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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
What’s going on?
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
You don’t have to post these threads anymore, much as they were fun to read. Gonzales can use his expanded FISA powers to tell you anything you want to know.
Man, I can really kill a party. Sorry.
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As expressed via dada’s comment – you’ve got mail
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."preliminary list of d senators who voted for the fisa bill:
Feinstein, Salazar, Mikulski, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Daniel Inouye, Landrieu, Conrad, Casey, Lincoln, Pryor, Klobuchar, Webb, McCaskill and Carper…plus Lieberman.
60 to 28…all the usual suspects
complete roll call vote still unavailable
lTMF’sA
I’m in a lot of pain today. Arthritis acting up. Inexplicable really. Then again maybe it’s symbolic in a way. Bush has been a pain in so many bodily parts over the last six and a half years.
New blog found! http://www.iranaffairs.com
the candidate forum is starting soon. Secret Service are in the house.
If you see them bringing in a palletload of plasticuffs, leave quietly.
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The team arrived in Baghdad, minus three players — including captain Younis Mahmoud, the Sunni who scored the winning goal in the final, who remained abroad out of fear for his life. The limited homecoming came nearly a week after Iraq bested three-time champions Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final cup game Sunday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hundreds of Iraqi expatriates had turned out at victory celebrations during stops in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Amman, Jordan.
Soccer fans welcome members of the Iraqi soccer team upontheir arrival at Baghdad airport. Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani
But there was no parade or public fete in Baghdad. “I feel sorrow that the soccer win is being exploited for political purposes, which is very clear from the site of the celebrations in the Green Zone,” said Hamid Qais, the 30-year-old owner of an accessories store in Baghdad.
Several hundred fans waved Iraqi flags and scuffled with police as they pushed through airport security to greet players as they stepped off a charter plane Friday evening. Police wielded truncheons against some in the crowd who were trying to touch goalkeeper Nour Sabri. He was hoisted onto the teammates’ shoulders and carried to a waiting bus.
The Neverending Story, Again: Can Soccer Save Iraq?
● Photo’s of celebration
● Irag: Il trofeo della Coppa d’Asia
≈ Cross-posted from my diary —
Kurds, Sunni and Shia Are United Today! ≈
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."