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  • Radek Sikorski interviews Paul Wolfowitz

    Prospect has an interesting interview with uber-hawk, Paul Wolfowitz. He makes some curious remarks. Go have a look.

  • Has the process begun?

    This document linked to by Roger is a curious one, the Selective Service System is seeking information from the Department of Education. Is this routine, or is it the start of a call up?

  • US ready to put weapons in space

    The Guardian is reporting that recent documents have revealed that the US is looking towards the using orbital platforms for weapons, and researching the use of weapons in space: Internal USAF documents reveal that seizing control of the ‘final frontier’ is deemed essential for modern warfare. Counterspace Operations reveals that destroying enemy satellites would improve…

  • 2004 Election Weirdness Continues

    Alot of these stories have been discounted of late, but still worth a look at with regard to the whole subject of e-voting. I’ve read dozens of submissions about election anomalies in the last week and they show no sign of slowing so I’ve decided to post a few of the main ones here to…

  • Cheney undergoing hospital tests

    Dick Cheney may have heart problems – will this affect his role as VP after January?

  • Paul Krugman: A culture of cover-ups

    Krugman’s pre-election thoughts on the lost munitions at al-Qaqaa, and provides yet more food for thought: The story of the looted explosives has overshadowed another report that Bush officials tried to suppress – this one about how the Bush administration let Abu Musab al-Zarqawi get away. An article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal confirmed and…

  • What is this 'European Union'?

    Anne-Marie Slaughter in the IHT, with a piece on the EU. She cites the number of times both George Bush and John Kerry have referred to the European Union – and it’s not often. This bit is good: Suppose the citizens of Ohio or Oregon or Alabama understood that the EU has a larger population…

  • Stand and Fight

    Katrina vanden Heuvel writes an effective call to arms for Democrats everywhere, after their defeat in the elections this week. The debacle in Iraq that Bush created will also be his to face. At least half of the country understands that the war in Iraq is unwinnable. The most immediate need, perhaps, is for a…

  • Alas! Four more years…

    In reaction to President Bush’s reelection.

  • Bush leading in exit polls

    Bush has taken 34 and Kerry has taken 3 college votes. Virginia is too close to call.