Oh, goody: the Shiite dominated Iraqi government just gave its official approval to private Shiite armies: In a move certain to further inflame sectarian tensions with Sunni Arabs, the country’s top leaders said today that they strongly supported the existence of an Iranian-trained Shiite militia and praised the militia’s role in trying to secure the [...]
Archive for June 8th, 2005
Iraq Civil War Just Got Closer
Posted in Iraq on June 8, 2005 | Comments Off
The mild kind: Choi, the first Asian-American to run for mayor in the sprawling township, credited his victory to an army of Election Day volunteers who placed thousands of calls, knocked on doors, hung signs, and brought voters to the polls. “They said it couldn’t be done,” Choi told more than 200 cheering supporters at [...]
Bush is Not Exactly Like Stalin, Which Is Good Enough By His Standards
Posted in Culture, General, Iraq, Legal Issues, Media, Politics on June 8, 2005 | 4 Comments »
We’re hearing much about the Amnesty International report on human rights, and the one word of the one sentence within its single section on the US (among 150 other nations) that bruised poor George’s sensibilities. Amazingly, many who should know a lot better are too eager to sympathize.
Shorter Mike Adams: "I'm a Dick"
Posted in Culture, General, Politics on June 8, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Adams, high in the running for most-annoying-person-who-looks-like-a-12-year-old at Townhall.com (it’s a crowded field, though), has a bizarre column today in which he moans about silly complaint letters someone sent to the campus where he teaches. He winds up telling us more about himself – and, usefully, his conservative confederates – than anything else.
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