Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’

All Parties Violated Rules of War

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 01/24/2009 @ 4:59:01 PM
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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 >>]

Senatorial Updates

Filed under: Democrats | Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 11/17/2008 @ 5:09:06 PM
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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 >>]

Georgia: Back At It

Filed under: Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 11/10/2008 @ 10:44:02 PM
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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 Headed for Runoff

Filed under: Politics — by Will Kirkland 11/6/2008 @ 1:25:07 PM
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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 >>]

Early Voting, Closing Ads

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/31/2008 @ 8:02:38 AM
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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 >>]

Judges Slap Georgia Voter Culling; Coloradans Fighting Same

Filed under: Election Protection — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2008 @ 9:20:47 AM
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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 >>]

On Russia, Georgia and the US

Filed under: Russia | War — by Will Kirkland 09/7/2008 @ 9:28:10 PM
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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 >>]

The National Security State

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 08/18/2008 @ 8:55:11 PM
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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 >>]

Georgia is to Ossetia as Russia is to Georgia

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 08/15/2008 @ 5:14:47 PM
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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 >>]

Georgia? It’s All About the Ukraine

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 08/13/2008 @ 10:29:18 PM
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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 >>]

Klare on Georgia and Russia and Oil

Filed under: Energy | War — by Will Kirkland 08/13/2008 @ 8:28:32 PM
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“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 Warns Russia: Sends in US Military with Humanitarian Aid

Filed under: Bush Administration — by Will Kirkland 08/13/2008 @ 7:27:13 AM
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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 >>]

Words for Acts

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


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Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.


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