wired.com has just released a set of previously unseen images from abu gharib that were recently used in a presentation on torture at the ted conference in monterey california. the photos are horrific viewer discretion is advised and will certainly reopen the global debate on torture and u.s. actions in iraq. there is little doubt that the u.s. image in the world will take a further blow at a time...
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with just over a week before forum ones next web executive seminar blogging and policy organizations its time to meet another speaker. i previously introduced you to kevin carey. now lets meet christine gorman a health and science journalist for time for over 20 years.from 20052007 christine blogged for times global health update and she now she has her own blog global health report. as a veteranj...
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the latest procreationist campaign run by the discovery institute seeks to establish credibility for the intelligent design movement by publishing a list of reputable scientists who are willing to endorse id as an alternative to the theory of evolution. none of the names listed have any particular relevance to evolutionary development or have published any peerreviewed papers explaining the expert...
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...hanges more often than his opinion about george w. bush its web hosts. this weekend as expected he moved the daily dish from the servers at time to the servers at the atlantic. just try and visit httptime.blogs.comdaily dish and see how far that gets you. the dark blue and white color combination remains the same perhaps makng it the only consistent attribute of sullivans blog from 20002007 althou...
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andrew sullivan is freaking out about a video that shows iraqi forces beating up suspected insurgents. he even calls these poor sunni detainees civilians. this is a mistake and the root of his confusion. the insurgency is not a law enforcement problem. this is a war. unlawful ununiformed combatants are civilians in name only they lose the protection of the civilian i.e. noncombatant status th...
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andrew sullivan is freaking out about a video that shows iraqi forces beating up suspected insurgents. he even calls these poor sunni detainees civilians. this is a mistake and the root of his confusion. the insurgency is not a law enforcement problem. this is a war. unlawful ununiformed combatants are civilians in name only they lose the protection of the civilian i.e. noncombatant status th...
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an autistic woman produces a film about how she interacts with the world and then chimes in on the thread at metafilter. via as source signal vs. noiseoriginal article httpwww.37signals.comsvnposts232inourlanguage......
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a sully reader nails itif we leave before hes bush out of office the whole of this sorry affair is his. he has no one to blame for his failures. if somebody else comes in and miracle of miracles pulls something off bush will act as if he loosened the jar that somebody else finally opened. if the next probably democratic administration pulls out bush will have succeeded in wiping his sticky booger...
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theres no back door to heaven so many double entendres so little time. ht andrew sullivan......
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in my view history will show that this president never seriously prosecuted this war never took his responsibility seriously never provided sufficient resources never even gave it his full attention. that became clear to me in 2003. i didnt get it beforehand because i just assumed that any american president would understand the gravity of the decisions he was taking and would ensure that he took ...
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litvinenko was poisoned in a teacupmr gordievsky told the times yesterday how vladislav was described as someone who could help mr litvinenko win a lucrative contract with a moscowbased private security company. .........
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nick cohen discusses the betrayal of the liberalleft courtesy of andrew sullivan. i thought this story raised interesting questions especially for the old categories of left vs. right and how they play out on bigpundit. i for one want to move beyond the limitations of older political categories and the drawbacks of the baby boomer generation to discuss a contemporary progressive politics that ar...
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andrew sullivan recently commented on the natural connection between catholic estethics and the sensory sorts of things that gay men whether by nature or by social conditioning appreciate. ive often wondered how many straight catholics fully appreciate how gay their church has always been. especially in the old days. high mass was in its heyday more elaborate and choreographed than a very melodra...
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who amongst us hasnt admitted to wrong doing when a car battery was attached to our genitals you know hanging out with your buddies drinking some beer then being waterboarded until you admit to trying to overthrow the united states. well those wacky kids being held at guantanamo will likely learn the hard way as the u.s. rushes to take advantage of any words they uttered while u.s. officials tort...
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even as many bloggers have moved into the professional media world fewer independent blogs have been picked up wholesale by a larger media group. andrew sullivan moved his blog over to time in early 2006 and years earlier mickey kaus moved his kausfiles over to slate. but both are solo bloggers who had a preexisting relationship with those publications. rarer still is for a group blog to be boug...
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just passing on this great little video from the floor of the house from andrew sullivans blog.......
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i found an interesting article over at time.com today.a unlike a lot of other articles i find this one isnt about how great the show is well sorta but its different.a most of the articles i find are more like omg i luv this show which i try and filter out when posting here.a this article is different and offers a new perspective on our favorite show.a the article is titled how i met middle age whe...
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via andrew sullivan from a couple months back an article titled a country ruled by faith by garry wills in the new york review of books among other things described the process by which ideology was placed above competence as people were selected by the bush administration to manage and rebuild iraq as part as the coalition provisional authority we now know how well that went the equivalent dir...
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media giant time has launched their latest volley into the world of cyberspace with the ag which they are describing as a concise summary of the days most important news stories on a variety of topics starting with celebugossip iraq national politics and world news. why should you care well maybe you dont. thats up to you. but theres plenty for everyone so take a look. more is on the way. ...
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media giant time has launched their latest volley into the world of cyberspace with the ag which they are describing as a concise summary of the days most important news stories on a variety of topics starting with celebugossip iraq national politics and world news. why should you care well maybe you dont. thats up to you. but theres plenty for everyone so take a look. more is on the way. ...
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welcome to the first blog roundup of 2007 where the center for humane sexual culture finds all the interesting stuff out there in the blogosphereso you dont have to slowcode.com nailed it there is often a sense as a musician that if you are anything but a white heterosexual male with a guitar that youll be relegated into your respective ghetto riot grrrl queercore afropunk but some of us just wa...
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ive posted in the past tests that indicate where one stands politically. ann althouse has picked up an old one that andrew sullivan posted in his ongoing attempt to defend his conservative credentials whichby the wayi dont doubt. its simply unfair to read a guy out of the movementnot that there is such a thingbecause of his position on a single issue which in andrews case is his homosexualityits p...
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10 ans de prison pour une pipe. via sullivan via astorg et mame si ce dangereux criminel lavait juste baisae il aurait pu sen tirer avec un an. heureusement que latat est la pour maintenir lordre quand mame. non on vit pas dans un monde de tara. et si aa vous choque pas assez vous pouvez toujours aller lire certains libaraux.org qui ont pas lair si choquas que aa par de telles lois et en vi...
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a great take on what womenand men want in spouses. a store that sells new husbands has just opened in new york city where a woman may go to choose a husband. among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates you may visit this store only once there are six floors and the value of the products increases as the shopper ascends the flights. the shopper may choose a...
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former vicepresident and hit filmmaker al gore was recently quoted as saying i kind of fell out of love with the political process. and why wouldnt he the process sucks. since resurfacing with his hit documentary hes fielded countless questions on how he feels about the 2000 race and the way in which his campaign was put to a painful abrupt death. if you pay attention to his answers youll notice h...
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