March 19 Iraq War blogswarm
271 blogs will be blogging today opposing the war in Iraq. I used to think that people in the streets can end the wars. The problem now is that mass antiwar protests have become just part of the background noise…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month March 2008
Give me quality Nigerian, not flaky US investment bank debt
The cost of insuring debt on some U.S. banks is higher than the cost of doing same for many third-world countries. Consider the spread on bank credit-default swaps, with Lehman currently more expensive to insure than Nigerian debt.
Censored Tibet March 2008 protest videos
WikiLeaks has an archive of 35 videos in AVI format related to the ongoing Tibet protests. The Chinese government is currently actively censoring YouTube videos and news broadcasts that mention the protests. The archived file with all videos is 231mb…
Leningrad Cowboys do “Sweet Home Alabama” backed by Red Army Choir
To further confuse things, The Leningrad Cowboys are actually Finnish and look more like Devo than cowboys. PS Some of the Red Army Choir appeared to be giggling as they sang.
DailyKos declares war against Clinton
Kos at DailyKos says Hillary knows she can only win “via coup by super delegate” Yet a coup by super delegate would sunder the party in civil war. Clinton knows this, it’s her only path to victory, and she doesn’t…