Category: Politics & World Affairs
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Those who are nostalgic for the unfulfilled promises of the good ole days of Bush-Cheney, must be salivating over the candidacy of Texas governor Rick "Goodhair" Perry. While George W.Bush and Perry have some outwardly common traits and backgrounds – faux cowboy swagger, multi-term governors of Texas, death penalty enthusiasts, tendency to shoot from the mouth about things they don't know, darlings of the…
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"Four More Years" (Norman Costa) This political cartoon by Clay Jones is one of the best I've seen. And "No," it is not an old cartoon. "Meet Clay Jones "Clay Jones was often sent to the principal's office as a child for making fun of his classmates. He discovered at a young age that he…
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Headlines: Student Tiger Tamer Gets Mauled (Norman Costa) Barack Obama reminds me of Woodrow Wilson after WWI. Wilson and Obama are interesting contrasts. Wilson had a great deal to do with getting the League of Nations off the ground. The League was never really effective, but it paved the way for the United Nations. Wilson…
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Now, of course, the headlines are solidly focussed on the Norway shootings, and every article is accompanied by the photo with movie-star good looks of accused shooter Anders Behring Breivik. The initial reaction to the news seems to have been "Goody, another bad event that we can use as an excuse to talk about Islamist…
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Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub More HERE. Hi Res photos HERE. NPR HERE CNN HERE..
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Pakistan has abolished its Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities as part of a larger plan of government decentralization approved by the Parliament of Pakistan in February….[T]he responsibilities of the ministry will be devolved from the federal level to the provincial level….[I]n practical terms that may mean “removing from the agenda of the central government issues…
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Rolling Stone magazine recently had a four page article describing in some detail the craziness ("batshit," Matt Taibbi said), hypocrisy, ignorance, religious zealotry and ruthlessness of the newest GOP presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Not much is new there for those who have followed the antics of Bachmann, another sweetheart of the Tea Party wing of the Republican party. Close your eyes, take a…
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Here are a few stories recently in the news that illustrate the priorities of our politicians and government agencies when it comes to spending public money. A United Airlines flight from Washington DC to Ghana made a mid-air U-Turn because of a fist fight between two irritated and uncivil passengers. The disturbance was deemed "serious" enough for the plane…
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The volatile detritus of America's disastrous cold war diplomacy in South Asia – Lawrence Wright in the New Yorker.
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WASHINGTON—State Department diplomat Nelson Milstrand, who appeared on CNN last week and offered an informed, thoughtful analysis implying that Israel could perhaps exercise more restraint toward Palestinian moderates in disputed territories, was asked to resign Tuesday. “The United States deeply regrets any harm Mr. Milstrand’s careful, even-tempered, and factually accurate remarks may have caused our…
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A wonderful article at 3 Quarks Daily by Ryan Sayre. Enjoy.
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without once mentioning American blunders – here.
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