PMMJ (cheetahmaster) wrote,
PMMJ
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some good reads

"The moral vacuum of Iraq — where Blackwater USA guards can kill 10 or 20 Iraqis on a whim and never be prosecuted for it — did not happen by accident. It is yet another example of something the Bush administration could have prevented with the right measures but simply did not bother about as it rushed into invading and occupying another country."

QUICK SATURDAY:
* "Deliberately, premeditatedly, and virtually without precedent, you shanghaied a military man as your personal spokesman and now you’re complaining about the outcome, and then running away from the microphone?" -Keith Olbermann
* Bush's top ten reasons for bombing Iran.
* Protests continue in Burma.
* BAGnewsNotes looks at some pictures from the Jena protest.
* The Fact Checker on Romney's stance on abortion.
* Scientists find a warm spot on Neptune.
* On Putin and... experimental photography.

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