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Archive for November 1st, 2007

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

We Who Aren’t About to Blog Salute You!

I’m doing NaNoWriMo. I won’t bother talking about it in detail here – most anything I write about my progress will be on my (indifferently kept) LiveJournal or my MyNaNoWriMo page. However, if you’re “in the program” yourself or are the supportive type, do give a shoutout here or one of those places or whatever. [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

George W. Bush Reads Blogs. No, Really!

By Mona

“When it comes to funding our troops, some in Washington should spend more time responding to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden and the requests of our commanders on the ground,” Bush said, “and less time responding to the demands of MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters.”

Then our [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

I attempt to explain Middle Eastern politics

By Thoreau
My wife asked me to explain the Turkey/Iraq/Kurds situation.  So I explained about the dispute between the Turks and Kurds and Kurdish separatists and all that.  And then I mentioned that Kurdish factions have fought against each other.  And then I came up with this explanation for why the Iraqi Kurds won’t hand over [...]