Obama Clings to Clintonites and Neocons | Pentagon Developing Killer Robots? | No Bailout for GM

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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet A who's who guide to the people poised to shape Obama's foreign policy. Read more »   Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots? By Scott Thill, AlterNet A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you. Read more »   How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis By Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review Government and greedy bankers aren't the only ones to blame. Read more »   Why We Shouldn't Bail Out GM By Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation. Read more »   The Bitch and the Airhead: Blatant Women-Bashing Makes a Gut-Wrenching Comeback By Daphne Merkin, The Daily Beast Change may well be coming to Washington. But the public discourse about women has taken several steps backward. Read more »   Did Greenhouse Gases Cause the Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction? By Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor Scientists now suspect that the earth's greatest mass extinction wasn't caused by an asteroid strike or any other single cataclysmic event. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Fat-Cat Automakers Beg for Taxpayer Money While Flying in Private Jets By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly If they had flown first-class it would have been embarrassing. But company-owned private jets? Read more »   Is Obama Screwing the Netroots? By bmaz, Firedoglake When it comes to the netroots, Barack Obama has the long arm-short arm syndrome. Read more »   Daschle as HHS Secretary: A Look at the Pros and Cons By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville I'm okay with this selection -- and that's exactly as noncommittal a reaction as it sounds. Read more »   Huckabee Claims Civil Rights of Gays Are Not Being Violated: They Aren't Getting Their 'Skulls Cracked' By Ali Frick, Think Progress The dangerous violence threshold argument. Read more »

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