Month: August 2006

Ayatollah Sistani stirs up the pot

Juan Cole at his blog, Informed Comment, reports on the recent communique/fatwa issued by Ayatollah Sistani, spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shi’ite community, which impliedly threatens the US with “severe...

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Party Bosses are Full of It

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription only) via Raw Story: The Connecticut showdown comes at a time when the Democratic Party is struggling to reposition itself after successive presidential-election losses. For all its...

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Karl Rove, rapist of the body politic

So the thug is concerned about the deleterious effects of journalists and columnists on political affairs. Get thee to a handkerchief to dry those crocodile tears Herr Rove. Here are two Karl Rove quotes from Will Lester’s...

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 369

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war we honor courage in all its forms we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgement....

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