Suspicious death of IT expert who was apparently ready to tell the whole truth in 2004 Ohio vote fraud case.

From Democracy Now: A top Republican internet strategist who was set to testify in a case alleging election tampering in 2004 in Ohio has died in a plane crash. Mike Connell was the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove and created websites for the Bush and McCain electoral campaigns. He…

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Obama: Listen to scientists “especially when it’s inconvenient.”

We are about to do a 180 on government attitude toward science.   Barack Obama specifically singles out the "scientific process," and urges that we need to listen to scientists "especially when it's inconvenient." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMlXNrBxM0g&eurl=http://bite-dose.com/science/obama-abandoning-science-fiction-as-he-announces-%E2%80%9Cscience-team%E2%80%9D/[/youtube]

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How did the “free market” fail us?

How did the "free market" fail us?  How about this?  It was a matter of dogma over evidence, a theme that connects the blots--the long string of massive failures caused by conservative Republicans over the past eight years. In an article called "White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire," the NYT…

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Mangers Endangered

No one else here has yet mentioned this foo-fah-rah that emerged in the Washington state capitol in Olympia, and is spreading to others. Several governors have allowed Nativity scenes to be erected in their Capitol rotundas. In Washington state, the regional atheists got permission to put up an adjacent sign…

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The Emperor’s new shoes

Compare this: But among the crowds a little child suddenly gasped out, "But he hasn't got anything on." With this report from Think Progress: McClatchy identified the man as Iraqi television journalist Muthathar al Zaidi and reports he threw both of his shoes at Bush just after he finished prepared…

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