The Atlantic Gap and the Olympic rejection

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Friday October 02, 2009 · 12:12 PM PDT

2009/10/02 · 12:12

The Economist has a column this week on the gap in different perceptions between the EU and US, it makes interesting reading anyway but it also feeds into the discussion of everyone hated Bush so when New York lost an Olympic bid in 2005 no one cared but everyone LOVES Obama so in 2009 it is a personal rejection of him if the rest of the world does not support Chicago.

Follow me over the jump for some snips

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What is more important?

47 votes Vote Now!

What is more important?

Europeans sending troops to Afghanistan

4 votes

US giving up on Carbon emissions

15 votes

Brazil getting the Olympics

4 votes

Me getting a beer tonight (it's Friday!!)

13 votes

Pie!

11 votes

Iraq: US left alone everyone else gone home

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Sunday December 21, 2008 · 5:50 AM PST

2008/12/21 · 05:50

While the US has been having an election, getting excited by a transition some aspects of which are important and others which are not, watching the auto and finnacial service industry spiral into depression. In the rest of the world events has been moving on but not having as much coverage as previously.

One of the issues which has been having some coverage is the Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraq, which has to be agreed before Dec 31, 2008 (while Bush is still POTUS) as the UN Resolution which authorises troops there expires.

The same issue applies to the rest of the "Coalition" so what have they been doing: join me after the fold to see who will still be in "in-Country" com inaguration day.

I wrote this originally last month but the position seems to be changing daily.

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When will the last of the non US forces leave Iraq

30 votes Vote Now!

When will the last of the non US forces leave Iraq

Dec 31st 2008

3 votes

Jan 20th 2009

1 vote

Jul 31st 2009

7 votes

Dec 31st 3009

3 votes

Dec 31st 2010

1 vote

Dec 31st 2011

5 votes

Maybe 50 years maybe 100

7 votes

when Dick Cheny says so

2 votes

pie.

1 vote

Iraq everyone else goes home (updated)

dansmith17

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 8:37 PM PST

2008/11/10 · 20:37

While the US has been having an election the events in the rest of the world has been moving on but not having much coverage. One of the issues which has been having some coverage is the Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraq, which has to be agreed before Dec 31, 2008 (while Bush is still POTUS) as the UN Resolution which authorises troops there expires.

The same issue applies to the rest of the "Coalition" so what have they been doing: join me after the fold.

I wrote this originally last week but the position seems to be changing daily.

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22 votes Show Results

How long till all non US home.

22 votes Vote Now!

How long till all non US home.

31 Dec 2008

0 votes

19 Jan 2009

3 votes

31 Dec 2009

6 votes

31 Dec 2010

3 votes

31 Dec 2011

2 votes

4 Nov 2012

1 vote

50 years maybe 100

4 votes

Pie

1 vote

When Dick Cheney says so!

2 votes

Iraq: rest of the Coalition go home quick!

dansmith17

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 3:12 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 03:12

The same issue applies to the rest of the "Coalition" so what have they been doing: join me after the fold.

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32 votes Show Results

When will the last non-US troops leave Iraq.

32 votes Vote Now!

When will the last non-US troops leave Iraq.

Dec 31 2008

2 votes

Jan 15 2009

2 votes

Dec 31 2009

11 votes

Dec 31 2010

5 votes

Dec 31 2011

3 votes

Nov 5 2012

2 votes

When Hell Freeses over

5 votes

Maybe 50 years Maybe 100

2 votes

Pie.

0 votes

Fareed Zakaria GPS praises Powell and

dansmith17

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 8:27 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 08:27

Fareed Zararia GPS is shown on both CNN and CNN International overseas.

Fareed normally ends with a mesage on an issue of the day for you to think about.

At the end this week he stops and says he is going to cede his time to someone who has put into words an issue that has been troubling him for months and gives the best answer possible.

He then goes to Powells endorsement from MTP and as we get to the bit about Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan we fade to the beutiful and disturbing picture of Private Khan's mother at his grave.
More after the break...

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 2:02 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 02:02

The changes in US Media from a FOX nexs dominated republican noise machine and a traditional Media terrorised into moving to the right after being accused of being Shock Horror LIBERAL, have been noticed overseas.

The Finnacial Times and just done a piece see below the fold about how it is just a natural reaction to market conditions the country is trending to the left, so the media moves left to get market share and money.

Maddow gets praised
Maddow has also recently had glowing tribute in the British Observer
and British On line Mag First Post

More Below the fold

dansmith17

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 7:33 AM PDT

2008/10/18 · 07:33

Increasing evidence is gathering in the polls of the fact that the debate is no longer will Obama win but how much will Obama win by and how many other Democrats will win with him.

Well join me after the fold to see how confident the betting industry has become....

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 12:40 AM PDT

2008/08/25 · 00:40

Margaret Thatcher's daughter has written a book which is causing sometalk on this side of the pond about whether she should have been as open about her mothers decline.

Margaret Thatcher is now 82 and her daughter describes how she can no longer rememeber where she lives or the fact her husband is dead.

She talks of how she has been in declineing health for a decade and has sufferred from dementia at least since she was 75.

Margaret Thatcher's mental decline revealed by her daughter

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How old is too old

109 votes Vote Now!

How old is too old

Old enough that you could be the Father of all the other G8 leaders!

22 votes

Old enough that you think Czecoslovakia still exists

27 votes

Old enough that you think laptop is something for a TV dinner.

15 votes

Old enough to remember pre Pearl Harbour

14 votes

Old enough to not understand the internets

15 votes

Old enough to just want PIE

16 votes

Bush an embarrassment Sarkozy solves crisis, Murdoch press!

dansmith17

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Sunday August 17, 2008 · 11:14 AM PDT

2008/08/17 · 11:14

A summery of multiple reports in the Murdoch owned London Sunday times today.

Bush acted dumb and flitrted with the beach vollyball players.

Sarkozy got home got consesus from rest of EU and went to Moscow, after the US tried to pesuade him not to!

Murdoch's London Sunday Times and Georgia

dansmith17

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 12:08 AM PDT

2008/08/15 · 00:08

As well as the Georgians recently leaving for obvious reasons what is happening with the rest of the Coalition of the willing.

In UK Daily Telegraph (right wing and with good links to Military establishment) is running a story with saying UK forces will be down from 4,500 to a "few hundred" by mid 2009.

Majority of British troops out of Iraq by spring

More on Brits and others below the fold.

dansmith17

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 11:18 AM PDT

2008/05/10 · 11:18

Majority of pledged delegates is 1627, (discounting Fl and MI)

Well using Slate Delegate Calculator I give HRC an 80:20 blowout in Kentucky and West Virginia AND I give HRC a 20 point 60:10 win in Oregon, and Obama's total in delegates that night is 1629.

So on truly worst case scenario he has majority of delegates just, but that assumes he has zero delegates in Puerto Rico, South Dakota and Montana as he gets less than 15% viability in EVERY district and she gets 86:14 blowouts both statewide and in every District.

HillaryMath after the fold...

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37 votes Show Results

So should Obama campaign...

37 votes Vote Now!

So should Obama campaign...

Declare Victory and go home.

2 votes

Fight to the end for every delegate

30 votes

Ignore PR (they do not have a vote in the General)

2 votes

Ignore Ky and WV they are going to vote for McCain anyway.

2 votes

Ignore Mo and SD they are going to vote for McCain anyway.

1 vote

Minimum Wage with progressive Majority

dansmith17

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 11:12 AM PST

2008/03/05 · 11:12

Labour in the UK have been disapointing to progressive supporters on many aspects, IRAQ being the obvious one but they have taken the issue of anti-poverty seriously and made moves in that direction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

The annual increase in the Minimum Wage was announced today as an increase to £5.73 from October 1.

In your language that is $11.46 an hour.

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What should the aim be for a US Minimum Wage

27 votes Vote Now!

What should the aim be for a US Minimum Wage

$5 an hour

0 votes

$7 an hour

0 votes

$8 an hour

1 vote

$9 an hour

3 votes

$10 an hour

6 votes

$11 an hour

5 votes

$12 an hour

5 votes

$13 an hour

0 votes

$14 an hour

0 votes

$15 an hour

3 votes

Who cares I just need a job

2 votes

zero theose illegal immigrants should be grateful for whatever they get.

2 votes

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The Atlantic Gap and the Olympic rejection

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Iraq everyone else goes home (updated)

Iraq: rest of the Coalition go home quick!

Fareed Zakaria GPS praises Powell and

Maddow being noticed overseas Chirpy Gay Liberal says FT

Irish Declare Obama won! Time Machine available!

McCain is OLD, Thatcher now has dementia

Bush an embarrassment Sarkozy solves crisis, Murdoch press!

Iraq: Brits and others getting out.

We want to win convincingly and YES WE CAN!

Minimum Wage with progressive Majority