Category: General

O! Mark Salter!

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Word is breaking that John McCain’s long time aide and many decades long alter ego, Mark Salter, is the author behind O: A Presidential Novel. Truth in advertising first. I haven’t read the novel, though I really like the graphics of the “O” and the “ears” as well as the brilliant blue of the cover….

“ Absolutely fascinating article on the BP/Macondo/Gulf leak/disaster.... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704680604576110373593483008.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories Changing procedures in the days before the accident may have caused some… ” questions on January 29, 2011

LIVE STREAM at 12:15 pm: Chas Freeman on America’s Misadventures in the Middle East

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Please join the New America Foundation’s American Strategy Program/Middle East Task Force TODAY from 12:15 – 1:45 for a discussion with Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, touching on themes from his new book “America’s Misadventures in the Middle East.

“ Should be frustrating to watch how these world shaking events taking place in the ME are translated by the small… ” DonS on January 28, 2011

Madame X, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Speaks Live this Morning at 8 am EST

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At the 3rd Talking Points Memo Policy Roundtable hosted at the New America Foundation, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter will share her views on America’s international engagement — particularly regarding the world’s crisis and not yet crisis (but almost) regions.

“ It is a fascinating and rarely talked about irony that China itself is now witnessing negative population growth. Obviously this… ” WigWag on January 27, 2011

Richard Falk Goes Bonkers on 9/11: Susan Rice Condemns

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I am in full agreement with Susan Rice: Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, January 25, 2011 I am appalled by the recent personal blog written by Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on “the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

“ And to close, "I will give an example: Griffin states early on in TNCR that ” questions on January 28, 2011

China’s Musical Mishap?

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When Hu Jintao came to the United States in 2006, his visit was seen in China as less-than-perfect. Hu did not receive a State Dinner or the formality and ceremony that accompany it. His speech was allowed to be interrupted by a member of the Falun Gong–a religious sect that is banned in China.

“ So Lang Lang said he chose the music because it was familiar to the Chinese? Well, that much is true:… ” nadine on January 27, 2011