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Birthdays

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By grotesque coincidence, two of the central actors in the German Third Reich squirmed loose into the world on 12 January 1893 -- the 400th anniversary of the expulsion of Sicily's entire Jewish population. Reichsmarschall Herman Goering -- a Bavarian who eventually rose to be Hitler's...

Yeah, she’s that dumb

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I doubt that President Bush has any capacity to inspire Americans about the war in Iraq. I vaguely wish that he could. He's made his decision, and I think people need to support what he's doing and not undercut him by revealing to our enemies that...

You Just CANNOT Trust Canadians

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Chilling. And I thought that the biggest problem with Canadian coins was that they were annoyingly similar to ours, yet wouldn't be accepted by vending machines.In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described...

Anti-Surge

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The British Army? Not so much on the surging. According to Reuters, Britain will withdraw 2700 of its 7200 strong contingent by May 31. British forces are concentrated in southern.

Simple Question

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If you believe that the "surge" will be effective, and if you believe that "rules of engagement" are the primary problem with the operation in Iraq, how can you not conclude that President Bush and his administration are among the most inept blunderers ever to conduct...

E Mare Libertas!

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Via The Bellman, we learn that the principality of Sealand -- one of the world's great micronations -- is for sale. Sealand celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and has.

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