Holy crap this is pretty disgusting and telling and not surprsiingly obvious;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Via Talking Points Memo:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...

the House Oversight Committee has unearthed a key quote from the 50-page report on Pat Tillman - the former Arizona Cardinals star killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan under circumstances that the military labored to conceal from Tillman's family - and Jessica Lynch, who was caught up in some Iraq War mythmaking of her own.

At the risk of being subjected to scorn for not following the newer Daily Kos directives for diary entries here goes;

Hitchens, not one to be left or Liberal goes through an obvious ordeal of simulated torture.

http://www.vanityfair.com/...

Harper says Obama leak might have been illegal

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Let's remember folks that harper has paid people like Luntz and Rove surrogates to design, dig and dish dirt on Liberal opponents. harper is currently mired in a mess of his own (he and his people bribed a dying man and his wife with an insurance policy) so I suspect he's trying to polish his image.

harper is a Canadian R-thug with extreme leanings on the far, far right. harper is one of the few right wingers and bush supporters left on the international political stage. He is trying to save face, no more, no less.

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From the article;

"Prime Minister Stephen Harper says leaks from his government that rocked Barack Obama's U.S. presidential campaign were “blatantly unfair” — and may have been illegal.

Mr. Harper announced Wednesday that an internal security team has been called into the Foreign Affairs Department to investigate one of the leaks."

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Court lifts lid on secret Arar details

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"Newly declassified information shows that that Canadian agencies worked directly with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and also received information known to be likely derived from Syrian torture during a post-9/11 investigation that culminated in the Maher Arar scandal.

The disclosure follows a pitched legal battle by Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor, who fought to make public 1,500 words that the Canadian federal government had excised from his four-volume report released last year.

A Federal Court decision resulted in the release of some of the information Thursday morning.

Whilst reading this good article;

The Rise of Kos by E. J. Dionne Jr.

it dawned on me that I have been (since that fortuitous date) a participant in/of DKos news and a happy one at that.

http://time-blog.com/...

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" But the Times does expose Michael Moore's stunt for what it was: propaganda."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/...

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"Former U.S. vice-president blasts Conservative environmental platform as 'complete and total fraud designed to mislead the Canadian public.'

Canadian Press

April 28, 2007 at 12:25 PM EDT

TORONTO — The Conservatives' new environmental platform is a “complete and total fraud” that is “designed to mislead the Canadian people,” former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said Saturday."

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Our great leader Kos suggested yesterday that Joe Klein's blogging experience was shedding some light on his beltway belching behaviour. Kudos if that is truly the case.

Today we can read that Joe Klein (aka Joke Line) has likely found one of his shrivelled balls;

http://www.time.com/...

"The first three months of the new Democratic Congress have been ... "

This

http://news.yahoo.com/...

should get the great Cliff Schecter  going;

Poll numbers on Hillary's popularity are about to hit the fan. The media noise machine will be screeching come Monday after it dissects Time's Wonkette-ish er 'Washington Web Editor's' balancing act in regards to Hillary Clinton.

Via http://www.thinkprogress.org/ I read that bush's crybaby cronies (W)imped out whilst the respected Bill Clinton gets a standing O in Montreal.

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"Bush Delegation Stages "Walk Out" at Climate Talks"

Jump ...

Peggy digs deep and finds a nugget of pure comedy gold.

Tip of the web hat goes to »«TBogg»«;

http://tbogg.blogspot.com/

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"How Bush Can Save Bush

His midlife crisis holds lessons for his midpresidential one.

Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT

We make presidents crazy. They receive endless encomiums from friends and staff telling them of their brilliance, their courage, their foresight. "God sent you to lead us." And the authors of such statements aren't always or even usually sucking up. They mean it. They're excited, fervent, full of belief.

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read the rest and wet yourself.

http://tinyurl.com/b99fl

Its official;

'Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006'

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html

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"WWDC 2005, SAN FRANCISCO--June 6, 2005--At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple® announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh® computers using Intel® microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a version of its critically acclaimed operating system, Mac OS® X Tiger, running on an Intel-based Mac® to the over 3,800 developers attending CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address. Apple also announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit, consisting of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions of Apple's software, which will allow developers to prepare versions of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.

A very good read and primer about the reason the Canadian federal Liberals have had so much success for so many decades.

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http://tinyurl.com/4hmzm

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Good day, eh.

Read that Alberta was turning red;

http://tinyurl.com/5m37y

but I doubt too many Albetans will buy into the mega-negative politicking. I could be wrong but I hope I'm not.

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The real gist of this thread is the following article. (Its long and I'm posting the entire thing because, well, Canadians are polite that way.)

I've italicized my comments.

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Part 1

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/15/whoacanada/

Part 2

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/15/whoacanada/index1.html

Additional urls;

http://canadianalternative.com/

http://www.marryanamerican.ca/

I was reading this http://tinyurl.com/4ep5a post-election media recap from Alterman and McLeary and was struck by this quote;

As Todd Gitlin recently wrote in Mother Jones, "If ever there were a time for unbridled journalism, this would be it: terrorist mayhem, war, corporate scandal, ecological crisis, economic upheaval. Public passion and curiosity have been stoked. But the potential investigators have been, to a considerable degree, otherwise occupied. Historians will someday burrow among the musty artifacts of America's supercharged 24/7 news organizations--TV with its glammed-up sets, its convention skyboxes and satellite feeds; the well-fed correspondents on a first name basis with second-rate sources; the newsmagazines with their gloss, gossip, and fluff--and they will rub their eyes and marvel that a nation possessed of such an enormous industry ostensibly specializing in the gathering and distribution of facts could yet remain so befogged."

Too true.

The aforelinked article directs readers to two very informative reads;

(Via Atrios);

http://www.johnkerry.com/features/video/

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I'm not American but I look to your country for the spirit of individualism, entrepreneurship and the good of people. I feel the same here at home in Canada and hope to see my neighbours change things for themselves and for the good of all humanity.

President Bill Clinton use to give me major positive vibes with his speeches. A vibe that I felt once again seeeing this fantastic video clip from the K/E campaign. The U2ish audio track, the seamed images of hope and understanding and the sheer joy of knowing that better times can be there tomorrow are in this nicely edited piece.

Nothing is perfect in this world but I am so glad (and not surprised) to see the K/E campaign end on a note of optimism.

Good luck Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards. Good luck my American friends.

First off, I only wish I could write as well as Mark Morford.

http://tinyurl.com/5cqqd

His article from Wednesday Oct. 13th is probably his most important this year. Via a shout out to Oprah, he calls out to the women of America to not let this election slip by and potentially gut their own rights. The article is informative and discusses an issue that needs to be screamed from the rooftops. The SCLM is currently wrapped in the Cheney family outrage and is giving the issues discussed by Morford zero play. Pretty sad.

The Zahns, Crowleys, Roberts', Kourics and et al of the media has failed to ask the Lauras, Theresas, Elizabeths, Lynnes and their daughters the pertinent questions that a male asks in Morford's piece.

Oprah endorsing K/E would be huge but she could do so much good for her large audience if she took up the challenge of continuing to discuss the real issues affecting security and soccer moms. Oprah, you know the media players, get on their shows and make your point louder.

Michael Moore links to Morford's article;

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php

Its an important read and should be forwarded to any/all women you know. Might as well include the guys on your mailist as well.