It may not be as noteworthy as Time's Person of the Year, but CNN appears to have actually stuck to the results of its voting in selecting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange their "Most Intriguing Person of the Year." Though the article spends much of its time carping...
Thursday Iran Talking Points
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for December 30th, 2010: Commentary: J.E. Dyer, writing on Commentary’s Contentions blog, says that Iran has sought to weaken the U.S. military’s capabilities in the region by exploring bilateral defense...
Tuesday Iran Talking Points
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for December 28th, 2010: The Weekly Standard: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Reuel Marc Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz write that the Obama administration’s sanctions against Iran have...
Monday Iran Talking Points
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for December 27th, 2010: The Weekly Standard: Stephen F. Hayes blogs on a report that a member of Iran’s Qods Force, serving as a Taliban commander, has been arrested in Afghanistan. Hayes writes that this...
Santa Tracking as National Secret
NORAD officials are adamant that their annual Santa-tracking exercise does not interfere with their ordinary operations, and officials have made on-again, off-again claims that the operation costs either nothing or very, very little (which in Pentagon terms could be...
TomDispatch Blocked by State Department!
I have a friend who sends a note every year in December, pleading with me to pen one upbeat, hopeful piece before the next year rolls around. Mind you, I consider myself an upbeat guy in a downbeat world and, for me, when it comes to pure upbeatness, you couldn't have...
Bradley Manning Visitor Confirms Mistreatment
David House, a friend of Bradley Manning, was allowed to visit him at the brig where he is currently imprisoned. He basically confirmed the mistreatment that has been outlined by Glenn Greenwald and others: -- Solitary confinement in a small cell 23 hours a day -- No...
Travelers ‘Feel a Little Safer’ Seeing Rape Victim Dragged Across Airport by Police
In an example of how quickly many members of the public have become not only comfortable with by comforted by the harsh and seemingly arbitrary treatment received by others at the airport, 56-year-old rape victim Claire Hirschkind was hurled to the ground and dragged...
Happy Birthday Antiwar.com
Dear Peace Lovers, December is a very special month for Antiwar.com. With pride, we celebrate both the founding of Antiwar.com and the birthday of our founder, Eric Garris this Friday, December 24th. From Kosovo to Kandahar, Antiwar.com has given you the best in...
Great Interview with Julian Assange (MSNBC)
This has to be one of the best interviews I have seen with Julian Assange. Assange was interviewed today by MSNBC's Cenk Uygur. Here is a rush transcript. Watch the interview below.
