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Wednesday, October 4, 2006
$20 Million Victory Party
Congress approved $20 million to pay for a day-long party in Washington celebrating victory in Afghanistan and Iraq. Regrettably, that money wasn't spent. (1:29)
Tonight: TV cameras in the Supreme Court, the Nobel Prize Patrol coming to a scientist's door with a giant check and North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan's anti-outsourcing book. (0:36)
Sen. Arlen Specter has introduced a bill to put TV cameras in the Supreme Court. Some justices are against the bill, and they're right -- often far right. (2:48)
With only a week left to go in the Green Screen Challenge, Stephen shows Brian Pope's D&D-themed entry about the death of Farynieth the 21st-level paladin. (1:40)
When Stephen found out Senator Byron Dorgan was coming he thought he'd do a North Dakota-themed show, until he couldn't think of anything else from North Dakota. (6:49)
Congress approved $20 million to pay for a day-long party in Washington celebrating victory in Afghanistan and Iraq. Regrettably, that money wasn't spent. (1:29)
The President and his war cabinet are getting down to the tough business of planning the war they started four years ago, and Stephen's removing his tie in a show of support. (2:46)
Congress shoots first and asks questions four years later, Stephen puts Georgia's 8th on the Big Board, and David Sirota explains how corporations own the government. (0:36)
In this episode, Stephen discusses the possible repealing of the U.S. military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, kicks off his coverage of the 2008 presidential election and interviews reporter Michael Spector. (0:34)
Members of Congress can't just look out their window to see the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center; they have to get in a car and drive four hours. (2:34)
Bill HR 1591 opposing the Iraq war was born May 1st, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. It died May 1st, 2007 at 6:10 p.m. Stephen is sorry for the Democrats' loss. (3:01)
Sarah Palin asks the troops to say hi to her son, Track, and Commanding General Charles H. Jacoby Jr. chooses his favorite soldier out of the 130,000. (05:30)