Boy, Scottie McClellan’s decision to come clean — well, I say clean, I mean slightly less dirty — on his role as the Mouth of Sauron, and how the press corps passed along the White House’s propaganda to sell the invasion and occupation of Iraq, has really opened all sorts of floodgates.
In addition […]
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On My Reading List: Naomi Klein’s New Book, The Shock Doctrine
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Posted by Dave Awl on September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am
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Colbert on the Klingon-Republican Alliance
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Roundup: Pink Elephant Edition
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Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition
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Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour
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Roundup: Fantasy History Edition
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Olbermann on O’Reilly, Colbert on Huckabee, and Stewart on Kristol
Posted by Dave Awl on August 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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Roundup: Picketing Flamingo Edition
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