Month: July 2008

"How Terrorist Groups End"

Posted by jimstaro | Jul 29, 2008 |

The title above comes from a new Rand Corporation Report After 7 years of conflict and occupations, with 893 coalition deaths — 556 Americans, in Afghanistan and increasing, and 4,438 coalition deaths — 4,124...

Obama and Israel’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy

Posted by shergald | Jul 28, 2008 |

Phil Green (Gregory Peck) is a magazine writer assigned to do a story about anti-Semitism. He poses as a Jew and faces discrimination in all walks of life. This diary is not about anti-Semitism or Gregory Peck. It is about Obama...

WV-02 Barth vs. Capito across a street

Posted by Carnacki | Jul 28, 2008 |

Anne Barth had a long-scheduled event at Martinsburg headquarters before she and about 30 volunteers went off to canvass. By sheer coincidence ineffective Bush Republican Shelley Moore Capito held the opening of her campaign...

Open Thread

Posted by Steven D | Jul 28, 2008 |

Here’s Four Hundred Eighty-Two Billion reasons to vote against McSame. And that’s probably a low ball figure. Guess we need more tax cuts!

Campaign reform: Fixing the Rot at the Core

Posted by ARGeezer | Jul 28, 2008 |

The US Senate has passed a housing bill Saturday which now will go to the White House. It could have passed Thursday, but Senators refused to accept loss of a favorite feeding trough. Senator Jim DeMint plays hero. Sen....