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George Will: Don't fuck with the filibuster (Dec 01 2004 23:32 GMT) - Conservative writer George Will tells Republicans to leave the filibuster of judicial nominees intact. Republicans could get a ruling from the chair--from Vice President Cheney presiding--that filibustering judicial nominees is an abuse of the Senate's power to advise and consent to nominations. The ruling, which 51 senators could enforce, would be that such filibusters are unconstitutional because they prevent the president from fulfilling his constitutional duty to staff the federal judiciary. But that argument fails, on two counts. First, his duty is not to staff the judiciary but to initiate a staffing process in which the Senate has a constitutional role. |
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Funeral (Dec 01 2004 23:32 GMT) - At the funeral of Nathan Wood, Marine LCpl age 19, in Kirkland, WA. Nathan was killed Aug 9 in Falluja. His best friend, garrett Ware, also a Marine fighting in Falluja, was injured and sent home with a Purple Heart. In this image Garrett hugs Nathan's father, Rex Wood.Photographer: |
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Bush's style of "mending fences" (Dec 01 2004 23:32 GMT) - So Bush goes to Canada to make nice with our northern neighbors. His approach? To demand Canada send its young to die for Bush's Iraq mistake:President George W. Bush urged Canada to end divisions with the U. |
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New factions in DNC fight (Dec 01 2004 23:32 GMT) - This is starting to get really interesting. State parties and congressional Dems are weighing in on their requirements for the new DNC chair -- the transformation of the DNC away from a president-centric organization, to one fixated on rebuilding congressional and state Democratic efforts. In behind-the-scenes positioning, key congressional lawmakers are seeking to prevent the national party from lapsing into another four-year presidential gestation cycle, where the DNC serves as nothing more than an incubator for the party's ambitions to capture the White House, say leadership aides. That congressional strategy to deemphasize the presidential race is being paralleled at the state level, where party chairmen are withholding their endorsements and plan to swing their 112 votes in one bloc for a single candidate. Those party leaders will seek to extract concrete assurances from the eight potential candidates for DNC chairperson who have been invited to address the Association of State Democratic Chairmen (ASDC) on Dec. |
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November bloodiest month (Dec 01 2004 23:32 GMT) - Things in Iraq continue to go from bad to worse, and from worse to hopeless. Fueled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the U.S. military death toll for November equalled the highest for any month of the war, according to casualty reports available Tuesday. At least 135 U. |
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Work therapy gets rid of drug addiction: (Dec 01 2004 23:31 GMT) - A positive correlation was found between employment and the reduction of chronic drug use within welfare populations. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(85%), $propaganda_theme4(85%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $amphetamines(100%), $methamphetamine(100%), $narcotic(100%), $opiate(100%), $heroin(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Weekdays at 4:45 PM on Radio 990 in Manitoba (Dec 01 2004 23:31 GMT) - (Canada) Stinson says prevention needs to be targeted at ordinary people, not just populations the province deems "high risk," such as drug users, sex-trade workers, and gay men. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $alcohol(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Despite government campaign, HIV infection rates unchanged in US ... (Dec 01 2004 23:31 GMT) - (US) Yet some advocacy groups say that effort fails to focus on drug users, or very sexually active young men, which advocacy groups say is key in preventing new infections. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme6(65%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Review: The Village (2004) (Dec 01 2004 23:30 GMT) - Just back from the having seen 'The Village' at The Dukes. I know, I know; the rest of the world probably saw it months ago, but it's fairly easy to predict which films will eventually reach The Dukes, and I... |
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