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pajamasmedia.com - 4/3/2009
The arithmetic of news
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A reader has trouble reconciling the numbers reported in various news stories. “Something,” the reader says, “doesn’t add up.” The problem, I think, could be in the data sources and the news stories themselves. It has always bugged me that the Obama campaign ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 4/3/2009
Obama Bashes Bush in France-- Apologizes For Liberating Iraq
— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — He just couldn't stop himself. President Obama bashed George W. Bush while in France today. Obama apologized for American action that liberated Iraq from the genocidal tyrant Saddam Hussein. The AP reported: Welcomed with thunderous cheers, ... (more) Obama Bashes Bush in France-- Apologizes For Liberating Iraq

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YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold
washingtontimes.com - 4/2/2009
YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold
— washingtontimes.com — Michael Yon, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thursday, April 2, 2009 ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Obama 's new plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak) was eagerly anticipated. I first reported from Afghanistan in early 2006 that the war was being ... (more) YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold

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Iraq: the unraveling? (II)
ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 4/1/2009
Iraq: the unraveling? (II)
— ricks.foreignpolicy.com — I checked in yesterday when retired Col. Pete Mansoor , who was Gen. Petraeus's executive officer in Iraq during most of the surge. I had been told that Mansoor had warned in Baghdad that signing the Status of Forces Agreement could lead the United ... (more) Iraq: the unraveling? (II)

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Stones Cry Out — Lancet and the mythical mass numbers of Obama donors. Our youth and infantilization. Another slippery slope … euthanasia slips to murder, two posts here and here. G20 signing our economic death warrants. The other April showers. Examining Fannie and Freddie. So … what will Mr Obama do? A man retires. Interesting infra-structure usage. More big brotherliness. Why so many cults in ...

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