Daily Archives: August 14, 2006

Missing Egyptians All In Custody

The case of the eleven missing Egyptian "students" has resulted in all of them in custody. The problem is they were rounded up from all over the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray, 20, and … Continue reading

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Tightrope

The New York Times has an article that details some of the highwire acts that went into producing a ceasefire resolution. It is somewhat enlightening to see who took what positions during the negotiations. Negotiators here and in Paris, Washington, … Continue reading

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Final Hudna?

This is a highly disturbing comment by the Lebanese ambassador to the UN. "Lebanon will be, I think, the last state to sign a peace treaty with Israel," UN ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud told CNN television's "Late Edition" program, without explaining … Continue reading

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Publicity

Well, George O'Dowd, also known as Boy George, reported for duty this morning to perform five days of court ordered community service. He'll be picking up trash from the streets of New York. If he had done this when the … Continue reading

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Chavez Visits Castro

The Cuban government has released pictures of Hugo Chavez visiting a bedridden Fidel Castro. Unfortunately. The official Granma newspaper posted the six photographs on its online edition, one day after the Communist Youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde published the first images … Continue reading

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Voter IDs

Jabari Asim, writing in the Washington Post makes an impassioned plea to allow unfettered voter fraud. He doesn't phrase it that way, instead saying it is wrong to require voters to be positively identified before casting a ballot. However, the … Continue reading

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Fighting Stops In Lebanon

It appears as if a ceasefire did go into effect in Lebanon, even though it appears very fragile indeed. Despite that fragility and despite a few violations by Hezbollah, people are already moving back to Southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Lebanese civilians … Continue reading

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