Dick Cheney’s waterboarding: 9/11 redux
by Mark Silva Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser in the White House of the first President Bush - when Dick Cheney was serving as defense secretary - opposed the second Bush's invasion of Iraq. In the transition from one war against Saddam Hussein to another, Scowcroft has suggested, something happened to his old friend, Dick Cheney, vice president for the second Bush. "The real anomaly in the administration is Cheney," Scowcroft said in an interview for a New Yo
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Government Telegraphs Future Inflation
Jim Delaney submits: The telegraph was one of the earliest forms of long distance communication. Longer than you can ride and shout from horseback, send smoke signals or spend hoping the carrier pigeon doesn’t soak up any lead on his way back home. Like “Coke” and “Xerox”, “telegraph” has also become a generic term to denote the indication of one’s intended motive. Think The Babe pointing towards the fence in the ’32 World Series, Joe Namath, who’s raised index finger has been copied in e
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Man United-Barcelona play Champions League catchup
Two of the most famous names in football, Manchester United and Barcelona, have underachieved in Europes biggest club competition with a paltry five titles between them in its 54-year history. That total only equals the five won by Liverpool and is two behind AC Milan and four behind Real Madrid. Thats not good enough for clubs which featured players such as Bobby Charlton, George Best and David Beckham, Hristo Stoichkov, Romario and Ronaldo, and coaching greats Matt Busby and Johan Cruyff.
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