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Send George Your Shoes

December 16, 2008

The Rude Pundit has come up with an excellent idea in honour of Muntader al-Zaid, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush.
Send George a pair of your shoes:
This morning, the Rude Pundit decided to honor the efforts of Muntader al-Zaidi, the Iraqi shoe-tosser, by taking out a raggedy old pair of sneakers, [...]

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Shoez!

December 14, 2008

Here’s to you Mr. Shoe throwing Iraqi Journalist (via: Shakesville):

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We shall be greeted as liberators

October 7, 2008

Remember those words spoken by VP Dick Cheney?  Keep them in mind as you watch the following video about the growing epidemic of Iraqi girls and women setting themselves on fire to avoid abuse.
Embedded video from CNN Video

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Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims

May 29, 2008

As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity.
According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards.
One side of the [...]

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Bush gives up golf for troops

May 14, 2008

It is said that whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Our esteemed president is not on the path to greatness however.
In fact, he’s well on his way to being considered one of the most self-centred, arrogant and [...]

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Ted Turner: Global Warming will lead to cannibalism

April 5, 2008

Here’s something to perk you up this morning. According to Ted Turner, 30 to 40 years from now most of humanity will be dead because the planet will be eight degrees hotter causing a near total crop failure. The survivors will be living in a failed state such as Sudan or Somalia and [...]

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

January 22, 2008

Two non-profit journalist organizations have concluded that Bush lied and that his lies “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere [...]

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

January 22, 2008

Two non-profit journalist organizations have concluded that Bush lied and that his lies “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere [...]

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

January 22, 2008

Two non-profit journalist organizations have concluded that Bush lied and that his lies “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere [...]

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What if the French had moved in?

September 26, 2007

Just a quick hit to point out an excellent post by Alonzo Fyfe of Atheist Ethicist that puts what’s going on in Iraq into perspective:
It has been four years since the French had helped the Americans defeat King George III. Since then, living conditions in America have changed considerably.
For one thing, the French have taken [...]

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