If I Were In The House...

Paul Krugman writes : I guess I have to be explicit at this point: yes, I would vote no.

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Petraeus: Taking the Rear-View Mirrors Off the Bus, To Torture Again

A disturbing look at the forgotten history of General David Petraeus, approved as new CIA director in a 94-0 Senate vote despite his involvement in torture - and his stated willingness to use it again. Quietly, we move toward the institutionalization of torture.

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Animal Instincts

In case you need a break from the debt crisis: A chimpanzee in a Thailand zoo has taken to feeding tiger cubs. This doesn't have much to do with anything but it could serve as a nice metaphor for coexistence if you were so inclined.

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"Abject Surrender" (Again)

With progressives blasting the proposed debt deal as "a Satan sandwich," Paul Krugman goes further . Pulling no punches, he calls it "raw extortion" and "a catastrophe on multiple levels." "How can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared to be ruthless, to threaten the nation’s economic security, gets to dictate policy?...Maybe it can’t."

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