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Journalists and their good friends in the White House

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - It's actually difficult to find a news story of any significance that isn't shaped at its core by the incestuous, deeply affectionate relationship between the Government and the establishment media.

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Georgia at War: What I Saw

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Huffington Post - By Bernard-Henri Levy - Aug. 20 (Blog Post) - The first thing that strikes me as soon as we are out of Tbilisi is the strange absence of military force. I had read that the Georgian army, defeated in Ossetia, then routed in Gori, had withdrawn to the capital to defend it. I reach the outskirts of the city, moving forty kilometers on the highway that slices through the country from east to west. But I see almost no trace of the army which has supposedly regrouped in order to fiercely resist the Russian invasion.

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Summer Love, Fall Freak

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Huffington Post - By Rebecca Curtis - Aug. 20 (Blog Post) - In fact, Obama's already experienced the Bradley Effect. He was expected to win New Hampshire--a bellwether state--by 13 points. He lost by 3. Several polls had him winning liberal California by 13 points; he lost it by 10. Obama suffered upsets in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and more.

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Is it Time to Lower the Drinking Age

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Associated Content - By Carl Benjamin, Justin Pope, Barbara Rodriguez, Kavita Kumar - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - College Presidents want to lower the drinking age to reduce binge drinking.

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Who Do You Want Running the West Wing?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Huffington Post - By Janet Ritz - Aug. 19 (Blog Post) - A recent NYT article has detailed the dysfunction of the McCain campaign, in what the authors referred to as a "loose style" of "infighting" and "colliding centers of power," providing a picture of a McCain campaign divided by competing interests and unclear leadership.

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Alaskan Bribing CEO Enjoys Window of Freedom

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

ProPublica - By Eric Umansky - Aug. 19 (News Report) - Alaskan politicians are facing a lot of heat these days. The state's senior senator, Ted Stevens (R), has of course been indicted for not disclosing booty he received from an Alaskan oil company, VECO. Five other state politicians have also been indicted for allegedly taking bribes from VECO. So what happened to the VECO folks who offered the bribes?

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A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

AlterNet - By Andy Lechter - Aug. 19 (Advocacy) - Shroom opens with a serviceable overview of the biology and chemistry of psychoactive mushrooms

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Arizona's Go-To Senator

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Washington Independent - By John Dougherty - Aug. 19 (Special Report) - for complicated issues that require a proven ability to reach political consensus, patience and attention to detail, Arizona's leaders often seek out the state's junior senator, Republican Jon Kyl. While McCain has been in the national spotlight for more than a decade, focusing on broad issues, Arizona leaders know that he tends to brush aside state issues and condemn earmarks, even for needed local projects...

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At OpEdNews: SADDLEBACK CHURCH CIVIL FORUM INAPROPRIATE CAMPAIGN EVENT

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Op Ed News - By Brian Parra - Aug. 19 (Opinion) - A legitimate reason to keep the Church our of our lives.

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Robert Creamer: Crisis in Georgia Beginning to Turn Into a Big Political Liability for McCain

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Huffington Post - Aug. 19 (Blog Post) - McCain's warmongering double talk comes back to bite him in the ass as Georgia reveals how weak the US is with all our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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