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mama africa
"Naturally, everybody is trying to figure out which way the swing countries will come down. And naturally, the Bushies are using leaks and spin to try to convince the press they ultimately will land on the winning side – of the war, if not the UN vote.
For various reasons -- which may or may not involve large wire transfers to numbered Swiss bank accounts -- I think Mexico, Chile and Angola probably will vote for the resolution. Let’s just say each country has compelling motives to want to stay on Don Bush’s good side.
That leaves Cameroon and Guinea. (I can hear Shrub now: “Guinea? What the hell do the Italians have to do with this?)
This is ironic. Very ironic. Beyond ironic. Because in any coalition for democracy, these two are really awkward fits. They’re both stereotypical African "big man" dictatorships, ruled by leaders with, um, extensive human rights records. Not to mention criminal records."
fresh perspective
eric alterman interview on nprs fresh air discussing media bias.
return to sender
scott rosenberg post on truth-telling among the business and political elite and how one reporter's email about davos is making waves. definitely checkout the email link and the law meme piece too.
cold wards
anybody see that nova about dirty bombs? i think the scariest thing was the conditions in which some of the russian bioweapons were stored. they went into one lab and a batches of the plague were in chock full of nuts coffee cans in a 1950s kelvinator. i think they were still getting ice delivered to keep it cold. cant somebody send them a few new ge refrigerators, or at least a kenmore?
sorry, it wasnt the dirtybombs episode, it was this one about biowarfare.
high comedy
"It's also nice to see that in John Ashcroft's America, unlike during the "freewheeling" Clinton Administration, celebrities aren't getting away with their sinful ways. As part of the sting, the DEA raided Tommy Chong's house in Pacific Palisades. They didn't get Chong, but they later picked him up as he attempted to drive an ice-cream truck made of marijuana across the Mexican border.
Hah-hah! I am funny blogger who makes funny pot joke! Link me! Link me!"
communication breakdown
reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated, or some such line. having telephony difficulties over here at df central. thatll learn me not to pay my bill on time. currently operating on a hand-cranked machine. hope to be back up to speed in the next few day, or a few days after that, or sometime later on past that point. should be any time now. *drums fingers on desk* *smiles wanely* *itches scalp* *itches beard* *itches nose* *sniffs* *clears throat* *types slowly* *yawn* hey, did the war start yet?
behind the green door
i missed this frontline The War Behind Closed Doors but it will be available online on tuesday.
ethelene gaseousness
ethel is back. and despite the tidal wave of new left bloggers to wade through, hes still a top shelf muckraker.
"The Israelis are building a wall in Bethlehem to separate the Arabs from the Jewish part of town, just one more wall in a catacomb of walls and checkpoints trapping Palestinians in, well...
Ghettos
And I mean that in the sense of the Warsaw Ghetto."
chilly willy
"This is the transcript of an interview between former President Bill Clinton and James Fallows, of The Atlantic Monthly, on October 21, 2002. It occurred at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Clinton was in Fayetteville to deliver a speech on foreign policy honoring his mentor, the late Senator J. William Fulbright. Also present at the interview were two of Clinton's associates from Arkansas, including Rodney Slater, former Secretary of Transportation. Clinton and his group arrived 45 minutes late. Clinton strolled into the interview room and took out a cigar, which he never lit."