Joe the Plumber doesn’t like Sarah Palin anymore. Since the Tea Party blast directed at Palin, this is the second greatest news she’s gotten in a while. Having secured her outsider status, getting a little incoming from the right is not so bad for Sarah. As the attention on the former governor continues to rise, [...] [...more]
late update below Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Like this wasn’t predictable. As predictable as this opening paragraph in the Wall Street Journal. A U.S. government that has barred the phrase “war on terror” has nonetheless acknowledged that a failed Christmas day bomb attack on an airliner was a terrorist attempt. Can [...] [...more]
“We must insist that the future does not belong to fear.” – Pres. Barack Obama …and someone has the courage to liveblog it! Strong speech at the United Nations today from Pres. Obama, driving straight into the responsibilities of other nations to live up to what the United Nations is supposed to represent. In an alternative universe, [...] [...more]
–updated below – bumped– “President Clinton helped create a model for individual responsibility and collective action through the Clinton Global Initiative and it is a model that all of us are going to be studying for a very long time.” — Barack Obama, President, United States of America As the Clinton Global Initiative kicks off, USA Today [...] [...more]
A tree Teddy planted in Bangladesh.Located at Dhaka University to replace onedestroyed by the Pakistan army still stands._____________________________________ Little is talked about when it comes to Sen. Kennedy and foreign policy. Adam Clymer wrote a great piece for the Daily Beast on the subject. Domestic issues pervaded Teddy’s mission, but also his image at home. However, [...] [...more]
If you read one thing today this is it, “The Women’s Crusade.” No, it’s not about U.S. health care reform. It’s about something even more important, which is close to blasphemy to say these days but it’s true, because it’s about saving the world. …Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of [...] [...more]
Ritu Sharma, president of the anti-poverty group Women Thrive Worldwide, said she already sees the results of Clinton’s efforts in the bureaucracy. When Sharma’s staff recently attended a meeting about a new agricultural aid program, she said, one State Department official joked, “We have to integrate women — or we’re going to be fired.” – [...] [...more]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared Nigeria’s corruption and electoral problems with the 2000 Florida presidential election recount during a town hall meeting today in Abuja, Nigeria. Answering a question about Nigeria’s recent election, Clinton said, “In 2000, our presidential election came down to one state where the brother of the man running for President [...] [...more]
–bumped– “To avoid getting raped, after 6 p.m., women are not allowed to go out of the house,” said Maria Bitondo, who said she was among three women attacked by a soldier last month. “With the soldiers here, no woman is safe to go out and walk. We do not even go to the bathroom at [...] [...more]
via Washington Post Clinton has been in Africa all week, her tour eventually taking her across seven countries, talking about trade, but also Somalia, that sliver on the “horn of Africa” you see on the map to the left, where it isn’t safe for Clinton to venture. What some are calling Obama’s Afghanistan. While the Washington [...] [...more]
While I was at the US-Saudi Arabia conference, its seems some very determined representatives got themselves arrested protesting Sudanese President Omar Bashir’s decision to expel aid agencies from Darfur. Getty’s got the photos. Representatives Donna Edwards (MD), Keith Ellison (MN), John Lewis (GA), Jim McGovern (MA), and Lynn Woolsey (CA) protested Bashir’s actions, getting arrested for [...] [...more]
There’s really nothing to add on this one. Dolphins win. Thugs lose. Out of China: Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday. The Chinese merchant ships escorted by a China’s fleet sailed on the [...] [...more]
Well, east coasters, if it’s Friday night, it’s Tip O’Neill time; an evening for politics, socializing, drinking, but also anything else that’s on your mind. West coasters will have to catch up on the cocktails a bit later. With an in case you missed it ’round the world brief on the side. Iran and Venezuela’s new [...] [...more]
Zakaria focused on Afghanistan today on GPS. Among his guests were Steve Coll, president of New America Foundation, Rory Stewart, who once walked across Afghanistan, Barney Rubin, who was interviewed in December 2008 on Pakistan by Scott Horton. A part of that interview [...] [...more]
Michael J. Totten is organizing a “Stop Juan Cole” campaign. All because the gargantuan egos of the Middle East borg hive mind can’t take Cole’s independence. Cole was ahead until the campaign began. I don’t always agree with Cole’s assessments and analysis, but I respect his take regardless, because he’s informed. He’s one of my must [...] [...more]
