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Economist on the genocide / Turkey issue
1 FaverShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: All eight living former secretaries of state, from Henry Kissinger to Madeleine Albright, who lost three grandparents in the Nazi Holocaust, oppose the bill. So does Condoleezza Rice, who holds the post now.
1 FaverShareViewed: 8 TimesQuoted: At a meeting aimed at assessing the progress and work of the Security Council's three anti-terror committees, Israel's UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman said that World War III had already begun and urged the former Allied forces from World War to act against the axis of terror, consisting of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbullah.
I don't like to make guarantees, but I can virtually guarantee that the picture of Condi and the Lebanese PM shaking hands from across the world's widest table will be featured on the Daily Show tonight. What a ridiculous photo...
1 FaverShareViewed: 8 TimesGood primer/catch-up on the current middle east crisis, as explained oh-so-elegantly by Ze Frank.
Also: Bush said "shit."
1 FaverShareViewed: 4 TimesQuoted: Offered every weekday, The Show with Ze Frank offers knowledge, humor and duckies.
Arab governments actually condemning a force fighting Israel.. what will happen next?
1 FaverShareViewed: 5 TimesQuoted: Key Arab governments chastised Hezbollah for “unexpected, inappropriate and irresponsible acts” at an emergency Arab League summit on Saturday.
Damn, that is one brave woman. I'm surprised she's gained so much popularity!
2 FaversShareViewed: 19 TimesQuoted: Dr. Heba Kotb is tackling a taboo in the Arab world unlike anyone else: She's talking about sex openly on a show broadcast all over the Middle East.
1 FaverShareViewed: 5 TimesQuoted: And in scheduling the trip, Pelosi demonstrated that she is eager to implement the recommendation of a blue-ribbon advisory group that, as part of recommendations for quelling the violence in Iraq, called on the U.S. to open a dialogue with Syria.
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The group - headed by Republican James Baker, who served as secretary of State under Bush's father, and Democrat Lee Hamilton, a former House member from Indiana - issued its report late last year.
1 FaverShareViewed: 13 TimesQuoted: <b>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</b>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart : Headlines : Muhammad Confession<br>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c<br><br>"At the pleasure of the President" is a lousy talking point, but a GREAT romance novel.
3 FaversShareViewed: 5 TimesQuoted: The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson Saturday night as it passes behind the Earth's shadow in the first total lunar eclipse in three years.
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Way to go - Sarah Palin didn't just alienate Democrats, she's isolating her own base too!
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YES! Well said: To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."
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