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Bush Vetos Water-Boarding Ban
I am speechless.
“This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe,”
What are we coming to when one of the cardinal virtues attributed to the American establishment is at once both obliterated and underlined. But honestly, what scares me the most isn’t that Bush vetoed the […]
Candidate Mudslinging Commences In Earnest
I scan the U.S media with a smile on my face. Candidacy politics have turned very, very personal lately with the big media corps taking hits on the candidates. Depending on which news service you plug into the results vary wildly, with the usual bias and predictability.
Obama was caught in Fox New’s crossfire, I noticed […]
Sorry for the delays
I’ve been a little sloppy recently. The reason for this is that I have been slapped with both a complete and irrevocable computer failure, and a vicious cold that has me by the throat — literally.
I’ll be back as soon as possible. In the meantime Coeus has been kind enough to write an article or […]
Free Karim Amer
Egyptian blogger Karim Amer was imprisoned last year on charges of publishing on the Internet material critical of Islam and President Mubarak. The then 22 year old blogger accuses his captors of beatings and repeated human rights abuses. With medical records inside the Borg Al-Arab Prison in Alexandria omitting details such as broken teeth, received […]
One Headline Cannot Suffice
Main News Stories
Today bears the scars of a very rich day in the news. No single topic would do it justice. Instead, a run-down down on today’s news and my impressions.
We have, of course, the wildly controversial attack on the U.S embassy in Serbia. The U.N has objected in the “strongest possible terms” (which isn’t […]
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