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Another day, another new low hit by the McCain campaign.

• Hillary Clinton, unwittingly, pitches in for the McCain campaign.

• The future of fat: 40 years and every U.S. adult will be overweight.

• The question we all want answered: Who can I sue?

• Forgotten war in Afghanistan passes tragic milesstone.

• Hillary is pressing for a floor vote at the Dem National Convention. Really.

• Shouldn’t civil liberties at least be talked about by the major candidates?

• The United States’ place in the deplorable history of killing women and children first.

• And finally, something that does not depress me (and one of the great moments in movie history):

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See you at the debate, old wrinkly guy.

• There appears to be little room for civil disobedience in the current humorless atmosphere.

• What do you do when domestic terrorists are in short supply? Start charging the innocent.

• Fail to pay a parking ticket, lose your house. Really.

• Coming soon: your national ID card:

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 Really. He wants to bring the same ham-fisted tactics that are failing in Baghdad to the streets of the United States.

• Italy’s giving fascism another shot.

• Repeat after me: It’s Cheney’s fault.

• The matra: when in doubt, blame Osama.

• Does everyone understand just how destructive a war with Iran will be?

• The rats continue to flee the sinking ship that is the Republican Party.

• For sale to the highest bidder: America’s infrastructure.

• Print is finally dead.

• This is best played very, very loud:

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Why was the CIA protecting Radovan Karadzic, the butcher of Kosovo?

• Economic news just continues to get worse.

• Now even prime borrowers are starting to default on loans.

• Bradenton bank goes belly-up.

• What’s really killing newspapers.

• On Joe Klein’s stand against Israeli neocons, the most dangerous people in the world.

• Another view on the kerfluffle.

• Osama bin Laden’s driver is on “trial” in Guantanamo Bay right now. But even if he is exonerated, what will we do with him? We could send him to the new prisons we’re building in Saudi Arabia. Or maybe the one we’re building on Diego Garcia?

• Think the surge has made life better in Baghdad? Think again:

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• What should John McCain do with President Bush at the convention?

• McCain has, however, figured out what kind of campaign he’s going to run - a dirty one.

• Dick Cheney’s crazy idea of killing American Navy SEALs to start a war with Iran.

• More than 3 million Americans became expatriates last year.

• The former head of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program is now leading Blackwater’s new intelligence service.

• If you are traveling with your laptop, make sure there’s nothing important on it, as the Department of Homeland Security can confiscate it and take it offsite to be examined as it sees fit.

• The first of the Guantanamo Bay show trials continues, including the first use of secret testimony.

• The most violent cops in America - in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just shot both of mayor’s dogs.

• NYPD calls for neighbors to snoop on neighbors and then turn the video evidence over to authorities. I doubt, however, that this is the sort of video they were hoping to see. WARNING: Graphic violence.

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• History already frowning upon the Bush Presidency? No problem, just start rewriting it.

• The most dangerous people in the world right now: Israeli neocons.

• Not that American politicians are helping the problem as we keep saying, “Don’t worry, we may still attack Iran for you. “

• Even Barack Obama is in on it.

• More people we need to be really worried about.

• Number of American jobs exported to China since Bush took office: 2.3 million.

• The “block and blame” politics of the GOP is destroying America.

•  The contemptible Karl Rove is finally held in contempt.

•  Write a letter to your congressman that disputes the official line on 9/11, have your letter turned over to the Capitol Police.

• Is it 4:20 yet?

• What U.S. government contractors do for fun; yep, shooting at innocent civilians:

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It’s Rick Astley, peoples! He’s alive, Rick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Astley! Rick “Together Forever” Astley! Wait for it…. Rick Roll!

Sweet Cheesus! We are so feeling this woman — mainly because we had our own spiritual experience and swear we saw the (local alert!) “O” face guy from Office Space in a bag of Funyuns.

If Christian Bale can own the Batman and Terminator franchises, why not be the next Bond? Herewith, a proposal.

Say hello to Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager, and screw Trader Joe’s. We want an Empire Market in town.

“Things are going awesome?!! We’re going to the moon?!! Hellz yeah, I got my flag! Me and Buzz, moon owners! Moon dance!!”

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 Jeb Corliss is pushing the boundaries of human flight.

• It’s time to purge Congress of conservative Democrats.

• Americans continue to grow more disillusioned about the economy.

• Some good questions for John McCain.

• Followed by some good questions for Barack Obama.

• Iraq is know as Bush’s War. Will Afghanistan be known as Obama’s War?

• GOP Senator Ted Stevens indicted. Who’s next?

• American food portions continue to swell to enormous and unsustainable levels.

• If you read nothing else this week, read this interview of Noam Chomsky.

• Sigh. Penn and Teller used to be funny.

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• Many of his supporters have been disheartened by Barack Obama’s move to the center. Some of his detractors, though, still see him is a Communist.

•  How to perform a citizen’s arrest of one of the criminals from the Bush Administration.

• Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales may not be so lucky. U.S. Rep John Conyers wants to indict him for perjury right now.

•  Some in government are worried that many Americans may break with tradition and actually vote this year.

• So what do you do with $20 million in decomposing cash?

• The U.S. is experiencing an epidemic of hearing loss.

•  Department of Homeland Security thugs hard at work:

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President George W. Bush claimed last week that the source of all our economic troubles was that “Wall St. got drunk.” Finally the man is talking about something has has knowledge of.

• Former NASA astronaut makes claims about alien contact.

• Exploring Bush’s historic abuse of power. Read the whole Salon.com series here.

• Is Obama in serious danger of sliding too far to the middle to call himself the “change” candidate?

• Are we still moving toward martial law?

• If cities are not liable for dangerous streets, why are we still liable for paying taxes?

• You know the banking system is insolvent when…

• Gas prices could drop to $3.50 by Labor Day. Who ever thought that would be an enticing price to pay for petrol?

• Osama bin Laden’s driver: Flight 93 was shot down by U.S.

• This needs to be the next Olympic sport:

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