MSNBC: All Politics, All the Time for Daily Kosmonauts

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Thursday November 23, 2006 · 1:56 PM PST

2006/11/23 · 13:56

Howard Kurts in his 20 November piece in the Washington Post quoted Dan Abrams the new General Manager of MSNBC:

"We've found a voice as of late, and a large part of that voice is politics," says MSNBC General Manager Dan Abrams. And although he doesn't plan to put on "all politics all the time until 2008," Abrams says he wants to continue "branding" MSNBC as a haven for political junkies.

The mainstays of journalists that at least try to make sense: Andrea Mitchel, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter and Howard Fineman, The Washington Post's Dana Milbank, and Congressional Quarterly's Craig Crawford have become part of the MSNBC mainstay.

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Sunday November 19, 2006 · 3:37 PM PST

2006/11/19 · 15:37

I have a lot of trust in the thoughts and writings of Fareed Zakaria. For those of you not acquainted with Fareed, he is the editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all Newsweek's editions abroad.

This morning he took part of the roundtable of ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanapoulos" and while he was able to make a couple general comments could not fully articulate what’s happening in Iraq and his glimpse/prediction of the future. This is a shame in that by my accounting, Mr. Zakaria has not missed a beat.

See the flip side for Fareed’s assessment of what will be missing from the up coming Baker-Hamilton report.

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 12:06 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 12:06

It appears there are three facts that have come out of after the Saddam Hussein verdict.

First, The majority Shiites are jubilant and the minority Sunni are pissed which will lead to increased civil tension and an escalation of the Iraqi civil war. Second, Maliki and his Shiite controlled administration has been given a boost. Third, the impact to the US midterm elections seems to be minimal at best.
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Second only to OBL, Bush Seen as Most Dangerous Person on Planet

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Saturday November 04, 2006 · 1:16 PM PST

2006/11/04 · 13:16

From the Guardian.

George Bush is ranked with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety. He is outranked by Osama bin Laden in Canada, the UK, Mexico and Israel. UK voters: 87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75% who think this of our Commander and Chimp, George Bush.

Last Vestige of Iraq Oversight -- Gone!

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 7:10 AM PST

2006/11/03 · 07:10

During a closed-door session of the house, the republican side of the House Armed Services Committee, over the objections of Democratic counterparts, inserted an obscure provision that terminates the federal oversight agency, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, on Oct. 1, 2007. Read More

CIA Director - Hayden - Visits Saudi Arabia

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Sunday October 29, 2006 · 6:08 PM PST

2006/10/29 · 18:08

In a world of coincidence CIA director Michael Hayden, just so happened to visit Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah a day after the US issued alerts that the Saudi oil fields were possibly under attack from the sea. Also coincidently, the US Navy was conducting exercises in the Persian Gulf. Another coincidence is that oil prices have hit a recent low with Saudi Arabia threatening to raise oil prices and the US elections are a little more than a week away. Read More

Very Good Video from BBC

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Saturday October 21, 2006 · 4:51 PM PDT

2006/10/21 · 16:51

This is a very short diary that I'm posting because the BBC video is so powerful. It gives insight into the soldier's view of Iraq and the whole joke of We'll stand down when they stand up.

Sean Smith, the Guardian's award-winning war photographer, spent nearly six weeks with the 101st Division of the US army in Iraq. Watch his haunting observational film that explodes the myth around the claims that the Iraqis are preparing to take control of their own country.

As I said down below, All that is missing is Martin Sheen paddling up the Euphrates River for a rendezvous with Marlin Brando.

Click on this link to see the video:

Video: GuardianFilms and BBC Newsnight present ....

British Political Cartoons

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Friday October 20, 2006 · 4:22 PM PDT

2006/10/20 · 16:22

This diary started as a specific posted diary but has turned into something that I just keep adding to as new Bell/Rowson cartoons become available. If you are new to Steve Bell, he takes a little getting use to. Bush is primarily depicted as a ape and blair sometimes as a dog (lap dog). You can tell Blair because his left eye is always bulging. From the start of the Iraq conflict these two cartoonist have cut through all the crap anc chronicled the whole bloody mess. Enjoy. As usual, you can catch them at The Guardian.

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 2:22 PM PDT

2006/10/18 · 14:22

I have written a couple of diaries where I try to take the politics out of the inhumanity this war has leveled against the Iraqi people and our men and women in the Armed Forces. In one of my last diaries I was asked how to help. So I've gone on a minor hunt for the best way to help and here it is.
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600,000 Innocent Lives -- Gone

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Friday October 13, 2006 · 6:54 AM PDT

2006/10/13 · 06:54

Of course we all knew that there had to be something to the report when it was instantly dismissed by both the Bush and Blair administrations. An editorial featured in Daily Star of Lebanon writes that regardless of what the real number is, the report is another indictment of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq. Read More

What War Did Your Loved One Die In

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 3:51 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 15:51

There are two wars being fought in Iraq. The only nobility to be found are is our young that signed up to fulfil a sense of duty. Now they find themselves in two conflicts. One day they are the police the next the warrior. what follows is a couple of threads I've followed about the civil and war of occupation we find ourselves. Read More

VoteVets is a good bet

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Monday October 09, 2006 · 6:16 PM PDT

2006/10/09 · 18:16

I'm a Viet Nam erra vet who until this year has not really felt compeled to fiancially support veteran political groups. I think the main reason is that veterans groups seemed to me to be aligned to a conservative political agenda. Also, to be honest, I wasn't all that proud of my service.

There is a group that is diffent. It's made up of progressive veteran's and the way I got involved was to support their political bad body armor vest ads to help defeat Conrad Burns. Read More

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British Political Cartoons

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600,000 Innocent Lives -- Gone

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