August 24, 2009 4:20 pm |
It’s not easy to craft an argument more fringe than those of the Birthers, but Center for American Progress’ Lawrence Korb managed to get the job done in his recent wrong-headed piece on Afghanistan.
(Re)Birth(er) of the (Un)Cool: Trent Franks Changes Stand on Obama’s Citizenship |
| By: Mike Stark Monday August 24, 2009 3:28 pm |
I guess going home changes a person.
Cooper Lashes Back at Kos, Accuses Him of “Cooking Up Poll Results” |
| By: Jane Hamsher Monday August 24, 2009 2:10 pm |
My my my. After Markos published poll results indicating Cooper had a 16% approval rating on his handling of health care from Democrats in his district and was ripe for a primary challenge, Cooper isn’t too happy:
Talking Health Care With Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO |
| By: Jane Hamsher Monday August 24, 2009 12:59 pm |
Please welcome Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer and likely next president of the AFL-CIO in the comments — jh
When John Sweeney ends his fourth term in September as president of the AFL-CIO, his likely successor will be Richard Trumka, who currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer.
Trumka is a third generation miner from Pennsylvania who became the youngest head of the UMWA at the age of 33.
Holder Names Durham Special Prosecutor for Torture |
| By: emptywheel Monday August 24, 2009 12:26 pm |
Eric Holder will appoint John Durham as Special Prosecutor.


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