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Archive for October 10th, 2007

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Something to conveniently ignore

By Thoreau
A nice response to the question “Why don’t we ever hear the moderate Muslims speak out?”
Apparently, they do.  I guess that, to some people, moderates only exist if Fox News gives them sufficient coverage.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Lookie, how the GOP dead-enders support the (injured and so stupid) troops!

By Mona
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Vote Vets has been running a radio and TV ad blasting Rush Limbaugh for his “phony soldiers” commentary. The ad features Brian McGough, an Iraq war veteran who received the Purple Heart for a traumatic brain injury he suffered from shrapnel. Says McGough:

Rush, the shrapnel I took to my head was [...]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

The Good News From Iraq

By Thoreau
Turkey, long reluctant to support our valiant efforts to bring freedom and stability to the Middle East, is finally thinking about coming on board.  They’re weighing the possibility of sending forces into northern Iraq to fight terrorists.
What could possibly go wrong?

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

We are so screwed

By Thoreau
This was announced yesterday, and even pointed out in the previous thread on Khaled El Masri, but I didn’t get a chance to blog it: The Supreme Court turned down his challenge to the use of the State Stasi Secrets Doctrine, which was being invoked to block a lawsuit.
Commenter joe at Hit and [...]