Here’s a clip from Irish National Television on the Taosaich’s (Prime Minister Bertie Ahern) visit to Washington for St Patrick’s Day:

Former Dkos diarist Alegre, now at mydd.com has an excellent post this morning laying out Hillary Clinton’s impressive record on Northern Ireland. While many have insisted that Mrs. Clinton did nothing but attend “tea parties” I hope that this article will put that lie to rest. (if only)

At any rate, Happy Patrick’s Day […]

Okay, here’s a hypothetical: It’s 2000 and John McCain is the darling of the GOP. He is, in a way, the Barack Obama of 2000 - suddenly offering a very credible threat, to the annointed front runner who, in 2000, was George W. Bush.
Since McCain was thwarted by the unabashed racism of Bush’s […]

If we are to believe Matthew Cole in this morning’s Salon much of the aid that’s gone to the Bush administration’s good buddy, Gen. Musharraf, is ending up not only NOT being used to fight the taliban but the reverse. Our own money is being used to support and finance our deadly enemy, the […]

Why isn’t this deteriorating situation along the Turkish border a bigger source of worry?
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdish officials on Friday ordered 6,000 Kurdish militiamen to take up new positions in Iraq’s Dohuk province as hundreds of Turkish troops crossed the border in what Turkey said was an attack on Kurdish rebels who’d sought shelter […]

Old age succeeds where Kennedys, Nixon, E Howard Hunt and a bunch of Watergate burglers could not.

CASTRO RESIGNS!!
Read all about it from Frances Robles in The Miami Herald
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Now, let’s see…they could open a few casinos for a start. If only Meyer Lansky was here to advise….
I’m sure we’ll see nothing […]

We’ve been talking about these latest developments in the Sibel Edmonds case ever since the Times of London helped break her silence back on January 6th. (You can find our previous articles about the case from Jan 6th - here , Jan. 24th - here , and Jan. […]

This is a great video, and nicely summarizes what all this wasteful, no-bid, mercenary-laden warfare is bringing us.

Of course, this is not a new way of looking at war and war industries.No one less then that great appeaser, President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself appears to have shared those views:

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U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case
(Read about judicial horror story in today’s New York Times.)

Over the last few weeks I have become rather deflated. The ascendancy of McCain has not been a surprise, though the speed with which both George Bush And Karl Rove have flocked to his side […]

Pakistan bans international observers from conducting exit polls for election
Still stricken by the death of opposition candidate, former Prime Minister Bhutto, President Musharraf dispels rumors that the Feb 18 elections will be a sham by banning international observers.
Read the details about the latest from our great Ally in spreading democracy at McClatchy.
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