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Diplomacy With Autocannibals And Rerapists - In Nick Kristof’s Fantasy World

February 11, 2010 – 9:00 pm

The Grotesque Vocabulary in Congo - NYTimes.com
I’ve learned some new words.One is “autocannibalism,” coined in French but equally appropriate in English. It describes what happens when a militia here in eastern Congo’s endless war cuts flesh from living victims and forces them to eat it.
Another is “re-rape.” The need for that term arose because doctors […]

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Ah Yes, It Makes Sense To Me Now

January 15, 2010 – 11:13 pm

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“Clueless” Describes Our Entire Intelligence Apparatus.

January 7, 2010 – 11:09 pm

RealClearPolitics - Video - Napolitano Most Surprised By “Determination Of al-Qaeda”
Question: What was the most shocking, stunning thing that you found out of the review? And, Secretary, to you, as well.SECRETARY NAPOLITANO: I think, following up on that, not just the determination of al Qaeda and al Qaeda Arabian Peninsula, but the tactic of using […]

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Ohhhh, That’s Too Bad.

January 7, 2010 – 2:54 am

Nigeria says U.S. air rule threatens bilateral ties | Reuters
“Nigeria expresses its disappointment and concern of the undeserved placement of Nigeria on the countries of interest list and views this action as having the potential of undermining longstanding and established U.S.-Nigeria bilateral ties,” said Information Minister Dora Akunyili.
What’re they going to do? Cut off the […]

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iowahawk: Man, Do I Hate Holiday Travel

December 29, 2009 – 9:15 pm

iowahawk: Man, Do I Hate Holiday Travel
Iowahawk Special Guest Opinion
by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Yesterday while I was lying in the burn ward getting my crotch bandages changed, I had a chance to catch the air disaster movie marathon on TCM. The lineup included “Zero Hour,” “The High and the Mighty,” “Skyjacked,” and “Airport ‘75.” For all […]

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2009 Corruption Perceptions Index: Who’s Corrupt, and Who’s Not So Corrupt

November 21, 2009 – 6:49 pm

CPI 2009 Table/2009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_research
According to the Index, New Zealand and Denmark and numbers 1 and 2 as the least corrupt. followed closely by Singapore and Sweden tied for number 3.
The United States comes in at number 19. We would probably do better except for Congress. But Puerto Rico is counted separately, coming in at number 35.
Russia […]

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This REALLY Pisses Me Off

December 18, 2008 – 8:08 pm

Wikileaks Posts Secret Bomb-Stopper Report
Wikileaks posted documents telling how some of the technology of the bomb disrupting units work. Wikileaks refers to the leaker as a “whistleblower”. He’s not a ‘whistleblower.”
Whistleblowers don’t leak information that will get soldiers and civilians killed.
What this guy is, is a puffed up self-important narcissist that wants everyone to know […]

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Truth Is No Defense Against The New York Times.

December 7, 2008 – 4:32 pm

“All the news that’s fit to print.’ I guess mottoes hang on long after the truth of them has faded into distant memory.
You don’t expect the NYT to do any favors for people that embarrassed them. But you would think they would either stick to the truth or at least not revisit the embarrassment
But they […]

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UNARMED Guards?

November 28, 2008 – 10:12 am

My Way News - Somali pirates hijack ship, British guards escape
The company said it was aware of the incident on the chemical tanker it identified as M/V BISCAGLIA.”We have been informed by coalition military authorities that three of our unarmed security staff were rescued from the water by a coalition helicopter and are currently on […]

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Commenters

November 17, 2008 – 4:22 am

On the KGW Channel 8 in Portland’s website there is a comment who recently started showing up in the comments section to various news stories. He is very good.
He writes in the style of the extreme left commenter but if you read his comments closely they resemble Frank J’s “In My World” series which is […]

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