Iraq Was All Worth It

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Thursday December 22, 2011 · 10:32 AM PST

2011/12/22 · 10:32

The Wall Street Journal reports that, "Dozens of people were killed and wounded Thursday in a series of coordinated explosions that struck several neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, the deadliest bombings since the eruption of a political crisis that has brought renewed fears of sectarian and ethnic warfare.

The attacks, which numbered at least 12 and involved mostly car bombs and improvised explosive devices, started at about 6:30 a.m. local time and lasted for about two hours, according to an official with the Ministry of Interior and the special security task force for the capital.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Ziad Tariq, said the preliminary toll was at least 57 killed and 176 wounded."

Ah, Arab Winter.

Does Newton understand the Gravity of the situation?

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Wednesday December 21, 2011 · 5:22 PM PST

2011/12/21 · 17:22

This may be too petty for a diary, but I got an amusing rogueocall, er, robocall from my state's Gingrich for President committee tonight. Mr. Announcerman read through a list of times and places where petitions to put Newt on the primary ballot could be signed. (His reportedly disorderly campaign doesn't yet have him on the ballot in this populous state.) All of the times were for yesterday. The announcement included that one could meet Gingrich tonight at a certain location -- but the announcement was already halfway into the meeting period. The highly polished robocaller closed, "Good night and thanks for listening, [Pause] Good night and thanks for listening." This is bad for Gingrich and for the President. This kind of campaign operation doesn't speak well for Newt's chances and doesn't speak well for Obama's chance of drawing Newt as his opponent.

Why Occupy Failed

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Saturday November 26, 2011 · 3:22 PM PST

2011/11/26 · 15:22

This is my first diary and, recognizing that one can be ejected from the Beaver Club for failing to toe the Beaver line, it may be my last, but I feel a duty to teach. Occupy failed because Occupy, and many of its adherents and supporters, studiously violated countless well-established rules of public relations, press relations, and politics.

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