The 265 current or former members of the British Parliament and 111 current or former members of the European Parliament ... contend that continuing to proceed with Hamdan's military commission trial now would cause "incalculable harm to the fabric" of international law Veto overriden on important Medicare bill: So Congress has overridden Bush’s veto on the Medicare bill. This is huge news. As I tried to explain last week, it’s not really about maintaining doctors’ payments — some fudge would have been found to avoid drastic cuts. It’s about rolling back Medicare privatization — and it’s a big win for reformers against the insurance companies.All of which makes it puzzling how little coverage this is getting in the news media.
-- I also wonder why there seems to be such non-interest in this. Everyone holding their breath?
-- In the world of people who own their own jets, the recession really is just in the minds of whiners-- Is John McCain having more 'let-them-eat-cake' moments lately?
... She has convinced herself that she understands the Everyman American when in reality she is nothing but a ventriloquist to a legion of straw men. --Who could dat be? NPR’s Mara Liasson ... The carceral state has grown so huge that it has begun to transform fundamental democratic institutions, from free and fair elections ... ... Forcing private insurers to operate as efficiently as the federal government is apparently asking too much of the GOP's free market acolytes. Better to cut doctors' fees instead.
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