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Sunday Talking Heads: March 14, 2010

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

Math geeks of the world unite, it's Pi Day. Special thanks to artist Nathan Mazur (and Neatorama) for the tasty illustration. Make sure you set your clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time, you don't want to miss your favorite bobbleheads....

Late Late Night FDL: Barney Bear’s Victory Garden

Mar 13, 2010 10:00pm

Barney Bear's Victory Garden. This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon was originally released on December 26, 1942....

Late Night: “Nonresponsibility,” Or, How to Set a Proper Papal Moral Example

Mar 13, 2010 8:00pm

The Vatican, today. The pope’s spokesman has launched a vigorous counter-attack against a report linking Benedict XVI to a sex abuse cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1981. Father Federico Lombardi appeared to suggest in an interview on Vatican Radio that the pope, who also...

Were The Torturers Bypassing OLC in July 2004?

Mar 13, 2010 7:00pm

It appears that early in July 2004, the White House dictated to DOJ what torture methods would be approved. And only after Congress got involved did the White House agree to niceties like OLC opinions....

Exposé Shows Rubio Spent Big in Rise to Top

Mar 13, 2010 7:00pm

I don't know if this will derail Marco Rubio in the Republican primary - if I had to guess it won't - but the biggest papers in Florida just looked back at his record and found a huge slush fund for both political and personal activities, maintained through special interest...

Meet the New Iraqi Government Coalition, (Probably) the Same As the Old Coalition

Mar 13, 2010 5:00pm

So the election results are trickling in slowly from the Iraqi parliamentary elections, and the coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is expressing confidence that they will come away with the largest share of the votes -- a confidence that may or may not be related to the gradually...

Why Does Congress Want to Raid Our Best Carbon Bank?

Mar 13, 2010 4:00pm

A proposed bill, S. 881/H.R. 2099, will transfer parts of the Tongass National Forest, one of our best carbon banks, to a private Alaska Native corporation for logging (carbon-bank-raiding) purposes....

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Yves Smith, ECONned:

Mar 13, 2010 2:00pm

Econned by Yves Smith shows how economists persuaded the political and media elites that they knew what they were doing. Smith shows that they didn't, and then shows how Wall Street traders and their bosses exploited the world those economists and their corporate sponsors created. The result was financial collapse....

Will the Pro-Choice Caucus Join Ben Nelson to Sell Out Choice?

Mar 13, 2010 1:00pm

Following the passage of the House health care bill, the outcry against Bart Stupak’s amendment from pro-choice members of Congress was stentorious. Rep. Diana DeGette and Rep. Louise Slaughter co-authored a letter signed by 41 members of Congress, which says quite clearly: We will not vote for a...

My Bankruptcy – An American Story, Part 2

Mar 13, 2010 12:00pm

In this installment, I am going to describe the visit to the attorney and talk about making the choice between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. If you are interested in the first part of this series, you can find it here. It is a description of how my wife...