3 month ago
deusx : President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war - Times Online - "President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackli
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3 month ago
deusx : Charlie's Diary: Alternative boondoggles - "Either way, the direct costs of the Iraq war exceed the maximum cost estimate for a manned Mars expedition, infrastructure and all, by 20%"
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4 month ago
nelson : White House knew of torture in 2002 - No big surprise here, but the whole "few bad eggs" thing is shown to be a lie
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5 month ago
nelson : Military graffiti art - Great collection of painted barricades in kuwait
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6 month ago
adamrg : A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq
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8 month ago
deusx : Brits deny releasing 'giant man-eating' badgers that target Iraqis - On Deadline - USATODAY.com - "We have not released giant badgers in Basra, and nor have we been collecting eggs and releasing serpents into the Shatt al-Arab river"
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8 month ago
adamrg : Andrew Olmsted: Final Post - .
Andy Baio : Army Major Andrew Olmsted's final post - blogging from the front lines of the war, he was the first casualty of 2008 [via]
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8 month ago
gleuschk : What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC. - the United States is arguably more isolated and less educated about the world than it was a half-century ago. In a time of such broad technological change, how can this possibly be the case?
Ethan Marcotte : "You Don’t Understand Our Audience": What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC - "To me, the term 'shareholder value' sounded like Mao's 'right path,' although this was not something I shared at the employee reëducation meetings." ∞
philgyford : "You Don't Understand Our Audience" by John Hockenberry - "...a series of lessons I learned about how television news had lost its most basic journalistic instincts in its search for the audience-driven sweet spot, the 'emotional center' of the American people." (via Oblinks)
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9 month ago
nelson : Xmas mission accomplished - the War on Christmas is over, and we have won
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10 month ago
philgyford : Soundtrack To War - Good 90 minute documentary on what music US troops in Iraq, and Iraqis, listen to and make. Mostly: white troops listen to metal, black troops to rap.
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deusx : The Raw Story | CNN's Cafferty: Bush putting the poor out in the cold to fund war - "No money for kids' health insurance, no money to help poor families pay their heating bills but President Bush wants $190 billion additional for 2008 for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"
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11 month ago
nelson : Know Thine Enemy - incredible video op/ed about the Iraqi insurgency
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11 month ago
Linkorama : The ‘Good Germans’ Among Us - “BUSH lies” doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s time to confront the darker reality that we are lying to ourselves.
Ethan Marcotte : The ‘Good Germans’ Among Us - If anyone needs me, I'll be in my bed with the covers pulled over my head. ∞
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11 month ago
deusx : A troubling turn in American history - The Boston Globe - "These developments would be disturbing enough, but what they point to is an interruption in this nation's most important public tradition - the movement from recognition of a problem to its attempted resolution."
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11 month ago
deusx : I survived Blackwater - Los Angeles Times - "As we do the work of bridge building and improving our host citizens' lives, if the people providing our transportation and security are antagonizing, angering and even killing the people we are putatively trying to help, our entire mission is under
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12 month ago
deusx : The Dilbert Blog: Sorry I Confused You - "In reading the comments to my post yesterday, I see that many of you were confused about my positions. Evidently all of you are brilliant, so I assume the problem is on my end. With your indulgence, allow me to clarify."
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12 month ago
deusx : The Dilbert Blog: A Feeling I'm Being Had - "If Ahmadinejad thinks he can be our friend by honoring our heroes and opening a dialog, he underestimates our ability to misinterpret him. Fucking idiot. I hate him. "
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12 month ago
deusx : Hacker's project sends media-filled hard drives to troops - Engadget - "A network engineer going by the hacker handle 'Deviant Ollam' has taken it upon himself to send care packages of a different sort to troops serving overseas, with him ditching the usual goods in favor of hard drives filled with movies, music and oth
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12 month ago
deusx : It is the death of history - Independent Online Edition > Robert Fisk - "Humankind is losing its history for the pleasure of private collectors living safely in their luxurious houses and ordering specific objects for their collection."
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12 month ago
nelson : Blackwater ousted from Iraq - Major private mercenary company banned?
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13 month ago
nelson : The great Iraq swindle - Awesomely angry bit of investigative journalism
Ethan Marcotte : The Great Iraq Swindle - When does it stop? #.
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13 month ago
Linkorama : What Changed His Mind? - Maybe becoming Vice President
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13 month ago
nelson : How the US tortures - Detailed, carefully written New Yorker piece
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14 month ago
nelson : Was Tillman murdered? - Wow, this looks awful; some reason to think his death was more than just a friendly fire accident
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