Informed Comment: Iraqi allies we've left behind: "The people on my list have been tortured, they've been raped, they've lost body limbs. There's one guy on my list who's been thrown out of a moving vehicle. And all of this because they helped us. They came every single day to try to pitch in, in our efforts there."

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Monkey Muck: If you're not rich yet it's your own damn fault!

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ePluribus Media: Rigged Casinos and the Plunge Protection Team: Bernanke debunks 'free market' myth.

Mother Jones: Is the McCain campaign screening questioners? Meanwhile, this ad could mark the first time the Republican National Committee launched an attack against its own party.