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Bush's Fancy Financial Footwork: "for four years in the early 1990s, Bush was a director of a company that ultimately collapsed under the weight of its junk-bond financing and management mistakes." 8/7
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"For this kind of thing to happen you have to have politicians who have no qualms about playing Big Brother; officials whose partisan loyalty trumps their professional scruples; and a press corps that ... lets the people in power get away with it."
In Michigan, Democratic Primary Voters Give the Nod to First Female Candidate in State History. Bonior Loses Bid for Top Job. 8/7
A Highly Recommended Musical Revue Satire on Bush: Get the CD Now! "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years"
Bush Administration Defies Order on U.S. Detainee 8/7
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Insufficient Evidence on Iraq
What are We Fighting For When the Bush Administration Continually Suppresses Our First Amendment Rights? 8/7
The BuzzFlash Mailbag for August 6th - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-american
"Some Republicans in Congress have begun to rebuff the White House on foreign policy, posing an unexpected obstacle for President Bush" 8/6
F.B.I. Faces Inquiry on a False Confession From an Egyptian Student 8/7
Weighing a Just War or Settling an Old Score? 8/7
Katherine Harris Explains Ignorance of Election Law 8/7
Now Bush/Cheney Oil Buddies Get the "Anti-Terrorism" Protection:The US is trying to quash a human rights lawsuit launched by Indonesian villagers against Exxon Mobil, claiming it could undermine the war on terrorism. 8/6
China Warns of Potential Military Action Against Taiwan 8/7
Fudging the Economy 8/7
It's Back! Get Your Copy of "Fortunate Son." The Original Expose on George W. that the Bush Family Had Temporarily Banned Before the Election.
In the intelligence wars, a pre-emptive strike by the Pentagon surprises many in Congress 8/7
In Grim Day, Stocks Tumble Again 8/6
Even if Joe Lieberman Doesn't Know He Was Elected Vice President, The GOP Does 8/7
The Ashcroft and Bush Master Plan to Make America a Stalinist State of Spies 8/7
The Dangers of Hypocrisy - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary 8/7
"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
Cuomo Takes on Counter-Productive New York Drug Laws 8/7
The Saudi PR Campaign 8/7
New Zealand debate over gene-modified food heats up 8/7
Starbucks Vs. Childcare in Seattle 8/7
Dow Gains 230 After Three Day, 692-point losing streak. 8/7
Doubleday accuses baseball of attempting to manufacture 'phantom losses' 8/7
Charges of Ethical Lapses by Federal Judges Rarely Lead to Discipline 8/7
Brazil warns US it must lower trade barriers 8/7
September 11th Attack Inadvertently Caught on Wiretap Recording 8/7
Cheney vacationing in Jackson Hole for Most of August. Must Be Nice to Have So Few Responsibilities. 8/7
BuzzFlash World Media Watch for August 5th, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
2000 Olympic fixing charges raised 8/7
Green candidate for New Mexico governor certified, placed on ballot 8/7
Covert Action in Iraq Seen As Dicey 8/7
Gore Isn't Anti-Business. He's Anti-Corrupt, Greedy Business Practices. Makes Sense to Us. 8/7
Florida Democrats Win New Primary Ballot Language: State Drops The Word "Pair" From Ballot; Democrats Drop Legal Action 8/7
W. and the Coal Miners: Photo-op Cover for Anti-worker Policies 8/7
For Bush, Perils of Golf-Cart Diplomacy Resurface 8/7
Texas Border town fights for cleanup of pesticide plant's leftovers 8/7
Montana GOP's Offshore Banking Is a Bust 8/7
Public Citizen calculates that potential IRS fines for the Bush-Cheney recount fund’s disclosure omissions could reach $850,000 – 35 percent of the total "to which a failure relates." 8/7
Palestinians Lose Their Lifelines: West Bank Villagers Cut Off From Jobs, Doctors, Shops 8/7
Oil Instead Of Blood: "The word "war" is delusional. It's the word we use when we want to kill others and justify it." 8/7
Democrats fear use of terror war for political gain 8/7
Ending Secret Detentions 8/7
Diseased body parts may have been shipped 8/7
More fraud: Haunting the GOP 8/7
Senate didn't hear from Iraq experts 8/7
Economy Stirs G.O.P. Worry in House Races 8/6
Bush Wants ABM Treaty Case Tossed; Rep. Kucinich, the lead plaintiff, has said the president must first seek the consent of Congress before pulling the United States from the treaty. 8/7
Government Is Slow to Offer Safety Plans: Local, National Offices Have Yet to Disclose Advice People Could Use in a Terrorist Attack 8/7
In Surreal Development, Bush Administration Routes TIPS Calls to TV Show "America's Most Wanted" 8/7
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The Angry Liberal - The Angry Liberal's Interview with Katherine Harris 8/5
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The New Expanded Post-September 11th Edition of "The Bush Dyslexicon," by Mark Crispin Miller
Wave of attacks stuns Israel; at least 13 dead 8/6
The "Bush Knew" Bumperstickers, A BuzzFlash Premium
Japan in an Uproar as 'Big Brother' Computer File Kicks In 8/6
Government Asked to Act on Teenagers' Job Safety 8/6
Scaife Seeks Whitewater Legal Rebate! He Financed Much of the Pseudo-Journalism About the Whole Thing. 8/6
Credit Union Says A.T.M. Users Stole Millions After 9/11 8/6
Bush Signs Measure Sought by Abortion Foes. Imagine That, President Stupid Is A Shill For the Far Right-Wing. Whoda Thunk It? 8/6
Montana Sheriff Shoots Himself While Holstering Gun During Shooting Competition 8/6
Pentagon Board Told Saudi Arabia Is Enemy, but Bush Cartel Sticks by Their Oil Buddies. After All, Oil and Personal Enrichment Come First; the Interests of America Come Second to the Bush Clan. 8/6
Conason: Bush/Cheney's private recount 2000 air force included planes from Enron, Halliburton -- and Sallie Mae? 8/6
Shell Faces Apartheid Lawsuits 8/6
Satellite Photo Indications of Bush Preparing to Invade Iraq 8/6
Pressure grows on Bush over Iraq attack 8/6
Israel Announces New Travel Curbs on West Bank Cities After Suicide Attacks 8/6
Tulia's Shattered Lives 8/6
While the World Unravels, Bush Plays Golf -- Again and Again 8/6
Ex-Executive Says Dynegy Asked His Help to Cheat 8/6
Yellowstone Fights to Survive 8/6
Dick "Rockhead" Armey's Idea of Good Government: "There is an old adage," said House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas. "To the victor goes the spoils." 8/6
U.S. Planes Strike Iraqi Facility 8/6
The Silence Signal: Why Bush must speak to Muslims 8/6
"In the end, Bill Simon is left scrambling to answer questions about fraud committed by his family's investment firm against a convicted drug smuggler in a fiasco of epic proportions." 8/6
Fla. Judge Strikes Down Voucher Law 8/6
Mubarak says Hamas ready to halt terror 8/6
How Can We Tell Terrorists From Plain Old Bad Guys? 8/6
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Florida Democratic Party Takes Legal Action on Ballot 8/6
Before Sept. 11, the Bush Anti-Terror Effort Was Mostly Ambition 8/6
Democrats Advised to Focus on Social Security 8/6
The Mystery of Katherine Harris's Calendar 8/6
For workers' attitudes, economic woes are gut punch 8/6
U.S. Closes Consulate in Pakistan 8/6
Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question
U.S. troops being pulled from Canadian border 8/6
Uruguay's banks to open after US bailout. Didn't Bush Say, "No Nation Building"? Not That We Mind Helping Other Countries, Just That It's Another Example of Bush Lying. 8/6
Pakistani link probed in arms case; Federal authorities re-open Florida smuggling probe 8/6
You Won't Know You're Living In A Police State Until After It Happens 8/6
Bush Told To Not Look Like He's on Golf Course; Switches Easily Between Simple-Minded Nothing Blurbs ("We must not let them [stop peace process]") and Arrogant Self-Indulgence ("Now watch my drive."). 8/6
Dow Closes Down 270 8/6
Study: Feds Missing Weapons, Laptops 8/6
Toxic-cleanup money running dry 8/6
Florida Democrats sue to get words changed on gubernatorial ballot 8/6
Arianna: One Flew Over The CEOs' Nest 8/6
Translation of White House Response to Time Story that the Bush Administration Failed America in Pursuing Al-Qaeda: "Excuse us, We're Just Incompetent Zealots." 8/5
Powell Fears 'Unholy Trinity' (poverty, ecological degradation and despair) Ahead of Earth Summit 8/6
Remember: Every Day You Work In August, This is What President Stupid is Doing. 8/6
AP Analysis: Billions in Federal Spending Shifted to GOP Districts After 1994 House Takeover. 8/6
Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. President Stupid Rejects Iraqi Offer to See Sites, Proving Once Again That His Iraq War is Revenge- or Oil-Motivated 8/6
Guns and Ideology 8/6
Naval dock fraud probe: "A giant contract to redevelop Devonport Naval Dockyard involving Halliburton, the group formerly run by US vice-president Dick Cheney, and Rolls- Royce, has become the subject of a fraud investigation" 8/6
How the public relations industry sold the Gulf War to the US, the mother of all clients 8/6
China gives Taiwan stern warning 8/6
A judge on Monday overturned an unusual decision that temporarily barred a woman from having an abortion. 8/6
Noelle Bush gets rehab, the poor and minorities get hard time 8/5
A BUZZFLASH.COM INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-AUTHOR OF “Forbidden Truth: U.S. Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy and the Failed Hunt for Bin Laden"
Bush Uses Congressional Recess to Appoint Another Incompetent Boob to Serve Our Nation 8/7
"It has been 77 days since the vice president has answered a question from a member of the news media"
5 People Dead, 1 Person Hurt in Dallas Shooting Police Call One of Worst Episodes of Domestic Violence 8/5
Will Katherine Harris Get Away With Breaking the Rule of Law? 8/5
How the Bush Team Financed the Riot that Gave an Unelected Man the White House in 2000 8/5
A Love Affair Gone Sour, Guns, and a Murder-Suicide Involving Alaska's Recent Top Law Enforcement Officer 8/5
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A BuzzFlash Interview with Mark Crispin Miller, Author of "The Bush Dyslexicon" 7/19
A BuzzFlash Interview with Joe Conason, columnist with the New York Observer and Salon, and co-author of The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton
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This Week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots 8/5
Dick Cheney Invites Ohio Prison Inmate to Fundraising Dinner. The Grand Hypocrisy Party Will Take a Buck from Anyone. 8/5
Evil GOP Bastards 8/5
Dick's on the Lam 8/5
Recently Leaked: Laura Bush's to Her Staff on Preparations for Summer Vacation in Crawford, Texas 8/5
These Are Ironic Times 8/6
Placebo -- The Bipartisan Prescription Drug Plan, by Bill Mitchell 8/6
Equal Time with Bob Boudelang 8/5
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