the debt ceiling negotiations - abridged

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Saturday July 23, 2011 · 5:58 AM PDT

2011/07/23 · 05:58

DEMS: "We need a debt-ceiling increase, formality, right?"

REPUBS: "No way, all we care about is deficit, Deficit, DEFICIT?, DEFICIT!"

DEMS: "You serious about deficits? So let's talk deficits. Let's be ambitious. To be serious about the deficit we need to cut spending - eventualy...

REPUBS: "Hooray!"

DEMS: "...AND raise taxes - eventually."

REPUBS: [run screaming]

DEMS: "So, I guess you're not serious about the deficit?"

REPUBS: [sniff]

DEMS: "So let's be less ambitious. About that debt-ceiling formality, on my desk by Monday, right?"

REPUBS: "'mkay"

Egyptian regime's last ditch survival strategy

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Tuesday February 01, 2011 · 11:17 AM PST

2011/02/01 · 11:17

The Guardian's Simon Tisdall has written a fascinating piece today piecing together what might be the Egyptian regime's current strategy with respect to the mass uprising. Interestingly, his overall analysis appears to correspond with moves happening elsewhere in Egypt as well as statements being issued by the US State Department and Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

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Will the West allow the formation of a government in Egypt that includes Islamist parties?

30 votes Vote Now!

Will the West allow the formation of a government in Egypt that includes Islamist parties?

Yes, because Barack Obama is not George W Bush.

7 votes

Yes, but only because we will not be able to enforce our will.

11 votes

No, as Egypt is too important a strategic player in the US vision of the Middle East.

1 vote

Doesn't matter, as the protesters will not be satisfied with Mubarak's offer.

11 votes

The Guardian: More evidence of China sabotaging Copenhagen

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Tuesday December 22, 2009 · 3:25 PM PST

2009/12/22 · 15:25

Updated: First time on the Rec List, thanks very much. It's good to be able to shine some light on passionate and well-informed journalism. And in the middle of a Hamsher-icane too :)

A quick diary before bedtime. A writer for The Guardian in the UK has written a compelling piece on the breakdown of negotiations in Copenhagen, in particular the role of China, which seemed to deliberately be creating deadlock to shift blame onto the shoulders of Western nations, especially the US.

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 3:57 AM PST

2009/12/17 · 03:57

And so there was wailing and gnashing of teeth on the rec list...

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Monday April 06, 2009 · 3:29 PM PDT

2009/04/06 · 15:29

The BBC has uncovered a paper trail from the dying days of Word War II, showing that the US and UK insisted that the French division with whom Charles de Gaulle liberated Paris be composed only of white soldiers.

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Saturday January 10, 2009 · 10:54 AM PST

2009/01/10 · 10:54

Hi all, just got back in from a demonstration against the assault on Gaza. It happened in central London, with over 100,000 people marching. Pictures and anecdotes after the jump.

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Would you demonstrate against war?

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Would you demonstrate against war?

I already have done

13 votes

Yes, definitely

14 votes

Maybe

0 votes

No, I think it makes no difference whatsoever

8 votes

The Obama administration will talk to Hamas

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Thursday January 08, 2009 · 5:41 PM PST

2009/01/08 · 17:41

Working link now added, still living in 2008 me :)

An exclusive story in the Guardian reports that sources close to Obama's transition team and advisors are open to the possibility of bringing Hamas into peace negotiations should certain conditions be met. If accurate, this would be a dramatic break with the previous administration's policy of isolation. You can find the story and analysis here

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Should the US initiate contacts with Hamas?

219 votes Vote Now!

Should the US initiate contacts with Hamas?

Yes

160 votes

Yes, but only if it promises to.,,

39 votes

No way

20 votes

The case for General Anthony Zinni

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 7:17 AM PST

2008/02/22 · 07:17

Could there be a more perfect choice for a potential Obama vice president than General Tony Zinni? I think not and, ladies and gentlemen of the court, here is the evidence that makes the case...

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the debt ceiling negotiations - abridged

Egyptian regime's last ditch survival strategy

The Guardian: More evidence of China sabotaging Copenhagen

Deflecting blame and misrepresenting the health care truth

What a difference 55 years makes

Solidarity on a cold London afternoon

The Obama administration will talk to Hamas

The case for General Anthony Zinni