tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58763152011-10-12T07:13:29.616-04:00Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comBlogger9381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-41052415232977071032011-07-20T14:06:00.003-04:002011-07-20T14:09:57.731-04:00

Articles on hacking of Twitter and fake news stories can be found at www.ronbryn.blogspot.com and www.aanewz.blogspot.com Lots of good stories in the archives here if you search for Markos or Vis Numar or socks or puppets or Netroots or Simon Rosenberg or GOPUSA or Ricky Vandal above.

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I think this Lew Hunter person? Was a fake. Direct message sent by Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) to you (@ronbryn) on Jun 24, 9:48 AM. NYT_JenPreston Jennifer

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Twitter fyi... i think lee is trying to screw me. associate me with his bullshit jg story. it is total bullshit. had to publicly tweet. Direct message sent by Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) to you (@ronbryn) on Jun 25, 10:35 AM. NYT_JenPreston Jennifer Preston Send a direct message Want to receive mobile notifications? Download Twitter for your phone » If you'd rather not receive

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From: "Preston, Jennifer" To: Ron Brynaert Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:10 PM Ron, I just got an email. Don't know if it is from you. Why I am responding here. I will talk to you in the morning. I have been trying to help you even as you stab me in the back and share private conversations. I know you are really smart, well intentioned and a good person. My advice is to be quiet..advice

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Scott Shane's latest New York Times article on the Guantanamo files (link) weighs heavily on this Joint Task Force Gitmo detainee assessment: pdf link. He peers out from the photo in the classified file through heavy-framed spectacles, an owlish face with a graying beard and a half-smile. Saifullah Paracha, a successful businessman and for years a New York travel agent, appears to be the oldest

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I apologize for never following up on the BBC yanking of Raymond Davis story (link), which I said would be published at The Brad Blog in March. The BBC never responded to my email, and I got sidetracked, then Raymond Davis was released, but I was able to craft a complete version of the yanked article via painstakingly complicated Google searches. Since the story had a lot of minor grammar edits

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Update at bottom: Article runs day later, key line edited, but mystery behind yanking remains Around one half-hour after publishing an article entitled "Behind the scenes of Pakistan Raymond Davis 'spy' saga", the BBC appears to have yanked it. The Washington Post, the Associated Press and The New York Times have all admitted to killing stories about Raymond Davis, who was apprehended in

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In November of 2010, Florida voters approved ballot amendments 5 and 6. Florida will be awarded two new Congressional seats in 2012. Amendment 5 and Amendment 6 was designed to change the way Congressional districts are drawn. Amendment 5 In establishing Legislative district boundaries: (1) No apportionment plan or district shall be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-35455727355801044702010-12-07T14:38:00.004-05:002010-12-07T15:26:07.266-05:00

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip “P.J.” Crowley isn't playing around when it comes to WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. At the Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz reports, "As Julian Assange steps up his rhetoric and his releases of sensitive material, the State Department is becoming increasingly undiplomatic." With Julian Assange in jail, the State Department steps up its WikiLeaks

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It's going to take me a long while to finish the Obama's Spikes of Activity article I alluded to the other week. In the meantime, I probably won't be doing much of anything on this blog, but I have become more active on Twitter. My new account is at www.twitter.com/ronbryn. There's at least two or three series of tweets that would have made great blog posts here, but I'm concentrating on the

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What is the difference between Bush's "spikes of activity" and Obama's "spikes of activity"? Five-and-a-half years ago I published "'Spikes of Activity' In The DSM." My blog was so widely read and linked then, that according to Google, it still trumps the amazing Michael Smith's original Pulitzer-worthy article that I based all my work on in the first place. Among other things, the major two

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It has been over three years since I last blogged here, and I'm not certain this counts as a return. But if you're lost, crazy or care one way or the other I might be back here soon. At least for a spell. I'm planning to switch my Twitter account name soon to my real name, but for now it remains at http://twitter.com/rawstorystaff. Holla.

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Apologies for never posting a proper goodbye, here. But it has been so long since I last blogged that I had forgotten my password. Since I became Executive Editor of Raw Story it's been too tough to keep up a blog since most of my energy is directed there. Thanks to all my readers and non-readers. And I won't be deleting this blog, so feel free to dig through it to find tasty morsels and

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For the past couple of days, the Providence Journal has covered a massive federal immigration agent raid at Michael Bianco Inc., a textile plant in New Bedford, MA that had $170 million in contracts to make clothing for the US military. The raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents netted 327 illegal immigrants, and they also arrested members of Bianco's management and charged them with

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While I was psyched to see Martin Scorsese win best director finally on Sunday night, I was kind of disappointed that "The Queen" lost out on best film. Being a huge fan of the original Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs," it's hard to measure the film without thinking about all the wonderful things that got cut out. But Stephen Frears "The Queen" really knocked me out, especially the

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Twice today, President Bush said something bizarre at his press conference, yet not when reporter (not even yesterday's Snow battler, CNN's Ed Henry) called him on it. "General Pace says that these bombs found in Iraq do not by themselves implicate Iran," one reporter said at the conference. "What makes you so certain that the highest levels of Tehran's government is responsible?" Bush responded,

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1171013849624466502007-02-09T03:13:00.000-05:002007-02-09T04:37:30.210-05:00

Sean Harder, reporting for Georgia's Savannah Morning News, reveals that 143 or more US troops deployed to Iraq from Fort Stewart last month missed their final combat exercise, and one eighteen-year-old soldier is already dead: Last week, one of those soldiers - Pvt. Matthew T. Zeimer, 18 - was the first from the brigade to be killed when he was hit by enemy fire in Ramadi, the stronghold of

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Wow. I believe Prince just gave the greatest performance I have ever seen in my life, live or on television. That was completely unexpected. Prince's new song "Guitar" can be downloaded for free at his website, and I'm sure video of his Super Bowl performance with rain falling, pigeons soaring, purple lights glowing, marching band performing, and lots of gyrating will be all over YouTube in

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Sorry, I've been kind of busy: House Majority Whip touts 'diversity' to herald start of Black History month Bush: Future generations face cuts in Social Security, Medicare unless 'we act' now; New budget will 'eliminate the deficit by 2012' Obama's 'trying to figure out' if he's 'going to Hollywood' or getting 'voted off island' Update: Man arrested in bizarre Boston marketing ploy Web video

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1169781460865714252007-01-25T21:40:00.000-05:002007-01-26T00:31:08.423-05:00

Big story at Raw Story today. Larisa Alexandrovna (who - if you somehow don't know - broke the story that former CIA agent Valerie Plame had been working on Iran WMD when she was outed by Bush Administration officials) and Muriel Kane (one of the best damn researchers on the planet) have a story called A hidden history: Administration's move towards Iran strike dates back six years which

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1169186307470620002007-01-19T00:56:00.000-05:002007-01-19T00:58:41.433-05:00

Guest blogger: Michael Hussey This is an article you won't see when conservatives speak of liberal media bias. Rich Little won't be mentioning Iraq or ratings when he addresses the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 21. Little said organizers of the event made it clear they don't want a repeat of last year's controversial appearance by Stephen Colbert, whose searing satire of President

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1168936399460805072007-01-16T03:22:00.000-05:002007-01-17T01:48:40.430-05:00

Cheney on domestic spying by the Pentagon and CIA: 'There's nothing wrong with it or illegal' Convicted Watergate 'plumber' claims LBJ may have had JFK assassinated DNC slams McCain for 'pandering to far right' on MLK day; Wesley Clark also attended Alabama governor's inauguration Democratic presidential candidate Kucinich warns, 'If Bush attacks Iran, all bets are off' 'My name's Dr.

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1168679466019828912007-01-13T03:31:00.000-05:002007-01-16T03:22:09.060-05:00

Press 'swarm' as Pentagon leadership, protester 'enjoy' chat Leaked remarks: Kennedy to say Senate not told about Iraq rules of engagement Over 1,000 protesters spell out 'IMPEACH!' on beach in Pelosi's district Paper: 'Blood and oil; How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches' Video: Fox crew 'bashes' Boxer for 'childless Condi slur:' White House spokesman later calls senator 'tacky'

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1168541997847572012007-01-11T13:58:00.000-05:002007-01-11T13:59:57.880-05:00

Mr Bush said there would be violence in Iraq "for many years" and that US troops would only be able to withdraw as local forces gained competence. "These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgement of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington," he said. Mr Bush said victory would come "when the

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From Drudge blamed Dems for 'day off for football' but '100 hours' agenda delay said to be due to GOP request: Contrary to an Internet report, Republicans in the House of Representatives appear to have asked for a day off less than one week into the 110th Congress, RAW STORY has learned. The Democratic leadership consented, and no action is scheduled on the House floor today. Congress will not

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The Pentagon declared a war on the holiday season. At CNN's Website, four "highlights" are singled out and boxed above the Associated Press story, "Army asks dead to sign up for another hitch," but, for some reason, the almost-impossible-to-believe second sentence didn't make the cut: The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167979005235051062007-01-05T00:43:00.000-05:002007-01-05T01:36:45.266-05:00

From Raw Story: Earlier today, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a likely 2008 presidential candidate, declared that he is willing to pay any political price for his fervant support of an escalation of US troops in Iraq, even if it's a "misjudgement." .... "Well, as you know, I harbor ambitions for the presidency, but there's nothing more important than our nation's security," McCain responded. "I have

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167860584174291072007-01-03T16:40:00.000-05:002007-01-05T00:43:42.220-05:00

From my Raw Story article, 'Not everybody [in Hollywood] loves [conservative] Patricia': The conservative politics – contrarian to Hollywood – of former Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton are discussed in a New York Times article published on New Year's Eve. Jesse Green reports that Heaton and her late co-star Peter Boyle, who portrayed her father-in-law on the popular sitcom, often "

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167428861775918442006-12-29T16:22:00.000-05:002006-12-30T14:55:26.530-05:00

Days away from the Times Square celebrations, Justin Rood at TPMmuckraker (via a reader's tip) finds the best quote of the year. Move over Will Rogers. Move over Winston Churchill. Move over Sylvester Stallone. Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, issues a platitude-for-the-ages that

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167197926972712822006-12-28T02:49:00.000-05:002006-12-28T03:10:20.556-05:00

Perhaps The New York Times entered into some sort of secret agreement with the Bush Administration that it hasn't disclosed when it published the redacted Op-Ed written by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann on a news dump Friday just before Christmas when most people wouldn't be reading the news. Why else would they publish crap like this? Not that "Iran Is Seeking More Influence in Afghanistan"

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167167191089371962006-12-26T15:48:00.000-05:002006-12-28T02:48:11.133-05:00

ABC's The Blotter has a poorly written and edited article about a New York Times journalist allegedly beaten by Pakistani agents: New York Times correspondent Carlotta Gall tells ABC News she was assaulted by plain-clothed government security agents while reporting in Quetta, a Pakistani city near the Afghan frontier where NATO suspects the Taliban hides its shadow government. Akhtar Soomro, a

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1167112222546365922006-12-26T00:42:00.000-05:002006-12-26T01:55:00.716-05:00

From my latest Raw Story article, Novak: Conservatives may resign from board if DeLay hired as lobbyist; Obama running in 2008: In a Christmas Eve column for the Chicago Sun-Times, conservative columnist Robert Novak claims he has heard of potential resignations of Board members at the American Conservative Union, should former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) be hired as a lobbyist for the organization.

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1166822496807573602006-12-22T16:05:00.000-05:002006-12-23T20:53:06.606-05:00

From my Raw Story article, The redacted Iran op-ed revealed: The New York Times has taken the unusual step of publishing an op-ed in which parts of the contents have been "redacted" or blacked out by government censors, who believe that its contents would reveal "sensitive" information that the White House wants to withold. Below is RAW STORY's best informed guess at what might hide behind the

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1166611580754137772006-12-21T12:32:00.000-05:002006-12-26T01:07:28.460-05:00

Is this guy clueless or what? The wisdom of former NBC News cue card reader Tom Brokaw, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer the other day: There are very good jobs American kids don't want to take - $15- to $16-an-hour summer construction jobs I would have killed for in high school. They don't want to work that hard or do grunt work. They want computer work. Perhaps Brokaw should start his

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1166609069768053222006-12-20T04:54:00.000-05:002006-12-20T05:04:29.810-05:00

This was White House spokesman Tony Snow, just last Wednesday: As for our occupation, the United States would like to be able to leave as quickly as possible. The Iraqis would, too. But the Iraqis say, don't leave until the job is done. We agree. It is important to win in Iraq as defined by a free democracy that sustains, governs, and defends itself. A reporter asked, "When did the Iraqis say

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“We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy's side of the front is always propaganda, and what is said on our side of the front is truth and righteousness, the cause of humanity and a crusade for peace.” — Walter Lippmann “One difficulty is that the media have little or no memory. War correspondents have short working lives and there is no tradition or means for passing on

The Donkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1166456232634177172006-12-18T10:36:00.000-05:002006-12-18T10:38:19.300-05:00

So I see the Malkin(s)-led bukkake fest against the AP for using a source who supposedly didn't exist is coming to an end since the source actually does exist, but the wingnuts couldn't fathom that a name translated from Arabic might actually be spelled in multiple, similar ways in English. Oops! Looks like the rabid ones among us need to sharpen up their research skills a bit... We'll start

tasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1166211436960052772006-12-15T14:29:00.000-05:002006-12-15T22:35:20.203-05:00

"There's a better option for the '08 election," Jordan Bartel writes for the Carroll County Times, "Forget Hillary and Barack. McCain? Nah. Newt, Guiliani, Edwards? Take a seat." Bartel notes that Jay-Z aka Jigga aka Hova aka S. Carter aka Def Jam President/CEO is passionate about "several" social issues: Born in housing projects in Brooklyn, he certainly knows the plight of the working class

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165963120632354822006-12-12T17:29:00.000-05:002006-12-12T17:38:40.680-05:00

DJ Statik Selektah blends two conflict diamond conscious raps by Nas and Kanye West together in this video clip: Feeling half-ashamed As I rap with my platinum chain When you shop for a gift for me, do you think about the misery? The same way we made apartheid history We can do the same thing to the conflict ice But everybody wanna shine, right? (hat tip to different kitchen for link)

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165799672615541732006-12-10T20:09:00.000-05:002006-12-10T20:14:32.643-05:00

Apologies, if my article at Raw Story led you to remove posts from your new blog and shut off commenting, but that's the way it goes sometimes in the blogosphere. All I did was report that you turned your former campaign site into a blog, and I guess some of our natives might have gotten a little restless, as indicated in our article's haloscan thread. I guess I could have picked a better picture

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165682365323715772006-12-09T11:27:00.000-05:002006-12-09T11:39:25.373-05:00

From Page accuses Kolbe of suppressing sexually-explicit messages from Foley: According to the “Investigation of Allegations Related to Improper Conduct Involving Members and Current or Former House Pages” (what's become known as the “Page Report”), in October 2001 Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) received--and tried to suppress--sexually-explicit communications sent by Rep. Mark Foley to a House

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165529612854583302006-12-07T17:12:00.000-05:002006-12-07T17:13:32.883-05:00

Good old New York Post, how I love you kidders...

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165423994504793952006-12-06T11:44:00.000-05:002006-12-06T11:53:32.296-05:00

Sorry for the light blogging the last few days, but I've been pretty busy working on stuff for Raw. As you might have read at Raw Story today, I am going to be running a new section called Raw Sunday, which I'm pretty excited about, and I hope will be well received. Here's Raw's Executive Editor Larry Womack on what we have in store: Each weekend, RAW STORY will be reinvented into a special

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From my article at Raw Story, Russert: Why does Bush keep saying 'al Qaeda, al Qaeda, al Qaeda' while discussing Iraq?: On NBC's Meet the Press, host Tim Russert asked National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley to explain why President George W. Bush keeps harping on al Qaeda while discussing the insurgency in Iraq. "Whenever the administration seems to be having trouble with Iraq, in terms of its

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1165166815147820682006-12-03T12:24:00.000-05:002006-12-03T12:26:55.190-05:00

From Raw Story: Five editorials in Sunday's edition of The Washington Post argue whether or not George W. Bush is the worst president ever.. As Editor & Publisher notes, "The Washington Post editorial page has been a strong backer of the Iraq war from the beginning," and the five editorials "may set off an intriguing debate, pro and con." In one editorial, Michael Lind, a Whitehead senior

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164945207037394382006-11-30T22:30:00.000-05:002006-11-30T22:53:28.226-05:00

Tom Zeller Jr. writes for the New York Times: Against the backdrop of the civil war, occupation, Baathist insurgency, sectarian conflict, and struggle against terrorists in Iraq, to borrow a few descriptors, in addition to the historic meeting between President Bush and Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki today, another battle is brewing. This one pits conservative bloggers and the

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164820610606508582006-11-29T11:57:00.000-05:002006-11-29T12:16:54.236-05:00

From my article at Raw Story, Pelosi: It's 'sad' Bush is blaming Iraqi insurgent violence on al-Qaeda: House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters on Wednesday that she feels it is "sad" that President Bush continues to blame Iraqi insurgent violence on al Qaeda. "My thoughts on the president's representations are well-known," Pelosi said. "The 9/11 Commission dismissed that notion a

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164662817213501672006-11-27T16:16:00.000-05:002006-11-27T16:26:57.256-05:00

Raw Story is still slightly affected by server-switching problems, but I have two stories currently running over there. From Carter: Israeli 'domination' over Palestinians is 'atrocious': Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter called Israeli "domination" over Palestinians "atrocious" during an interview Monday on ABC's Good Morning America, RAW STORY has learned. Appearing on the morning talk

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164521963662860252006-11-26T01:05:00.000-05:002006-11-26T01:23:30.550-05:00

For far too long, the patriotic members of myspace have sucked down bandwidth on my loadedmouth.com domain by sharing this image, that I host, with their friends: So today, I changed the name of that file, uploaded a new image and gave it the same name as the old file, thus insuring that this new image shows up on their myspace sites. That should piss all of them off. They deserve it,

tasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164402609475778242006-11-24T16:07:00.000-05:002006-11-24T16:10:09.526-05:00

Turkeys try for fast train out of Jersey

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164302012949040382006-11-23T11:49:00.000-05:002006-12-01T00:10:55.056-05:00

...it's easy if you try. I said goodbye to Tas the other day, it's time to say welcome to Larisa! Larisa Alexandrovna started a new site called at-Largely which will allow her to blog unplugged-style, in between breaking stories left and right and back again at Raw Story. Here's a Thanksgiving Day treat, a track from the new mixtape by DJ Kay Slay, Drama Season Begins Now, which pairs Nas and

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1164049614352757242006-11-20T13:55:00.000-05:002006-11-20T14:06:54.510-05:00

Tas at Loaded Mouth is bidding a fond "fuck you" adieu to the blogosphere: ...In 2003, I started as a writer who was just learning about blogging before it became a household word, The desire for more readers drove me to become a blogger who frequently attacked others in order to be more outrageous, which I had hoped would make me become more well known. And now... Now, I'm sick of being part of

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163794100097453152006-11-17T14:43:00.000-05:002006-11-17T15:12:18.400-05:00

I have nothing to write today because I've wasted too much time pursuing stories I've seen elsewhere, which, upon further research, turned out to be either incorrect or questionable. Without mentioning names of erroneous bloggers on the right and left, here is what I learned this week (and, yeah, this is one of those annoying "inside baseball" posts that I write from time to time which pisses off

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163612030637112772006-11-15T12:25:00.000-05:002006-11-17T15:14:36.206-05:00

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann mentioned a Raw Story article I worked on during last night's broadcast. Olbermann was discussing the arrest of Chad Conrad Castagana, who is "accused of mailing at least 13 threatening letters, maybe 17, filled with white powder to the likes of Senator Chuck Schumer, Speaker presumptive Nancy Pelosi, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and me."

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163527809624212532006-11-14T13:00:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:13:17.540-05:00

The question being why it's absolutely ridiculous that a Democratic Congressman being considered for the Majority Leader position is considered as some kind of saviour for our failed Iraq adventure. "We can go to Okinawa," Rep. John Murtha believes. "We can redeploy there almost instantly." For some reason, the only Democrat who has a clue about what to do in Iraq, John Kerry, is the subject of

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163461870897465262006-11-13T18:49:00.000-05:002006-11-13T18:51:50.836-05:00

Guest blogger: Michael Hussey Jeff Gannon on Ted Haggard. More importantly, liberal gay Americans are getting a new hero, an untrustworthy, drug-dealing gay prostitute. Now there’s something to be proud of. Jeff, you really shouldn't be dissing male prostitutes.

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163358726214610832006-11-12T14:11:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:12:06.216-05:00

Major bummer.

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163233266299661832006-11-11T02:55:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:02:23.593-05:00

In a rap about Hurricane Katrina, Hova rides a haunting Dr. Dre track, interspliced with news report soundbites, sounds of storm and constantly flowing water, plus loud-ass helicopters. "Minority Report" comes from the unretired Jay-Z's soon-to-be-released Kingdom Come (which hit the internets today minus bonus tracks). But unlike other stellar rap songs by New Orleans rappers like Juvenile and

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163179139291451912006-11-10T12:16:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:19:22.926-05:00

At Raw Story: Before Tuesday's midterm elections, Republican officials boasted that their "highly sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation" in the final hours would keep Congress in its control. But at least two "notorious" and high profile party members didn't do enough to aid the cause, a Florida newspaper reveals. "Mark Foley, the former U.S. congressman in rehab for alcohol and sex-related

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1163089166432454942006-11-09T11:17:00.000-05:002006-11-09T11:19:26.470-05:00

From Raw Story yesterday, DeLay: I'd call it a 'Texas whupping,' that's for sure: Appearing on MSNBC's post-election coverage this morning, Tom DeLay, the former Republican House Majority Leader said that his party had suffered a "Texas whupping." The former Republican leader resigned from Congress earlier this year after being indicted for allegedly violating campaign finance laws and amid

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162926907374516642006-11-07T14:11:00.000-05:002006-11-07T14:15:07.483-05:00

Unless that really was John McLaughlin: McLaughlin: Maybe Kerry's 'telling the truth'. A few other articles I have at Raw Story, which I'm too busy to excerpt from: 'Nice try,' Tony Snow rejects 'Speaker Pelosi' question RNC Chairman: Don't let Dems turn Iraq into 'another Afghanistan' RNC chairman denies GOP engages in voter intimidation, says Dems did intimidating in 2004

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162753447589143402006-11-05T13:23:00.000-05:002006-11-06T02:27:09.466-05:00

Since changing my template, I still have a ton of links to re-add to my blogroll, and a few new ones, which I hope to get to shortly, but here's a list of the five blogs that I've been reading most regularly lately: Luke's Wot Is It Good 4 is usually my first stop each day. Along with the hottest links - backed with commentary sometimes profound, sometimes edgy, sometimes mocking, sometimes

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162599231358372772006-11-03T18:47:00.000-05:002006-11-03T19:13:52.036-05:00

Congressman Bob Ney (OH-Rep.) formally resigned today. Who would have guessed that? Flashback to April at Raw Story: A pre-trial motion filed by federal prosecutors in the case of indicted former Bush Administration official David Safavian contends that his share of the costs in a trip to play golf in Scotland and England arranged by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff should have been nearly five

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162542092057531452006-11-03T02:15:00.000-05:002006-11-03T14:38:47.020-05:00

William J. Broad (or his editors) have confused a helluva lot of folks with this awkward paragraph in an otherwise great article in Friday's New York Times called U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer: Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162431742489412692006-11-01T20:38:00.000-05:002006-11-01T20:42:50.230-05:00

Here is a Youtube video I uploaded for Ron's pop quiz. Word of advise: get a Youtube account, Ron. Multiply works well. That's where I upload all my porn music videos.

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162428574132738582006-11-01T19:41:00.000-05:002006-11-01T20:03:32.770-05:00

What potential 2008 presidential nominee said these words two years ago? "The President was cautious, the President was prudent, the President did what a Commander in Chief should do. No matter how you try to blame it on the president the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?" What was

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162417364590164952006-11-01T16:40:00.000-05:002006-11-01T16:42:44.620-05:00

A Raw Story reader named Kevin sent us this video that he made today:

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162352483992179122006-10-31T22:38:00.000-05:002006-10-31T22:41:46.050-05:00

From my article at Raw Story, "Ex-Hussein political adviser claims Iraq accepted Bush's ultimatum before invasion": Hossam Shaltout, a former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son, said today that before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, Saddam expressed his intent to yield to all American demands, but that the Bush administration refused his offers, according to a press release on

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162352293322538852006-10-31T22:25:00.000-05:002006-10-31T22:38:13.413-05:00

Today's ridiculousness about a slight gaffe made by a Democratic Senator who once fought in a war, yet is not even running for re-election, is beyond belief. Yes, indeed, the GOP jumped the shark today. But their show isn't in any danger of being cancelled because there's a slim chance in Hell that this election will be any more fair than the ones that transpired over the last six years. The

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162240033802468812006-10-30T14:47:00.000-05:002006-10-30T15:48:55.250-05:00

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) released the following statement in response to a blog and photoshopped image created by Billmon at Whiskey Bar, regarding comments made by CNN's Wolf Blitzer directed at Lynne Cheney, who had questioned his patriotism: I am saddened by the comments made today by a blogger working in clear concert with the Democrat (sic) Party. It is clear that Nancy Pelosi,

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1162180631220802522006-10-29T22:37:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:29:42.916-05:00

U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) today made the following statement regarding the suspected leak of another track from the upcoming Jay-Z album by Democrats on the House Select Committee on Intelligence: America is fighting the Global War on Terror so that we can fight the enemy overseas instead of on American streets. Any leaks of classified information regarding Kingdom Come

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161985556583380272006-10-28T17:30:00.000-04:002006-10-27T17:45:57.170-04:00

I had a bunch of Raw Story articles the last couple of days, so many that I'm too wiped out to do more now than provide links. White House spokesman spars with press regarding Cheney's torture 'admission' Senator Allen releases graphic excerpts from Dem challenger's novel GOP posts YouTube video of Ford's campaign staff 'freaking out' at cameraman Senator Santorum defends 'mushroom cloud' ad

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161914955728755292006-10-26T22:08:00.000-04:002006-10-26T22:10:37.890-04:00

Guest blogger: Michael Hussey I read University of South Florida Susan A. MacManus's analysis of the midterm elections with great interest. I also wasn't surprised by her prediction. Polls tell us that Democrats are angrier and more likely to turn out than Republicans. (Actually, the poll question wording focuses more on enthusiasm about voting than about the likelihood of turning out). It is

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161897337143968002006-10-26T17:08:00.000-04:002006-10-26T17:15:37.176-04:00

President George Bush had this to say on Conservative Print Media Journalists Day: That's what makes this more difficult – I don't know what Harry Truman was feeling like, or Franklin Roosevelt. But I do know – I'm sure there were moments of high frustration for them – but I do know that at Midway, they were eventually able to say two carriers were sunk and one was damaged. We don't get to say

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161815244508172902006-10-25T18:25:00.000-04:002006-10-25T18:27:24.546-04:00

Guest blogger: Michael Hussey I said before that playing the immigration card would hurt Republicans. And it may now cost the GOP to lose the midterm elections. The Latino backlash has grown so intense that one prominent, typically pro-Republican organization, the Latino Coalition, has endorsed Democrats in competitive races this year in Tennessee, Nebraska and New Jersey. The coalition is

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161802334716570312006-10-25T14:49:00.000-04:002006-10-25T14:52:14.756-04:00

From my article at Raw Story: A major anti-immigration group is accusing the Bush Administration of creating a "shadow government," by "engaging in collaborative relations with Mexico and Canada outside the U.S. Constitution," RAW STORY has learned. The Minuteman Project sent out a press release late Tuesday evening hyping their Web site, which is showcasing 1,000 documents allegedly obtained in

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161637297700099722006-10-23T16:47:00.000-04:002006-10-23T17:01:37.766-04:00

The latest in Taliban news... Military blogger Bill Roggio on a new deal Pakistan is mulling with Taliban, Qaeda militants: Today, the Gulf Times reports a deal with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Bajaur is coming – and right soon. “Maulana Faqir Mohamed, once most wanted cleric in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region, and his fellow militants are likely to ink peace accord with the government after Eid

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161562709492096692006-10-22T19:43:00.000-04:002006-10-22T20:32:34.210-04:00

Axl said it best: "Look at the shoes you're filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look at the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more" From the Times Online: On talk shows yesterday senior Republicans for the first time said that Iraq was in a

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161436366315620562006-10-21T09:06:00.000-04:002006-10-21T09:13:52.493-04:00

guest post by Lukery It's great to see Ron back here, and he has done a lovely job refurbishing, don't you think? If you are interested in the Sibel Edmonds story, part 5 of my interview, Valerie Plame and Sibel Edmonds, with the director is here. and part 6, "911 and FBI Incompetence" is here And for some extra fun, a Daniel Ellsberg interview talking about suitcases of al-Qaeda funded

lukerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161396404230357622006-10-20T22:00:00.000-04:002006-10-20T22:06:44.256-04:00

Raw Story: During a speech delivered at a National Republican Senatorial Committee reception, President George Bush suggested that a "philosophical shift" by the Democratic Party began in the Cold War era, stating that the party at that time gave up the war against communism and backed away from beliefs in "the power of liberty and freedom." "It is interesting what's happened to the Democrat [

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1161152820975953792006-10-18T02:03:00.000-04:002006-10-18T02:27:01.070-04:00

Guest post by Lukery. Ron is still away, I see. I imagine that he has probably put his forehead through what's left of his keyboard by now. If you found my recent posts here interesting (the interview with Mathieu Verboud), yuo can find Part Four here. It's called "Israel-Turkey & Neocon nuclear agenda" which will probably give you some indication as to the content. Also, I have a new post

lukerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1160966488449223872006-10-15T22:40:00.000-04:002006-10-15T22:42:34.510-04:00

Guest blogger: Michael Hussey House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told Kirk Fordham about Mark Foley's drunken visit to the page dorm. Forham said he talked to Scott Palmer, Dennis Hastert's Chief of Staff, about the matter. Palmer said, "What Kirk Fordham said did not happen." Fordham has testified to the House ethics committee and the FBI about his conversation with Palmer. Will Palmer be willing to

Michael Husseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1160710518342411282006-10-12T23:33:00.000-04:002006-10-12T23:35:18.376-04:00

Condoleezza Rice asks, "Does anybody really believe that somebody would have walked into my office and said, oh, by the way, there's a chance of a major attack against the United States and I would have said, well, I'm really not interested in that information?"

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1160636143869145252006-10-12T02:50:00.000-04:002006-10-12T03:11:32.756-04:00

(Guestpost by Lukery from Wot Is It Good 4 and Kill the Messenger: Sibel Edmonds) Ron is still laptop-less - so here's something you might be interested in. Following up on my previous post, here is the next part of my interview with Mathieu Verboud, co-director of a new film about Sibel Edmonds and her case called Kill The Messenger (you can see the trailer etc at that link) ----------------

lukerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1160444769566730622006-10-10T21:38:00.000-04:002006-10-10T21:32:33.103-04:00

(Guestpost by Lukery from Wot Is It Good 4 and Kill the Messenger: Sibel Edmonds) While Ron is away lamenting life without a laptop, I thought I'd follow-up on his great recent work on Pakistan. I recently interviewed Mathieu Verboud, co-director of a new film about Sibel Edmonds and her case called Kill The Messenger (you can see the trailer etc at that link) This is Part Two of the interview

lukerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1160242290208077122006-10-07T13:26:00.000-04:002006-10-07T13:31:30.240-04:00

From NBC News: The U.S. Cavalry's Crazy Horse, 3rd Platoon ventures out into Southern Baghdad, where the enemy is invisible, Iraqi allies untrustworthy, and where American troops increasingly ask themselves if this is their fight anymore. And who is the enemy? .... The troops say it's frustrating not to trust their Iraqi counterparts. Do soldiers here ever ask themselves, "Why are we here? Is

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159829752608432422006-10-02T18:49:00.000-04:002006-10-02T18:55:52.656-04:00

Excerpts from a Raw Story article that I worked on with Brian Beutler called "Foley IM's appear to be 3rd degree felony:" A passing statement in an instant message conversation with a teenage page might provide investigators with a damning piece of evidence suggesting criminal behavior in the case of former congressman Mark Foley, RAW STORY has learned. .... However, by acknowledging his

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159742670814172262006-10-01T18:29:00.000-04:002006-10-01T18:44:30.856-04:00

From my article at Raw Story, President's Advisor denies Bush in 'state of denial;' Woodward didn't 'connect his own dots': On a Sunday morning talk show, one of the president's closest advisors, Dan Bartlett, denied that Bush was in a "state of denial," and suggested that investigative journalist Bob Woodward "had already formulated some conclusions even before the interviewing began."

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159649124183268012006-09-30T16:18:00.000-04:002006-10-01T18:20:56.290-04:00

This essay written by First Lady Laura Bush on the books that influenced her to fight against illiteracy has to be read in full to believe, but here's one excerpt: "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott's book about a Civil War family, is one I remember vividly, first from reading with my mother when I was little. She read it to me before I could read. The impression it made just shows how important

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159459771291844232006-09-28T11:59:00.000-04:002006-09-28T12:09:31.330-04:00

Bill Roggio has got the lowdown on the latest Pakistan Daily Times article (which will most likely be largely ignored by the U.S. media like usual): The Pakistani government, led by President Pervez Musharraf, has repeatedly stated the Waziristan Accord does not mean the government has ceded control of the region, and that the deal was between the government and the tribes, not the Taliban. The

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159328255198435612006-09-26T23:34:00.000-04:002006-09-27T17:03:10.456-04:00

A sad spectacle. The Associated Press has a short article on The Daily Show tea party: Jon Stewart welcomed Pakistan's president to "The Daily Show" on Tuesday with tea and a Twinkie. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's tete-a-tete with Stewart on the Comedy Central program was even more unlikely than the much-anticipated meeting between Musharraf, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Bush

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159308185415112932006-09-26T19:14:00.000-04:002006-09-26T18:03:56.246-04:00

From Cornell University's ChronicleOnline: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will speak to the Cornell community at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, Tuesday, Sept. 26. The talk, in the college's Uris Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., also will be shown live on Cornell's Ithaca campus. Musharraf will speak about experiences chronicled in his new book, "In the Line of Fire," released by

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159247157487207032006-09-26T01:02:00.000-04:002006-09-26T01:05:57.810-04:00

So much news it's hard to pack it all in. (sorry that's the best opening i can muster as i try to absorb the 101 stories breaking every which way but loose in the midst of a massive public relations blitz accompanying a Military coup leader's visit to America, while questions about harboring, selling nukes or surrendering to terrorists are confined to outposts on the Internet instead of on the

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1159137802803829212006-09-24T18:05:00.000-04:002006-09-25T03:27:50.526-04:00

UPDATE Breaking news from the Telegraph article, "Omar role in truce reinforces fears that Pakistan 'caved in' to Taliban," written by Massoud Ansari and Colin Freeman: The Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader, who has a $10 million price on his head for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, signed a letter explicitly endorsing the truce announced this month. The

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1158957011987650092006-09-22T16:16:00.000-04:002006-09-22T16:30:13.006-04:00

From my Raw Story article, Black Republican group's ad accuses Dems of starting KKK, claims MLK was Republican: A radio advertisement running in Maryland, produced by the National Black Republican Association, has been drawing heat for claiming that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was really a Republican and that Democrats opposed all civil rights legislation from the 1860's to the 1960's and

Ron Brynaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100814615137667649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876315.post-1158851516013106322006-09-21T11:06:00.000-04:002006-09-24T15:30:24.493-04:00

So if a teaser falls on a blog and no one is there to see or hear it, is it more or less of a tease? To be continued on Friday... (Hint: The shame is related to the same topic I've been reporting on for the last two weeks here) Update Apologies...but I assumed I would be able to find a transcript for a speech to be used in this article...but I'll have to do it myself so this article is still

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Last Thursday, Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, gave a speech at the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on the "U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia," and also answered some questions from the audience. Although Boucher's speech attracted some small media attention, Anwar Iqbal at Dawn.com

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A few weeks ago, in an Op-Ed published by the LA Times, Selig S. Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy, wrote that Pakistan President "Musharraf's most vocal defender is former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage." More excerpts from Harrison's Pakistan: Friend or Foe? column: Musharraf's most vocal defender is former Deputy Secretary of State

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The White House officially announced today that President Bush would meet with his Pakistan and Afghanistan counterparts when they visit the United States to attend the U.N. general assembly later this month. But it will be separate dates. Bush's date with Karzai is scheduled for September 26, a Tuesday, while Musharraf will be dropping by the White House on a "newsdump" Friday, September 22.

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