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9 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘Gustav’

To Borrow A Title: What’s The Matter With Minnesota?

By Charley James • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Reflections
by Charley James
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the Iraq War at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul yesterday, and all but a tiny handful of them were peaceful. Yet I had American cable TV and radio news on all day but only BBC World carried anything about the protests.
Instead, what cable’s bloviators [...]


Abstinence, Chastity, Hypocrisy, Control, Belief, Recovery, Redemption… Reality

By Denis Campbell • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story
These seven deadly virtues ran headlong into the seven deadly sins as The Straight Talk Express and Smug Religious Right collided head on in New Orleans and Minneapolis yesterday. Dozens were wounded in separate incidents as riot police and troops stood at the ready to bring everyone forcibly on message.
Facing no choice, the same Conservative [...]