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They were completely submerged" 12/26 TalkLeft: Why Bush's cutting of aid to 90,000 students wasn't exactly an unexpected move 12/27 Atrios: Social Security is our issue. Why are Democrats like Harold Ford wimping out on it? 12/27 No vacation in Iraq as car bomb, aimed at military convoy, kills 5 Iraqis 12/26 Donate to the Red Cross for earthquake relief 12/27 DVD: Don't "Fry" Yourself at McDonald's Over the Holidays, Get "Super Size Me: A Film of Epic Portions" Where can you see WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, a Documentary by Danny Schechter? This one's worth the registration: Tennesseeans deny Muslims the right to build a local cemetary, claiming they'll use it as a terror base. This is what happens when opinion-makers encourage dumb generalizations about Arabs 12/26 Corporate greed amok in Iraq. Turns out the oil doesn't belong to the Iraqi people after all 12/26 Is Bush wearing a medical vest designed for people with seriously weak hearts? 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Britain establishes secret "Armageddon agency" to respond to devastating terror attacks 12/26 Report: Iraqi forces rife with rebels 12/26 DVD: "The West Wing" The Complete 3rd Season Bush team prepares to swing budget chainsaw 12/26 Washington Post: More risks for American forests under Bush 12/26 As Iraq invasion fails to pay for itself, Bush prepares to ask for $80 billion more 12/25 Touchy Iran orders shoot-downs of any suspicious flying objects over its nuke facilities 12/26 Book: "Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes" by William H., Sr. Gates, Chuck Collins, Paul Volcker In the Canadian edition, Time's newsmaker of 2004 isn't Bush but Maher Arar, an Ottawa citizen tortured in a post-9/11 climate of "fear and injustice" 12/25 Women still angry over TSA airport gropes 12/26 The Moose: This must be a first for a Secretary of Defense to visit the troops on the front lines in order to boost his own spirits 12/26 DVD: "Control Room": "The most profound work to date on how our government has manipulated news coverage in Iraq." Former governor Rowland will ask for a light prison sentence 12/26 The next chapter in Ukraine 12/26 This Holiday Season, Get Your Gifts from the Buzz! New Book: "Ghosts of Florida: Making Elections Fair for Blacks" by Tom Grayman III The world feels bullied by Bush 12/25 Blair will send 3,000 troops on Sudan mission despite warnings of overstretch 12/26 But they seemed like such nice men: The College Republicans are in trouble for using front organizations to collect millions of dollars in contributions, including money from elderly people with dementia 12/26 One of Turkey's richest men has been kidnapped in Iraq 12/26 Security clampdown in Honduras after bus slaughter 12/26 Book: "America 2014: An Orwellian Tale." Destined to Become an Underground Classic. "1984" is Today. How much blame do discredited right-wing economic strategies deserve for Iraq disaster? 12/26 DVD: "Unconstitutional": The Dismantling of Our Constitution Under the Bush Administration At a midnight Mass, the British cardinal calls Iraq war a "terrible thing": billions of pounds that could have helped ease suffering, not increase it 12/25 China quietly putting together pieces for market economy checkmate 12/26 Jim Hightower's gift list for Christmas (no iPod for Don Rumsfeld) 12/26 DVD: "Triumph of the Will" Special Edition of the 1934 Nazi Propaganda Documentary What will happen first: a potential asteroid strike on Earth in 2029 or U.S. withdrawal from Iraq? 12/26 Bush signs law giving him power to freeze Sudan assets in protest of Darfur violence 12/26 Christmas bombing toll hits 12 12/26 Bush Administration considering guaranteed representation of losers in Iraq elections 12/25 Rosen: Media doesn't cover Pentagon tussle over Israel's contract to upgrade Chinese weapons systems 12/26 DVD: Mark Crispin Miller's "Patriot Act": A Tour De Force Through the Mind of George W. Bush and Rage of the Right Wing. Simply Sensational. Iraqis in dismay as lights flicker and gas lines grow 12/25 Klein: Instead of "You broke Iraq, you own it," how about the rule of "You broke it, now stop breaking it?" 12/26 Resistance leader asserts U.S. is using banned weapons in Iraq 12/26 Car bomb kills 5 Iraqis near Najaf 12/25 If You Want to Learn More About Iraqmire, Watch "The Battle of Algiers" on DVD Queen of England calls for a Christian spirit of tolerance between religions and peoples 12/26 Bloggers are skeptical of L.A. Times piece claiming California is trending GOP 12/26 Just like Bill O'Reilly, the anti-Semitic Henry Ford claimed in his 1921 "The International Jew" that certain sinister department store owners were taking Christ out of Christmas. Nothing changes 12/25 U.S.-Bahrain accord stirs trade partners in region 12/26 Jesse Jackson: Making elections better -- and stopping divisiveness too 12/25 Inauguration protesters accuse government of shutting them out 12/25 CIA removes National Archives records from public access in this time of secrecy and fear 12/26 Father Greeley: The poorly conceived and unjust war is our fault, not just the Vulcans' 12/25 Judge decides whistleblowing law doesn't fully protect federal medical doctors' rights to report wrongdoiong 12/25 Will labor rein in Wal-Mart as it has in other countries? 12/26 China, Venezuela ink oil deal 12/25 Final Count in Washington: Gregoire by 130. But Republicans Still Determined to Steal Election, Somehow, Someway. 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