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The Gun's Still Smokin'
Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
Much is being made about "the anniversary." That champagne-glass-clicking debacle of a war to stop "The War" - that horrendous thought game with the Mushroom-cloud-spewing-gun of inexplicable anti-Americanism. Spare me.
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"Democracy is the new Christianity..."
Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:37 PM EDT
"...and carrying it abroad is the acceptable face of the Crusader spirit." It seems I'm about to marginally slight Christdom twice in the span of several days, I apologize now half-way in advance.
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I Hope Barack Doesn't Get Whacked
Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:16 PM EDT
For fear of registering on all the wrong FBI/CIA/Big-Brother/Tickle-Me-Elmo internet watchlist databases, let's get frank here for just a few moments and discuss the very real, very grim, and very conflicting hypothetical that's out there waiting for us in the ethereal: Scum- …
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We The People: "Close Guantanamo"
Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:31 PM EDT
Over the course of the last week there has been heavy mention in the mainstream media of a so called debate regarding the future of Guantanamo Bay's function as a detention facility. At the heart of this debate, it is said, is George W.
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The Subtle Art of Evil and the Kodak Moments of a Genocide
Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:58 PM EDT
In his book The Assault on Reason, Al Gore explains what "vicarious traumatization" (sic) and "mirror neurons" are, in order to explain how an emotion such as fear can effect the fundamental way a democracy is supposed to operate.
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Scooter's Fate: I Say Torture Him- by Justin Raimondo
Seeded on Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:56 PM EDT (AntiWar.com)
The neocons are big advocates of torture: they hail its efficacy as a law enforcement tool and a vital weapon in our anti-terrorist arsenal.
Progress, at Gunpoint
Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:45 PM EDT
The fact that high ranking US officials continue to harp on the beleaguered Iraqi Parliament for not making "political progress" is of no surprise to anyone.
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U.S. Relies on Sudan Despite Condemning It
Seeded on Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:47 PM EDT (Common Dreams)
Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq, an example of how the U.S. has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its suspected role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur.
Like a Canister of Raid
Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:09 PM EDT
I grow tired with Darfur on so many levels. It is a cause, if one can call it that, I feel strongly about, yet the feelings of hopelessness and impotence are too great to ignore or simply work around.
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U.S. may soon free 5 Iranians
Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 6:51 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Five Iranians imprisoned by U.S. forces in Iraq since January will probably be released in the next few weeks, according to some U.S. and Iraqi officials, a development that could help ease months of escalating conflict between Washington and Tehran.
In Iraq, U.S. spotlights al-Qaida
Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 6:49 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Since Iraqis rose up against the U.S.
Latest round of sectarian violence in Iraq leaves more than 30 dead
Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 6:48 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
Carloads of attackers descended on a police chief's house northeast of Baghdad at dawn yesterday, killing the official's wife, two brothers and 11 guards, and kidnapping three of his grown children, Diyala provincial police reported.
The Torturer in the Grass
Fri Jun 8, 2007 10:47 PM EDT
The last few days have seen in the emergence of some high profile stories regarding the CIA and its use of rendition and torture in the now officially preposterous war on terror.
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New Hampshire Republican Debate: Will We Long for the Day's of Bush-Cheney?
Tue Jun 5, 2007 10:58 PM EDT
Watching the Republican Presidential Debate tonight in New Hampshire I was awestruck by the levels of boyhood ego-stroking and thirst for self-inflicted backslapping. Perhaps masturbation is the more appropriate word.
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An Open Newsvine Manifesto on Darfur
Sat Jun 2, 2007 9:13 PM EDT
Words have been wasted by the millions on the genocide in Darfur. Activists, writers, politicians, celebrities, all have tried their hat at spinning the situation one way or the other.
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They're Black, They're Poor, and They Don't Deserve Our Full and Proper Attention
Wed May 30, 2007 12:27 AM EDT
This morning the people of Darfur were thrown a bone by the White House. Bush finally served up a series of sanctions with teeth, levied against 30 of Sudan's top businesses and oil firms.
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Down and Out in Baghdad, Kabul, and Tehran
Mon May 28, 2007 2:00 PM EDT
I've been reading a lot lately and as a result, I've been writing less. Currently, I think, I have no less than five books on the go, on top of my rather sickening devotion to staying atop my RSS feeds, across what must be at least 150 channels.
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On Selling the War and Dropping the Ball
Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:20 PM EDT
For a period of time we must measure in years, the US Government and major media have worked hand in hand to sell us a product we had no business buying.
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The Axis of Almost Evil
Mon Apr 9, 2007 8:35 PM EDT
In the last six years the United States and various coalitions of the willing have engaged in a War On Terror all across the globe. Iraq and Afghanistan have been the focal points and Somalia has emerged as an official proxy.
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In The Trenches of Afghanistan
Mon Apr 9, 2007 12:21 AM EDT
Six Canadian soldiers died today in Afghanistan, and my Prime Minster addressed the news at a WWI memorial service in France: Addressing a group of veterans, Mr Harper drew parallels with WWI and the challenges faced by troops in Afghanistan today.
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Wolves In Somalia
Sun Apr 8, 2007 1:39 AM EDT
Two days ago I wrote on how Afghanistan has dropped from all radars of public and political opinion, but there is another war which has yet to blip on them all together.
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The Mulligan
Sat Apr 7, 2007 2:39 AM EDT
I have a lot of ideas for articles and the Last Viner Standing contest has certainly sparked a desire in me to actually sit down and churn something out daily.
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Afghanistan was Afghanistan
Thu Apr 5, 2007 3:17 PM EDT
Sex sells, and Iraq is a rockstar.
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US to attack Iran by end of April: report
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 1:17 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Kuwait City, April 4 (Xinhua) The US is planning to attack Iran's nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities by the end of this month, the Kuwait-based Arab Times newspaper reported Wednesday.
The British 15 and Setting the Stage for Guantanamo
Wed Apr 4, 2007 2:23 PM EDT
Now that the 15 British Soldiers have been released by Iran we can focus on similar matters. I'm sure the international community - with the cooperation of the American Government, of course - will waste no time addressing the plight of those in Guantanamo Bay.
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