Category: Politics
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The Sad Thing Is… No One Is Surprised.
The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone To travel to Iraq, would-be contractors needed permission from the Bush administration, which was far from blind in its appraisal of applicants. In a much-ballyhooed example of favoritism, the White House originally installed a clown named Jim O’Beirne at the relevant evaluation desk in the Department of Defense.…
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Obama’s Speech on Foreign Policy
Obama’s Full Terrorism Speech: Sharpens Contrast With Hillary On Foreign Policy | TPMCafe The America I know is the last, best hope for that child looking up at a helicopter. It’s the country that put a man on the moon; that defeated fascism and helped rebuild Europe. It’s a country whose strength abroad is measured…
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Generation Dem
Bush has been the formative political experience for the youngest generation of voters, those 18 to 30. Studies of voting preferences show that the experience imprinted on a generation in its 20s largely determines its future political complexion. This generation is the most Democratic generation ever — more Democratic than the youngest voting generations of…
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It’s a-raining men… I mean, ROCKETS
A small portion of my free time when I’m not working during the day is spent perusing the headlines of both American news sites and Israeli ones. Yes, as a warning, I’m harping on the daily life of Israelis issue.
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Religious War
Ohhh just what you want to see (click here)…. A video game where you go around killing Jews who won’t convert.
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About Time
Someone finally wrote the obvious. Fascinating op-ed about the two-faced nature of Arab nations (click to read).
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Liberal is no longer a dirty word
One of the upsides to having an hour and a quarter round-trip commute is I listen to a lot of podcats. When I first got my iPod, I first loaded it up with lots of music-related podcasts, drum and bass sets, punk shows, etc…. But nowadays I end up listening to a lot more political…