Category Archives: war

Predator and Reaper

2013-2-16 – 2:34 pm

Between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children.

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Let’s start with a new massacre

2012-7-14 – 2:37 pm

“a mix of news reports, policy briefs, blog posts and longform journalism.”

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Ecological (And Not Republican or Exxon Mobil) Sensitivity

2011-12-28 – 7:09 pm

Forced migrations are one thing, invasions by force, another

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Baroness Symons Fills Up

2011-4-20 – 11:38 am

Let’s not forget the pre-teen buckled in the back seat playing a gameboy.

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We All Want The Right Stuff

2011-3-20 – 1:10 pm

to the shores of BP, Slim Pickins

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Decision Points

2010-11-15 – 10:53 am

“[W]e passed laws that Congress endorsed and embraced, like the Terrorist Surveillance Program, military tribunals and enhanced interrogation techniques.”

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Flailing at this and that

2010-6-13 – 12:58 pm

But, Bob, you understand, it’s just business.

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Waning Empire Logic

2010-3-9 – 10:15 am

Bewailing the corruption implicit in such destructive tendencies

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Meanwhile, in the Banana Republic

2010-1-9 – 11:53 am

Stop-loss is a policy, Daniel Webster, which says the Military Industrial Complex can expend soldiers beyond the end of their signed contracts.

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Cooking the Books along with Everything and Everyone Else

2009-11-7 – 5:08 pm

As S.1733 makes its way to the Senate floor and as nations prepare to meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, observers hold their breath…
“Concerned whether the U.S. will take part in a new international treaty to slow climate change?”
No, because of the particulate matter from the Capitol coal plant.

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