All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War:
Russia/Georgia/South Ossetia
Human Rights Watch does not flinch:
Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian forces committed numerous violations of the laws of … [Keep reading >>]
Looks like Begich will be the new Senator from Alaska. Votes should all be counted by Tuesday afternoon. Franken-Coleman headed for a re-count with lawyers battling for every … [Keep reading >>]
It looks like the great state of Georgia is going to have another round to figure out who its senator is. Saxby the Viper Chamblis came up short in … [Keep reading >>]
Georgia’s U.S. Senate race may be headed for runoff
Ballots still being counted in Chambliss-Martin contest
By JIM THARPE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Well-polished political celebs and teams of scraggly ground troops … [Keep reading >>]
From AmericaBlog:
On a conference call to give the state of the race, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe just announced that the campaign is going on the air in three additional … [Keep reading >>]
It shouldn’t have happened, of course — 4,538 registered voters declared ineligible by Georgia’s Secretary of State — but the watchdogs are barking and the thieves are in retreat.
a … [Keep reading >>]
George Friedman, not to be confused with Tom Friedman, runs the well respected business intelligence company/website, Stratfor, has an article in the New York Review of Books about the what-the-fuckness … [Keep reading >>]
Billmon, who used to run his own blog, now pitches in at DailyKos, and is as good as he ever was. This is a long, useful piece on the … [Keep reading >>]
Recommended piece by Michael Dobbs in the WaPo.
Unlike most of the armchair generals now posing as experts on the Caucasus, I have actually visited Tskhinvali, a sleepy provincial town in … [Keep reading >>]
Everything which transpired over the last week has been about one issue, and one issue only: the Ukraine. Russia will never let the Ukraine join NATO. Not now, especially as … [Keep reading >>]
“To further its goals in the Caspian, Putin and his protégé Dmitry Medvedev – until recently the chairman of Gazprom, the Russian state gas monopoly – have enticed (or browbeaten) … [Keep reading >>]
Bush just made a morning statement with Rice and Gates at his side. Took no questions. Warned Russia to withdraw from Georgia. Says US Military will be … [Keep reading >>]
An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Tom Paine
---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.
