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Newslinking while anger overcomes my general depression on world events.
Run-offs agreed to iin Zimbabwe
However, no date has been set and the opposition MDC can't freely campaign. Plus, veiolence is being used to keep suspected MDC supporters out of certain regions of the country. And if you get beaten, you're given a certificate so you can show it to soldiers the next time they come around. How...quaint.
Hand, mouth, and foot disease has killed at least 34 children in China. The sheer numbers of children initially affected (around a week or two ago when the story broke) meant that China was unable to conceal this outbreak as long as it did SARS. That, plus the numbers of foreign journalists in the country as the Olympics approach.
McCain abandons his straight shooting, no-negative ads facade and instead tries to link Obama to Hamas. This is just...well, about as stupid as the rumor that Obama had been raised in militant Islamic schools. When Obama suggested that McCain was "losing his bearings" from his normal scripted persona, McCain freaked out. Because it is far worse nowadays to be accused of being the normal Republican than it is to be accused of being too old for the job (though McCain's continual confusion over Shia and Sunni does that pretty well itself. Of course, MSM never harps on it...)
Taser abuse isn't limited to US authorities.
An essay on the Post-American age
However, no date has been set and the opposition MDC can't freely campaign. Plus, veiolence is being used to keep suspected MDC supporters out of certain regions of the country. And if you get beaten, you're given a certificate so you can show it to soldiers the next time they come around. How...quaint.
Hand, mouth, and foot disease has killed at least 34 children in China. The sheer numbers of children initially affected (around a week or two ago when the story broke) meant that China was unable to conceal this outbreak as long as it did SARS. That, plus the numbers of foreign journalists in the country as the Olympics approach.
McCain abandons his straight shooting, no-negative ads facade and instead tries to link Obama to Hamas. This is just...well, about as stupid as the rumor that Obama had been raised in militant Islamic schools. When Obama suggested that McCain was "losing his bearings" from his normal scripted persona, McCain freaked out. Because it is far worse nowadays to be accused of being the normal Republican than it is to be accused of being too old for the job (though McCain's continual confusion over Shia and Sunni does that pretty well itself. Of course, MSM never harps on it...)
Taser abuse isn't limited to US authorities.
An essay on the Post-American age