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  1. Goldstein

    Convicted armed robber resigns as CEO of gun company

    Smith & Wesson Big A Stickup Man SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 27, 2004 (AP) The new chairman of the board of Smith & Wesson's parent company resigned following reports that he committed a string of armed robberies in the 1950s and 1960s. (continued at link) bye bye:wave:
  2. Goldstein

    US Favoritism in Iraq reconstruction contracts

    In this case, it's not that the government gave the contract to a US company, it's that the government gave the contract to an inexperienced US company run by someone with close ties to Ahmad Chalabi.
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    US Favoritism in Iraq reconstruction contracts

    No, this is not about Halliburton, but this is pretty strong evidence of favoritism in handing out reconstruction contracts. Poland, Spain Up in Arms Over Loss of Iraq Contract The allies ask why their weapons suppliers were passed over for an inexperienced U.S. firm. By T. Christian...
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    Global Warming

    Global warming is a bit of a misnomer, since it leads lazy people to believe that no place should be getting colder than it was in the past. This is not the case. What scientists call global warming is an increase of the average surface temperature across the entire world. That's average, not...
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    Paul O'Neill speaks out

    Josh Marshall of talkingpointsmemo.com points out: Number of days between Novak column outing Valerie Plame and announcement of investigation: 74 days. Number of days between O'Neill 60 Minutes interview and announcement of investigation: 1 day. Having the administration reveal...
  6. Goldstein

    Study Published by Army Criticizes War on Terror's Scope

    Funny, the anti-Iraq-war people have been saying this all along.
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    ACLU comes to Rush Limbaugh's defense

    Limbaugh's lawyer is "pleased" that the ACLU is supporting them.
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    ACLU comes to Rush Limbaugh's defense

    The blasted liberal ACLU is at it again! ACLU Comes to Rush Limbaugh's Defense Monday, January 12, 2004 By Catherine Donaldson-Evans WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh (search) probably never expected the American Civil Liberties Union (search) to become one of his...
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    Bush Would Give Illegal Workers Broad New Rights

    Liberal critics are saying that Bush has coordinated with the Republicans in Congress to make sure that his proposal gets shot down there, that way Bush can take credit for trying to help the Latino community only to be thwarted by the murky entity known as Congress. Bush gets Latino votes for...
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    Bush Would Give Illegal Workers Broad New Rights

    Bush Would Give Illegal Workers Broad New Rights By ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: January 7, 2004 ASHINGTON, Jan. 6 — President Bush will propose a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws on Wednesday that could give legal status to millions of undocumented workers in the...
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    The US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores

    CNN devoted approximately 45 seconds of television time to the story based on a transcript I found on their website. A Google News search for "Tyler Texas white supremacist" turns up such media behemoths as World Socialist, Pravda, and WorldNetDaily. It did find this good editorial however...
  12. Goldstein

    Report: Saddam captured by Kurds, left for US

    This also matches up with DebkaFile's analysis of Saddam's capture, interestingly.
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    Remind us:Why did the U.S. Invade and Destabilize Iraq?

    The number 10 out of 130 comes from David Kay, apparently the US is only checking one site per month now;)
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    The US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores

    Link is at the top of the OP. The US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores
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    Remind us:Why did the U.S. Invade and Destabilize Iraq?

    Alone soldier, you keep repeating that the US has only checked 10-13 WMD sites, but that is wrong, and pretty disingenuous of you. This AP story from June says that over 230 sites have been checked for WMD. With the group of 130 sites the US is simply scraping the bottom of the barrel, the...
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    The US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores

    The US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores In May 2003, white supremacists in Texas were caught with a sodium cyanide bomb, other bombs, illegal weapons, hate literature, fake I.D., and chemicals, including hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. In mid-November, three people pleaded guilty to...
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    The Freedom Tower

    The latticework doesn't look all that elegant in those prototypes...
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    9/11 Was Preventable, says 9/11 Commission Chairman

    Frontline did a great show on one FBI agent, John O'Neill, who had the solution to the 9/11 puzzle nearly at his fingertips--but intraoffice politics and a lack of bureaucratic support hung him out to dry, and ironically he died in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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    Haliburton: The Truth Comes Out

    What DoD findings? The only thing they found, according to the articles you linked, is that "Vice President Dick Cheney's former company overcharged by possibly as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq," no mention of saving money there.