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- Councilman wants his e-mail to be open book
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  That's why Renton City Councilman Randy Corman has asked that his e-mail go into a file that anyone can rifle through and read, right there at City Hall. "I want it to all be as public as possible," said Corman, who has his own personal Web site, where he explains his votes on certain issues. "We're going to look like a more open [city]
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- The War Within John McCain
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  He thinks the way the White House has handled Iraq "'will go down as one of the worst' mistakes in the history of the American military," writes the Washington Post. "'One of the most frustrating things that's ever happened in my political life is watching this train wreck.'"
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- For Now, an Unofficial Rivalry
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  The possible Clinton-Obama presidential clash has the Senate abuzz.
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- Case of the Dwindling Docket Mystifies the Supreme Court
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  A divided court, a divided nation, and no concensus as to why fewer cases get considered at the highest level.
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- Destination Is the Space Station, But Many Experts Ask What For
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  Another chapter in the decline of the influence of science in government.
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- NASA Looks to the Future With Eye on the Past
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  Lunar missions are to be outlined Monday.
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- Videotape Offers a Window Into a Terror Suspect’s Isolation
  Posted by chuckt from New York Times
  "Lawyers for Mr. Padilla, 36, suggest that he is unfit to stand trial. They argue that he has been so damaged by his interrogations and prolonged isolation that he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is unable to assist in his own defense."
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okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

. . .thanks for the link. . .

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7:10 am 7/06/08
okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

. . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

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7:04 am 7/06/08
asesino comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

The facts don’t lie:

The Real Operation to “Rescue” Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries

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6:10 am 7/06/08
okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.
We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.
Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

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12:13 am 7/06/08
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National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com

this sucks

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8:12 am 3/15/08
okami comments on:
Fidel Castro retires

it’s quite possible. . .after all, we’ve been doing it to most of Central America since 1900. . .

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3:34 am 2/19/08
theangryindian comments on:
Fidel Castro retires

The end of an era. Expect Cuba to be assaulted by the U.S. until they bend to its will.

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3:17 am 2/19/08

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