September 23, 2008
Via Andrew Sullivan, Razib at Gene Expression has posted this speech which Obama gave in 1994. Its not that long so I’m posting the whole thing after the jump because it sums up my views on this. I will say though that I think Obama is being unfair when he accuses Charles Murray of racism. I ...
go to article »September 19, 2008
For all the talk about Barack Obama losing the white women vote to McCain, because of Sarah Palin, a new NY Times poll debunks this idea: But the Times/CBS News poll suggested that Ms. Palin’s selection has, to date, helped Mr. McCain only among Republican base voters; there was no evidence of sig...
go to article »September 17, 2008
This is the funniest thing I’ve read today: What up, RNC! (cheers) You white motherfuckers! (laughter) This conference so white, Helen Mirren tried to snort it! (laughter) Y’all the whitest white people in the history of white people. Even Barbara Bush sitting here right now going: ‘These ...
go to article »September 15, 2008
It was another day and age when the cold war was still raging and the world was still multipolar. Sitting in my Air Force base, I would twiddle my radio knobs in search of some entertainment. Sooner or later, the radio would settle into one of four stations, the BBC, the Voice of America, Radio Mos...
go to article »September 13, 2008
Bob Elisberg makes some good points: 4) Close as the polls seem to show, some pollsters are now acknowledging they might not have taken into account the huge shift of voter identification from Republican to Democrat, which they themselves say might have made results appear closer than they are. 5) C...
go to article »September 10, 2008
A friend from India told me this joke a while ago. It seems apropos now: An Indian politician was visiting the US. On his visit he dropped by a Senator’s office in the Senator’s home state. The Senator began to brag about his power. He opened his office window and pointed at...
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To call President Bush a 'hero' is apostasy of the highest order. But I think he is and apparently 55% other Indians think the same. His phone calls to the Chinese President and Mayors, sorry, leaders of Austria, NZ and Ireland asking them to support the NSG waiver, reinforce that view. Sin...
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New Zealand has dropped its opposition to a US-India nuclear deal after a phone call between George W Bush and Helen Clark. India is delighted: This followed tough negotiations in which several small NSG states agreed under heavy U.S. pressure to weaker language than they had sought to ensure India ...
go to article »September 5, 2008
September 4, 2008
Pakistani politicians are furious that American soldiers carried out a raid against alleged Al-Qaeda operatives on Pakistani territory. This is a very tangled issue. Firstly, the Pakistanis are alleging that the raid was based on faulty intelligence and resulted in the killing of innocent citizens,...
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