● Miami Nuclear Plant Malfunction Causes Statewide Power Outages
● Power restored to parts of Florida after outage
● Relieved Floridians late Tuesday relished the simple pleasure of turning on their televisions and living room lamps, with power restored hours after a massive blackout had darkened millions of homes across the state.
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News:
● NEPA Update! The Video From Tim Grier On WYOU Interactive News!
● It took more than six years, but at least one Democrat enlisted after 9/11 by the hard-line neo-conservative Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) seems finally to have caught on to the fact that its agenda is something other than what its name suggests. In a statement released by her office Monday, Democratic consultant and frequent television political commentator Donna Brazile “strongly condemn[ed]” what she called a “misleading and reckless ad campaign” undertaken against 17 Democratic lawmakers by the FDD for their opposition to the Protect America Act and resigned from its Board of Advisers. (z).
● AP: Thousands of Democratic Voters Dumped from NM Voter Rolls After Outsourcing to Failed Voting Machine Company ES&S...
● Davis: DoD General Counsel ‘Leaned On’ Me To Rush Detainee’s Trial Ahead Of Australian Elections
● Taxes or Tolls on the Trans Texas Corridor
● One-tenth of U.S. homeowners hold mortgages that are larger than the worth of their homes, Moody's Economy.com said Friday.
● While most of us are focused on universal care, the Bush Administration has been incrementally shredding our existing public health safety net in ways that have yet to become apparent. The most recent assault on our public health care infrastructure is escaping the notice of mainstream media and citizen journalists alike, probably because it is not easily explained. I am referring to a proposed set of arcane regulation changes by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) which, if enacted, will result in $15 billion dollars in cuts over five years to service providers. The damage that Bush has not been able to inflict through legislation is now being secretly implemented through an administrative back door. Even if Congress rejects the cuts Bush proposed to public health in his most recent budget, changes in regulations will insure that funding is not available for specific programs and activities.
● The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is taking steps to brace for an increase in failed financial institutions as the nation's housing and credit markets continue to worsen.
● US Military and Clandestine Operations in Foreign Countries - 1798-Present
● The anatomy of an illusion -- and what it tells us about the visual system
● The Nexus of Politics and Terror
● Check Out Frequent BDBB Frequent Commentor BlueBear's Excellent Blog "Lair Of The BlueBear"!
● If You LOVE MUSIC, check out "BlueBear's Music Vault"! BB2 has collected an enormous amount of excellent music videos…ALL IN ONE SPOT! Check it out!
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The McBush Watch (I'm putting McCain & Bush articles together, because McCain = Bush! Obama votes the exact opposite of McCain all the time, and McCain votes exactly like Bush wants him to! Wake up! McCain = THIRD BUSH TERM!!!):
● Bush's Top Donors Signing On With McCain
● McCain: ‘It Doesn’t Matter’ If Indicted Congressman Renzi Is Still Part Of My Campaign
● Bush Needs Torture and Terrorism, Scholar Explains. A recent study by the Center for Public Integrity ("False Statements Preceded War", Yahoo! News, January 23, 200, revealed that administration officials from Bush to Cheney to Rice on down the line have lied nearly 1,000 times about the reasons for attacking Iraq. "If Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 and if Osama had nothing to do with 9/11, then it may be worthwhile to consider who benefited," Fetzer remarked. Using the traditional standards of motive, means, and opportunity, the likely suspects for having committed these atrocities are not 19 Islamic fundamentalists acting under orders from a man in a cave in Afghanistan but elements at the highest levels of the US government and their closest ally in the Middle East. "We might want to consider those who have lied to us."
● Republicans Abroad blast Obama as threat to Israel
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The Don Siegelman case: How the Alabama governor was railroaded into jail by Republican misuse of the government system they were running. The Republicans threw a "political prisoner" in jail right here in our own counrty! Just like a 3rd world country!
● '60 Minutes' Expose On The Malicious Prosecution Of Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman
● CBS: More Prosecutorial Misconduct in Siegelman Case Alleged
● Parts of "60 Minutes" Broadcast Blocked in Alabama...
● The Permanent Republican Majority Part I
● The Permanent Republican Majority Part II
● The Permanent Republican Majority Part III
● at-Largely by Larisa Alexandrovna, her coverage of Siegelman getting railroaded into jail by the Republican machine in Alabama
● VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: KARL ROVE - 'FREE DON SIEGELMAN'
MSNBC's "Bush League Justice Series" is about the Don Siegelman case!
Karl Rove MOCKINGLY holding up a "FREE DON SIEGELMAN" banner!
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Democracy NOW! DISH channels 9410 & 9415, DirecTV channel 275:
Clinton, Obama Hold Final Debate Before Pivotal Votes Next Week
In Cleveland, Ohio, Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred last night over healthcare, NAFTA, the Iraq war, campaign tactics, Louis Farrakhan and other issues in the final debate before next week’s vote in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island. We play excerpts.
DN! transcript or DN! video
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Democracy NOW! DISH channels 9410 & 9415, DirecTV channel 275:
Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties
With the Texas Democratic primary and caucus less than a week away, the Bush administration’s plan to build a wall along part of the southern border has suddenly become a campaign issue. After many landowners refused to give over their land for the 18-foot-high wall, the Department of Homeland Security began filing lawsuits against some homeowners. At the same time, the government is leaving large gaps to avoid building the wall on the property of wealthy residents, including those with ties to President Bush.
After many landowners refused to give over their land for the 18-foot-high wall, the Department of Homeland Security began filing lawsuits against some homeowners. At the same time, the government is leaving large gaps to avoid building the wall on the property of wealthy residents, including those with ties to President Bush.
DN! transcript or DN! video
