Congress: It’s OK for phone companies to spy on their customers

This bit of depressing news was reported by The Crypt:  An attempt to strip lawsuit immunity for telecom firms which helped the government tap phone calls fell well short in the Senate, leaving liberal Democrats on the losing side of what they believe is a fundamental civil liberties debate. Only…

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Planet-seeking telescope funding denied, thanks to you-know-what.

Is there a better way to spend the money we are currently spending in Iraq? The January 18, 2008 issue of Nature reports that Congress is telling NASA that NASA needs to dig up $60 Million in funding for a planet-hunting telescope out of its general budget, money that simple doesn't…

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How many lies did the Bush Administration tell in the 2 years prior to the Iraq invasion?

The Center for Public Intergrity has now added them up.  There were 935 lies from high-ranking Bush officials.  All of them designed to convince us to invade Iraq for no good reason.  Here's a summary: The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews…

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Glenn Greenwald: The media’s hostility to anti-establishment candidates

The media can't deal with candidates that buck the system.  Glenn Greenwald discusses three dramatic cases, John Edwards, Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee.  On Edwards, Greenwald writes: It is very striking how little Edwards' substantive critique of our political system has penetrated into the national discourse. That's because the centerpiece…

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