Archive for October, 2008
The BBC reports:
More than 20 people have been killed in two suspected US missile attacks in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, security officials said.
About 15, including an al-Qaeda leader, were killed in an attack near the village of Mirali, North Waziristan.
In a second attack, seven people were killed in South Waziristan.
The US military [...]
A week or so ago, thebeadden posted a comment on MusEditions’s blog, lamenting the corruption in charity and “every social structure” in the world. This post is intended to be a response to that comment.
I’ll tackle bead’s argument point for point, doing the best I can (you can read the full comment/post here!). The first [...]
Today’s good, bad, and insightful:
The Good
The Evangelical vs. Liberal sex issue is quite hilarious, as reported by the New Yorker.
James Fallows of the Atlantic Monthly talks about China shooting itself in the foot during the Olympics.
The Bad
Matt Yglesias notes the pitiful emails being sent out by the Obama campaign to raise more money today. Do [...]
Via the Guardian’s Michael Tomasky:
WARNING: MAY CAUSE EPILEPTIC SEIZURE, DIARRHEA, AND/OR SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. DO NOT PLACE NEAR OPEN FLAME.
I’m sorry, dear readers, but this ad makes me fear greatly for the future of this country. This ad represents the pinnacle of idiocy and religious fundamentalism (both go hand in hand) [...]
The BBC reports that in Damascus, a mass of thousands marched in protest of the American attack on a Syrian village on Sunday, which killed 8.
Many at the government-backed demonstration carried banners, shouted anti-US slogans and waved pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Riot police surrounded the US embassy in Damascus, which American officials [...]
The Good
Anatole Kaletsky has a piece in the Times about the need to act in order to rescue the country from the economic meltdown.
Johann Hari of the Independent has a chilling story about the Congolese genocide – and how we’re supporting it.
Keith Thomson has a piece in the Huffington Post detailing how McCain could win [...]
Within the past two months, we have launched two attacks to capture al-Qaeda leaders in other countries’ (that is, countries that aren’t named Iraq and Afghanistan) territory. Yes, I realize that we were potentially going after high value targets, but that doesn’t justify going into a sovereign nation’s territory and killing innocent civilians in order [...]
Today’s good, bad, and insightful:
The Good
The first two aren’t so much great as they are hilarious:
Martin Varsavsky lets us all know, that, as of today, Volkswagen is the wealthiest corporation in the world.
An Israeli child dressed up as a Palestinian gunman and took to the streets hoping to provoke a reaction from the police, [...]
No massive commentary today, but I stumbled upon (no, not using stumbleupon; I found them via delicious) some awesome websites that will surely grant you more knowledge, should you use them enough.
The first is MIT’s Open Courseware, a site run by MIT that keeps lecture notes, assignments, and exams for over 1800 courses (yes, real [...]
Today’s good, bad, and insightful:
The Good
I realize that it was published two weeks ago, but the Economist’s article Capitalism at Bay is way too good not to mention.
Roberto Lovato has a plan for when (if?) the election gets stolen. There will be riots in the streets, people!
Christopher Hitchens has yet another seething attack on the [...]
