Month July 2006

Why RSS is so powerful

Check out the new widget on the left column, the scrolling list of blog names titled (not surprisingly) ‘Politics in the Zeros.’ If the blog name is preceded by the orange rss feed symbol then it’s linked to the rss…

Lieberman makes contingency plans

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman announced today he will petition for a place on the November ballot as an “independent Democrat,” giving him a chance to stay alive politically should he lose an Aug. 8 primary for the Democratic nomination. However,…

Why oh why do they hate us?

Federal prosecutors accused a former U.S. soldier Monday of raping and murdering a young Iraqi woman and gunning down her family, all of whose bodies were found burned in an apparent coverup.

An attack on Iran = catalyst of chaos

John Robb on what will happen after the inevitable and coming attack on Iran by the US. The first wave: local counter-attacks. Oil prices spike. Global condemnation of the attack. The second wave: the instability spreads across the globe and…

Senators promise Gitmo statute

Some Republicans said they hoped to have legislation in place by September, with influential liberal Democrats saying they expected to give Mr. Bush the necessary tools for handling the issue and not obstruct the bills. Not a single Senator quoted…