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Virginia Tech and A Grisly Historic Footnote

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The massacre of 32 students this week at Virginia Tech University was not the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history. That long-forgotten distinction belongs to the Bath Township (Michigan) Consolidated School, where 45 people were killed and 58 injured on May 18, 1927 in a dynamite explosion set off by school board member Andrew Kehoe. Kehoe was upset … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech and A Grisly Historic Footnote

Dutch Corporal Killed by Taliban

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A 21 year old Dutch corporal was killed in Afghanistan by the Taliban. While on patrol, a bomb exploded. The 21 year old Dutchman died instantly. His remains have been brought to Kandahar, his body will be flown back to the Netherlands next week. He is the sixth Dutch soldier to die in Afghanistan, but the first to die due to 'violence of war'. He was a member of the … [Read more...] about Dutch Corporal Killed by Taliban

Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Karl Rove, Arlen Specter, and “The United States of Greek Tragedy America

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Will Alberto R. Gonzales become the newest Icarus of this Administration, I mean, this ancient Greek tragedy, now? It can be a terrible thing to love a father so much that even though you are falling fast, your father only cheerily bids you to flap harder... The young Icarus so trusted his father Daedelus, that he believed him when his father said, “Here just put on this … [Read more...] about Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Karl Rove, Arlen Specter, and “The United States of Greek Tragedy America

al-Maliki Warns Turkey Not To Intervene in Iraq

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Cernig points out this article in the Guardian, accompanied by the words ‘Hooooo boy, things are getting “interestingâ€? - as in the old Chinese curse style of “interestingâ€?.’ What’s so interesting? Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned Turkey not to attack the PKK in Iraq. Any incursion would be met by a “united Iraqâ€?: “Iraq is a sovereign … [Read more...] about al-Maliki Warns Turkey Not To Intervene in Iraq

Center of Attention

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Today's Center of Attention... Andrew Sullivan on abortion, states rights, libertarians, classically liberals, conservatives, etc. Balloon Juice's Tim F. explains why George W. Bush "irritates people": "Again the unique Bush gift goes beyond making a plainly stupid argument to some ethereal plane of counterproductive mendaciousness. A sworn enemy of the United States … [Read more...] about Center of Attention

The Koran and Israel

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The Jerusalem Post reports that "former PA foreign minister Mahmoud A-Zahar of Hamas said Friday that recognizing Israel contradicts the Koran." In an interview with a Hamas-affiliated Web site, Zahar also said that "Hamas had not given up on the principle that all of Palestine is Muslim land." Or to put it more bluntly: the Jews have got to go, according to this man of … [Read more...] about The Koran and Israel

The Week That Was And What a Week It Was

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NEWARK, Delaware -- Even though there still is a chill in the air hereabouts, I dug into the back of my clothes closet this morning while getting dressed for work and pulled out a T-shirt with this image on it. Wearing this particular shirt seemed appropriate given the week we've just been through. Besides which, my boss is out of town. The week began, of course, with the … [Read more...] about The Week That Was And What a Week It Was

Goodbye Alberto, It Was Nice To Know You

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Byron York on Alberto Gonzales' performance yesterday: Judging by his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, there are three questions about the U.S. attorneys mess that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wants answered: What did I know? When did I know it? And why did I fire those U.S. attorneys? As the day dragged on, it became clear — painfully clear … [Read more...] about Goodbye Alberto, It Was Nice To Know You

Training Iraqi Troops No Longer Top Priority

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Nancy A. Youssef writes for McClatchy that "military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces." Training Iraqi troops, which had been the cornerstone of the Bush administration's Iraq policy … [Read more...] about Training Iraqi Troops No Longer Top Priority

Gonzales Flops In Senate Hearings And Loses Republican Support

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He came. He saw. And he did not conquer. By all but the most lockstep-administration supporting accounts, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales flopped in his testimony before Senators yesterday to explain the still-curious case of the firing of Republican U.S. attorneys who many believe were axed because they either didn't go after Democrats fast enough or went … [Read more...] about Gonzales Flops In Senate Hearings And Loses Republican Support

Guest Poet: A Tip For Republicans In Congress

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And now another gem from TMV's favorite artist of verse, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet: Imagine you are a Republican Congressman. Look at what's happening in Iraq today. Contemplate the futility, indeed, the stupidly, of trying to salvage this long lost cause with a "surge." Now think ahead to the election of 2008, and your Democratic opponent's TV commercials … [Read more...] about Guest Poet: A Tip For Republicans In Congress

Gere & Shetty Kiss: Un-Indian or Indian act?

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An Indian sculpture The Gere-Shetty kiss led to demonstrations in some parts of India. Is kissing an Indian or an un-Indian act? Some researchers believe that kiss itself could very well be India's contribution to the world!!! "The ruckus over a Gere peck on the Shilpa cheek, which is being bandied as an un-Indian act and a kiss, actually is neither. For one, a kiss is … [Read more...] about Gere & Shetty Kiss: Un-Indian or Indian act?