• Two diarists lift republican rocks to expose slithery, slimey bugs underneath. Patriot Daily unearths a money mystery in Rove's Secret Pledge To Give Millions To NRCC; mbw examines McCain's (surprise!) behind-the-scenes maneuverings aimed at keeping Abramoff-related Republicans out of the news in The recent Abramoff leaks" and why we should care....(ksh01)
• Years from now, if all goes right, history will discredit the right wing's attempt to snuff critical thinking. The Swiftboating of Another Professor by AaronBa is frank discussion of the latest attempts to quell diverse viewpoints in the classroom and why he tenure system matters. (ksh01)
• State Rep Mark Cohen Dem PA's Warner Non-Candidacy Will Be the First of Many is a commonsensical take on Warner's withdrawal from the presidential pool providing with fresh analysis of what Warner and other potential candidates may hope to achieve in the upcoming presidential election cycle. (ksh01)
• In Sermons on the Podium: Invitation to a Contest, enough takes a comical look at what the Beatitudes might look like if George Bush had written them. (Got a Grip)
• Brace yourself. Not an easy read, but a necessary one in these unfortunate times. Once, upon a time, at Guantanamo Thank you, pachuco, for sharing. (buhdydharma)
• Ever wonder why you have to come to Daily Kos to get the real story? Harris Brio gives us part of the answer in Journalists on the Take. Which also sheds some light on the War of Ideas that has swirled around Cuba for decades. (buhdydharma)
• Change your mind and you change your world. El Cabrero wraps up an excellent series with Don't hate the game (theory): conclusions (buhdydharma)
• She is one of my personal heroes! As well as a nexus of information on much of the behind-the-scenes skullduggery in our world. If you don't know her story....enter the rabbithole here. And keep digging! Sibel Edmonds movie - director interview - part 2. (buhdydharma)
• David Kuo's book reveals the truth about Bush's religious hypocrisy with Evangelicals, and now eteraz reveals how Bush used American Muslims to win Florida in 2000 and then treated them with disrespect. In 2001 AmericanMuslims Learned Bush Used Religion For Votes. (Patriot Daily)
• Drawing upon personal experience as a soldier in Vietnam, ATC explains The Big Lie; A Speculation on Why it Works so Well for Republicans and why Americans may need to believe Bush's Big Lies today. (Patriot Daily)
• gjohnsit goes back to a time of handlebar mustaches and teams with names ike the Brooklyn Niagaras to tell us about Baseball's First Martyred Saint. (Unitary Moonbat)
• miasmo lets us know that some Chomsky critic in WSJ is full of crap, and does us the pleasure of taking the winger typist to the woodshed for an old-fashioned schooling. Whether you're a Noam fan or not, this is a great deconstruction of the right's view of the economist-cum-Antichrist. (Unitary Moonbat)
• The title of Shirah's diary, Serious Financial Failings at Department of Education, speaks for itself. A report by the Department's Inspector General has found, to put it mildly, lax oversight of the student loan program.(Dump Terry McAuliffe)
• Jeff Huber, a retired Navy commander, thinks that NYT's Bob Herbert Exploits the Troops. He's tired of hearing journalists like Herbert complain that "only the troops are sacrificing." Sacrifice, he points out, is part of a soldier's job description. (Dump Terry McAuliffe)
• In Protected Speech and Genocide Hotlist, pico discusses the European response to French legislation regarding Armenian genocide. (paragraph)
• The Chinese government is actually thinking of enacting some labor laws. Now take a guess why Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Google, UPS, Intel, Nike and AT&T are opposing the move. Tasini has much more in Surprise! U.S. Corporations Blocking Unions-In China(dannyinla)

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