Monthly Archives: April 2008

Tonight’s Spring Moon

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Thanos

  Tonight’s Spring Moon

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Pakistan update

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Thanos

Torkham gate in the Khyber pass remained closed the third day as tribals fight in the area with “militants” – obviously Taliban from their strategy outlined here the other night. Continue reading →

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Gore Lied : People Died II

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Thanos

Almost one fifth of US cropland has been converted to energy crops, why grow wheat with small profit margin when you can grow subsidized fuel crops, a sure thing? I read the news today ….. The Government of Haiti has fallen to food riots. Continue reading →

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Bill Maher

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Thanos
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The Taliban’s Afghanistan Strategy

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Thanos

The Taliban strategy in the Khyber is bound to fail, as I’ve said in the past, but it won’t fail for want of trying. Syed at The Asia Times outlines it here, and in past articles (note that much of this … Continue reading →

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Obama: Tone Deaf to the American Dream as Well as Our Anthems

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Thanos

But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like … Continue reading →

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Charles Johnson Playlist

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Thanos

Charles is trying out Imeem over at his place, I’m swiping his playlist to see how the embeds work in WordPress, so here you go, along with a photo of Kasey. Actually inserting the photo was quite painful, because you … Continue reading →

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Food Crisis Deepens, Calls for Summits, Riots in Haiti

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Thanos

While the food crisis deepens, world bodies are calling for a summit — in June. We’ve seen food riots across the globe in several countries as rising demand and falling supplies create shortages, and some middle class areas of the … Continue reading →

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HezbAllah TV (Al Manar) Broadcasting in Indonesia

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Thanos

HezbAllah Television station, Al Manar, has begun broadcast in Indonesia. The Coalition Against Terrorist Media has started a campaign to see if they can get it removed from the airwaves. Indonesia also hosted the large gathering of Hizb ut Tahrir, … Continue reading →

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Cheerless Leader Lost?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Thanos

I don’t normally write about cruft like this — I mean who watches evening news nowadays anyway? However on seeing this story I had to do this post because the title for it popped into my head, a pun that … Continue reading →

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