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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:20:26 -0700

"The two senators worked together on the 2006 fuel efficiency bill, but Obama never called Smith a leader in the fight and never praised him by mail, said Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee [...] But Obama is backing Democrat Jeff Merkley in the Oregon Senate race, said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton."

Chevron Halts Nigeria Onshore Oil Output After Attack (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:12:34 -0700

From the page: "Rebels in the Niger Delta, which produces all of the nation's oil, are sabotaging the industry's infrastructure to press their demand for a greater share of the area's oil wealth and more political power."

Emptywheel & Main Core

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:28:17 -0700

From the page: "Ketcham describes a database of Americans who, in case the government ever implements its Continuity of Government program in a time of national emergency, can be rounded up and jailed."

Stumper : Why Obama Is Skipping West Virginia--and Getting Away with It

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:07:07 -0700

From the page: "In the latest polls, she now leads Obama by a whopping 40 to 43 points; he doesn't even break 24 percent."

So now the press tells candidates when to quit? | Media Matters for America

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:00:27 -0700

From the page: "Until this election cycle, journalists simply did not consider it to be their job to tell a contender when he or she should stop campaigning."

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Sat, 10 May 2008 10:02:35 -0700

Feminism v. Essentialism

American Thinker: Barack Obama and Israel

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:43:07 -0700

Glad that someone has taken the time to demonstrate just how liberating Obama's policies would be for the Palestinian people.

Luxury hotels and golf: welcome to the Green Zone | World news | The Guardian

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:27:46 -0700

Juan Cole: "Apparently the fractious, RPG-wielding slum dwellers are getting in the way of the planned Green Zone golf course, so they have to be removed. You know some British colonial administrators were still planning new cricket fields in India in 1946."

Charity work shows another side to Sadr's movement in Iraq | McClatchy

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:24 -0700

From the page: "Sadr's movement "has established itself as the main service provider in the country," concluded a recent report by Refugees International, a Washington-based nonprofit."

POLITICS-US: Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11 - IPS ipsnews.net

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:19:55 -0700

From the page: "Three weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not only removing the Saddam Hussein regime by force but overturning the regime in Iran, as well as in Syria and four other countries in the Middle East, according to a document quoted extensively in then Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Douglas Feith's recently published account of the Iraq war decisions."