The New York Times announced Saturday that William Kristol, “one of the nation’s leading conservative writers and a vigorous supporter of the Iraq war, will become an Op-Ed page columnist for The New York Times.” The publication acknowledges that Kristol has been a “fierce critic” of The Times.
Interesting twist. While on the other end of [...]
December 30th, 2007
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Leave it to the Republicans to finally let the truth slip out.
Iraq is twice as bad as any of us thought.
For years now — yes, years — I’ve been using the National Priorities Project as the quintessential barometer for how much the United States is spending in Iraq. Turns out the NPP was wrong, by [...]
December 30th, 2007
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Every year we listen to a host of theories about the Star of Bethlehem. The story of the star appears only in Matthew’s Gospel, in one of the two Infancy Narratives in the gospels. The other is in the Gospel of Luke. Both of these stories are wonderful tales which are really [...]
December 28th, 2007
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Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest Friday in Pakistan as unrest continued to spread throughout the country. The government is blaming al-Qaeda and the Taliban, an assertion that is wildly premature. No one from al-Qaeda has come forward to claim responsibility, and al-Qaeda is hardly shy about such admissions. Bhutto supporters allege [...]
December 28th, 2007
Categories: International, Philosophical . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Wil Wheaton discusses just about anything on his blog, WWdN: In Exile. The one-and-only former Wesley Crusher is a Democrat, and a smart one at that.
I’ve shared before my dissatisfaction with the Democrats in Congress, their incredible failure to lead, and everyone’s dreams of living on Pennsylvania Ave. Too many of them are infatuated [...]
December 27th, 2007
Categories: Congress, Democratic News, Elections, Philosophical, White House . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Only The Onion will tell….
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters
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December 27th, 2007
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Evolution is a theory? Evolution is a theological issue?
Any Republicans reading, first read The Bad Astronomer, and then consider this rambling nonsense from Ron Paul:
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December 27th, 2007
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We’ve heard the stories before. Soldiers in Iraq have committed suicide, others have attempted. The Army is prosecuting, according to The Washington Post:
In a nondescript conference room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside listened last week as an Army prosecutor outlined the criminal case against her in a preliminary [...]
December 27th, 2007
Categories: Iraq, Legal, Philosophical, Rant, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
I found this site on the BBC. Mohammed, a 25 year-old dentist, writes about life in Baghdad. According to his profile on Blogger:
i’m a 25 years old dentist i live in iraq (Baghdad) i was born and raised here but unfortunately i’m thinking that the iraqis are going to extinct so i [...]
December 26th, 2007
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Wow.
The BBC reports that two Chinese teachers have been sentenced to death for forcing more than 20 young girls — including their own students — into prostitution.
Zhao Qingmei and her husband, Chi Yao, were convicted of running a child-sex ring in the southern Guizhou province.
The girls, aged between 11 and 17, were taken to local [...]
December 19th, 2007
Categories: International . Author: G . Comments: No Comments