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It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

Afghanistan KarateKid - December 13, 2009 45

The military, for a number of years, had a draft. It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all...

Friday Music Thread – Your Early Faves

Music AdLib - December 11, 2009 225

Welcome to our Friday Night Music thread! This week's theme is the music you grew up with, the songs you heard as a kid...

Talking about Not Talking about Not Talking

Huffington Post AdLib - December 9, 2009 229

Since the orbit of The Planet periodically brings it close to the wormhole that is The Huffington Post (mainly after full moons), I think...

Up In The Air – A Review

Film KevenSeven - December 7, 2009 6

I still cannot for the life of me get these blasted images inserted correctly. Anyway, any good scuttlebutt that you have heard about Up In...

Music the Heartbeat of Films

Film KQµårk 死神 - December 4, 2009 103

Music has always been a part of film, even while running silent movies a pianist would play in the theater to enhance the drama,...

The Death of the Great Movie

Film McGinty - November 29, 2009 154

I see fewer movies than ever in theaters. I've come to regard it as showing greater respect for a film to go through the...

Gonna be a bear!

Humor Kalima - November 29, 2009 7

A friend sent this to my inbox this morning and I thought I would like to share it with you. I think that we...

The Earworms Are Coming! (Friday music thread!)

Music Mogamboguru - November 27, 2009 110

The earworms are coming!

Thanksgiving

Humor javaz - November 25, 2009 181

Thanksgiving can be a day of joyful family reunion or, a dreaded day of obligation that must be attended out of guilt. Does Thanksgiving for...

Senate of Kings: Can voters ever really claim their democratic power?

Games nellie - November 23, 2009 35

I was struck by a clip of Joe Lieberman during his most recent campaign for the senate. I heard the clip on Randi...

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Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union. [...]

Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin

President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue. [...]

Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal. [...]

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U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Laura Loomer Posts

The move blocked a pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States, including young children, who have arrived in recent weeks with serious conditions. [...]

Israel Gears Up for Nationwide Strike to Support Hostages

Nearly two years of demonstrations have failed to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal with Hamas that would end the war and free the remaining captives. [...]

Jeanine Pirro Takes on Prosecutor Role in Trump’s D.C. Crackdown

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Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

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Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

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Russia complicating end to war, says Zelensky, as Trump pursues peace deal

The US president will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Monday in the wake of his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday. [...]

Trump's ceasefire pivot will cause dismay in Kyiv and Europe

The US president demanded a ceasefire before he met Putin. His change of mind flies in the face of what Europe and Ukraine want. [...]

'The world is behaving irrationally' - Putin's warm welcome gets cold reaction in Ukraine

In the absence of a deal, Ukrainians focused on the optics of Putin's visit to Trump in Alaska. [...]

Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in protests

Russia throws support behind the beleaguered president, saying it won't "remain unresponsive" to unrest. [...]

Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal as heatwave continues

Thousands of firefighters have been battling huge blazes in Spain and Portugal on Saturday. [...]

Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

The majority of deaths were recorded in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area. [...]

Malnourished Gazan woman flown to Italy dies in hospital

The woman was one of 180 Gazans evacuated by Italy in response to the humanitarian crisis [...]

Erin rapidly intensifies to category five hurricane

The "extremely powerful" storm "explosively deepened and intensified" overnight, say forecasters. [...]

Air Canada and union ordered to bargaining table to end strike

Canada's jobs minister intervenes in the dispute in a bid to preserve "stability and supply chains". [...]

Macron condemns 'act of hatred' after tree memorial for murdered Jew is cut down

The French president said the felling of the tree honouring Ilan Halimi was "an attempt to kill him a second time". [...]

Arts and Entertainment

It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

Friday Music Thread – Your Early Faves

Talking about Not Talking about Not Talking

Up In The Air – A Review

Music the Heartbeat of Films

The Death of the Great Movie

Gonna be a bear!

The Earworms Are Coming! (Friday music thread!)

Thanksgiving

Senate of Kings: Can voters ever really claim their democratic power?

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