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Joe Breaks Up with Dick

Joe Lieberman broke up with Dick Cheney today… Watch it:
Could it be that we may be welcoming Joe back into the fold one day?

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MoveOn’s New Ad Targets Cheney for Torture Investigation

Move On has a powerful new ad “calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the use of torture during the Bush administration and even raising the specter of targeting former Vice President Dick Cheney.”
In related news, the WaPo reports in Thursday’s edition that “Condoleezza Rice, John D. Ashcroft and other top Bush administration officials [...]

Cheney’s Delusions

Dick Cheney said on an interview with Hannity last night, “I don’t think we’ve got much to apologize for.”
Instead of skulking away quietly as he should, Cheney just “keeps on swinging.” He seems to be suffering from delusions of grandeur, coupled with perhaps a little panic that his devilish deeds could catch up with him.

Sphere: [...]

Coordinated Conservative Tantrum of the Week

It’s Monday, so it must be time for the “coordinated conservative tantrum” of the week:
The new fit is over President Obama shaking hands with the President of Venezuela at the Summit of the Americas.
Is it worthy of all the fuss:
You can watch the video — and the body language — of Obama’s brief exchange with [...]

DoJ Releases Four Secret Bush Memos Justifying Torture

On Thursday, the Department of Justice released “four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture.” The ACLU is calling for the DoJ to “appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate torture under the Bush administration.”
The memos describe “brutal interrogation techniques” used by the C.I.A.:
In dozens of pages of dispassionate legal prose, the methods approved [...]

Eating Crow

Some conservatives were attempting to paint Barack Obama as a weak leader over the pirate hostage drama. They are eating crow now.
And interestingly, speaking of eating crow…
A new poll indicates Americans don’t agree with former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent assertion that President Barack Obama’s actions have increased the chances of a terrorist attack against [...]

GOP Begs Cheney to Go Away

Congressional Republicans think Dick Cheney needs to go away, because “he’s hurting  GOP efforts to reinvent itself after back-to-back electoral drubbings.”
Throughout his vice presidency, Cheney “showed a penchant for secrecy” but now he has “popped up in media interviews to defend the Bush-Cheney record while suggesting that the country is not as safe under President [...]

Seymour Hersh: Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring’

Eric Black at the Minnesota Post broke this story yesterday:
At a “Great Conversations” event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation [...]

Dominionist Hoedown in Salt Lake City and YOU ain’t Invited

[NOTE: Because it just might make you read it, longtime newsman Doug Krile lists this in today's Krile Files as "The Best Story of the Night: Oh, my. There's enough intrigue here to keep anybody interesting. Follow the twists and turns and be prepared to be surprised!"]
What’s a “dominionist”?
It’s important that you ask that question [...]

Burke’s Law

The New York Times reports this morning:
Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping
By JAMES RISEN
Published: August 6, 2007
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 — President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.
Congressional aides and [...]