Yvonne Chipowera doesn't know the names of those who raped her, whipped her with sjamboks and urinated on her face while making her call Zimbabwe's opposition leader a dog. Her ordeal lasted 16 hours.
Her attackers were young men drawn from Robert Mugabe's militia, armed with knives and slingshots, who rule the streets of Epworth, a sprawling poor township on the edge of Harare.
But Chipowera, a 24-year-old opposition activist, knows who she blames. There is the ruling Zanu-PF party's district chairman, Teddy Garakara, in whose house she was held and tortured along with other opposition activists, some in a hole in the ground. Then there is Amos Midzi, a former cabinet minister and parliamentary candidate for the Epworth seat who lost to the opposition. He appeared at the house to encourage the militiamen as Chipowera was beaten. The victims say he is orchestrating the campaign of home burnings and demolitions engulfing Epworth. And there is Joana Mawira, a Zanu-PF local councillor, who other women say was giving the orders as they were assaulted.
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Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change is considering whether it should withdraw its candidate from next week's presidential run-off election.
Dumbest of all possible moves. Make them work to steal the election, don't hand it to them.
Nathan Chamisa, MDC spokesman, said the party will decide on Monday if its leader Morgan Tsvangirai will run against incumbent Robert Mugabe on June 27. "Yes, we will be meeting on Monday to assess the situation. The national council will meet and decide on the way forward," he said on Friday.
Meanwhile, a Zimbabwean magistrate has refused to throw out a treason charge against a senior MDC member. Mishrod Guvamombe ruled on Friday that Tendai Biti, secretary-general of the MDC, would remain in custody until July 7. "Taking into account all submissions, I'm of the view that there is reasonable suspicion to believe the accused committed the said offenses. Accordingly the application is dismissed," Guvamombe said in a Harare court.
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With just a week to go until the crucial run off election on June 27, Robert Mugabe, whose violent bid to remain in power has left more than 80 people dead, now finds himself with few remaining allies.
But they'll come flocking back if he stays in power.
SADC leaders have been at the centre of global criticism for their deafening silence on the Zimbabwean crisis. But in the past few weeks, the number of leaders condemning Mugabe and his ZANU PF party's actions has steadily increased.
In a significant move, Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga called on the international community to demand that Mugabe step down from power, calling the run off vote a "sham". He said there was no chance of a free and fair election and cited the ongoing beatings, arrests and the repeated detention of MDC members.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua also condemned Mugabe for disregarding the rule of the law and blasted him for his brutal treatment of the opposition and his critics. He said that what is happening in Zimbabwe "is not in conformity with the rule of the law. I do not subscribe to this."
Rwandan President Paul Kagame joined these former allies and heaped scorn on Mugabe for vowing not to surrender power if beaten. In a news conference in Kigali, Kagame blamed the failure by African leaders to address the problems in Zimbabwe and added: "The whole thing is a joke. I am saying this because of what is obviously a serious problem in Zimbabwe."
In the strongest regional condemnation yet of pre-poll violence perpetrated by the regime, the Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe also came forward and severed ties with Mugabe, saying the run off is unlikely to be free or fair. This comment came after observer teams witnessed the cold bloodied murder of two MDC activists. He said: "Of course, it scared most of these observers to the extent that they had to pose the question of why are we here then, and what are we doing?" Membe further said that President Jakaya Kikwete was not supporting some tactics used by the Zimbabwe government, despite good historical ties between the two countries. He said: "Tanzania and Zimbabwe have historical good relations, we supported them when implementing land reforms but we are saddened by the current events in the country ... and do not support it".
Botswana's new president Ian Seretse Khama has also been critical of the Mugabe regime. Khama recently summoned the Zimbabwean Ambassador in Gaborone to protest the mounting violence and the arrests of opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti.
The condemnation has finally reached global proportions, with world leaders joining together to add their scorn to the growing number of anti - Mugabe protestors. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Zimbabwean government is a "cabal of criminals" that threatened to make of mockery of the run off poll. He also declared that Mugabe should not be allowed to steal the election.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has also expressed his "profound alarm" at the situation and said "Should these conditions continue to prevail, the legitimacy of the election outcomes would be in question". At the same time, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice said: "It is time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe deserve a free and fair election, that you cannot intimidate opponents, you cannot put opponents in jail".
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No condemnation heard from South Africa's Thabo Mbeki.
MANAMA More than 4,000 people took part in the probably the biggest-ever peace rally in Bahrain on Thursday, denouncing sectarianism and calling for national unity, according to the General Directorate of Northern Governorate Police. The peace rally raised hopes of an end to violence in Shia-dominated villages after leading Shia leaders from the Islamic Council, in an appeal, urged a halt to all protests.
The appeal followed an initiative by the head of the National Action Democratic Society, Ibrahim Sharif, of a national dialogue to combat the spread of sectarianism in Bahrain.
The initiative was hailed by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The king ordered the authorities concerned to reinforce national unity by boosting citizen welfare services.
The violence, which started last December after the death of a protester because of what the organisers of the protest claimed as the usage of tear gas, gained momentum after the arrest of many people in Karzakan village in connection with the murder of a policeman. The situation grew tense when sectarian statements were issued during the last few weeks by Salafist MP Jassim Al Saidi, that offended the Shias for criticising their spiritual leader Isa Qassim.
The President of Bahrain Transparency Society, Abdulnabi Al Ekri, hailed the Shia scholar's statement and said that it was a move in the right direction. To avoid violence, there should be a legislation to combat discrimination against any community in Bahrain and to promoting national unity, he suggested.
Meanwhile, in a statement issued yesterday, the Bahrain Journalists Association appealed to newspapers and journalists to avoid misusing the freedom of the Press and to discourage publishing of any sectarian reports or news items.
Freedom of the press is so important it shouldn't be used ...
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The defence secretary, Des Browne, yesterday questioned the long-term viability of Nato, saying it was not providing the forces or capabilities needed to maintain its credibility as a military alliance. In a remarkably strong attack on Nato's failings by a British defence secretary, he said there was 'far too big a mismatch between our aspirations and what we actually deliver'.
Careful now: the US part of NATO matches up aspirations and delivery reasonably well.
In a thinly-disguised reference to the reluctance of some Nato countries to deploy troops or military equipment to Afghanistan, he said: 'I sometimes wonder whether the concept of improving usability in Nato is not embraced with much warmth by some allies. Indeed, in some quarters it is an exercise conducted through gritted teeth.'
Addressing an international security conference in Rome, Browne told fellow defence ministers that Nato was 'not getting the forces or capabilities it needs in order to maintain its credibility in carrying out the full range of missions for which it was designed. As a consequence, there are concerns as to its longer term viability.'
NATO was NOT designed for a 'full range of missions'. It was designed for exactly ONE mission: stop the Warsaw Pact from invading western Europe. In that it was successful, though thank goodness it was never challenged to deliver. NATO was not designed for anything else, and after the Soviet Union went away it started flailing about in search of a new mission. Problem is that whatever those missions were to be, there isn't any real political support to provide the means.
Domestic opposition prevents German troops from taking on the Taliban, and Spanish and Italian soldiers in Afghanistan are restricted to non-combat roles. France only recently deployed combat troops to the south-east of the country.
There is a serious shortage of aircraft, especially helicopters, to support British and other foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Reflecting concern, even anger, in British defence circles about what is perceived as a dangerous lack of support for military engagement in Afghanistan, Browne said: 'The public and politicians of many European Nato allies do not yet instinctively see expeditionary operations and capabilities as directly linked to their defence and security. Trust me, it is.'
Nato forces were in Afghanistan 'taking on extremism and the roots of that extremism, because it is a grave and proven threat to our public and to the security of every citizen in every Nato country - from Istanbul to New York', he asserted. 'The inclination to re-focus on patrolling the home turf is deeply ingrained, but deeply flawed.'
Browne criticised Nato for maintaining outdated command structures and rigid committee systems. He also suggested British troops were being put at risk by Nato's failure to cooperate with other international agencies. 'The need for Nato to work alongside other organisations - especially the United Nations and European Union - is equally strong. The fact that they cannot is a victory for dogma over pressing operational need. It is incomprehensible to me, the defence secretary of a country in all three organisations, that we should have such difficulty in working together.'
So NATO can't do anything that its leaders want. The EU is paralyzed by the same problems that afflict NATO. And the UN can't do, well, anything. Three useless organizations all looking for help from each other.
Browne said: 'I do not accept that our armed forces should be expected to pay the price for this on operations.
'The prize of the UN, Nato and the EU working properly together ... is more effective operations.'
He said Nato must be 'transformed'. However, he steered clear of commenting on a French defence and security white paper which proposes closer French military ties to Nato but also more effective and closer defence cooperation within the EU.
So Sarkozy proposes the the French work closer with two of the three big organizations that Browne wants to tie together, and Browne doesn't want to say anything. Brilliant, just brilliant.
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There's a reason Browne doesn't want to comment on Sarkozy's proposal. It would effectively gut any other cooperation in favor of a French & German-domainated EU force that would inevitably be paid for and staffed by British bodies and equipment.
Gordon Brown won't let him call this to the public's attention. But if you think the existing NATO situation in Afghanistan is bad, where British and US troops take all the risks and casualties while a French general claims to lead in places, imagine an EU force that gets deployed to serve Brussel's agenda. It would still be the Brits paying but they'd lose whatever control they still have.
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The UK's problem is that they only European country who can project a substantial force capable of actually fighting. No other Europeam country can do this, not even the French.
NATO served its purpose. Let it die.
Time to look for new alliances with countries that have capable militaries - India, Singapore, Thailand, Iraq.
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Sure you wanna keep trying to be with the "in" crowd in the EU, England? They keep talking sweet, but you will get bum raped after everything is said and done.
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This would be the defence minister that has presided over the continued gutting of the British forces, is it? He'd better talk to his prime minister and his party than shake his finger at the rest of NATO.
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The UK's problem is that it has cut so many ties with the US in weapons procurement that it is becoming very difficult for them to fight next to Americans regardless of their courage or will. The UK needs to decide if it wants to be four (or more) countries or if it wants to be a province of the EU. They are getting close to the point where they will have made the decision by no longer having a choice. I'd much rather they joined us instead of EUrabia. Perhaps there will be a chance when Liz dies and they have to face the prospect of being ruled by Imam Chuck.
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Nato allows a few European nations to pretend they are making a difference by putting their troops into warzones, even if the troops can't get there without assistance, can't stay there without assistance and aren't actually involved in fighting so they are not helping much.
Remove Nato and you remove the last fig that the Europeans have any hard power.
The winners of a contest by The Times (of London.) Some of these are older than dirt, and I'm sure Rantburgers can do better. But I did like this one:
Stalin decides to go out one day and see what it's really like for the workers, so he puts on a disguise and sneaks out of the Kremlin.
After a while he wanders into a cinema. When the film has finished, the Soviet Anthem plays and a huge picture of Stalin appears on the screen. Everyone stands up and begins singing, except Stalin, who smugly remains seated.
A minute later a man behind him leans forwards and whispers in his ear: "Listen Comrade, we all feel exactly the same way you do, but trust me, it's a lot safer if you just stand up."
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In the same vein and told in many different ways:
One day two armed revolutionaries are crossing a field that is being plowed by a peasant.
Wanting to educate the peasant, the revolutionaries stop to talk to him:
In our revolution, comrade, if a man has two cars, we take one car from him, give it to the man with no car; you get to keep one car.
The peasant smile approvingly.
The revolutionaries continue:
So, we go to the man with two houses and we say to him: You have two houses, but you only need one. We take one house from him, give it to the man with no house, you get to keep one house.
The peasant emits a joyous laughter.
So, we go to the man with two chickens, we take one chicken from him, give it to the man with no chicken, you keep the keep one chicken.
Suddenly the peasant has a perplexed look on his face.
The revolutionaries are perplexed as well.
"Pardon me, comrade, but I thought you understood our revolution, didn't you?"
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man stand s for hours in a long line waiting to buy Vodka.Finally he is so frustrated he announces" I cannot stand this any longer . I am going to the Kremlin and kill Stalin." Twenty minutes later he is back to the end of the line. His friends say" waht happened" He says " that line is longer than this one."
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I like the one where Gorbachev takes his mother to see his new dacha (country house). His mother was quite impressed with everything but pulled her husband aside and whispered "you better not let the Communists find out about this place".
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In Soviet Union I was in Soviet Marines for a while. First they draft me, then they kick me out, because I got in trouble.
In Soviet Marines they have a little ritual. They line you up and ask you, "Who is your mother?" And you are supposed to answer, "My mother is Soviet Union!"
Then they ask you, "Who is your father?" And you are supposed to answer, "My father is Soviet Marine Corps!"
Then they ask you, "And what do you want to be?" and you are supposed to yell, "A Marine!"
Well, one morning, they line us up, and they ask us, "Who is your mother?"
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A Hungarian peasant is arrest for stealing a chick and agrees to his guilt before the communist judge. The judge hands the illIerate peasant the confession document to sign and in doing so the peasant marks the signature line with an âXâ and then hands the document back to the judge. The judge takes a look at the document and shouts, âYou idiot, I asked for your signature, not mine!â
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Three businessmen are rounded up and hauled before a Soviet Tribunal.
The Prosecutor brings the first man before the Judge, and says: "Your Honor! This man is running a business and he makes a profit!"
The Judge immediately replies: "Aha! A Capitalist! Five years in the Gulag!"
Pleased with this outcome, the Prosecutor brings the second man before the Judge, and says: "Your Honor! This man is running a business and he is losing money!"
The Judge has to think about this a few minutes, but he soon replies: "Well then! A a Wrecker of the Soviet Economy! Ten years in the Gulag!"
The Prosecutor feels he is on a roll, so he brings the third man before the Judge, and says: "Your Honor! This man is running a business, but he is breaking even, without a profit or a loss!"
The Judge seems perplexed, and has to think about this for a long while. After some deep deliberation, he announces: "I sentence you to fifteen years in the Gulag for delaying the course of Soviet Justice!"
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A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. "This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred," said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the school. "It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth."
"We must try to hold Bush administration leaders accountable in courts of justice," Velvel said. "And we must insist on appropriate punishments, including, if guilt is found, the hangings visited upon top German and Japanese war-criminals in the 1940s."
Velvel said past practice has been to allow U.S. officials responsible for war crimes in Viet Nam and elsewhere to enjoy immunity from prosecution upon leaving office. "President Johnson retired to his Texas ranch and his Defense Secretary Robert McNamara was named to head the World Bank; Richard Nixon retired to San Clemente and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was allowed to grow richer and richer," Velvel said.
He noted in the years since the prosecution and punishment of German and Japanese leaders after World War Two those nation's leaders changed their countries' aggressor cultures. One cannot discount contributory cause and effect here, he said.
"For Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and John Yoo to spend years in jail or go to the gallows for their crimes would be a powerful lesson to future American leaders," Velvel said.
Verdict first, trial afterwards ...
The conference will take up such issues as the nature of domestic and international crimes committed; which high-level Bush officials, including Federal judges and Members of Congress, are chargeable with war crimes; which foreign and domestic tribunals can be used to prosecute them; and the setting up of an umbrella coordinating committee with representatives of legal groups concerned about the war crimes such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, ACLU, among others.
You get the sense that there is something and someone underneath all this driving it forward, just as with the Obama campaign and other liberal/socialist agendas ...
The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover was established in 1988 to provide an affordable, quality legal education to minorities, immigrants and students from low-income households that might otherwise be denied the opportunity to obtain a legal education and practice law. Its founder, Dean Velvel, has been honored by the National Law Journal and cited in various publications for his contributions to the reform of legal education.
Mr. Velvel is jonesing for the opportunity to be the man who brought down the e-e-e-e-vil Bush administration ...
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Sen. Chuck Hagel's (R-Neb.) acknowledgment that he would consider serving as Barack Obama's vice president speaks to his continued alienation from the GOP as well as from his longtime friend John McCain.
'If it would occur, I would have to think about it,' Hagel told the Associated Press late Friday. 'I think anybody, anybody would have to consider it. Doesn't mean you'd do it, doesn't mean you'd accept it, could be too many gaps there, but you'd have to consider it, I mean, it's the only thing you could do.'
Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please ...
Hagel's willingness to put his name into consideration for the Democratic nomination makes more sense. Iraq has largely turned him into a candidate without a party even though he carries a strong record of supporting most party policies other than the war.
Could Hagel be the pick? Anything is possible in politics but it seems unlikely at the moment. Conventional wisdom pegs Obama as the frontrunner in the race with McCain and, as the favorite, it's not likely the Illinois senator will take a major risk in picking a vice president.
That Hagel could be seriously considered for a Cabinet post in an Obama administration in the same election that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) is seen as a potential vice presidential option for McCain speaks to the ways in which the war in Iraq has fundamentally altered the partisan calculations in Washington.
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Whew! For a moment I thought McIdiot was thinking of picking this nose nugget fo VP.
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Hellooooo Nebraska Republicans? Proud of this embarrassment serving as your national face?
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That would certainly make for an amusing election, especially were Senator McCain to team up with his dear friend Senator Lieberman (former Democratic candidate for the VP slot). And, just as McCain can claim vastly more experience -- in anything -- than Obama, so too can Lieberman claim more vice presidential experience on the Hillary Clinton model than Hagel.
Audacity defined: Changing the seal of the United States of America and inserting the 'O' logo for the American flag and as well as changing 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' to 'VERO POSSUMUS.' (Loosely translated, 'yes we can!')
I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of Obamerica...
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Sec. 713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States,
the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the
United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of
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(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(b) Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(c) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United States House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(e) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Congress, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(f) A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, (1) in the case of the great seal of the United States and the seals of the President and Vice President, upon complaint by any authorized representative of any department or agency of the United States; (2) in the case of the seal of the United States Senate, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate; (3) in the case of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the House of Representatives; and (4) in the case of the seal of the United States Congress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT
Section 3 of Pub. L. 91-651 provided that: The amendments made by this Act [amending this section] shall not make unlawful any preexisting use of the design of the great seal of the United States or of the seals of the President or Vice President of the United States that was lawful on the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 1971], until one year after the date of such enactment."
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Thought the first word was Nero, took a second to get back on track.
Its the first thing I thought of when I saw it, at the very least it is tacky and inappropriate; it reminds me of an oldie but goodie WWF storyline when a belt challenger would ambush the champ in the locker room and take the belt and call himself the champ until the real champ or some other challenger filling in for the champ would have to go reclaim it.
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Oh dear. It's almost as big as he is... and his eagle is holding a bouquet rather than a branch. It isn't as splay-legged, although one wonders about the dissected chest under the magnifying glass. And y'all did notice it's all blue without even a spot of red, right? Not very inclusive, that. Finally, he really is fond of the heroic Industrial Realism style (or whatever it's called), isn't he?
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J. Goldberg talks about the Blue Eagle in his book, Liberal Fascism (a great read in case anyone's wondering). It's only fitting that BHO would pick this as his symbol.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
With just a week to go until the crucial run off election on June 27, Robert Mugabe, whose violent bid to remain in power has left more than 80 people dead, now finds himself with few remaining allies.
The defence secretary, Des Browne, yesterday questioned the long-term viability of Nato, saying it was not providing the forces or capabilities needed to maintain its credibility as a military alliance. In a remarkably strong attack on Nato's failings by a British defence secretary, he said there was 'far too big a mismatch between our aspirations and what we actually deliver'.
A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. "This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred," said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the school. "It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth."
Audacity defined: Changing the seal of the United States of America and inserting the 'O' logo for the American flag and as well as changing 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' to 'VERO POSSUMUS.' (Loosely translated, 'yes we can!')
