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When Abnormal Is Normal

Another day, another terror threat in London (search). And another reminder to folks in the U.S. to be vigilant. But what does that mean: Be vigilant? A former police commissioner said it means looking for anything and anyone unusual. Look, I work in New York. I run into a lot …

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Payola Shocker: J-Lo Hits, Others Were 'Bought' by Sony

Sony Music | ‘War of the Worlds’ | The Raspberries | Eugene Record Payola Shocker: J-Lo Hits, Others Were ‘Bought’ by Sony I always say when people ask me that the so-called vipers of the movie business would not last a day in the record business. Now Eliot Spitzer’s office …

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Things That Make Me Go Grrr!

Man, lots of Oblivions in the world these days. You know what makes me go Grrr? Office gossip. Nothing Grrrs me more than people who talk about other people in the office. Just do your job, shut your mouth. Don’t you just love it when some office Oblivion shoots his …

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Downing Street Memo Mostly Ignored in U.S.

WASHINGTON – A British government memo that critics say proves the Bush administration manipulated evidence about weapons of mass destruction in order to carry out a plan to overthrow Saddam Hussein (search) has received little attention in the mainstream media, frustrating opponents of the Iraq war. The “Downing Street Memo” …

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Where Has All the Leadership Gone?

Where has all the leadership gone? That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo.” President Bush rallied the nation after the 9/11 (search) attacks, showing great leadership in removing the Taliban (search). The president also kept the country out of a recession by cutting taxes across the board, …

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Audience Participation

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Friday night is the show I have been waiting for… only because I am curious what you think of our format. Tonight we air our audience show. I hope you watch and let me know what …

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Democrats Get Ready to Pounce in 2006

With off-year elections moments away and 2006’s midterm election fast approaching, the curse of the second term seems to have taken hold of the White House, and Democrats are looking poised to pounce. The Bush-appointed Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown stepped down after dismal reviews of the federal …

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Moussaoui Appeal

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to settle a long-running dispute in the government’s case against terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui (search). In refusing to hear Moussaoui’s appeal, the justices let stand a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (search) ruling that kept the death penalty in play …

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Reporting on Rove

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Reporting on Rove New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller (search), who served as the pool reporter representing the rest of the print media aboard Air Force One today, advised her colleagues that Karl Rove’s promotion to deputy chief of staff meant he …

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The Runaway Bride

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! On Tuesday night we discussed the “runaway bride” (search) and whether she should get charged with a misdemeanor or felony. It does not seem to me to be an easy decision and I don’t envy the …

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