Econ Never Bush’s Strength

Our dingbat president blathered on painfully at the UN this morning about several things that have nothing to do with the United States. He wants to tighten Myanmar sanctions -- because I guess in the Bizarro World he's been sucked into, sanctions always work. He...

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Padding Stats

Picture this: you're an Iraqi civilian, perhaps one of the ever growing number of internally displaced persons, roaming the streets of Baghdad. You come upon a piece of seemingly abandoned US military equipment. Desperate for money, you approach the item, intending to...

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Maliki to Speak at CFR, Remarks Secret

Last week, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announced an upcoming Q&A session with Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki. IraqSlogger reports that today the CFR announced that, at Maliki's request, his comments cannot be reported by any media or repeated by any participant...

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Like, Literally, Dude

Via Jonathan Schwarz: Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands." Click here to read Orwell's thoughts on the debasement of language in the service of...

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