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Crooks and Liars by Nicole Belle
Will Bunch:
There’s been a huge debate within the newspaper world — and beyond — about a fiery DVD targeting Islamic extremism called “Obsession” that over the last couple of weeks has been packaged in newspaper ads and distributed to hundreds of thousands of readers, especially in swing states. (The [...]

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A suspected chemical irritant was sprayed into the mosque at 26 Josie St., bringing Dayton police, fire and hazardous material personnel to the building. The 300 or so inside were celebrating the last 10 days of Ramadan with dinner and a prayer session, but the prayer session was do deal w/ those suffering from tearing, [...]

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Op-Ed Columnist
By PAUL KRUGMAN
It’s 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings. Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on the line, and there’s likely to be chaos when the market opens. Whom do you trust to take that call?

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At-Largely by Cernig
Seven years ago the Bush administration brought neoconservatives into a position of power with a dream of everlasting American hegemony, a unipolar superpower who would dictate military, economic and cultural terms to the world. The end of history in many neocon minds came with a momentous date - 9/11.

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Texas Prison Bid’ness
Started in 2007, when two bills were introduced, one that increased capacity in private prisons in TX and another that would have rolled back tons of standards that were achieved under a previous lawsuit from the 80s. The first passed, the second did not.
The blog was created to have a resource about private [...]

RIA Novosti
h/t: sott.net
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:05 UTC
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia must upgrade its nuclear deterrent and fully supply the Armed Forces with modern weaponry by 2020.
He said Russia would make the modernization of its nuclear deterrent and Armed Forces a priority in light of the recent military conflict with Georgia. [...]

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RIA Novosti
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:30 UTC
Russia will not allow Czech and Polish inspectors at its missile bases but is ready for further talks on the presence of its observers at U.S. missile shield sites in central Europe, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

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Saturday, 27 September 2008 18:49
1. Why a US embassy truckload of steel boxes was unloaded and shifted inside the Marriott Hotel on the same night when Admiral Mike Mullen met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and others in Islamabad? (two nights before this devastating explosion)
2. Why both the main gates (the entrance and the exit) [...]

http://www.alternet.org/story/100524/
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Posted on September 26, 2008, Printed on September 28, 2008
On Wednesday, the House passed a mammoth defense bill by a 392-39 vote. It’s expected to clear the Senate with little difficulty next week.