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August 19, 2008

Fightback against anti-Americanism

Aggregated from: Kiwiblog

A group has been formed by some Londoners to fight anti-Americanism, and they have launched a website. They have a useful myths page, including: Myth: America is not a truly free and open society Myth: Black Americans are held back in a country plagued by racism Myth: America refused any involvemen...

John Edwards: Scummy, fake, manipulative and pretty?

Since the former Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards admitted to having an extra-marital affair, bloggers from around the world following the story have largely focused on two major issues: First, the sad irony of a politician having an affair while his wife, Elizabeth, fights breast cancer; Secondly, the role the mainstream press played in keeping the story silent.

August 18, 2008

Coddington on Edwards

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Deborah Coddington lets loose on John Edwards: … since American politics - whether we like it or not - impacts on the world - we should all be grateful to this woman who has exposed Edwards as a liar, hypocrite, narcissist, and, ultimately, misogynist. Edwards was always my least favourite Dem...

August 15, 2008

Paris Hilton’s response to John McCain

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See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die I sometimes suspect Paris Hilton is smarter than her public persona. She has certainly out together a very funny video response to John McCain who criticised Barack Obama as being a big celebrity like Paris and Britney Spears. I did quite like the McCain...

August 11, 2008

How did he think he could get away with it?

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Men often cheat. This is hardly news. And politicians are no different - in fact if anything are more prone to cheating due to thenature of a job where they live away from home. But I am still somewhat amazed when it is revealed that a senior US politician has been cheating on his wife - how could t...

August 6, 2008

The Obama Phenomenon

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The crowd of 200,000 which turned out in Berlin to hear a mere candidate for the US presidency confirms that Obama is more a phenomenon than an ordinary candidate. I struggle to see how he will lose unless he majorly stuffs up. His flip-flops on the surge in Iraq are not going to be sufficient. The ...

July 30, 2008

The Obama pilgrimage

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A very good piss-take at the Times on the Obama fawning: When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among th...

Buchanan on Obama

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Paul Buchanan had a perceptive article in yesterday’s Herald on Barack Obama’s foreign policy challenges: Barring some unanticipated event, Barack Obama is set to become the 44th President of the United States. I think it will take something quite big to remove his lead. Obama has sounde...

July 28, 2008

McCain vs Obama on JibJab

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Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today! The latest JibJab - God those guys are good. Tags: 2008 US Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Humour, JibJab, John McCain ...

July 27, 2008

New Zealand: Citizen Arrest for Condi

In addition to talks with the New Zealand Government, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in for a surprise when the Auckland University Students' Association (AUSA) announced a $5,000 reward for any student who makes a citizen's arrest on the visiting official. The reward has since been withdrawn and according to Press reports, AUSA had said the arrest would be for Dr Rice's role in “overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation” of Iraq, and crimes under the Geneva Conventions Act 1958, and the Crimes of Torture Act 1989."