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POPSSoldier in Iraq Kills Squad Leader and Fellow Team Leader The soldier--a team leader whose name hasn't been released yet--had apparently been in a meeting with his squad leader and the other team leader about his performance. When the AP says the shooter was then "subdued by other troops," my hope is that this included multiple buttstrokes. Comments; Dawson and Durbin were remembered at (4.00 / 1) http://www.dailykos.com/tags/I... The worst of all combat deaths. A special prayer for all those who must suck it up and soldier on and their families. along with Spc Marques Knight SFC Daniel Sexton CWO Michael Slebodnik at least one of those non-hostile unspecified (4.00 / 1) was a 19 yr old at Taji who shot himself in front of his 19 yr old wife via web cam. His death was like a punch in the gut... wooden, or other? (4.00 / 1) rifle butts, I hope. I would imagine no small involvement ofPTSD made this guy snap
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POPSYou Do That Voodoo So Well Voodoo. Scientology. Evangelicals. Personally they all seem like simply the same cloth with different dyes applied. Why should this be a story and our Governor praying for rain treated so differently? The basic concepts based in superstition and magic are only different in ritual.
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POPSUkraine Leader Dissolves Parliament. Parliament?
This news is so juicy -- and so deep -- that I could feast on it for weeks. But First: For My Dear Fellow Americans: Notice > Dissolve the government (temporarily), with just the mere snap of a finger. #2 > News elections - new government in two months. #3 > A small party, like say: The Greens, or Libertarians, etc. - could cause this to happen by shifting sides (and gain significant power in the process. My dear Fellow Americans, that is actual democracy. I guess I should point out, too, that's it's the second Major Move by Russia (Oh, yea...Russian is behind this)...it's the 2nd Move, after kicking back the attack from Georgia...that totally dismantles about 15 years of U.S. efforts to surround Russia, steal the oil from the Caspian Sea, etc. (All under the false flag of "spreading freedom and democracy, BTW) Repulsing the Geogian invasion was like (in chess) moving a Bishop. This Ukraine move is like moving The Queen. Attacking the missile base in Poland will
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POPSLow Information Voters I run into these people a lot here in Georgia. People that make up their minds based on bumper stickers and 30 second TV ads. In a country with such promise, there is a huge swath of people that are, IMO, wasting the potential of this free society to learn, grow, and advance the human condition. Dare I use the word shallow?
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POPSGOP Strategists See Big Nov. Losses "If you turn the clock back two or two and half weeks, you could make a plausible argument that if a couple of things go our way we will lose three to four Senate races," an unnamed strategist told WaPo . "Now we will lose six to eight." Polling in most Senate races over the past 14 days has shown a five-point decline for the Republican candidate, the strategist said. The piece continues: The picture in the House is similar. The generic ballot test -- a traditional measure of broad voter attitudes -- has also moved decisively in Democrats' direction in recent days. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal and Associated Press polls showed voters favoring a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a generic Republican by 13 points, while a recent Time magazine poll gave Democrats a 46 percent to 36 percent edge. It's looking more and more like 2006 all over again.
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POPSgo out to vote this November 2008 Election year, to make your decisions not just based on issues sta I encourage all those within the community, who go out to vote this November 2008 Election year, to make your decisions not just based on issues stances but also on consistent character, virtue and temperament. Look for the candidates that do not make the popular decision, but stand on sound conviction. The networks are once again arguing and play devils' advocate over the petty follies of party loyalty and speculation instead of holding canditates accountable through substantive debate that is backed up by creditable research. Do you hate the bickering nature of politics before you that encourages disrepectfu belittlement with name calling and deceitful half truths to get ahead? I don't! It's time to put away childish things!
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POPSGeorgia better be careful who they trust During a recent trade mission to Georgia, Ambassador John K. Veroneau, stressed the American government’s commitment to helping the Georgian economy regain traction. " he I spoke with are very bullish on Georgia’s future," Veroneau told EurasiaNet. "I think they see Georgia as a very strong market to be in for the long term."
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POPSGeorgia-Ossetia: Context!! Georgia has massacred Ossetians for centuries; Ossetians have sought Russian protection. And this one began with Georgians (now aligned with the West) slaughtering Ossetians - again! Wake up, Cold Warriors, this is not about Big Bad Russia picking on pure-as-the-driven-snow helpless neighbor. Every player has mixed motives.
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POPS"Yankee Hegemony Is Finished," Says Chavez Chavez has called the U.S. Navy's newly re-established Fourth Fleet a threat. On Wednesday, he said he's sure "nuclear submarines pass under our noses" off Venezuela's coast. He said Venezuela is aiming to strengthen its "defensive capability with our strategic allies, and Russia is one of them." Later, Chavez called the U.S. the "empire" as he addressed troops at the christening of a newly built coast guard patrol ship. "Every day, relations between Venezuela and Russia will continue to deepen." He dismissed comparisons to the Cold War, but mentioned Cuba while saying he had been reviewing flight theory in a simulator in hopes of flying one of the Russian planes. Addressing his close friend Fidel Castro, Chavez said: "I'm going to fly a Tu-160. Fidel, I'm going to fly low past you there."
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POPSWhy Putin Should Scare Us - Ralph Peters Good article. "Meanwhile, our next president will have to cope with this brilliant, dangerous man. That's going to require the experience and skills to exploit every element of our national power; to convince Europe that appeasement will only enlarge Putin's appetite; and to draw clear lines while avoiding drawn guns. Above all, our president will have to take Putin's measure accurately and not indulge in wishful thinking. Managing Putin's Russia could emerge as our No. 1 security challenge."
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POPSFox News: Edwards Yes, Georgia War, No From the article: ERBE: The American public have told pollsters, this political season they want substance. Both these candidates have expressed support for allowing Georgia into NATO. … We could have been on the verge of nuclear war. Those are the kinds of the things that the American public wants to see discussed. JARRETT: Right. You know, but getting back to Edwards, during the Monica Lewinsky affair, Edwards absolutely ripped into Bill Clinton.
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POPS(Historical Moment) for Cynthia McKinney I really dig Cynthia McKinney and the way Obama has screwed up with his run to the right, she'll likely get my vote, win or lose. At least she blieves in the same things I do, especially about getting the military out of the worlds hair. Her interview oes on: This is the only party that even has social justice as its core principle. When we say ending the war, we mean all the wars. We need to get all the military out of every country, we need to begin to deal with issues of what peace can look like, how do you sustain that. Obviously, the green party is at the forefront of pushing the environment as a core value, that was innovative then. There should be an end to imprisoning young people, an immediate stop to the death penalty, a livable wage, not a minimum wage. Impeachment for George Bush and them is critical. I think if we don’t hold them accountable as a people, then anybody can do the same shit that they did.
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POPSThe Return of Tent Cities to America
From the news article: early 61 percent of local and state homeless coalitions say they've experienced a rise in homelessness since the foreclosure crisis began in 2007, according to a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless. The group says the problem has worsened since the report's release in April, with foreclosures mounting, gas and food prices rising and the job market tightening. "It's clear that poverty and homelessness have increased," said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the coalition. "The economy is in chaos, we're in an unofficial recession and Americans are worried, from the homeless to the middle class, about their future." The phenomenon of encampments has caught advocacy groups somewhat by surprise, largely because of how quickly they have sprung up. "What you're seeing is encampments that I haven't seen since the 80s," said Paul Boden, executive director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, an umbrella group for homeless advocacy
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POPSVladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister The President of Russia to be when the term of Medyedev is over. Is he mystical like the Rasputin of the Romanov era? Who will end this Putin? Or, rather, how will this 'Putin' end in the end?
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