Month: November 2006
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An Iraqi in Baghdad on the Saddam Verdict
Iraqi blogger Riverbend gives her thoughts: Iraq has not been this bad in decades. The occupation is a failure. The various pro-American, pro-Iranian Iraqi governments are failures. The new Iraqi army is a deadly joke. Is it really time to turn Saddam into a martyr? … It’s not about the man- presidents come and go,…
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Is That Really Saddam? Is Bin Laden Really Dead?
Attach foil hats but this is a bit freakish in a slight serious – conspiracy theory kinda way: What if the guy that we think is Saddam is really one of his body doubles? Is it possible for dental work to go that bad that quick? Did Bin Laden have a massive nose job or…
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Freedom on the March: Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Martyrdom by Hanging
Karl. You cad! You did it. You delivered the October November surprise! Surely this will be our ‘turning the corner’ event. I wonder if his wife gets death benefits and worker’s comp from the CIA. I’m hoping for a Mickey/Mallory Knox-style execution on pay per view right before Thanksgiving football.
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Why Evangelicals Just Can't Help Themselves
Fantastic cogent comment from Metafilter commenter Pastabagel: How colossally arrogant is it to think that you can be a congressman and hit on underage pages and not think you are going to get busted? How arrogant is it to be the head of the organization that has made ant-gay preaching a foundational principle and then…
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Bush's 78K Acre Hideaway in Paraguay
No doubt the shelter when The Hague comes calling: Here’s a fun question for Tony Snow: Why might the president and his family need a 98.840-acre ranch in Paraguay protected by a semi-secret U.S. military base manned by American troops who have been exempted from war-crimes prosecution by the Paraguyan government?
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No One Embedded in the Peace Movement
Amy Goodman had said this years ago and I actually started really registering it this week. We have journalists embedded in Iraq with all the military divisions, in all the major regions… we have journalists talking to parents and families with loved ones overseas… we have journalists flying in the jets with the politicians… but…
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Ted Haggard, Christian Evangelical Leader, Father of 5 and MegaChurch Millionaire Resigns Over Alleged of Sex with Gay Prostitute
Again – when someone is that obsessed with what you do with your genitals, it usually means that they have problems with what they do with their own. Ted Haggard, one of the most prominent evangelical pastors in the nation, resigned today as president of the National Association of Evangelicals amid allegations that he carried…
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Vote for Me for the Gay Bloggies!
Joyous news! I’ve been nominated for a Gay Bloggie! I might be the only nominee without a naked male torso on the homepage. [Click here to vote for Andymatic (in the first set of nominees!)]
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Ladders of Abundance Launches to Support Microfinance in Developing Nations
This is big stuff. I’ve been working with Ladders of Abundance for the past several months. They are dedicated to supporting microfinance in developing nations – which helps individuals as well as entire societies move out of poverty and into self-sustaining economic success. Few things give me much hope lately – but the power of…