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Palestinian Suicide Bomber Kills 8 on Israeli Bus 4/10
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Boston Cardinal "repeatedly and knowingly allowed an alleged serial pedophile to hold posts that allowed him access to children" 4/10
Former Dallas Mayor Becomes Democratic Senate Candidate in Texas. Dick Armey's Son Defeated in Primary for Congress. There is Some Justice! 4/10
Bush Wants to Make Sure that He's Not Cloned. We're With Him on That One. 4/10
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. Check it Out!
BuzzFlash Media Watch Special: It's The Format, Stupid . . . 4/10
White House Relents, Jimmy Carter Will Go to Cuba 4/10
Humanitarian Aid Held Up Outside Jenin 4/10
BUZZFLASH ON CROSSFIRE: GO BEGALA GO!
The body of six-year-old Palestinian girl Somaeah Hassan is prepared for her funeral 4/10
Poll: USA leans Democratic for Congress 4/10
"Interior Department employees used government-issued credit cards to pay their rent, withdraw money at casinos and buy jewelry and furniture, an audit found." 4/10
History of Suicide Bombings in Israel 4/10
Right-Wing Bullies Caught in Crossfire, by Joe Conason 4/10
"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
Israelis irritated by Bush's "barking." "He barks alot, but he's useless." You got that right! 4/10
Bush's Welfare Legislation is Unrealistic and Onerous. Will the Democrats Fight It Tooth and Nail? 4/10
Powell’s real mission: Bringing reality to a conflict whose metaphors are as lethal as bombs 4/10
Part Two of the BuzzFlash interview with Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Part One of the BuzzFlash interviews Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Jeb's Choice for Florida State Fund Manager Scrutinized 4/10
New Democratic Idea: Freeze Tax Cuts Just For Richest 2 Percent 4/10
Massachusetts Attorney General "Disgusted" by Papers that "revealed the church knew their priest was a rapist and advocate of sex with boys, yet covered up for him and helped him stay in the priesthood for three decades" 4/10
Clarence Thomas Says of the Electoral System in the 2000 Election: "It's been one time it didn't work." Actually, It Did, Clarence. Gore Won. 4/10
"Stupid White Men" on BuzzFlash.com, by Michael Moore. #1 On NY Times Best Seller List.
Most Americans Now Support Gay Adoption 4/10
"President Bush used his 15th fund-raising trip of the year to put his own imprint on national service programs created by President Clinton and loathed by conservatives." This is the Scam. We Pay for His Fundraising Trip. 4/10
100th Death Row Inmate Exonerated 4/10
Good Riddance, Robert Ray! 4/10
"Up From Conservatism" by Michael Lind. "BuzzFlash Gives It Two Thumbs Up and Four Stars"
The Pulitzers Reward Mediocrity in Journalism. That's Our Opinion. 4/10
In Afghanistan, Dozens dead as opium protests end in violence 4/10
French cameraman shot near refugee camp 4/10
"Republican Jerry Regier said this morning he is suspending his campaign for [Oklahoma] governor after discovering he may not qualify." 4/10
America's Shooting Gallery: Policeman suspected as shooting spree kills 5 in New Jersey 4/10
INS sets tighter rules for foreign visitors 4/10
Is the GOP Mayor of New York a Hypocrite on Pot? You Bet. 4/10
"Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election"
"Neil Bush is traveling the world raising money for his new education company, along the way getting entertained by a crown prince in the Middle East and wined, dined and serenaded by China's president." Where's The Outrage? 4/10
One Proposal for a Cooling Off Period in the Middle East 4/10
Study: College Drinking Responsible For Killing 1,400 Students a Year 4/10
Jeb's on the Wrong Page 4/10
Court backs bookstore's refusal to name customers 4/10
13 Israeli soldiers killed in heavy battles in Jenin refugee camp 4/10
Where's Al? 4/10
McBride emerging as strong contender in Florida Gubernatorial Race 4/10
Sign of woeful times: "But that doesn't give Mr. Bush license to snooker Floridians with half-truths and innuendo." 4/10
Yasser Arafat and George Washington: How To Tell Them Apart 4/10
Anthrax and the Agency: Thinking the Unthinkable 4/10
Tell the Good News, Then Cash In 4/10
Fatal Delusions: "Only by giving up two dangerous delusions of Middle East politics . . ." 4/10
Taiwangate?--Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE 4/10
Adviser Dismisses Iraq's Oil Embargo. Give It Two Weeks and Watch Bush Use The Embargo As An Excuse to Drill in ANWR 4/10
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Justice Clarence Thomas defends actions of Supreme Court in selecting Bush 4/10
Andersen actions reflect more than poor judgment 4/10
Available on BuzzFlash.com, "Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
NOW Martz want tougher laws -- AFTER she tries to help her weasel adviser get off easy 4/10
Contributions Related to Energy Task Force Meetings Attended by Energy Secretary Abraham, 1999-2002 4/10
Policing the Politicos: Sunset report calls for [a Texas] ethics commission with teeth. 4/10
USA: DeLay, Enron and the Marianas 4/10
"Whether being the instrument for igniting a serious national debate would be good for Gore or not, it would certainly be good for the country." 4/10
Don't Forget "Too Close to Call," Available at BuzzFlash.com
Ran-Goons: Why isn't Burma on Bush's "Axis of Evil" list? 4/10
Triple Threat To Peace -- Arafat, Sharon And Bush 4/10
A fighting abortionist fears for his patients: The return of unsafe abortions looms. 4/10
Watch Out: Congress Wants to Get Out of Debt Free 4/10
REPOST: "Saddam Hussein: America's Worst Enemy . . . Or Cheney's Best Customer? 4/10
Road ahead is steep for Mass. GOP 4/10
Bush Pushes Bill to Protect Insurers From Terrorism Losses. More Bush Protections For Corporations and None for Citizens. 4/10
"Rev. Jerry Falwell is cooking up a plan for the Middle East. And you'd better believe it isn't a peace plan." 4/10
Bernard Goldberg may not be wrong about the presence of bias in the media -- he's just wrong that it's "liberal." 4/10
Sudan trains fighters for "holy war" 4/10
Chamber study concludes Florida's schools falling behind 4/10
Ridge's Hill Liaison Leaves 4/10
Little Rock Judges Wanted Kenneth Starr Investigated, But He Was Saved by a Staunch Republican Judge. Natch. 4/9
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Rumsfeld and North Korea 4/9
The April 9th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
In July of 2000, a Key Foreign Policy Advisor to Candidate Bush Told the Israelis to, in Essence, Leave the Peace Talks. They Didn't Want to Give Clinton a Success, Because It Might Have Hurt Bush in November. How Cynical Can You Get. 4/9
BUSH WATCHES AS HECKLERS REMOVED FROM TENNESSEE SPEECH 4/9
Dennis Hastert's (Remember Tom DeLay is Pulling the Strings) Arrogant Assault on Campaign Finance Reform 4/9
White House Questions Impact of Iraqi Oil Boycott. Ari, What It Means is that Oil Prices Will Go Up, Which Will Make the Bush/Cheney Oil Crowd Quite Happy Indeed 4/9
The Israeli Labor Party Needs to Present a Clear Alternative to Sharon's Policies 4/9
Message to Boy George: Pushing Marriage is not the Government's Business 4/9
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL: WHO WILL DENOUNCE THE SPOILED RICH KID WHO RUNS THIS NATION?
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Most Israelis, Palestinians victims, not warriors 4/9
GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY ARKANSAS GOVERNOR IS SOFT ON CRIME! 4/9
BuzzFlash News Analysis: BuzzFlash and Paul Begala Get the Right Wing All Riled Up 4/9
The See-Nothing, Know Nothing Secretary of the Army. Why Should Anyone as Incompetent as the Secretary of the Army Claims to be be Secretary of the Army? Good Question. 4/9
Hecklers are Now Questioned by the Secret Service in Bush's Orwellian America (Read to End of Story) 4/9
Levi Strauss to Move Manufacturing Overseas 4/9
A Presidency in Disarray 4/9
Republican Pennsylvania Redistricting Plan is Overturned 4/9
"White House Frets Over High Gasoline Prices." Yeah, All the Way to the Bank. 4/9
The April 8th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.) 4/5
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: The Sound of One GOP Hypocritical Hand Clapping 4/9
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: IT'S TRUE, BUSH GOT HECKLED IN TENNESEE 4/9
"A US soldier was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan today, and seven more were wounded." 4/9
BuzzFlash presents Fifth Columnist: Good and Bad, Plain and Simple 4/8
Another View on Terrorism... (Point/Counterpoint to the Fifth Columnist) 4/9
The Feds threw the book at John Walker Lindh, whetting the nation’s appetite for vengeance. Too bad the evidence is so weak 4/9
Why Isn't John Ashcroft Putting Us on Alert About People Like Militia Leader Charlie Puckett? 4/9
"Republicans don’t do push polling.” Yeah, Sure. 4/9
BUZZFLASH GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY MONTANA GOVERNOR JUDY MARTZ WATCH: Mont. Governor's Office Investigated 4/9
Mountain of Controversy Over Proposed Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Site that Bush Promised He Wouldn't Go Ahead With, But Is 4/9
Bill O'Reilly writes an excuse to the teacher for Junior. 4/9
Elizabeth Dole Insists That She is No Hillary Clinton. You Got That Right! 4/8
Boston Priest Documents Released 4/9
The Wall Street Journal's smear campaign: The paper's Op-Ed pages have long been a platform for political assassination. But their latest target is a rival paper that is competing for a Pulitzer Prize. 4/9
Jeb Bush's Voucher sneakiness: "Diverting corporate tax dollars to private schools is nothing to be proud of." 4/9
Bush Urges Americans to Volunteer. Just Like Bush Did In Vietnam? Does Bush Expect Job-Seekers to Volunteer, Too? Just Asking. 4/9
Pentagon Seeks Own Foreign Aid Power 4/9
Lax safety cited in anthrax case; Lab workers weren't vaccinated 4/9
Bomb found in French Jewish cemetery 4/9
"[T]he most consistently conservative justice," Antonin Scalia, also happens to have not service in the military during Vietnam, preferring to teach and practice law. 4/9
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Falsely accused New Yorker hailed as hero at rites 4/9
BuzzFlash interviews Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, Author of The Popular "Prayer for America" and Advocate for Creating A Department Of Peace.
BuzzFlash interviews the Legendary Jim Hightower About The Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour
BuzzFlash interviews David Brock, author of Blinded By The Right.
BuzzFlash interviews Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. NEW INTERVIEW!
BuzzFlash interviews Michael Moore, Filmmaker, TV Host, and author of Stupid White Men . . . And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation.
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Students Lead Rally for Workers' Rights at Stanford, from the Stanford Daily 4/9
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
These are Ironic Times 4/8
The Top Ten Conservative Idiots 4/8
"Ariel Sharon continues his war" - How The French See Clinton and Bush's Mid-East Policies 4/8
Congressman Tom DeLay Introduces Federal Legislation Mandating Salvation 4/9
Richard Nixon on Ballot in Alabama 4/9
The Top Ten Conservative Idiots (No. 62) 4/9
"The Bush administration unveiled a new highway safety policy today that calls for no mandatory steps by police and instead relies on voluntary actions by drivers to reduce injuries on the road." 4/10
Our Starr Attraction 4/9
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