Heather Graham on the Public Option

Dr. Strangelove to Attend Inauguration

BreakingNewsOn 

Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony.

 

…and his right hand will keep jerking up into a salute…

Up Against the Wall Motherf**ker!: A Memoir of Anarchism in the ’60s

By Osha Neumann, Seven Stories Press (for the full text of the article from AlterNet click here)

In 1967, I became a founding member of an anarchist street gang — an unexpected career move for a nice Jewish boy with an MA in history. Read more »

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A well-written piece about a time that fades into memory as each day passes. It becomes harder to remember what happened as the MSM dilutes history.

Greg Palast: The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked

Greg Palast has a different take on the Spitzer downfall.  I’d like to think Palast has the real reasons–not just hubris and middle-aged male insecurity.  Remember:  ”Even paranoids have real enemies!”
 
Roll your mouse over the link below and click on the Snapshot to play Palast on Air America’s “Clout”: 

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan | Iraq Veterans Against the War

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Clicking on the above link will take you to the home page of IVAW, where you can watch live the 21st century edition of hearings with a name all of us of a certain age remember well.

 

Sen. Mike Gravel

From the Pentagon Papers to rolling papers: