pundits with conservative sympathies are starting to talk about the l word as they contemplate the utter collapse of republican credibility and a probable scenario where obama as president is backed by democratic majorities even fillibusterproof ones in both senate and house.
john mccains campaign has already tacitly accepted the landslide scenario. its latest tactic is to try to offer a mccai... [Show More]
last night john mccain and barack obama put iran firmly back in the axis of evil as far as future us policy is concerned although at least obama would talk to the iranians before bombing them.
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i find myself at odds with most opinion about last nights presidential foreign policy debate. i didnt think barack obama showed himself well but maybe thats because im used to se... [Show More]
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the new national intelligence estimate on afghanistan is apparently too grim to release. the bush administration are falling back upon their usual penchant for secrecy saying that it isnt policy to release nies but others have been released or at least their summaries since that decision was taken so noone is buying it.
us intelligence analysts are pu... [Show More]
that pakistan problem Post Source: www.crooksandliars.com Posted: Sep 17 2008 20:00:54
rachel maddow coverspakistans order to shoot at us troops.
following reports of a us raid into pakistan which was turned back by border guards firing into the air the pakistani military which have the vocal backing of their president and prime minister have issued a statement about any future raids. you dont get much clearer than this.
army spokesman maj. gen. athar abbas told the associated pre... [Show More]
the international atomic energy agency has just produced its latest report on irans nuclear program. full report here in pdf leaked by us officials as usual. mainstream media outlets are going with a uspushed narrative that centers around increases in the number of centrifuges iran is operating and around iaea criticism of iran for not being forthcoming enough about alleged previous work which may... [Show More]
john soltz cofounder and chair of votevets.org writes
last weeks republican convention sure made every superficial effort to come off as protroop and proveteran. and of course the media ate it up not challenging a single thing. but to those of us who did serve it was offense after offense after offense. maybe because its because he has a terrible record but not once in john mccains speech did he... [Show More]
aotp is all about liberals and libertarians on common ground. today id like to explore where that common ground begins working from the idea that the aim of politics is the legislation of morality by government .
perhaps oddly for a political blogger i have no clue about the intricacies of political theory. i deliberately missed those courses to concentrate on cognitive philosophy and the theor... [Show More]
today i was digging for some info on business suits and came across the following section
by cernig after yesterdays careful diplomatic dance with bush in front of the cameras uk prime minister gordon brown continued his visit to the us with visits to congress and then a private meeting with bill clinton. today hell be meeting with the uns secreatry general to push forward something thats alway... [Show More]
maliki blinks Post Source: americannonsense.com Posted: Mar 30 2008 23:09:16
on sunday nouri almaliki admitted defeat in his attempt to crack down on moqtada al sadrs mahdi army in basra. maliki had begun the week demanding that mahdi forces surrender within 72 hours calling this a decisive and final battle. yet as the disastrous campaign backfired in basra baghdad and elsewhere maliki pathetically extended the rejected deadline until april 8th. as patrick cockburn noted m... [Show More]
on sunday nouri almaliki admitted defeat in his attempt to crack down on moqtada al sadrs mahdi army in basra. maliki had begun the week demanding that mahdi forces surrender within 72 hours calling this a decisive and final battle. yet as the disastrous campaign backfired in basra baghdad and elsewhere maliki pathetically extended the rejected deadline until april 8th. as patrick cockburn noted m... [Show More]
ive a passion for adult and keep looking for information on it. today i checked if i could find more info by entering legalizing marijuana in google and found this
by libby ive been meaning to get to this one all weekend. nicole bell flags a story on barney franks excellent intentions. im going to file a bill as soon as we go back to remove all federal penalties for the possession or use of sma... [Show More]
if the un were to die Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Mar 27 2008 19:00:47
who would go to its funeral
the united nations was founded on the idea that a platform for global dialogue would end war maintain global order andaadvance human rights all around the world.a can we truly say that the body has accomplished thisa aside from a select few on the extreme left who would mourn the passing of such a perfunctory and often pointless institutio na
granted the organization ... [Show More]
1. dismiss the successes of the surge as an incomplete metricafor evaluating progress.
2. when the surge falters jump allaover it as a sign that the iraq war is a failure.
i have said beforeathat using body bags as a measuring stick makes for bad policy even in war.a the socalled surge clearly wasnt the best plan for invading and pacifying iraq but it just so happens to be the best plan for fixing... [Show More]
the west blogosphere and democrats are in an unbelievable tizzy about obamas race speech trying to figure out what it all means and whether its good or bad for obama and good or bad for democrats and what was he thinking talking to voters like adults thank you jon stewart for calling it what it is.
for one possible answer to what obamas thinking kevin drum pointed me at a newshoggers post that mak... [Show More]
heres a selection of the sites that mentioned tom or linked here after the esquire article came out.
news organizations
financial times
time
the guardian
international herald tribune
newsweek
stars and stripes
new york times
los angeles times
national journal
washington post
slate 2
asia times
atlanta journalcon stitution
the australian
bbc
dan froomkin wapo
andre sullivan
nb... [Show More]
tech trader daily barrons online wrote an interesting post today onheres a quick excerpt
by cernig libby im happy to tell you that you were wrong someone did leak footage of dubyas karaoke moment at the gridiron club. thanks very much to the lede did they really think it wouldnt make you tube president bush has turned up on the popular internet site singing an offkey spoof of the green green g... [Show More]
tech trader daily barrons online wrote an interesting post today onheres a quick excerpt
by cernig fester certainly called it earlier this morning when he wrote we could have a situation where a really nasty private sector debt crisis transforms itself into a really nasty publicprivate debt crisis. he means like this jpmorgan chase co jpm.n and the federal reserve bank of new york on friday... [Show More]
midday open thread Post Source: americannonsense.com Posted: Mar 09 2008 20:31:59
in a forthcoming book that criticizes his many detractors douglas feith says that on dec. 18 2002 george bush declared to an nsc meeting that war is inevitable. as this timeline documents bush continued for months to pretend in public that he was looking for a diplomatic solution to avoid war with iraq.
you said were headed to war in iraq i dont know why you say that. i hope were not headed to w... [Show More]
tom appears to have really rattled somebodys cage at the white wouse with his profile of centcom commander admiral fallon in esquire magazine.a
the man between war and peace by thomas p.m. barnett
the money quoteafrom the magazine article that probably caused politicala wwiii
last december when the national intelligence estimate downgraded the immediate nuclear threat from iran it seemed as if f... [Show More]
...ar more coverage than it has been given so far the turkish government is trying to hurry through a radical reinterpretation of some islamic core texts in an effort to refrom islam the countrys powerfcern igsnewshog .blogspot. com
iraq war caused slowdown in the us
when you have to borrow to stay afloat something is gonna give. iraq war caused slowdown in the us peter wilson europe cor... [Show More]
join the movement drop drudge
thanks to venomous kate for the graphic above. if you want the html to put it on your site click here. there seems to be a pretty big backlash among bloggers toward drudge in the past day or so and some site have already posted the above logo and link.
now for a roundup of reactions to my original post on this subject as well as the larger issues of prince harrys depl... [Show More]
drop drudge Post Source: insidecharmcity.com Posted: Feb 29 2008 13:36:08
join the movement drop drudge
thanks to venomous kate for the graphic above. if you want the html to put it on your site click here.
update the latest on this story
as most of you have probably heard by now matt drudge broke the story yesterday that prince harry had been serving in afghanistan since december. a media agreement with uk media had been in place to keep the news under wraps to until t... [Show More]
machiavelli and mercs Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Feb 28 2008 21:43:32
stop the presses. i agree with cernigaon private security forces in iraq.a its unclear just how much an obama administration would lean on mercenaries but they obviously viewathem as a substitute for the genuine article in iraq.a i cant get down with that.aaif you cant fight the war with your own citizensor if youve lost the political will to do sothen its time to withdraw.a no hybrid imperialism ... [Show More]
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