babalublog.com - 12/11/2008
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As you read this, I'm in transit to Washington DC for a very special event. I, along with a handful of other bloggers/new media users/activists, have been invited for a round table discussion with the President of the United States....
atimes.com - 12/4/2008
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atimes.com —
China’s six-to-one advantage over the US By Spengler
America outspends China on defense by a margin of...
more than six to one, the Pentagon estimates. [1] In another strategic dimension, though, China already holds a six-to-one advantage over the ...
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Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, ...
telegraph.co.uk - 12/12/2008
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telegraph.co.uk —
Iran's conservative parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has branded
US PresidentElect Barack Obama's comments on Tehran's nuclear activities...
as "cowboy" talk the ISNA news agency reported.
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Iran accuses Barack Obama of 'cowboy talk'
iht.com - 12/11/2008
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iht.com —
America's new president will have to confront the
reality that Iran now has the capability to build...
a nuclear weapon.
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Was the CIA wrong (again)?
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BUSH HONORS BABALU.... And Several Dissident Bloggers Today On Human Rights Day
Gateway Pundit —
Congratulations to Babalu's Val Prieto! Val met with "Dissident President" George W. Bush today in Washington DC. President Bush Met With Dissident Bloggers And New Media Users To Commemorate Human Rights Day-- Val has a wonderful account of his trip today to Washington to visit with President Bush at Cuban-American blog Babalu. Also at the meeting with President Bush: Mr. Alexander Klaskovskiy blogger (Belarus) of Belapan. Ms. Olga ...
Nordlinger: One fathers son, c.
Articles on National Review Online —
I don t know if you know this I didn t, before Monday but President Bush met with bloggers who focus on human rights in their countries of origin. I learned about this from Val Prieto, of Babal . He wrote about it here . And a photo from the meeting is here . Those in attendance do their writing about China, Iran, Belarus, Burma, and Cuba. Bush had this meeting before he went to Iraq and met his world-renowned shoe-thrower. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Perhaps some day Bush will be given credit for his attention to human rights; perhaps some day ...
Grading the MSM’s Cuban revolution coverage
Michelle Malkin —
Grading the MSM’s Cuban revolution coverage By Michelle Malkin•January 2, 2009 06:04 AM Fidel Castro gives the American media two thumbs up for clueless coverage and wimpy whitewashing of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Henry Louis Gomez at the indispensable Babalu blog (which was recently honored by the White House ) provides a ...
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