Christian extremists disrupt Hindu Senate invocation
Napoleons Invasion Of Middle East At My
Napoleon’s Invasion of the Middle East At my book blog for my new publication on Bonaparte’s Egypt expedition, I have been putting up some texts related to the misadventure The first close-up Western view of Egypt’s Bedouin is posted today; ominously, this bit of colonial anthropology was made possible by some French scientists (savants) being […]
Giuliani Critiqued By Firefighters
NYC Firefighters Critique Giuliani on 9/11 Was traveling and just saw this. The firefighters are critical of the no-bid contracts for communications equipment let by Giuliani, which ended up not working very well. Also other issues. No bid contracts? Where have I heard that before?. (Scroll down to “Big Success in Iraq”.)
Us Raids Umm Al Qura Mosque Sistani
Turkish Muslim Party Wins Landslide US Raids Umm al-Qura Mosque Sistani said in Peril In neighboring Turkey, the Islamically tinged AK Party won nearly 47% of the vote on Sunday, which will allow it, after a multiplier is applied, to rule with a comfortable margin without needing a coalition party. It has been suggested that […]
Feingold On Censure Full Discussion
Feingold to Introduce Censure Resolution against Bush Senator Russ Feingold plans to introduce a censure motion against Bush for misleading the US public into war, he told Meet the Press on Sunday. Feingold makes the good points that the president has been involved in things that look like criminality; that the votes aren’t there to […]
Blumenthal Young Republican Chicken
Blumenthal: Young Republican Chicken Hawks Max Blumenthal via YouTube,on young Republican Chicken Hawks [wouldn’t they just be ‘chicks’? Or maybe ‘peepees’?]. You’d think after what happened to Jonah Goldberg, they’d get together and make up some sort of collective alibi or something.
Napoleons Egypt I Just Received
Napoleon’s Egypt I am repeating this posting for Monday, since many readers skip the weekends. I just received an advance copy of my new book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East. I’m a proud parent/author and breaking out the virtual cigars. I think Palgrave Macmillan did a stellar job with the editing and production. The […]
How To Create Angry American
How to Create an Angry American Repeated from Sunday A clever montage of Bush administration falsehoods and denials regarding the Iraq War, via YouTube (film-maker’s link).
Us Airstrike Kills 15 Children Women
US Airstrike Kills 15 Children, Women, Men; Mosul Rocked by Death Squad, Roadside Bomb Killings; Shiite UIA Rejects Arming Sunni Arabs The United States military has bombed Iraqi cities quite a lot. But few reporters have asked the question raised by Hannah Allam and Jenan Hussein about who exactly is being killed in such raids. […]