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  1. Bush-McCain economy continues to be top issue details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 3 hours ago by Chris in Paris

    No matter how hard John McCain tries, he can't break free from the Bush economy. Even yesterday McCain praised Bush for the drop in oil prices, despite a lack of any...

  2. East Africa food crisis becoming urgent details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 5 hours ago by Chris in Paris

    As always, war and drought are driving the terrible conditions. And, as always, Europe, US and China keep selling (and giving) more and more military equipment to the...

  3. Bush team rushing through changes in workplace safety details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 9 hours ago by Chris in Paris

    Think of it as a little good-bye gift to industry, since they haven't enjoyed enough benefits already. Business will look back at these years as the Golden Years when...

  4. Do the Republicans want to leave Iraq ever? details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 10 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    I get the need to withdraw from Iraq in an orderly manner that protects our troops and preserves whatever gains we've made. But, isn't it a bit odd that we're...

  5. New study suggests household products may be toxic details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 12 hours ago by Chris in Paris

    The chemical industry is not happy because the EU is forcing them to list all chemicals and prove that they are safe rather than the US model where the government has to...

  6. Why the right wing and the media swiftboated General Wesley Clark details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 13 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    Because he's one of the best things the Democratic party has - a general who is on our side. A general who was the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. What the...

  7. Now it's FEMA who wants immunity details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 14 hours ago by Chris in Paris

    Let's just give everyone immunity and pretend as though nothing ever happened. You'll have to step over those people that are dying and struggling to breath but that's...

  8. Or it's a testament to a subtle and pervasive media bias details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 15 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    From National Journal's Blogomoter:Liberal bloggers are hammering John McCain for incorrectly asserting that the Iraq troop surge "began the Anbar Awakening" (in reality,...

  9. Rasmussen now has Obama up in Florida and a slew of House seats are in play details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 16 hours ago by Joe Sudbay (DC)

    Movement for Obama in the Sunshine State: Barack Obama has caught up to John McCain in Florida. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Obama...

  10. Snickers is running another violent homophobic TV ad details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 17 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    You'd think these people would learn. Apparently not. Opvortex reports that this time they show a guy, who looks awfully gay - they even show a close-up of his ass...

  11. Jed presents "John McCain's Neverending War" details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 19 hours ago by Joe Sudbay (DC)

    Watch this:Jed does it again. Bravo.Jed posted this video last night. So far, it's had over 25,000 views, which is very impressive for a nine-minute video. Jed also...

  12. Novak-ula accused of hit and run against pedestrian details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 20 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    Wow.A concierge at 1700 K Street said that she saw a bicyclist yelling and walked outside to see what the commotion was about. "This guy hit somebody and he won't stop...

  13. Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks to me about the true cost of the war in Iraq, high oil prices, and the mortgage crisis details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 21 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    While attending the Symi Symposium in Greece last week, I was able to spend some time with Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize-winning economist from Columbia University. ...

  14. Increasingly desperate McCain accuses Obama of flip-flopping on the Holocaust details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 22 hours ago by John Aravosis (DC)

    As I wrote yesterday, the Democrats let the Republicans attack their patriotism, and now their humanity, with impunity, and we're surprised that the Republicans keep...

  15. Mukasey is a disappointment to Democrats who supported him. Really? details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 23 hours ago by Joe Sudbay (DC)

    Okay, this NY Times article was just waiting to be written. Eric Lichtblau probably put it in his calendar to give it six or seven months. How can Chuck Schumer really...

  16. Obama's uncle, Charles Payne, recounts the liberation of Ohrdruf details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 1 day ago by Joe Sudbay (DC)

    Remember, in May, how the right wingers went into a frenzy because Obama named the wrong concentration camp when speaking of his uncle, Charlie Payne, who served in World...

  17. Wednesday Morning Open Thread details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 1 day ago by Joe Sudbay (DC)

    Good morning.We've been waiting for John McCain to go off the deep end. He took a dive in that direction yesterday with his way over-the-top attack on Obama's patriotism...

  18. British soldier made $371,000 selling beer in Iraq details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 1 day ago by Chris in Paris

    I think Halliburton might have a job waiting for this guy. The good thing about Halliburton and the other Western contractors working in Iraq is that having a criminal...

  19. Freddie & Fannie bailout could cost $25 billion details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 1 day ago by Chris in Paris

    Republican economics continues to show America how costly it is to ignore the basics. Failure to properly regulate and letting financial institutions do pretty much...

  20. Europe investing $70 billion in solar powered supergrid details »
    www.americablog.com Posted 1 day ago by Chris in Paris

    Sure, if you like that kind of thing. Anyway, we could never do such a project in the US because we don't have any sunny regions that are ideal for solar energy and...