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Telegraph Blogs - Gerald Warner - Obama could be a worse casualty of Georgia crisis than Saakashvili

The Georgia crisis could determine the outcome of the American presidential election. For John McCain it is a God-send. Any commentator rashly oblivious to the doctrine of “Events, dear boy, events” would have bet the farm on [...]

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Hey, guess what! I have a whole bunch of stuff to do! So here, mea culpa, me and my blog: love did tear us apart.

The Times - How Chairman Mao led China to humiliation The Great Helmsman’s mishandling of the nuclear crisis with the Soviet Union was a turning point in world history, by George Walden

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Ahh, that’s funny.

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Deogolwulf: “Deep Rooted Weeds”

“As much as legislators and founders of states ought to be honoured and respected among men, as much ought the founders of sects and factions to be detested and hated; because the influence of faction is directly contrary to that of laws. Factions subvert government, render laws impotent, and beget [...]

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The Times - He ventured forth to bring light to the world The anointed one’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers, by Gerard Baker

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger [...]

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“It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background [of this speech in Berlin (at the Victory Column? Seriously?)]. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally. [...]

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The Times - Eventually, we will all hate Obama too What makes America such an indispensable power is precisely what makes anti-Americanism inevitable, by David Aaronovitch

George W.Bush, of course, represents a particular kind of offence to European sensibilities. He blew out Kyoto, instead of pretending to care about it and then not implementing it, [...]

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It’s a campaign year, and JibJab is back! With improved lighting and textures!

(One small quibble tho, is that what they think McCain sounds like? Cuz he’s way more Woody Allen.)

Btw, curtsy RC2 and Brett McS.

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WaPo - The Audacity of Vanity, by Charles Krauthammer

Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements? Obama is a three-year senator without a [...]

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The Times - Hysteria alert: Barack Obama starts world tour The Illinois senator is no messiah but his appearance in Europe will inspire those disenchanted with America, by Gerard Baker

But there is something else in the enthusiasm for the Illinois senator that should not be lightly disdained by Americans, even those of a conservative [...]

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Tim Blair - RACE CARD PLANNED

Nothing but left turns. Lots of flipping. This makes perfect sense: As Barack Obama continues his focus on states that usually vote Republican in presidential elections, word comes that he may campaign at a NASCAR event.

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American Digest:

Just asking: If Obama believes, “We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn’t just end at conception.” does he also then believe that human life begins at conception?

When I first read the words “Obama’s Father’s Day Message” I thought, Oh [...]

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YTMND - lol whitehouse

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Times Online - Ireland votes No to Lisbon Treaty

Ireland has voted No to the Lisbon Treaty, plunging the European Union into a new crisis. With results coming in from across the country, a final result of 52 per cent against and 48 per cent in favour of the treaty was [...]

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Campaign got you down? Well let this brighten your day/week/month/year/life (that’s right I said “life”): Sarcasm on the campaign trail!

JohnMcCain.com Blog - Who’s Confused Now?

Among the accusations he leveled this morning, Senator Kerry said Senator McCain “confuses the history going back to 682 of what has happened to Sunni and Shia.” Now, we [...]

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