October 7, 2008

Afghanistan. Erik Schmitt/Thom Sanger: Bush Administration Reviews Its Afghanistan Policy, Exposing Points of Contention. The New York Times. Also Small Wars Journal: Afghanistan/Pakistan News Roundup. Small Wars Journal. And Times Online: British Envoy Says Mission in Afghanistan is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo. Times Online (U.K.).

Bailout/McCain. Garrison Keillor: They’re Stealing from You and Me — Where’s the Outrage?, International Herald Tribune.

Capitalism. Brian Cloughley: A Repulsive Farce: The Unacceptable Face of Capitalism. The Smirking Chimp.

The Crisis/United States Empire. Mike Whitney: The New American Century: Cut Short by 92 Years, The Smirking Chimp.

The Crisis/Right Wing. Gary Younge: America Has a Terrible Headache, but It Seems Like No One Wants to Cure It. The Guardian/UK via Common Dreams.

Debate (V.P.). Carl Bernstein: What the Palin-Biden Debate Really Told us, The Huffington Post.

Debate (V.P.). Juan Cole: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion. Informed Comment.

Debate (V.P.). Biden vs. Palin — Who Won? 6 Short Takes on the VP Debate. AlterNet.

Domestic Spying/Civil Liberties. Digby: While You Were Sleeping . Digby Blog.

Economic Justice. Norman Solomon: Too Big to Fail and Too Small to Matter. The Smirking Chimp.

Economic Justice. Awkward007: ABC News: Palin Flub on Bankruptcy Has McCain Camp Flailing. Daily Kos. Also Robert Reich: The Almost-Done Deal, and the Era of Angry Populism. TPM Cafe.

Economy/Financial Bailout. Joseph Gallaway: Trust Us? In a Pig’s eye, I Say. McClatchy Newspapers. Also Dean Baker: The Credit Squeeze Scare. CEPR.

Election 2008. Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz: U.S. Financial Crisis Seems to Have Altered Political Map. washingtonpost.com.

Election 2008. David Michael Green: The Reality-Based Community Returns to Life, The Smirking Chimp.

Electoral Fraud. Brad Friedman: Republican War on Democracy: The Latest Offensives. Brad Blog. Also Brad Friedman: CBS News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway in At Least 19 States. Brad Blog.

Electoral Integrity. Steven Rosenfeld: How the GOP Wired Ohio’s 2004 Vote Count for Bush to Win, Alternet.

Financial Bailout. Glenn Greenwald: The Simultaneous Rejection of the Ballout and a Corrupt Ruling Class. Salon.com. Also Dean Baker: Statement on Congressional Approval of Bailout. CEPR.

Financial Bailout. Paul Craig Roberts: Why Paulson’s Plan Is a Fraud. Information Clearing House.

Financial Bailout. Digby: Progressive Shock Doctrine. Digby Blog. Also Chris Floyd: Shock and Awe: Bipartisan Beltway Terrorists Launch Economic 9/11 on the American People. Empire Burlesque. And Glenn Greenwald: Post’s Pearlstein: Anyone Opposing the Bailout Is Ignorant. Salon.com.

Financial Bailout Alternatives. Joseph Stiglitz: A Better Bailout. The Nation. Also Christopher Hayes: House Progressives Propose Bailout Alternatives. The Nation.

Financial Bailout/Economic Justice. Joe Bageant: The Really Hard-to-Swallow Truth About the Bailout. AlterNet.

Financial Bailout/Military-Industrial Complex. Chalmers Johnson: We Have the Money – If Only We Didn’t Waste It on the Defense Budget. The Smirking Chimp. See also Tom Englehardt: Chalmers Johnson on the Pentagon Bailout Fraud.. TomDispatch via The Smirking Chimp.

Financial Crisis. Thomas Frank: Wrecking, Wrecking, Wrecked. The Huffington Post via Common Dreams.

Global Warming. Robin McKie: Seas Turn to Acid As They Soak Up C02. Guardian (U.K.)

Iran. Lorna Salzman: How the Left and the Right Encourage Terrorism and War. The Smirking Chimp.

Iran. Peter Tatchell: Ahmadinejad Accepts Israel’s Right to Exist, The Guardian/UK.

Iraq Occupation. Eric Margolis: Senator McCain: One More Such ‘Victory’ and We’re Ruined. The Huffington Post.

John McCain. George F. Will: McCain Loses His Head. washingtonpost.com.

John McCain/Lies. Robert Parry: John McCain v. The Truth. The Smirking Chimp.

McCain Campaign. Frank Rich: Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain. The New York Times.

John McCain. Tim Dickinson: Make-Believe Maverick. Rolling Stone. Also Digby: Wallowing in Nixonland. Digby Blog.

John McCain Campaign/Lies. Digby: Missiles of October. Digby Blog.

McCain’s Health Plan. Paul Krugman: Health Care Destruction,. New York Times.

Media. Greg Mitchell: Pundits Blow Debate Analysis (Again)m Editor & Publisher.

Middle East. Matti Friedman: Olmert Says Peace Requires Israeli Withdrawals [from] West Bank, Jerusalem, Golan Heights. Wired.

Barack Obama/Financial Bailout. Tom Hayden: Obama’s Bailout Strategy. The Nation.

Sarah Palin. Wilmer J. Leon III: Reality Is No Rehearsal. truthout.

Sarah Palin. Linda Hirshman: Sarah Palin’s Debate Performance Tanked Among Women. AlterNet.

Republicans. Glenn Greenwald: A Country in shambles, Under GOP Rulem Salon.com via Common Dreams.

Republicans/Financial Bailout. Donna Smith: Trickle Down Has Finally Trickled Up, Common Dreams.

Republicans/Election 2008. Glenn Greenwald: The Right’s Two-Pronged Religion of Rage and Self-Pity. Salon.com.

Republicans/Iraq Occupation. Glenn Greenwald: The Death of GOP Electoral Tactics on the War. Salon.com.

Terrorism/Bush Administration. Gareth Porter: Bush Had No Plan to Catch Bin Laden After 9/11. Antiwar.

U.S. As Empire. Spiegel Staff: The End of Arrogance: America Loses Its Dominant Economic Roll. Der Spiegel (Germany). Also John Gray: A Shattering Moment In America’s Fall From Power. Guardian (U.K.)