Month: December 2006

Satisfying Laura

Laura Bush asked for some good news reporting. She knows there is good news because she can read her quarterly mutual funds report. Newsweek delivers. It may sound unreal, given the daily images of carnage and chaos. But for a...

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A llama for my mama

Okay, here’s the scoop–I’m trying to surprise my Mom with a different sort of Christmas gift.  And, this should actually come as a surprise, because it’s something Mom put on her wish list last year,...

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Boots Riley & The Coup Needs Your Help

Also at the Orange Zone. I found this on one of the listserves to which I belong recently.  I am not sure whether this has appeared at Booman Tribune, but if any people need some Xmas cheer (outside of the citizens of New...

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Now He Tells Us

Colin Powell, a trillion dollars short and four years too late: (CBS) The United States is losing the war in Iraq but sending more troops to Baghdad is not the best way to change course, former Secretary of State Colin Powell...

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Humiliating Defeat for Ahmadinejad in Tehran

. BBC World News just reported President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered a major defeat in Tehran and major cities in local elections. Iran reformist regains influence Iran’s moderate former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...

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