Hero Journalist Aidan Hartley: Exposing the truth of war and terror in Somalia
From Wikipedia's article on Aidan HartleyAidan Hartley (born 1965), formerly was a foreign correspondent for Reuters news agency, assigned to Africa. Hartley was born in Nairobi in 1965. Hartley covered the tumultuous Africa of the 1990s - wars in Somalia,...more »
Posted on May 29, 2008 1:01 AM
A vote for McCain is a vote for...
Overturning Roe vs. WadeRemoving more civil libertiesNo health care reformNo help for those hardest hit by economic troublesContinuation of war with IraqNew war with IranFurther crumbling of our infrastructureMore jobs moving to ChinaGovernment controlled by lobbyistsFurther support for thieving despots...more »
Posted on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM
The Doublethink on Obama
The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them . . . . To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when...more »
Posted on May 13, 2008 3:27 PM
The majority of working class southern and appalachian white voters aren't voting for Clinton
They are voting against Obama. Proof positive of that was the 8% who couldn't bear to vote for either of them in North Carolina, even if it meant Obama getting a better margin.Let's take a trip down memory lane to...more »
Posted on May 8, 2008 8:10 PM
Michigan should hold a caucus on June 3rd!
There's still time to raise a couple million and hold a caucus on June 3rd for Michigan, and then put the caucus results before the credentials committee....more »
Posted on May 8, 2008 3:03 PM
Obama within 185 delegates of the nomination!
So to win the nomination, Obama needs to get roughly 78 more superdelegates and add-on delegates in addition to the roughly 107 delegates he can be expected to get from the remaining 6 contests....more »
Posted on May 7, 2008 1:24 AM
Hammond vs. Gary, who will be victorious?
The climactic showdown, with the fate of the nation in the balance!...more »
Posted on May 7, 2008 12:54 AM
Tomorrow Obama wins the majority of pledged delegates
Will the MSM notice? Will it even be stated?How big of a deal will the MSM, and blogs like TPM, make of it?Will Obama's capture of the majority of pledged delegates be lost amongst "big stories" such as Hillary's dramatic...more »
Posted on May 6, 2008 1:01 AM
Somalia Peace talks now off, due to US airstrike
Yesterday I blogged about how killing Moalim Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the commanders of Somalia's al-Shabab rebel movement by US cruise missle attack, would have several bad consequences. One I didn't even touch on however, as it had little chance of success...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 4:34 PM
Clinton campaign loses control of the media narrative
And just like that, after four days in charge of the media narrative, they've lost it again. The last gasp of the Wright issue has gasped, the funeral held, the eulogy spoken, and the coffin lowered. Just in time for...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 2:47 PM
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The first thing people have to realize about the Israel-Palestine issue and why the peace process will never end is simple really.
There is a belief that once there is a settlement, that will be fixed in stone and never changed.
Also, both sides want the whole cake, not just a slice. Palestinians want to be able to reclaim the lands they lost in 1948, and Israel wants to be able to keep colonizing Palestine.
The thing is, international law is on the side of the Palestinians, they were basically ethnically cleansed from Israel. The Palestinians have a right to return to the territories they lost in 1948, and they demand this right be recognized. Israel will never allow that to happen.
Peace is impossible.
Posted at June 6, 2008 2:42 AM in response to "Yesterday was the day the 'change' bubble burst."
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The Dem candidate is Steve Harrison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_HarrisonPosted at June 5, 2008 6:17 PM in response to GOP House Candidate Has New Challenger -- His Own Son!
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He's running as a Libertarian Party candidate, the Democratic Party candidate is someone else.
Posted at June 5, 2008 6:12 PM in response to GOP House Candidate Has New Challenger -- His Own Son!
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To be honest, I don't think dividing Jerusalem is such a hot idea either.
Personally I would make Jerusalem a "free city" so neither side can "have" Jerusalem, like Danzig was in the 1920s and 30s.
Israel should move their capital to less-crazy, more-liberal Tell Aviv and Palestine should also move to more-liberal, less-crazy Nablus. Putting their political capital in the same city as their respective commercial capitals, and removing Jerusalem from either state, will basically amputate the religious conservatives from both states and force them to focus on economic and domestic issues.
Posted at June 5, 2008 5:12 PM in response to "Yesterday was the day the 'change' bubble burst."
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The top Bush Administration official in charge of Somalia is Jendayi Frazer, a protege of Condoleeza Rice.
Here in an al-Jazeera interview, anchorwoman Ghida Fakhry, through a seemingly endless string of weasel words, goads out the complete useless Bush administration strategy in Somalia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3t56yk1gx4&hl=en
Posted at May 29, 2008 1:14 AM in response to Hero Journalist Aidan Hartley: Exposing the truth of war and terror in Somalia
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Rove needs to be intensively interrogated.
Posted at May 22, 2008 3:13 PM in response to House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Rove
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Hillary supporters just want Hillary to win, they don't care how or why. They just want Hillary.
Things like facts, or logic, or pleas to their conscience or sense of fairness are useless. They just want Hillary or noone.
Posted at May 22, 2008 2:26 PM in response to Cybil Clinton Redux
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Don't seat them, play by the rules everyone agreed to for once in your life.
Posted at May 22, 2008 12:47 PM in response to Obama Suggests Half-Sized Florida Delegation As Compromise
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I wouldn't count on Hillary's support being very strong in PR. You guys are in for a sad, sad disappointment.
Posted at May 21, 2008 12:35 PM in response to Oregon Exit Polls: Obama Handily Beat Hillary Among Whites, No-College, Less-Than-$50,000 Voters
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Obama doesn't have a "working class" problem, or an "Appalachia" problem, or a "hard working white folks" problem. He had a RACIST problem. Why does everyone dance delicately around this?
Posted at May 21, 2008 12:33 PM in response to Oregon Exit Polls: Obama Handily Beat Hillary Among Whites, No-College, Less-Than-$50,000 Voters
