temporary relief: my friend in iraq is okay

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Wednesday June 29, 2005 · 1:07 PM PDT

2005/06/29 · 13:07

last week's ambush of female soldiers in fallujah left me worried. a friend of mine (not an extremely close friend - my friend's sister, but a friend nonetheless) is a female marine, who left for fallujah earlier this year. when i heard about the attack, i feared the worst. i couldn't bring myself to call the sister to find out if she had heard anything. i checked the casualty list many times, with a temporary, shallow relief from not seing her name listed (it is horrible to be relieved that another human being has died instead).

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US spy plane crashes in 'southwest asia'

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Wednesday June 22, 2005 · 7:15 AM PDT

2005/06/22 · 07:15

haven't seen this posted... if someone has beat me i'll take it down...

U.S. Spy Plane Pilot Dies in Asia Crash

By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in southwest Asia while returning to its base, killing the pilot, the military said Wednesday.

The cause of Tuesday night's crash was under investigation, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.

One official said the location of the crash was not released because "host nation sensitivities" were involved.

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'fair play' preventing capture of bin laden - porter goss

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Sunday June 19, 2005 · 12:40 PM PDT

2005/06/19 · 12:40

according to this article, the cia has an 'excellent idea' where osama is (don't they always?), but international norms are getting in the way of his capture. i know, try not to laugh too hard.

CIA has 'excellent' idea where bin Laden is -Time

1 hour, 43 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
CIA Director Porter Goss said he has an "excellent" idea where
Osama bin Laden is hiding, but the al Qaeda leader will not be brought to justice until weak links in counterterrorism efforts are strengthened, Time magazine reported on Sunday.

In his first interview since becoming head of the CIA last year, Goss also told the magazine the insurgency in
Iraq was not quite in its last throes, but close to it.

Goss did not say where he believed bin Laden was hiding, but intelligence experts have said the al Qaeda leader who has evaded an extensive U.S.-led manhunt is probably in the border region of Pakistan and
Afghanistan.

"I have an excellent idea of where he is. What's the next question?" Goss said in the interview.

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zimbabwe police arrest 22,000 in shantytown raid

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Wednesday June 01, 2005 · 4:36 PM PDT

2005/06/01 · 16:36

havn't seen this posted, if so i'll delete...

Zimbabwe arrests 22,000 people in shantytown blitz

By Andrew Quinn 55 minutes ago

Zimbabwe police have arrested more than 22,000 people as a blitz on illegal stores and shantytowns gathers pace, sending homeless people fleeing to the countryside, the state Herald newspaper said Wednesday.

The United States warned Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government the crackdown could lead to a violent backlash.

Zimbabwe's official Herald newspaper said police had arrested 22,735 people in a campaign the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called a political vendetta against residents of its urban strongholds.

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Monday May 09, 2005 · 2:27 PM PDT

2005/05/09 · 14:27

giving an inch is a sign of weakness. they don't respect a desire to compromise. to them it just means that they can get more. make them prove they have the votes.

Republicans say all of Bush's nominees should get confirmation votes. "Why stop at one?" Frist spokesman Bob Stevenson said. "We should take them all up, including those to be reported out of committee later this week."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050509/ap_on_go_co/filibuster_fight_9

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philly protest tonite stopped bridge traffic

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 6:41 PM PST

2004/11/03 · 18:41

after leaving before my second class (i couldn't focus at all), i talked to a friend, and met her down at love park. a group of one or two hundred people, a good chunk being of the punk/anarchist variety, but many being somewhat more 'normal' looking like me, were there to protest bush and the war on iraq. eventually we all marched through the streets of downtown philadelphia, with police observing and even stopping some traffic and making a path. we went past city hall, eventually on over to and then south on broad st (the main north-south road), getting some supportive honks and fist pumps as we go. we turned east on to south street, and people came out on to the sidewalks to see and/or support us. we turned north on i think it was third st, up to market, then north around 7th. more... Read More

gay marriage boogie man strikes again (NRCC mailer)

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 5:38 PM PST

2004/11/01 · 17:38

my first NRCC mailing came today, on the eve of the election. funny, you'd think they would know what district i'm in by my address, but apparently not, because the candidate they rail against, lois murphy, isn't running in my district, and i can't vote for her or her opponent (whoever that may be - the mailer doesn't say).

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making polling locations easy to find

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Sunday October 31, 2004 · 5:40 PM PST

2004/10/31 · 17:40

i received a notice a few weeks ago, and had a moveon canvasser tell me tonite about the change in my poll location (he was really good, btw, handing me a map of where my new location was and everything). but the new location seems much more obscure and not as easy to find. i'm not sure exactly why they changed locations, but it was originally at a school, and now, according to the moveon canvasser, i have to go down a beaten bus trail which used to be a train line to a non-descript refrigeration company office. point being, although i can find it because i have a map, it doesn't seem like it really sticks out. i'm tempted to, if no one else has or will do it, to make posters directing people traveling from different directions to the polling location (like you would if you were having a party or yard sale at your house). i might not be a bad in other areas with a similar situation, especially if the location has been changed.

help a gambler out,re: election

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Tuesday October 26, 2004 · 5:12 PM PDT

2004/10/26 · 17:12

i sadly admit i've recently become addicted to online gambling - only football and baseball so far (thanks a lot, broncos!($*#@). but today i noticed a section for the presidential elections. straight up, a kerry win goes for $2.20 on the dollar, whereas a bush win goes for about $1.60 on the dollar. there's also bets on some swingstates (for kerry): FL $2.2/$1 ... IA 2.1/1 ... MN 1.61/1 ... NV 2.6/1 ... NH 1.61/1 ... NM 2/1 ... OH 2/1 ... WI 1.83/1.

i obviously want to put a lot on an overall kerry win, it being a pretty good payback. the drawback of betting now is the imfamous october suprise, and the drawback of betting later is a smaller payout if kerry starts pulling away or more people start betting on him. i think kerry can win all of the swingstates, the safest to me being NH and MIN, but they have relatively small payouts. FL & OH are tempting given recent polls, but the possibility of fraud is a drawback. is NM relatively safe?

what do you think?

WV elector might leave bush

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Thursday October 21, 2004 · 2:03 PM PDT

2004/10/21 · 14:03

W. Virginia Elector Might Leave Bush

44 minutes ago

By JENNIFER BUNDY, Associated Press Writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - If President Bush (news - web sites) wins West Virginia, one of the state's five Republican electors says he might not vote for Bush to protest the president's economic and foreign policies.
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AL GORE KICKING ASS ON CSPAN!!

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 10:02 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 10:02

go go go! (i didn't see any diaries/threads on this) - moveon.org speech at georgetown university

he just called the florida GOP mob in 2000 a 'rent-a-mob' !! ... more quotes later

outsourcing the truth!

quoting orwell now!

wow, al say oakridge (enrichment specialists?) received directive not to counter bush's aluminum tube/uranium enrichment claims

'his entire agenda is collapsing around his ankles'

says only 2% of iraqis view american soldiers as liberators

'this war has become a recruiting bonanza for terrorists'

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Bush hopes N.J. hears his terror message

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 7:03 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 07:03

yahoo headline. couldn't have said it better myself.

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"From a lot of places in New Jersey you could see the towers," Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser, told reporters at a weekend campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Fla.

how did i not realize this man is a genious!?!

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