Big news from the former Soviet Union: Turkmenistan’s President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov died suddenly on Thursday after 21 years of iron rule, raising a risk of political instability in the energy-rich country that...
Read MoreMy Left Winger Nonpartisan posted an article today called The Greatest Environmental Politician in the History of the World in which (s)he posited the idea that Al Gore should be our next President. I do not exactly...
Read MoreOh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. ~Author Unknown
Read MoreAnd by pumping up the volume I mean this: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 — The United States and Britain will begin moving additional warships and strike aircraft into the Persian Gulf region in a display of military resolve toward Iran...
Read MoreFrench troops had bin Laden in sights (Yahoo) PARIS (Reuters) – A documentary says French special forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights twice about three years ago but their U.S. superiors never ordered them to...
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