Wow

I normally try to excerpt the good stuff, but I'll just reprint this in full and let all you anti-Semites chew on it (bolding mine):Blame It on Neo Don't call me a "neocon" unless you are a friend. BY JULIA GORIN Last week Pat Buchanan appeared on Comedy Central's...

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Somebody Get Richard Perle a Spacesuit

Given the Bush administration's fondness for failed Soviet initiatives, they may want to consider another one that has just come to light: putting a military base on the moon. From The Moscow News:In the days of the Cold War Soviet commanders and their best scientists...

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Where are the US-held women hostages in Iraq?

Is the US still holding Al-Douri's wife and daughter hostage? The US admits to having two women prisoners and it is for these two women's release that the Tawhil wal Jihad is currently beheading their American and Briton hostages. Scotsman.com reports that Dr Rihab...

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Who is Iraq’s #1 enemy?

From Abbas Kadhim's blog: The residents of Baghdad do not agree with al-Sha'lan and al-Alusi about their #1 enemy. Here are the numbers in response to the only question in the survey, "Whom do you think is Iraq's #1 enemy": Israel 32% USA 23.2% Extremist Islamic...

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Are Kurds being targeted for reprisal?

Reportedly 3 Kurds labeled as "KDP party members" have been beheaded and the video posted on the web. At the same time, it is reported that 25 "Iraqi National Guard members" have also been abducted. Considering that the "Iraqi National Guard" which fought alongside US...

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Is zeyad a fake or just uninformed?

zeyad, a pro-occupation blogger purportedly living in Basra has posted once again a bizarre thesis, which raises many questions - such as, to what news does this guy have access? Is he oblivious or deliberately posting misleading and outright wrong information? and,...

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Saturday Blog Tour

How the Flypaper Theory is working. If you don't understand it you're just unenlightened, like Jim Henley. Via Micah Holmquist, Mickey Z. on Osama bin Laden vs. Pat Tillman zeynep zeroes in on the essential question for the US military, which tried to justify firing...

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If the US pulled out of Iraq….

Matt Yglesias says that if the US pulled out of Iraq, the following would ensue:Many people would die. Oil supplies disrupted. Regional powers get involved. Instability. Terrorism. Death. Chaos. Destruction.That's different from the last year and a half how, exactly?

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Update on the RNC Protester-kicker

I posted yesterday about the blogosphere buzz over Julian Sanchez tracking down the identity of the guy at the RNC Convention who kicked a woman while she was on the ground being restrained by three FBI agents. Here are the latest developments: Jerralyn Merritt of...

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