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...couple a police crackdown with concessions - such as amnesty or a transfer of ETA prisoners to jails in the Basque Country to make it easier for their families to visit - which, so far, have proved political suicide for whichever party is in government. (Read "New Basque Government: A Blow to Separatists...
Defendant Joel Tenenbaum was dealt a blow in the second-ever jury trial on file-sharing on Monday when Judge Nancy Gertner ruled against the unusual strategy his legal team had planned...
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...Public Perception The double blow of both the House and Senate being unlikely to pass legislation before his deadline is the worst setback Obama has seen in his six months in office. The monthlong break will give critics ample time to hone their messages of "too much, too soon" and stir up grass-roots opposition, and members of Congress will go home to hear what constituents have to say. As President Lyndon Johnson, the great master of the Senate, warned his staff after his 1964 landslide, "every day while I'm in office, I'm gonna lose votes." Some...
...this were a standard-issue parody, the Brit clods and U.S. dolts would by the end blunder their way to an improbable victory. But true satire says that the human condition is weak, venal and vulnerable, and we all deserve to blow. The bang that ended the movies, definitive political satire,Dr. Strangelove, wasn't fireworks but the end of the world. In the Loop sidesteps the happy ending, but sitting through it is a hoot: cruel people making funny cracks about life-and-death issues. You'll feel smarter just getting in synch with its hurtful, healing sense...