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Un(der)reported News—Weekend Edition

Government workers are off for the weekend, so it’s time to check out what they were up to last week. The low-drama activities of the Executive Branch are usually too...

Vox Populi AfterChat 12-18-09

Tonight’s live chat continues here! This week's topics: 1) HOWARD DEAN AND MARKOS MOULITSAS ARE BOTH SAYING IT’S TIME TO SCRAP THE CURRENT SENATE BILL BECAUSE IT IS TOO COMPROMISED. A...

Friday Night at the Planet 12-18-09

A happy Friday to everyone! What a week! The health care bill, Copenhagen, and Tiger Woods. Guess which got the most coverage? Once again, The Planet is the place to be...

Un(der)reported News—Friday Edition

All week long, we see important stories that the pundits and splashy news sites choose to ignore. Sometimes these stories are the most important of the week. Here's where...

Conferees on the Senate side

Just heard on Randi Rhodes: Looks like the conferees on the senate side will be: Chris Dodd Tom Harkin JD Rockefeller Max Baucus Harry Reid I get two things from this announcement: 1) This is a group...

Any ideas, anyone?

Watching the health care debacle has convinced me of one thing. We need campaign finance reform to fix what ails our congress. Campaign finance reform wouldn't do anything...

From posters to pouters

Friday night on Vox Populi, I mentioned that I had been posting the HP Bush Years Posters to answer Obama bashers across the net. I believe it was escribicat...

Un(der)reported News—Weekend Edition

Government employees are off for the weekend, so it’s time to check out what they were up to last week. Thanks to C-SPAN and mainstream news, we have a pretty...

Un(der)reported News—Friday Edition

Don't look for the splashy stories here! No major mainstream media sensations! Welcome to the Friday Edition of Un(der)reported News—stories you may not have seen but might find interesting. If...

President Obama’s Nobel Speech

For those who did not get a chance to see the speech, here it is in its entirety. My brief observations: I heard the president's remarks as a hard-nosed discourse...