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Bernard Weiner: Bush Rehearses For Debate

Thursday, 30 September 2004, 1:20 pm | Bernard Weiner

Nobody knows how the young girl, wearing a Victorian dress, mysteriously got backstage at George W. Bush's practice session for the first presidential debate. Perhaps she's the one who planted the bottles of Evian water, the ones with "EM KNIRD" written ... More >>

Bernard Weiner: How To Beat Karl Rove

Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 10:51 am | Bernard Weiner

In a good many states, absentee voting already has started for the November 2 election. October deadlines in most states are fast approaching for registering to vote. Early-voting is just around the corner. So, six weeks out, it's a good time to take a longer look ... More >>

The Great Pall & Its Fall: A Not-So-Grim Tale

Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 11:37 am | Bernard Weiner

Once upon a time, seemingly out of nowhere, a Great Pall settled over the world. Marauding religious fanatics, each convinced their god was the one true deity, tried to force their rule on their citizens and neighbors. More >>

Bernard Weiner: Rehnquist's Defeat-Bush Memo

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 10:42 am | Bernard Weiner

I hadn't heard from Shallow Throat in nearly three months. The high-ranking mole in the Bush Administration contacted me last week, at the height of Rove's Smear Boat attacks, agitated because of the Kerry Campaign's belated, and at first, ineffectual ... More >>

25 Things We Now Know Three Years After 9/11

Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:14 am | Bernard Weiner

The Republican Party -- in a shameless , all-too-obvious attempt to manipulate the tragedy of 9/11 for partisan ends -- chose New York City for its nominating convention. Must have seemed like a great idea at the time. More >>

Bernard Weiner: The White House Horrors

Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 10:56 am | Bernard Weiner

Below is a short list of positively frightening power-grabs by the Bush Administration that will curl your hair -- and, I hope, provide reasonable justifications for a Kerry vote by those still undecided or those leaning toward Nader or other alternative ... More >>

B.S. Away! Cuts Through the Political Spin & Slime

Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 11:44 am | Bernard Weiner

So much campaign slime, so many lies told and retold -- my head was spinning from listening to the sludge that passes for political discourse these days. So I headed down to Silicon Valley, to get another cannister of ''B.S. Away!'' from my ingenious ... More >>

Bernard Weiner: Bush's AWOL Scandal

Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 11:54 am | Bernard Weiner

For its own political purposes last year, the Bush Administration compromised a covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame, by revealing her name and job; outing a covert agent is a felony. More >>

Letter to Europe: America's Weird Election Dance

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 2:30 pm | Bernard Weiner

You write that you're ''confused'' about how we American progressives can possibly nominate what you call a ''militarist candidate'', when the bulk of the Democratic Party -- and the population at large -- is opposed to the war in Iraq. More >>

An Advance Peek at Kerry's Acceptance Speech

Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 1:13 pm | Bernard Weiner

What follows are excerpts from a supposed draft copy of Senator John Kerry's upcoming acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. We cannot vouch for its authenticity, or whether Kerry actually will deliver anything close to this purported ... More >>

George & Martha & The Art of Slip-Sliding

Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 4:03 pm | Bernard Weiner

Like most folks, I hate getting caught out and having to admit my errors. But, after observing the current political and legal scene, I've figured out how in the future to avoid paying a penalty for any misdeeds I may commit. More >>

Karl Rove's Diary: Time for Those ''Surprises''

Thursday, 15 July 2004, 3:35 pm | Bernard Weiner

Dear Diary: On with the cape, the Boy-Genius needs to ride again! I've got to do SOMETHING to pull us out of the tailspin we're in. It isn't gonna be easy, given the gross mistakes a lot of us made -- and, yep, I'm thinking primarily of Rummy, ... More >>

Bush's Torture Deceit: Depends on What "Is" Is

Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 9:33 am | Bernard Weiner

You know the drill: Bush&Co. are so secretive that they will not, repeat NOT, release internal decision-making documents to the public. Never, ever. More >>

Shallow Throat: Don't Torture Bush, Just Abuse Him

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 10:44 am | Bernard Weiner

Those who have followed my conversations over the years with ''Shallow Throat''* -- the high-ranking GOP mole in the Bush Administration -- know that ST has been paranoid about being discovered by his employer. More >>

Weiner: Torture Memos Reveal Fascist Mentality

Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 10:24 am | Bernard Weiner

Conveniently buried in the all-Reagan-all-the-time news coverage last week was the smoking-gun revelation, in the so-called torture-memos, that the Bush Administration was actively engaged in setting up a governmental system where Bush becomes the sole ... More >>