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Merrill, Lehman, Bank of America: Financial Chaos?

By Karoli September 15, 2008 Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

With the news of Lehman’s frenzied courting of Barclay’s for a shotgun marriage, and the elopement of Merrill and Bank of America, everyone is nervous. On the Twitter stream, the…

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Sarah Palin sells war and lies on ABC

By Karoli September 11, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Wow. On the day Palin attends a deployment ceremony for her son, she advocates for war with Russia. This is just so wrong on so many levels… GIBSON: Let’s start,…

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Victory in Iraq: Not Defined

By Karoli September 11, 2008 Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Keith Olbermann’s special comment last night echoed everything I’ve been saying whenever I hear John McCain pronounce that a) He knows how to win wars; and b) he will bring…

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Palin: Here’s My Take

By Karoli September 2, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Democrats cannot afford to be complacent about Sarah Palin, nor can they afford to be shrill. I mentioned on Twitter over the weekend that I thought it was a horrible…

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Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech

By Karoli July 15, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

One of his best yet. The full text is here. The 5 goals he outlined were: Securing all loose nuclear materials Working toward a world with no nuclear weapons Investment…

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John McCain’s Captors: We Didn’t Torture

By Karoli June 25, 2008 Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

An astounding sound bite from Tran Trong Duyet, keeper of Hoa Lo prison, where John McCain was held, beaten, and tortured: “I don’t know how he’d react if he met…

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