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M.I.T. Studies Accusations of Lies and Cover-Up of Flaws in Antimissile System 1/3
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Bush Cartel to Seek Dividend Tax Cut 1/3
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BushCo is playing down the danger in North Korea because Donald Rumsfeld doesn't want the Pentagon brass to be able to say "I told you so." 1/3
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Price of the 'Liberal Media' Myth 1/3
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Sen. McCain Visits Vietnam, Praises Ties 1/3
Oh My God! U.S. Awards Marriage Grants to 12 States, Faith-Based Initiative 1/3
Why Isn't Liberal Talk Show Host Randi Rhodes Syndicated? Is Rush Limbaugh Frightened of Her, Like He was of Vietnam? Will He Use His Anal Cysts to Keep Her From Being Syndicated? So Many Questions. 1/3
Lott and Bush Paid Tribute to a Pawing Lecher, BuzzFlash's First 2003 Editorial
Corporate-pension crisis threatens retirement dreams 1/3
Bush's Karl Rovian Wish for Peace on New Year's Becomes Tin Horn Macho "Dear or Alive" Sorf of Stuff, Just a Day Later 1/3
Daniel Schorr: The Bush doctrine of preemptive action against the "catastrophic" danger of rogue states with weapons of mass destruction has faced its first test in North Korea, and seems to have flunked. 1/3
Bush Says Iraq and North Korea are Different Situations: Yes, Iraq Has Lots of Oil -- and We Can't Just Keep Exxon-Mobil/British Petroleum Licking Their Chops. 1/3
Judge Rules Against Homeland Security Office in Privacy Suit 1/3
Message to Dick Gephardt: A President Needs to Lead, Not Follow. Our Advice, Skip the Race. 1/3
The Bush administration has ordered another 11,000 elite ground troops to the Persian Gulf 1/3
"Get Your War On" by David Rees
"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg
The January 2nd BuzzFlash Mailbag - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-American!
N.J. Secrecy Rule Keeps Arab American In Jail and in the Dark 1/3
And They're Off to the Races for the Democratic Nomination for President 1/3
U.S. Drops Report On Mass Layoffs; Data Helped States Track Patterns of Industrial Demise 1/3
Global warming is having a widespread, systematic effect on hundreds of plant and animal species, two new studies say 1/3
Economic Performance of the Last Three Presidential Administrations. Very Telling. Are You Better Off Than You Were Two Years Ago? 1/3
Held Over: A MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS FROM THE BUZZFLASH ARCHIVES: Run on a Platform of Liberty, Justice and Democracy for All. You Can't Lose.
'Resegregation' On The Rise 1/3
Held Over: How the Bush Cartel Creates Biased "Science" by Appointing Advisory Boards that Agree with Bush Policies
Held Over: The Democrats Should Have the Spine to Denounce the Bush Cartel, Which, Once Again, Plans to Make Partisan Use of the War on Terror to Re-install Bush in the White House
The Title IX Lies: What the critics won't acknowledge is that the biggest drain on athletic budgets isn't women's sports but football, with 80- to 100-man squads (twice the size of NFL teams) and fat salaries for coaches. 1/3
Held Over: "Trent Lott is the Republican Party's Monica Lewinsky," A BuzzFlash Interview with Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.
Held Over: This Week's "What-are-They- Smoking-in-the-Editorial-Board- Meetings-of-the-New-York-Times" Award Goes to the Entire NYT Editorial Board
Proud to be an American, Proud to be a Liberal 1/3
Held Over: BuzzFlash Exclusive! Preface to the 3rd Edition of "Fortunate Son." By Mark Crispin Miller.
Held Over: A GOP New Year's Special on BuzzFlash.Com: "Why I Am a Republican in 2003"
Army Acts to Add Thousands of G.I.'s to Its Gulf Force 1/3
Archives: "George Bush's father does profit when the Carlyle Group profits, but to make the leap that the president would base decisions on that is to say that the president is corrupt." Make the Leap, It's Not That Far of a Jump. 1/3
How Enron Helped Army Secretary Thomas White Build an $8 Million Fortress. Disgusting. Is There No Justice? 1/3
Liberty Ebbs by Degrees 1/3
The Third Edition of Fortunate Son Premiered Exclusively on BuzzFlash.com! Preface by Greg Palast, Intro by Mark Crispin Miller.
Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question
Rubin Cleared by Senate Investigation 1/3
Canadian Judge Rules Marijuana Law Invalid 1/3
Turmoil in Venezuela 1/3
Pension problems: Bush plan could be costly to older workers 1/3
In Maryland, a Deal on Racial Profiling 1/3
Nicotine may promote lung cancer 1/3
The peace movement aims for high visibility 1/3
Seniors, Watch Out: Bush to Propose Changes in Medicare Plan 1/3
Bush's "Burger Man" Publicity Stunt. Retired Teacher Forced to Move to Make Way for the Royal Couple in Crawford. 1/3
Execution Opponent Joins Sniper Case 1/3
A 23-year-old Briton has walked into the record books and become the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. 1/3
If You Choose To Read This Interview with Bush, You Will Learn that He's Confused and Thinks that Peace Comes by Waging War. 1/3
It's the Economy, Stupid: How Bush Has Made Our Lives Worse
Payday Lender Settles Charges With Two More States 1/3
A Must Read: "Wealth and Democracy" by Kevin Phillips. A BuzzFlash Premium. The influence of money on government is now, more then ever, a hot political issue.
Kara Kennedy, Ted's Daughter, Has Surgery for Tumor 1/3
France honours Canadian who helped foil Chirac assassination attempt 1/3
Bad Tidings for Cable News Pack 1/3
Where's integrity when convicted liars get important jobs? 1/3
Follow the money trail. "Yup, that's what I want: full [campaign finance] disclosure." 1/3
Hug For Father Results In Shooting Of 4-Year-Old (in "America's Shooting Gallery") 1/3
The Rehnquist Choice by John Dean -- The explosive, never-before-revealed story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the man responsible for his candidacy.
To Kill or Not to Kill: Coming to Terms with Capital Punishment 1/3
Dow sues penniless Bhopal survivors. How low can Dow go? 1/3
Governors Take Office Amid Fiscal Crises 1/3
Must Read: "Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law." Become a Reader Supporter of BuzzFlash.com.
Director of Los Alamos Laboratory Quits 1/3
Progressive/Democratic Radio
Mayor Anthony A. Williams Hopes to Boost D.C.'s Population, Literacy Levels 1/3
Bush Talks the Talk about The Economy, but He NEVER Walks the Walk. Besides, What's He Going to Say, That His Plan is to Enrich his Friends and Family, the Poor Be Damned? Even He's not THAT Stupid. 1/3
Failed Deal in California Cuts Water for Nevada 1/3
A recovery no one buys; Economic pickup forecast for '03, but shoppers feel pressed. 1/3
"It may seem unreasonable, unfair and downright mean-spirited to compare the Bush administration to the minions of Sauron, the granddaddy of evil in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But here goes." 1/3
A New Year's Baby With an Additional Difference: 2 Moms 1/3
China Plans for Manned Space Flight 1/3
Bush Slated to Address Chicago's Economic Club Next Week. Will He Tell the Truth or Lie? 1/3
"Big Hug": A "Bush Dyslexicon" Update, by Mark Crispin Miller for BuzzFlash.Com
Most executions occur in South 1/3
Edwards, with Family, Announces Candidacy for President 1/2
"I recommend this book to everyone with a brain -- and Republicans too," Says James Carville. "It's Still the Economy Stupid," by Paul Begala. Your Purchase of This Book Supports BuzzFlash.Com
The Bush Cartel Stretches the Truth to Confuse "the Enemy" and Us 1/2
The Bush Cartel Legacy: D.C. Cuts Funds For Education, Literacy Efforts 1/2
Mary McGrory: Breaches of Sense 1/2
Join the Airforce and Enjoy the Speed 1/2
Hughes, Boeing accused of giving tech to China. Remember when the Grand Hypocricsy Party went into full treason mode when a Clinton contributor sold something to China? Where's the outrage now. It must be stuck in Rush Limbaugh's Anal Cyst. 1/2
Afghanistan: Back to bad opium habits 1/2
Defense Redefined Means Securing Cheap Energy 1/2
We Need a List of OUR Weapons of Mass Destruction. 1/2
U.S. TV Shows Losing Potency Around World 1/2
Court Upholds Terrorism Law Secrecy 1/2
Investigating the role of Saudi banks in funding terror. 1/2
IRS Narrows Scope of Audits 1/2
Novak Thinks That Frist is a Little Too Grandiloquent 1/2
Chinese Protest Leaders Charged 1/2
The Bush Cartel's Politics of Fear 1/2
U.S. can't afford both war, tax cut, Bush critics say 1/2
Welfare Rising in Most States 1/2
Foes of Abortion Push for Major Bills in Congress 1/2
Bush Opens Up Backcountry Trails to Vehicles: Rule change enrages some, who say wilderness areas would be damaged 1/2
Daniel Ellsberg Sees Many Parallels Between Vietnam and Iraq 1/2
Reposted : Just Some White Good Ol Boys "Hootering" It Up 1/2
Bush Cartel Intelligence Scare Fiasco: Pakistani says FBI photos of wanted men includes him; denies visiting U.S. 1/2
Under Cloak of New Year's Eve Celebrations, Bush Cartel EPA Quietly Announces That It Will Allow Our Air to Become Dirtier
Bush Cartel Has Managed to Alienate South Korea. Yes, That's Right, South Korea. 1/2
The Past is Prologue: "Secrets," by Daniel Ellsberg. By the Man Who Released the Pentagon Papers. A Warning About a Government that Keeps Secrets.
Call off the War 1/2
Depressed? Read "The Emerging Democratic Majority." Remember that the Democrats Won the Last THREE Presidential Elections. Republicans Can Only Win Through Campaign Deception and 5-4 Supreme Court Votes. This Book Will Cheer You Up!
Global Warming Found to Displace Species 1/2
"Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate," by Naomi Klein
Jimmy Breslin Takes on Corruption in the Catholic Church 1/2
First Democratic Race Is for Cash 1/2
The Bush Cartel in a Nutshell: Photo Op to Show Him as Compassionate Toward the Hungry, While There are Many More Hungry Due to His Uncompassionate Tax Cut for the Wealthy. 1/2
States Worry New Law Sets Schools Up to Fail 1/2
Pakistani fury at US bombing of border 1/2
The Bush Cartel Blair Finger Puppet Speaks the Words of the Bush Cartel Bush Finger Puppet. Who's the Puppeteer? 1/2
Message to Tom Daschle: If You Run for President, You Better Get a Gut Transplant First. Let's See, And You'll Need a Strategy, a Vision, An Agenda. You'll Need to Renounce Your Support of Draconian Anti-Civil Liberties Laws. We'll Stop There. 1/2
'Dolphin-Safe' Rules on Labeling Eased 1/2
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A Great Gift: "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years." This is a Fantastic 15-song Satirical CD.
Luxury Tax on Cars Comes to an End 1/2
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Don't Stop Fighting! "The Conscience of a Liberal," by Senator Paul Wellstone. From BuzzFlash.com.
An interview with Get Your War On creator David Rees 1/2
The People Pick BuzzFlash.com as "The Most Entertaining Source for Political News & Commentary"
From the Archives: You Call That Evidence 1/2
Change in UN may hit Bush's plans 1/2
Gene Lyons: The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk 1/2
Reed, Chafee: Bush sending mixed signals 1/2
Brazil's New President Takes Office 1/2
Bush's Bizzaro Year in Review 1/2
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Britain had '72 plan to move Ulster Catholics 1/2
In 2003, Media Consolidation is Poised to Get Worse. More Corporate News. More Pro-Bush Cartel Corporate News Coverage.
Must See! Trent Lott, Version 2.0. BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison
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Gulf Wars: Episode II 1/1
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Lord of the Rings Dance 12/30
The Wizard of Whimsy 12/31
Bill of Rights Pared Down to a Manageable Six 12/30
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