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    Bush Relents on Torture

    December 15, 2005

    At last! George Bush has finally done something I can give him credit for: he caved in to John McCain’s pressure and has come out in support of the legislation McCain has been trying to get through Congress. The New York Times reports the story here: Bush and McCain Reach Deal on Treatment of Torture […]

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    Supreme Court to Review Texas Re-Districting

    December 12, 2005

    At long last someone is going to check the legality of the Texas district rigging Tom DeLay pushed through a couple of years back. The story is reported in today’s New York Times: Supreme Court to Review Texas Redistricting Dispute The result of DeLay’s efforts was to create five extra Republican biased seats in Texas, […]

    Economics, Politics / austerity, plutocracy, tax cuts /

    Heck with the Poor!

    December 9, 2005

    Congress has agreed on the tax cut packages they have been debating for the past few months. You can read some details here: More House Tax Cuts, Total to Exceed $90 Billion. I won’t argue that the Alternative Minimum Tax (‘AMT’) doesn’t need fixing. It was designed originally to prevent the really wealthy from avoiding […]

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