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When “balance” takes a story out of control: New York Times–

Of course, every institution in a democracy tends to demand transparency for its rivals and opacity for itself. Some Senate Democrats now calling for the release of the torture memos demanded a leak investigation when their own memos about blocking President Bush’s judicial nominations […]

As oil prices hit an all-time high, a noted lack of the usual enthusiasm by the U.S. for ousting Chavez as Sunday’s referendum approaches. However, do not forget the wild card: Venezuela’s election technology is run by an American contractor.

The Congressional Budget Office, completely bipartisan, shows that fully one third of Bush’s tax cuts went to the richest 1 percent of Americans.

The report calculated that households with incomes in that top 1 percent were receiving an average tax cut of $78,460 this year, while households in the middle 20 percent of earnings – […]

AFP-Meanwhile, a totally related fact, from the same report:

The major assault on Najaf on Thursday, capping an uprising that has killed hundreds more in six other cities in southern and central Iraq, drove world oil prices to record highs.

Crude oil futures in New York peaked at $45.75 a barrel on Thursday, the highest […]

New York is much more afraid of election tricks than terror alerts.