September 30, 2008

The Bailout. Dave Lindorff: The Power of “No” and the Need to Keep the Pressure on Congress, The Smirking Chimp. Also, David Swanson: Bailout Round II: A New Share of Lipstick, The Smirking Chimp.

Bailout Failure. Kos: Congress Did the Right Thing Today, Daily Kos. Also Meteor Blades: Bailout Defeat Offers Opportunity, Daily Kos.

Debates: Presidential No. 1. Joseph Romm: Obama’s Can’t-Lose Debate Strategy. The Huffington Post.

Debates: Presidential No.1. Joshua Holland: Six Short Takes On Why Obama Came Out Ahead in the Debate, AlterNet.

Dissent. Norman Solomon: Finally the Story of the Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War. The Smirking Chimp.

Domestic Spying/Beyond the Law. Think Progress: Addington Signed Gonzales’ Name to Re-Authorize Warrantless Wiretapping Program. Think Progress. Also Declan McCullagh: FBI’s Net Surveillance Proposal Raises Privacy, Legal Concerns. CNet.

Economy. Hank Kalet: The Pyramids Crumble. Common Dreams.

Electoral Fraud. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Votes Are Being Stolen, Now, by Hundreds of Thousands”. Daily Kos. Also Greg Gordon: Election Officials Telling College Students They Can’t Vote. McClatchy Newspapers. And Mark Crispin Miller: Spoonamore Reveals The Plan To Steal The Next Election, Democratic Underground.

Fascism. Naomi Wolf: Has Sarah Palin Been Picked as the Titular Head of the Coming Police State? AlterNet.

Fascism in America/Military. Glenn Greenwald: Why Is a U.S. Army Brigade Being Assigned to the “Homeland”?. Salon.com. Also Digby: Dispatches from Torture Nation. Digby Blog.

Financial Bailout. Dave Lindorff: What Nobody’s Saying: The Bailout Will Kill the Dollar, The Smirking Chimp.

Financial Bailout. Joshua Holland: Meltdown and Bailout: Why Our Economic System Is On the Verge of Collapse. AlterNet.

Financial Bailout. David Swanson: We Can Stop Paulson’s Plunder. The Smirking Chimp.

Financial Bailout. David Cay Johnston: Journalists, Start Your Skepticism. Poynter Online. Also Meg White: Bailing Out Wall Street: Another Front in the GOP Economic War Against American Working Families. BuzzFlash. And Dean Baker: Bush Brings WMD Line to Wall Street. truthout.

Financial Bailout. Matthew Benjamin: Hundreds of Economists Urge Congress Not to Rush on Rescue Plan. Bloomberg News. Also Mike Whitney: Mushroom Cloud Over Wall Street. Information Clearing House.

Financial Bailout. Digby: Long Term Capitol. Digby Blog. Also Kos: “Crisis” Bill Was Months in the Making. Daily Kos. And Anonymous: [Satire on How to Finance Bailout]. The Nation.

Financial Bailout. Glenn Greenwald: David Brooks Thinks He Sees a “New Establishment” to Run Economic Policy. Salon.com. Also Madis Senner: You Cannot Push on a Piece of String, Mr. Paulson . Dissident Voice. And Dan Lieberman: The Great Bailout. Dissident Voice.

Financial Bailout. Digby: Serious People [Roubini's Thoughts]. Digby Blog. Also Nouriel Roubini: Is Purchasing $700 billion of Toxic Assets the Best Way to Recapitalize the Financial System?… . RGE Monitor. And Mike Whitney: Mushroom Cloud Over Wall Street. Information Clearing House.

Financial Bailout. Digby: Stopping the Bleeding. Digby Blog. Also Glenn Greeenwald and Digby: What Are the Dangers for Democrats in Supporting a Bailout? And Why Are They About to Do It?. Salon.com.

Financial Bailout. Thom Hartmann: How Wall Street Can Bail Itself Out without Destroying the Dollar. OpEdNews. Also Paul Krugman: A $700 Billion Slap in the Face. The New York Times. And Der Spiegel: Merkel Says Washington Helped Drag Europe into the Credit Crisis. Der Spiegel (Germany).

Financial Bailout. Hilzoy: The Final Bill, Washington Monthly. Also Digby: Enablers, Digby Blog. And Glenn Greenwald: Bailout Follows the 10 Normal Principles
for How Our Government Functions, Salon.

John McCain. Rosa Brooks: Keating 5 Ring a Bell?. Los Angeles Times. Also John Judis: Putting Country Last . The New Republic. And George F. Will: McCain Loses His Head. Washington Post.

John McCain. Nicholas Kristof: Impulsive,Impetuous,Impatient . The New York Times. Also Frank Rich: McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere. The New York Times.

John McCain/Veterans Issues. clammyc: McCain’s Voting Record: He Does Not Support Our Troops and Veterans. Veterans for Common Sense. Also Dean Baker: McCain Would Privatize Social Security. truthout.

John McCain. Steven Rosenfeld: Republicans Allege McCain Covered Up His Collaboration with the North Vietnamese While a POW. AlterNet.

McCain/Palin. Carl Bernstein: The Palin Pick — The Devotion of McCain. The Huffington Post.

Media/Financial Crisis. Eric Boehlert: The Campaign-Obsessed Press Never Saw Wall Street’s Calamity Coming. The Smirking Chimp.

Media/Liberals. Sam Boyd: Channel Changer. The American Prospect.

Obama Campaign. R. J. Eskow: Five Ways Obama Can Nail the Next Debate . . . And Still Be Obama. The Huffington Post.

Sarah Palin. Matt Taibbi: Mad Dog Palin. AlterNet.

Sarah Palin. James Rainey: Palin Talks to Couric – and If She’s Lucky, Few are Listening. Los Angeles Times.

Sarah Palin. Glenn Greenwald: Correction on Sarah Palin. Salon.com.

Sarah Palin/Religion. Michelle Goldberg: Sarah Palin, 21st Century Theocrat. AlterNet.

Sarah Palin. Rachel Weiner: Report: McCain Aides Complain That Palin Is “Clueless”. The Huffington Post. Also Fox News [AP story was spiked quickly]: Conservatives Begin Questioning Palin’s Heft . Brad Blog. And Kathleen Parker: Palin Problem: She’s Out Of Her League [And Should Resign]. National Review.

Regressives (Right Wing. ). David Michael Green: America’s Elephant In The Room. The Smirking Chimp.

Right Wing. Alicia Morgan: Conservatism – The Elephant in the Room. The Smirking Chimp.

Torture/John McCain. Digby: Dispatches from Torture Nation . Digby Blog.