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Egypt, Under Stress, Sees U.S. as Pain and Remedy

By Michael Slackman | NYT | Published: October 22, 2006CAIRO, Oct. 20 — Faced with twin political threats — a rising Islamic movement at home and diminished influence throughout the … Continue reading

22 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Medics beg for help as Iraqis die needlessly

The news from Iraq is grim and heart-breaking. The cradle of civilisation is not just being robbed, but destroyed and decimated. The Anglo-American invasion has to rate as one of … Continue reading

22 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Eric Alterman: Hold that cork…

Unless the Democratic grassroots rise up, Karl Rove may yet have the last laugh. Guardian | October 20, 2006 I’ve been in a tiny minority of late – well, it’s … Continue reading

21 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Bush fleeing to Paraguay?

Wonkette rounds up an intriguing collection of links that all report that Dubya has purchased 98,840 acres in Chaco, Paraguay, near the Bolivian/Brazilian border (I feel sorry for Paraguay). Wonkette … Continue reading

20 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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