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SOme of these are familiar, as stories i wrote on, that went largely unnoticed... but many of these shocked even me!

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The neocons have opened their history textbooks!

U.S. troops must leave Iraq--but not just yet, and not in the manner many Democrats have suggested. Islamists in general, and Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in particular, are always pointing to past U.S. military retreats--Vietnam in 1975, Lebanon in 1984, Somalia in 1994--as evidence that the American will to wage war invariably collapses as conflicts drag on. As a result, retreating from Iraq now would simply encourage Islamists to attack U.S. allies and targets throughout the world. Before it leaves Iraq, then, the United States must inflict a dramatic and decisive defeat upon the Sunni insurgents--one that will  Read More »

Democrats better be heeding the words of Americans too.

Seems Lobby's are suddenly trying to hire well-connected Democrats. (We already have Joe Lieberman's wife who joined the pharmacuetical lobby. Who else is there?)

"There's been something of a mad scramble to find Democrats," said Jack Quinn, a former legal counsel to President Bill Clinton, who founded his own lobby firm, Quinn Gillespie Associates, in 2000. "It's a sellers' market for Democrats who are well-connected."

For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are on the outside looking in. Top congressional aides are now getting deals worth $500,000 (£260,000) to lend their expertise to lobby firms.
Trade associations, special interest groups, unions and corporations spend more than $2 billion a year on political lobbying. More than 35,000 registered lobbyists jostle for the ears of the 635 members of Congress in an industry that has doubled in size since 1998.

The lobbying industry first scented a shift in the political wind earlier this year, when Chris John, a former Democratic congressman from Louisiana, was hired by the Federalist Group – a lobby firm which previously only employed Republicans. Mr John, who had failed to get elected to the Senate in 2004, was just the latest politician to take up lobbying. Since 1998, 43 per cent of former Congress members have done the same.  Read More »

Just saw this

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said on Saturday nations with nuclear capabilities should spend money to stop exploitation of women instead of making bombs.

The lawyer, in India to promote women's rights, said governments often said they lacked the funds to improve women's lives, but added that they had no financial constraints when it came to manufacturing nuclear bombs.  Read More »

Just wanted to share a story from my days at the Health Foods store.

I was visiting my manager to plan some of our next weeks marketing events, and the phone rang.  She picked it up answered.  I only really heard one side of the conversation, but as soon as she hung up, she asked me "why was that caller asking about BODY CLEANSERS...  of COURSE we have soap!"  A minute later, as the person called back, we found out what was REALLY intended.  Read More »

REmember this?

The russian spy poisoned has now died.  Condolences to his family, and best of luck to the British investigation.  THe poison that killed him can be transmitted in deadly doses through bodily fluids, so both fellow diners, hospital staff, and his own family members are being watched for signs of infection.  Read More »

I cant get over this latest bit of news.

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison's former U.S. commander said in an interview on Saturday.

Karpinski, who ran the prison until early 2004, said she saw a memorandum signed by Rumsfeld detailing the use of harsh interrogation methods.  Read More »

Democrats keep fighting the good fight:

Seeking information about detention of terrorism suspects, abuse of detainees and government secrecy, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are reviving dozens of demands for classified documents that until now have been rebuffed or ignored by the Justice Department and other agencies.  Read More »