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Arthur Chrenkoff raises an an interesting point from the recent bombings in London.
We are told that London bombings are a result of Tony Blair’s decision to participate in the illegal invasion of Iraq.
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There are 250,000 Iraqis living in Great Britain - that’s quarter of a million people, one of the biggest communities in Iraqi diaspora, […]

The recording industry is frightened to death that new technology is helping anyone and everyone become a producer. Geee…if the big labels were actually putting out a plethora of quality music, what would they have to fear?
Funny quotes from the Beatles’ old producer, who is particularly peeved at this development.
Legendary BEATLES producer GEORGE MARTIN […]

Ann Coulter writes again this week about the nomination of John Roberts, starting her column with some astounding quotes.
— “He’s a scholarly man; he has a good education; he has been recommended by legal authorities; he has a good record in lower courts.” — President Bush
— “This decision had the advantage of being acceptable to […]

While this shouldn’t be a surprise, it is nonetheless unsettling.
The new Venezuela-backed Latin American TV station Telesur is considering a possible alliance with Aljazeera.
Telesur president Andres Izarra announced the possibility on Wednesday as he confirmed he would step down as Venezuela’s information minister to head the recently created Latin channel, which President Hugo Chavez has […]

Some people are either ignorant or just plain dumb, or both.
July 6, 2005
Danny Glover, unwilling to be outdone by Castro amigo jack Nicholson or Hanoi (I mean Baghdad) Jane, has stepped forward in support of Hugo Chavez.
UPDATE: See some of our other posts about everyone’s favorite Latin American idiot.

Fidel Castro dealing with pesky political protests.
So you want dialogue with fidel?
Bring a big friggin’ stick. You are going to need it.

Hands up those who believed George W. Bush would actually fire his aide, Karl Rove. Rove who was responsible for transforming a Texan “businessman” into a serious politician and thus made himself the second most powerful man in Washington.
President Bush cannot exist without Rove at his side.
It was nothing more than an empty promise […]

given brazil’s recent complaints, it is very interesting to look into brazil’s own law enforcement problems. the brazilian government seems to be holding britain to an unbelievably high standard for exercising lethal force. it is outraged by the mistaken killing of one of its citizens in london and chooses to ignore the circumstances […]

UPDATE: Many of the facts available when I originally posted this story have now changed. Jean Charles de Menezes did not, in fact, do anything that should have placed him under suspicion (running towards subway, jumping the ticket barrier, etc). He was followed by plain clothes police officers because he looked like a suspect […]

Workers in the beef industry of Argentina are going on strike for 48 hours.

(or so he calls himself). follow the story of steve vaught at fatmanwalking.com

Jane Fonda to Oppose Iraq War on Bus Tour
Money quote:
Fonda said her anti-war tour in March will use a bus that runs on “vegetable oil.”

scroll down friday’s post to read eric’s coverage of the draft lottery and related news (rules changes, the new logo, & more).
actually, just check out all of his recent hockey-related stuff.

it has been a big sunday for american sports.
following a 0-0 tie in the CONCACAF gold cup, the US men’s soccer team defeated panama in a shootout. the win came after the USA already obtained its highest rank ever in the FIFA/coca-cola world rankings: 6th. this win, i’m guessing opens […]

If there was any doubt that the British are not a squeamish nation, here is an excerpt from an article entitled British terror police face shooting backlash:
On Sunday, ministers and senior police officers defended a policy of shooting dead individuals suspected of being suicide bombers, in spite of calls from British Muslim groups, human rights […]