Day October 16, 2007

Bush won’t block Armenian genocide resolution

This even though he opposes the resolution. Interesting. (Since it’s a resolution, there’s nothing to veto, but apparently he’s chosen not to pressure House Republicans to oppose it.) Update: Here’s why. The Democrats, including Pelosi, are doing it for him.

The bizarre hybrid that is China

Treehugger wonders what happens “when China’s green goals clash against red ones” as encouraging environmental activism would seem contrary to the jailing of those who do just that (not that China is the only country to do something like that.)…

Denial

Sen. Larry Craig told his wife of his arrest just minutes before the story went public and then appeared stunned that Romney “threw him under his campaign bus” – like the opportunistic Romney would have done anything else. But how…

SWP purges dissidents

The Socialist Workers Party (UK) has purged three high visibility members in a fight ostensibly about whether they should be allowed to hold posts within Respect, the left wing party co-founded by member of parliament George Galloway. But the fight…

Iran War Watch. 10/16/07

Hillary appears to have no problem with a war on Iran, while the rest of her Democratic colleagues continue their usual evasion, pretending to be against it while doing nothing to stop it from happening. The political class in the…