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Latest On Iran: Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope June 21, 200916 Comments

Yesterday President Obama released this statement on the events in Iran: The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is…

Open thread: Iran

By Donviti June 20, 200922 Comments

I'm trying with some of my "friends" on facebook to get some commentary going on our website. I have some friends that are either there in Iran or know people…

Foreign Policy Idiots

By Delaware Dem June 17, 200913 Comments

A number of our inane right wing commenters last night decided to make the protests in Iran a partisan issue, and they began to attack President Obama for what they…

Real Iran Election Results Leaked?

By Unstable Isotope June 14, 20099 Comments

According to ABCNews (via Twitter) this may be the real election results from the Iran elections. If you're on Twitter, I recommend you follow @LaraABCNews for updates about the Iran…

Deep thought

By Donviti June 14, 20096 Comments

President Bush's Job was to Protect America after it got attacked while he was president. Additionial question: Wouldn't having a public option for health care be more beneficial for small…

Rioting In Iran

By Unstable Isotope June 13, 200917 Comments

Yesteday's stunning surprise announcement of Ahmadinejad as the winner of the Iranian election has led to protests and riots in Iran, news agencies are reporting. Some of these riots are…

Sure Looks Like Democracy To Me

By pandora June 12, 200922 Comments

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranians packed polling stations from boutique-lined streets in north Tehran to conservative bastions in the countryside Friday with a choice that's left the nation divided and on…

Oh look, the recession…it’s over

By Donviti June 7, 20094 Comments

While we were all blowing Obama for his forthright speech in Egypt this week.... The Unemployment numbers were released and they are the highest since 1983. 9.4 percent and most…

Happy Birthday Tetris!

By Unstable Isotope June 7, 20093 Comments

Yesterday, the game Tetris turned 25 years old. I haven't played Tetris in a long time. For a while I was addicted to Tetris. When I was a young grad…

Obama’s Egypt Speech

By Unstable Isotope June 4, 200918 Comments

The man knows how to give speeches. Full text of the speech here. Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly highlights this portion, about the relationship between the U.S. and the…

Will We Soon Return To $4/Gallon Gas?

By Unstable Isotope June 1, 200914 Comments

Matt Yglesias has a question: What I can see is the present, where markets react to any sign of good economic news with a big jump in oil prices. And…

Damn, torture works. I admit it I was wrong

By Donviti May 27, 200924 Comments

I wonder what our devout Christians reading this will say now. Never mind, facts don't get in the way of opinion. A 14-year military interrogator has undercut one of the…

Quote of the Day

By nemski May 20, 20091 Comment

Vietnam teaches several lessons, the first of which is that the United States can have normal relations with countries whose political systems and ideologies it rejects. That is as true…