"We must have a foreign policy that is both strong and smart. Yes, the Republicans have been strong, but they haven't been smart. And the policy is one big mess, everyone knows it."
- Senator Chuck Schumer
View Article  Dood Poet's Society: A Limerickal Look at 2006's Top Stories
Political Cortex
A day later he called it a thumpin, This rejection of partisan stumpin, Now Bush...
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View Article  Happy New Year
Peter King Watch
Have a safe and Happy New Year.

King Watch will be back in a few days.
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View Article  Three Thousand
Bad Attitudes

Soldiers. Untold civilians.

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View Article  Newsmaker of the Year
Crooks and Liars

For Salon and NewAmerica Media, the choice was S.R. Siddarth (a.k.a. Macaca).  The CBC chose the Canadian soldier.  Time chose the blogosphere.  MSNBC decided to give us Top Political Moments instead (note the promoting of "real" Republicans and the jabs against Democrats).

Who were your top Newsmakers of the year? For better or worse, who shaped 2006? 

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View Article  Happy New Year!: The Year of Republican Corruption
Crooks and Liars
 Ava creates her New Year's Eve video with some of the cast of characters that helped bring down the GOP in 2006.

Click here to download the WMP

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View Article  Somali Jihad Over
Crooks and Liars

I don't know what to think of this.  Something tells me this is not the last time we'll hear about the Islamists in Somalia.  I find the statement that this is the "end" of terrorism in the country a bit ironic, to say the least.

GuardianUK: (h/t Gregory)

Not a shot was fired yet the Somali jihad was suddenly over…

Their fortress fell without a shot. After just nine days of clashes in Somalia's hinterland, the Islamists who had vowed to fight to the death abandoned Mogadishu, the city they had governed since June. From having ...   more »