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Stories by Chris Nolan

McCain Right, Obama Wrong! (On Ethanol.)

Obama's troubling ties to ethanol lobby.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Pentagon Watching Scotch Distillery Webcam

Making single malt a lot like making chemical weapons, spooks explain.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Marriage Counselling Can Hurt Your Credit

Company secretly discriminating based on purchasing, lawsuit alleges.
Posted on Jun 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet

22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Arrested in Miami

Efraim Diveroli landed $300 million Pentagon contract, allegedly sold rotting ammo.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008

Family Values: House Passes Paid Parental Leave Bill

Bill would cover all federal employees.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Networked Percolators at Risk of Distributed Denial-of-Coffee Attack

Internet-connected espresso machine vulnerable to hackers.
Posted on Jun 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Progressive Philanthropist and Radish-lover Stewart R. Mott Dies

Bloggers pay their respects to eccentric patron of liberal causes.
Posted on Jun 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

CIA Gave Torture Tips to Pentagon

Senior spook: "If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong."
Posted on Jun 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Excessive Surveillance Helps Criminals

Crimefighters paralyzed by information overload.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Gay Couples Exchange Vows in California

Same-sex couples celebrate lasting love and newfound equality.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Cops and Teachers Hoax Drunk Driving Deaths to Scare Teens

Your friends are dead. Psych! By the way, don't drink and drive...
Posted on Jun 17, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Army Fired Official for Questioning $1 billion in Dodgy KBR Contracts

Whistleblower was replaced by contractor!
Posted on Jun 17, 2008

Man Falls While Recieving the Holy Spirit, Sues Church

Blessing turns to curse when church "catchers" fumble.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

There is no Iraqi insurgency, military experts say

Chaos in post-surge Iraq undercuts rationale for occupation.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008

Notorious Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff to be sentenced

Lawyers promise client will continue to sing like a canary.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Move over Book-of-the-Month: New book club courts liberals

Lefty book club step forward in progressive infrastructure-building.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Medicare Fraud Tops $60 Billion Per Year

One high school dropout takes Uncle Sam for $105 million.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: Majikthise

$23 Billion Gag Order

A US gag order is preventing the BBC from revealing $23 billion in mismanaged Iraq funds.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: Majikthise

McCain Advisor OK's Gendered Attacks on Clinton

Not two weeks after pledging a clean campaign, one McCain advisor labels gendered attacks on Clinton as fair game.
Posted on May 21, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Indian Guest-Workers in New Orleans on Hunger Strike

Indian guest workers rebuilding New Orleans are striking to protest abusive work conditions.
Posted on May 20, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Republicans Want Low-Income Renters to Pay for Mortgage Bailout

Reverse Robin Hood GOP wants the poor to pay for the mistakes of the rich.
Posted on May 19, 2008, Source: Majikthise

DOJ Says Congress Should "Get Tough" to Secure Testimony

In a dispute between the President and Congress, the Department of Justice wants the courts to stay out of it.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Wash U Honors Anti-Feminist at Graduation

Washington University honored conservative operative Phylis Schlafly with a degree at their 2008 commencement.
Posted on May 12, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Tom Friedman Blames the Victim for Subprime Values

The New York Times columnist is completely out of touch with the reality of ordinary Americans.
Posted on May 7, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Congress Probes Child Abuse Under Guise of Treatment

Congress begins to investigate "wilderness programs" and other "treatment" centers that dispense physical and psychological abuse.
Posted on May 6, 2008, Source: Majikthise

What Did John McCain Say About His Wife?

Citizen journalist is kicked out of McCain rally for asking about John McCain's "c**t" incident.
Posted on May 2, 2008, Source: Majikthise

The Oklahoma Legislature's Invasive, Anti-Choice Legislation

The Oklahoma legislature wants to force invasive ultrasounds on women seeking abortions.
Posted on Apr 29, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Legislators Say Sean Bell Shooting Case not Closed

They want to take it to the feds.
Posted on Apr 27, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Government Employees Could Be Fired For A Hobby

If you blog on your own time, what business is it to your job?
Posted on Apr 22, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Abortion Art A Hoax?

Conservatives like Drudge are going crazy over a story about abortion art, but one blogger is skeptical.
Posted on Apr 18, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Life Imitates "The Wire"

The Baltimore Sun replaces crime reporters with a blogger.
Posted on Apr 17, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Hearts and Minds: Mercenaries Lure Afghan Warlord to US; US to Charge him for Growing Poppies

The war on drugs is great fun and all, but is pissing off a million of this guy's followers really such a bright tactic?
Posted on Apr 11, 2008, Source: Majikthise

"Beholden to no Human Co**sucker": A New Gold Rush

A growing subculture sees small-time gold panning as a source of income
Posted on Apr 6, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Was Spitzer's Scandal a Justice Department Sting All Along?

Spitzer needed to go, but it wasn't the federal government's place to force him out.
Posted on Mar 18, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Spitzer Resigns: His Real Crime Was Nixonian Hubris

Spitzer has absolutely no excuse. In the current political climate, selective prosecution is a fact of life.
Posted on Mar 12, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Chicago Sun-Times Editor Resigns Over "Wholesale Rewrites" of Obama, McCain Endorsements

"It devalues and patronizes the editorial board writers who wrote the original endorsements: an African-American, a Latino and two white women."
Posted on Feb 6, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Facebook Bans Union Organizer for Making Too Many Friends

CUPE organizer/Labour Start correspondent Derek Blackadder's foray into labor-related social networking was rudely interrupted.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008, Source: Majikthise

New York Times Identifies Shooter in Blackwater Massacre

Paul Slough was a member of a Blackwater convoy that killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nissour Square on September 16, 2007.
Posted on Jan 21, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Huckabee Wants to Rewrite Constitution, Says It's Easier to Change Than "Word of Living God"

The Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, Mike Huckabee thinks it's time to put an end to that.
Posted on Jan 16, 2008, Source: Majikthise

Huckabee Reaffirms His Belief That Wives Should "Submit" to Their Husbands

Mike Huckabee's dodge about mutual submission doesn't fit the Southern Baptist Convention code that he endorsed.
Posted on Jan 14, 2008, Source: Majikthise

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