newsmaker profile zbigniew brzezinski quote zbigniew brzezinski 10th united states national security advisor in office 1977 1981 president jimmy carter preceded by brent scowcroft succeeded by richard v. allen born march 28 1928 19280328 age 80 warsaw poland political party democratic alma mater mcgill university harvard university zbigniew k...
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seeing as how ive written on the seriousness of the iran missile test fire already and given all the fun that people are having about the proported photoshopping of the picture and because i dont feel like you get a very good sense of my humour on this blog i hereby give you lol john mccainz for those of you who dont get the reference click here.......
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speaking of iraq could someone help me figure out whether a michael ledeen does not believe that world net daily is a credible news source that it is not plausible to believe saddam had wmd stockpiles that were smuggled out of the country just before the invasion and therefore that this corner post is a tongueincheek put down of conspiracy theorists in his own camp or b the opposite of all the abo...
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shorter swopa the iraqi government ban on using photographs of noncandidates including revered ayatollahs in campaign literature is not a move to separate religion and state but is rather compliance with direction from grand ayatollah ali sistani who had already complained about the photos.surprise friends of george do well with oil contracts in iraq.shorter susie madrak monsanto connived with ...
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...day reports of the newest fisa compromise indicate that on telecom immunity a federal court would be compelled to grant the telecoms immunity if there was substantial evidence that the bush...httpwww.warandpiece.comblogdirs007569.html......
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leaving baghdad the view from syria by ahmad fadam selfportrait by ahmad fadam ahmad fadam was a member of the iraqi staff in the newsroom of the new york times in baghdad. he left baghdad in may to take up a visiting fellowship at the university of north carolina. he will continue to contribute to the baghdad bureau blog from there. after spending three weeks in syria with my family i can say th...
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germans recently privy to news that europes biggest telecommunications firm was illegally wiretapping phone calls are recalling what life was like when east germanys secret police were still around experts say sophisticated modern methods involving digital data computers and mobile phones are a far cry from the days of the stasi who used steaming devices to open envelopes as well as magnetic mic...
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yesterdays announcement that weekly standard blogger michael goldfarb is taking a leave of absence to serve as deputy communications director of the mccain campaign has been greeted with surprising interest from bloggers across the political spectrum. just sampling those in my rss reader radley balko points out that goldfarb has written falsely by any reasonable reading of the constitution feder...
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heres the iaeas briefing pdf very interesting on the iranian nuclear laptop ht laura rozen. talk amongst yourselves.........
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laura rosen hits on something thats been bugging me about the passport story too seriously what am i missing isnt there some bizarre sort of cognitive dissonance going on in seeing the reactions to the two cases how much more intrusive is it to have federal law enforcement and intelligence scouring ordinary peoples phone records emails bank records than a state department contractor sneak peaking ...
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from the great state of maine i come here not to praise meteor blades but to grill him in our ongoing series yes were all staring at you recently snubbed in all 24 oscar categories including best supporting actress we dare to sit down with the man the myth the legendnot to mention user id number sixto find out what he knows and when he knows it cj how and when did you first discover blogging meteo...
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john pomfret.more satire from john pomfrets favorite humoristnew york in addition to writing here that women are dim at the independent womens forum youve written that hurricane katrina might have been the best thing to happen to new orleans which is full of whiners ... chiseling us taxpayers out of money. is that supposed to be satire too your sense of humor sure does seem hateful.washingtonpost....
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so on sunday the washington post featured charlotte allen generalizing from her own characteristics to argue that women are stupid. its difficult to find anything to say that hasnt already been said in at least one of the dozens of blogospheric smackdowns including an open thread one by kos well i should say its difficult for a mere woman to come up with much. theres jill filipovics take on the d...
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there was no other point.......
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in my many years of paying attention to this stuff ive been fascinated by the degree to which as a class journalists are unwilling to admit mistakes. though i suppose it is rather hard to just come out and say on second thought maybe publishing a long misogynistic screed wasnt such a hot idea...on the brighter side little debbie may be roused from her slumber and tuttut this a bit.......
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laura rozenheres how the post dealt with another recent controversy when an online contributors essay offended some jewish groups. the contributor lost his job at his home institute and the editors of the section apologized to readers and then some. and that was apparently an online essay that had not even been edited by someone on the papers payroll before it went up as was this piece in the post...
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im not usually one for speculation but when laura rozen starts tossing up warning flags of a protracted conflict involving hezbollah erupting in the next few weeks my ears perk up. when she writes things like this i really pay attention emphasis mine were most likely not going to have a big war with iran before bush leaves office. but it seems we may be in for a bunch of small wars or near wars ...
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interesting.and he has 12 kids.......
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