Wednesday, November 25:

Gene Cappa: *PUT Cheney/Bush On Trial For The 9/11 Attacks Bush put Cheney in charge on 9/11 and Cheney put our NORAD air defenses on stand down over the target areas at the Pentagon and World Trade Center Towers resulting in the 9/11 attacks.

Fred Cederholm: Thanksgiving ... it was a time of fellowship, remembrance, and gratitude... The third Thursday in November, we in the US observe a truly unique American celebration. It was a time of fellowship, remembrance, and gratitude. We look back upon where we have been, we consider where we find ourselves, and we contemplate where we are headed: normally we are thankful.

James Brett: Jobs! Can They Not Hear and See? (7 comments) The honeymoon is definitely over. The Obama Administration has shown its hand and the hand is empty. The country's best columnist agree that something serious is amiss in the West Wing, not just across the breadth and length of our land. Enjoy your Thanksgiving repast, but remember there are millions who cannot!

Tuesday, November 24:

Russ Buchanan: How the Democrat Party Lost Its "ic" (11 comments) My determination to find out why and when Republicans replaced "Democratic Party" with the stunningly childish "Democrat Party" led me to a secret strategy session held by the Republican elite shortly after their defeat at the polls. Strangely, the minutes of the meeting were written in verse.

Rabbi Michael Lerner: Obama's Declining Popularity (13 comments) While Obama is still hailed around the world in almost messianic tones, recent polls indicate his approval rate is below 50% in the U.S. How could a man who aroused so much hope be losing support so dramatically? And what lessons can be learned for politicians all around the world?

Dave Lindorff: UK Inquiry: Blair Conspired with Bush as Early as February 2002 to Plot Iraq Invasion (11 comments) In the UK, people are learning about the deceit and lies of their former prime minister. In the US, there's no such investigation, and most of the media won't even report on the UK probe.

Monday, November 23:

David Glenn Cox: What goes around comes around (1 comments) There is only one thought that is important to remember: Anything we are willing to do to some third-world peasant to obtain information, we are just as willing to do to you. The cascading effect is all too clear all throughout history, be it hunting for witches or hunting for Al Qaeda. The Taser weapon was first introduced to the United States as an alternative to deadly force.

Daily kos: The Real Irony of Psalms 109 (3 comments) The rich irony is that those who have chosen this Bible verse as a slogan clearly have no idea of the context and meaning of that which they quote. The Bible clearly says the exact opposite of that which they imply.

Sunday, November 22:

Richard Girard: The Social Element of Social Capitalism "Women and children first!" cried the Titanic's Captain as she prepared for her final, fatal plunge. In our modern world, I believe that how we treat children and the opposite sex is a direct reflection of how we react to different and diverse peoples and ideas. There are few if any supporters of the ERA in the KKK; we need to examine the basis for this truth.

Robert Parry: The Madness Returns As soon as the mainstream news correspondents sensed that the tide was turning again, they smoothly readjusted to the resurgence of know-nothing-ism. Palin's recitation of right-wing talking points was treated with deference and respect, except by the likes of Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's “Daily Show.”

Saberi Roy: Are the Terrorists Homeward Bound? (2 comments) Analysis of Al-Qaeda strategy and why there are increased incidents of terrorism in South Asia.

Saturday, November 21:

Alen Salerian: Betrayal by JFK's Four Trusted Men: McNamara, Bundy, Hilsman and Forrestal (1 comments) An exploration of the inner workings of some of President Kennedy's most trusted advisers and their influence on international policy and conflict.

Rick Rozoff: Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America

Susan Galleymore: Melissa - Raped! -- For Band of Buddies War Series (3 comments) MELISSA stopped drinking water in the early afternoon so she didn't have to walk to the latrines after dark. Women were being raped by members of their own battalion and she didn't want to risk that. She knew the risk of dehydration in 120 degree heat but " raped by fellow troops? Wasn't going to happen to her.

Thursday, November 26:

Meet the RNC's New, Racist Adviser The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.

E.J. Dionne Jr. -- Obama's thankless Thanksgiving It's now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism. I'm willing to bet that a right-wing talk jock near you will soon be declaring the "indigenous communities" reference "un-American," and the call to service as yet another shout-out to "socialism."

Wednesday, November 25:

Geithner's Disgrace. - By Eliot Spitzer (Slate) Barofsky's report reads like a case study in failed negotiation. The New York Fed didn't have the backbone to stand up to Wall Street, didn't understand its capacity to protect taxpayers, and didn't appreciate that its responsibility was to taxpayers.

Tuesday, November 24:

Russia: Cleaning Up the Media Garbage It's hard to imagine that Medvedev's hope for a better Russia will ever be realized if he doesn't address the issue of media corruption.

Monday, November 23:

Eric Margolis: Critics of Afghanistan need to look in mirror (1 comments) Ironically, across the Muslim world, the same western powers scourging Karzai are seen as major sources of corruption, keeping a repressive regime in power by buying dictators, generals and politicians. Many Afghans support the Taliban because it is seen as an enemy of corruption and an enforcer of justice, however harsh.

Sunday, November 22:

Frank Rich: The Pit Bull in the China Shop The fact-checking siege of “Going Rogue” — by the media, Democrats and aggrieved McCain campaign operatives alike — is another fruitless sideshow. Palin's political appeal has never had anything to do with facts — or coherent policy positions.

Saturday, November 21:

Could Gender Play Role in Wall Street Reform? Not surprisingly, two women have emerged as the leading thinkers, sayers and doers of the post-financial crisis world: Sheila Bair, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and Elizabeth Warren, director of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the $700 billion bank-bailout package, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Iraqi Freedom One of my correspondents has said that from what she's heard, the Iraqis appreciate the freedom that the US military is "providing" them. If that's so, they have an interesting value system.

Saturday, November 28:

Patrick J. O'Donoghue: VENEZUELA: Son of a revolutionary friend shot dead outside his home at 7:00 a.m. They shot dead the 24-year old son of an old personal friend in Barquisimeto at around 7.00 a.m. Thursday morning. Apparently, a car with three persons aboard passed by the house as young Mijail left his dad's car running with keys in the ignition.

Friday, November 27:

IAEA votes to censure Iran over nuclear program The largely symbolic resolution berates Iran for its continued defiance of U.N. resolutions that demand a halt to uranium enrichment and other activities that U.S. officials believe are aimed at developing nuclear weapons.

The Salahis, Obama's Uninvited Guests, Prompt an Inquiry Michaele and Tareq Salahi, slipped past multiple layers of high-level White House security Tuesday night and managed to rub shoulders, literally, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, among others, at Washington's most exclusive social event this year.

Siegelman: Bush lawyers still running Justice Department Siegelman's lawyers argued the relationship between Siegelman and Scrushy was nothing out of the ordinary, and this fall 91 former attorneys general agreed, and urged the Supreme Court to hear Siegelman's case because it "concerns the criminalization of conduct protected by the First Amendment — the giving and receiving of campaign contributions."

Thursday, November 26:

Blair and a deal signed in blood: PM and Bush had secret plan to topple Saddam (2 comments) As the UK's man in Washington from 1997 to 2003, Sir Christopher was questioned about the changing nature of British and American policy towards the oil-rich country. He said that the U.S. began targeting Iraq on the very day of the September 11 terror attacks in 2001.

U.S. Is Seeking 10,000 Troops From Its Allies for Afghan War The Obama administration views a substantial contribution from its allies as a way to keep the American troop increase lower and blunt domestic political criticism of the Afghan war. It would also allow the administration to come close to the military's request for 40,000 additional troops without relying totally on the already stretched American armed forces.

Wednesday, November 25:

U.S. Policy on Honduras Puts Latin Ties at Risk, Brazilian Says The United States risks souring relations with much of Latin America if it recognizes a presidential election in Honduras on Sunday, the foreign policy adviser to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil said. if Washington insists on recognizing the election, several countries will respond by seeking countermeasures in the Organization of American States.

British People Against Troops in Afghan, so Brown Sends More Troops (2 comments) Gordon Brown insists that British troops in Afghanistan are necessary to protect the UK from the threat of al Qaeda, yet this poll indicates the British people overwhelmingly don't buy this. So the war goes on anyway. Why, other than the fact that there is little genuine democracy in England either? Follow the money and energy resources trail, and the sycophant trail. Fabricated fear serves profit and the Devil.

Larry Gross: West Hollywood: City Built on Rent Control Celebrates 25th Anniversary (1 comments) Twenty-five years ago members of the Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) rejoiced after a 7-year campaign to secure tenants' rights and preserve affordable housing in the then 1.9 square mile LA County unincorporated area of West Hollywood.

Press Release: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Expected To Announce Settlement Freeze As part of the efforts to give momentum to the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and advance Israel's comprehensive national interests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will today (Wednesday), 25.11.09, ask the Security Cabinet to approve a ten-month suspension of new residential construction permits and new residential construction starts in Judea and Samaria.

Patrick J. O'Donoghue: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez convokes Fifth International; vindicates 'Carlos the Jackal' During a meeting with delegates attending an 'International Meeting of Parties of the Left' in Caracas, President Chavez took a bold but measured step in convoking The Fifth International on grounds that it is not enough to mouth the current left-wing dominant slogan: a "better world is possible ... it is possible and necessary."

Panel Asks How Britain Got Involved in Iraq War By JOHN F. BURNS Published: November 25, 2009 The inquiry, expected to last 18 months, has stirred political conflict, much of it over the plan to release the final report after British elections next year.

Monday, November 23:

Roger Shuler: What on Earth is the Appeal of Sarah Palin? (4 comments) Sarah Palin's book tour stops in Alabama today. Why are people standing in long lines for a chance to catch a glimpse?

Palin quizzes Billy Graham about Bible's view of Middle East Sarah Palin, the hottest name in the Republican Party, took a detour from her book-signing tour Sunday to dine with Billy Graham at his mountaintop home in Montreat, NC. Graham's son, Franklin, who was present for the 2 1/2-hour get-together, said, "Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up."

Sunday, November 22:

Lest We Forget: Kennedy Killed in Dallas on this day 46 years ago (2 comments) Dallas, Nov. 22--President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed by an assassin today. He died of a wound in the brain caused by a rifle bullet that was fired at him as he was riding through downtown Dallas in a motorcade.

Patrick J. O'Donoghue: Venezuela's Chavez wants to see a united PSUV coming out of weekend congress Addressing delegates to the extraordinary congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), President Chavez lambasted the cynical remarks of Colombian Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez who said he was disappointed in the silence shown by the South American Union of Nations (Unasur) to President Chavez' war-mongering discourse.

Saturday, November 21:

Bill Moyers to Leave Weekly Television PBS mainstay Bill Moyers said he was retiring from weekly television and would end his Friday night public affairs show, “Bill Moyers Journal,” on April 30, 2010. That date will also be the last for “Now on PBS,” which has been canceled.

Conyers Derides White House Strategy on Health Care Conyers blasts Obama for not leading on health care.

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