Month: March 2010

My Lai Was An Hamlet, But Fallujah …

. Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects (BBC News) – Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth defects, with some blaming weapons used by the US after the Iraq invasion. The city...

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Newer Senators are More Feisty

I have a theory that the new generation of Democrats who were elected in the 2006 and 2008 elections are different culturally from the older, longer-serving members. What really happened is that after the fiasco in 2004, the...

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Wherefore the Doom, Harkin?

You know, I find the following exchange between Ed Schultz and Tom Harkin to be a bit troubling: SCHULTZ: But why do I sense a “yes” out of you? If it were to come to the floor, you would vote yes for the public...

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Israel’s 40% solution

One day ago we heard from the Israeli PM: Israel must keep Jordan Valley JERUSALEM — Israel won’t pull out of a key part of the West Bank even if there’s a peace agreement with the Palestinians, the prime...

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