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Hullabaloo: Witnessing History
I'm so sick of this crapola. -p

Salon.com | Steal this bookmark!
On sites that employ tagging, the networks emerge, implicitly, out of the shared interests of users. Order isn't proclaimed, it just happens. - MC


MWU - Malaysia’s Home-Grown Taliban: Is this the future of ‘Moderate’ Islam in Malaysia? (Part III)
Authoritarian, sectarian, communitarian governance in Malaysia emphasizes the "other" and violates the politics of love of the unity of creation. - MC

President Putting 'Big' Back in Government -- LATimes
"President Bush would never admit this, but he has transformed the party into the party of permanent big deficits." - MC

Bush Calls for Familiar Trims (washingtonpost.com)
The White House wants to eliminate or slash 150 programs throughout the government, many of them dealing with housing, the environment, education, community grants, health programs and transportation. - MC

Bradford Plumer - From Pew Polls To Realism
A connected democracy doesn't guarantee peace. - MC

Angry Bear :: Kash on the AMT as stealth tax raise
No way they would get away with this one ... -prak

Beijing Cabbie Finds That Workers' Rights Don't Apply
The PRC is no friend to independent workers' unions. - MC

A : Far Eastern Economic Review: After the Tsunami, How Japan Can Lead: via Glimpse of the World
Long piece on Japanese-Sino-US strategies in E. Asia. - MC

The Washington Note Archives - HANS BAERWALD AND THE PURGE OF JAPANESE LEADERS
Bush needs to be careful of trumpeting too much about our experience democratizing Japan -- as we were frequently on the side of the anti-democrats. - MC

Turks.US - East Turkistan - China’s Forgotten Muslims
The writer identifies Chinese treatment of the Uyghurs as evidence for the contention that war is being waged against Islam. - MC

Talking Points Memo: Josh Marshall: RNC trying to stop MoveOn.org
You've got to be kidding me. A republic, if you can keep it, my friends. -prak

Political Wire: Republicans Target Reid
Here we go again. Can we please start playing hardball now? -prak

NewDonkey.com on Medicaid
I'm telling you ... it rhymes with "bankers" ... -prak

Winds of Change.NET: Anti-War Questions - Cicero
Perfect example of "if you ask the wrong questions you're not likely to get very good answers" -- n

Talking on the Air and Out of Turn: The Trouble With TV - Daniel Okrent
thoughtful piece on what distinguishes a newspaper from a sum of its reporters --n

The Greening of Evangelicals
"I tell them to live your life as if Jesus is coming back tomorrow, but plan your life as if he is not coming back in your lifetime. I also tell them that the authors of the Left Behind books have life insurance policies." - MC

G-7 issues veiled rebuke to China on yuan
China sez: Yuan make sumpin' of it? -p

Magharebia.com Politics
This site is operated by EUROCOM, it turns out. -p

Leadership Succession - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
GlobalSecurity.org gives the summary of the shrieks and moans emanating from the Hermit Kingdom.

The Science of Difference: Sex Ed -- Stephen Pinker -- TNR Online Feb 3
excellent overview of the true state of serious debate/discussioin about gender differences; thoughts about "taboo" topics, why they arise, why they don't belong in scholarship

Matthew Yglesias: Who Hates The West?
thorough, snarky takedown of Reynolds & Armed Liberal -- stabbed in the back by the vast majority of Western civilization -- dismissing them as silly is better than rage; but it doesn't reduce their influence --n

Boston.com / Muslim couple press gender equality
A Boston Muslim couple's textile business promotes opportunities for Pakistani women in more than one way. - MC

Ihsan: The Crisis is Not Only in Higher Education: A Response to Professor Hoodbhoy's Model of Higher Education
Problems in Pakistan's educational system are rooted in deeper socio-economic divides, and Hoodbhoy's proposals represent a proscription for elite, not popular education. - MC

Chan'ad Bahraini: Slingshot Hiphop
Fascinating -- Chan'ad reports on the growing Palestinian hip-hop movement. -prak

Chinese New Year
did you know -- If you cry on New Year's day, you will cry all through the year. Therefore, children are tolerated and are not spanked, even though they are mischievous. --n

People's Daily Online -- Link the cultures of China and the world
The official line on Chinese language promotion from People's Daily. - MC

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Is Korea First Base in Global Chinese-Language Campaign?
New soft power pushes from Beijing. - MC

WSJ.com - China's Global Oil Deals Could Keep Prices High

U.S. Puts G7 Deal for Africa in Jeopardy
More "diplomacy" -- this time from John Taylor -- remind Tony, why was it he got into bed with George? --n

Rice: U.S. Attack on Iran Not on Agenda
Condi says a U.S. attack on Iran "is simply not on the agenda at this point."


Iran-Contra Figure to Lead Democracy Efforts Abroad (washingtonpost.com)
our boy Elliot fully redeemed -- why isn't Hitchens out there talking about what is truly revolting? wonder what the Iranians think, eh? --n

BBC NEWS | Health | Alcohol 'as harmful as smoking'
from Lancet -- about the same as world-wide deaths from smoking & high blood pressure; living is fatal! -- n

On Point : Future of the First Amendment - Future of the First Amendment
Tom Ashbrook interviews folks about the Knight Foundation study. -p

GUNNER PALACE | Some war stories will never make the nightly news.
I wanna see this when it comes out. - MC

The Adventures of Chester: Thomas Barnett Plays Fast and Loose with National Security . . .
Chester is not happy with Barnett's proposals for Iran, China, and North Korea - particularly re: the idea that a "capitalist" China will be democratic and thus friendly. - MC

House GOP Leaders Name Loyalist to Replace Ethics Chief
The DeLay machine delivers another blow to hopes of congressional reform - MC

The Daily Star - Shift in civil-military relations crucial to Mideast reform
Reform in military-dominated states will be difficult. Here are some steps the US can create to help shape the internal dynamics for the better. - MC

More states stir against ease of 'no fault' divorce | csmonitor.com
More "back to the dark ages" - they ignore studies that show no-fault "helps reduce the rate of domestic violence and suicide among women" -- n

Editorial: Social Security/Blacks get more, not less, from it
maybe someone should tell BirdDog that Heritage was off makin' stuff up again

Foreign Policy: No Country Left Behind
Colin Powell on econ development being the main foreign policy challenge of the coming decades -- right, sure he's not running for Pres of the World Bank!

Shrillblog: Entire English Language To Join The Shrill?
the NYT comes out of its gray fog and takes notice

Hypocrite's Oath - Kenneth Baer -- American Prospect Online
Takes center-left to task for not joining anti-neocon Repubs in attack on premises of BushDoctrine2 - "hypocrisy" isn't good enough as a critique; must redefine US role in the world

ACLU - Pizza -- flash ad against MATRIX & Total Surveillance Society
it's not just the government! tensions among pros & cons of technology - customer efficiency, targeted services, heath care, security, privacy

Ceteris Paribus - directive Bolkestein
anti-globalization dominating media & politicians discourse

GAO - Fiscal Forum - Long-term Fiscal Crisis (pdf) Feb 2005
major portion deals with the health care crisis -- documents Dems arguments re fiscal priorities

The mystery of a feminist icon - Salon - Priya Jain
Nancy Drew taught me everything I needed to know about being a tough, independent woman. Too bad today's girls don't have the same role model.

Civil Service System on Way Out at DHS (washingtonpost.com)
the efficiency problem with the current system is huge; but the checks & balances are dropping like flies - after payola GOP patronage here we come

America's Promises - NYT editorial - Millenium Challenge Grant & foreign aid budgets
not a penny disbursed so far; another one of Bush's say-this do-that PR ploys

Body and Soul: Turn down your volume
Dems lose if they try to play on the GOP over-simplify playing field -- people looking for understanding not opposing slogans

Wired 13.02: Revenge of the Right Brain
another new "fault line" in how we think about our world & what we value

Legal Fiction - THE PROCRUSTES BRIGADE
more on politicization of Iraq elections - zero-sum politics and cognitive biases

Small manufacturers drive trade protectionism up the US agenda -- FT.com Feb 1
as anticipated - another threat to globalization policies