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The Culprit Discovered: Chuck Todd Says we Consumers Caused the Crisis with our Spending!
Chuck Todd thinks that the Great Crash of 2008-2009 was caused by consumer spending??? What the hell? ‘OBMAMA: All right, Chuck Todd. Where’s Chuck? Question: […]
State of the Internet: Top Technorati Searches, Feb. 9, 2009
Here is Technorati.com’s list of the top 15 searches in blogs by users of its site. It is the oddest assemblage things and at first […]
Could Khatami be Iran’s Obama?
You have an economy in shambles, increasing international isolation, the danger of further wars, an unpopular millenarian president who thinks God put him in office […]
Obama May Postpone Afghan Surge; Severe Problems in Supply Routes Afflict Aghanistan War Effort
While the attention of the US public and the news media here has been consumed (understandably enough) by the congressional debate over the economic stimulus […]
Controversy over Allegations that Al-Maliki Negotiates with Sunni Guerrillas in Wake of Provincial Elections
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Da`wa Party official Hasan Sunayd said the al-Maliki government has been conducting secret behind-the-scenes negotiations with armed guerrilla groups active […]
Green Iran?
Iran has unveiled what it says is the world’s most powerful natural-gas driven automobile engine: ‘TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (MNA) – The world’s most powerful natural-gas-based […]
Al-Maliki Allies with Sadrists; Al-Hakim and Allawi as Strange Bedfellows
UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Friday, and praised Iraq’s recent provincial elections. The USG Open Source Center translated Iraqi […]
Religious Parties Sweep Shiite South; Sunni Arabs fragmented, mainly Secular.
The Iraqi provincial election results are out. They confirm what I said last Monday, that the parties who want a strong, united Iraq have come […]
Iran did not Lose the Provincial Elections
It is being alleged by US pundits that the outcome of the provincial elections in Iraq, as far as it is known, indicates a defeat […]