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U.S. and Pakistan: Uneasy allies
News that the U.S. has resumed drone strikes in Pakistan, killing at least three suspected militants last week in the tribal areas of North Waziristan along that country's border with Afghanistan, could hardly come at a more delicate moment for U.S.-...Tags: Yousuf Raza Gilani, Armed Conflicts, Religious Conflicts, Osama bin Laden, Taliban
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A despot lashes out
Syria's bloody crackdown on anti-government demonstrators reached new levels of brutality this week with the killing of hundreds of civilians in the city of Hama, a hotbed of resistance to the regime of President Bashar Assad. For months, Mr. Assad...Tags: Turkey, Demonstration, Bashar Assad, Satellite Technology, Economic Sanctions
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are the extremists, not the tea party
Brian Phillips is the head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the group primarily responsible for occupying Wall Street. I learned about him while listening to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." According to NPR, Phillips is "an ex-...Tags: NPR, Harry Reid, Demonstration, Herman Cain, Lyndon LaRouche
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Occupy Baltimore — for what?
The Occupy Baltimore protest today at the Inner Harbor, and the protests on Wall Street that inspired it and similar demonstrations around the country, are a welcome sign that outrage at the nation's political and economic system isn't confined to the...Tags: CNBC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), Demonstration, Companies and Corporations, Inner Harbor
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Why limit drone strikes against Americans to other countries?
I wasn't surprised to see that the peanut gallery on the far right has no objection to the Obama administration's use of extra-judicial murder against people it deems sufficiently anti-American (whether or not they have actually committed a crime). ("...Tags: Terrorism, Murder, Osama bin Laden, Timothy McVeigh
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Soviet fall and Arab Spring
Twenty years ago, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets of Moscow, just as Egyptians, Tunisians and Syrians have this year — rejecting the old order, demanding freedom and democracy. That August, the Russian democrats prevailed because...Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Moscow (Russia), Communist Party, George H.W. Bush, White House
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Colbert takes on Rand Paul over profiling comments
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) earned a lot of respect from civil libertarians several weeks ago when he emerged as this country's foremost Fourth Amendment advocate. Rand tried single-handedly to stop some of the more authoritarian aspects of the Patriot...Tags: Islam, Sean Hannity, The Colbert Report (tv program), Freedom of the Press, Censorship
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Zagat and the restaurant coup
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'Big Brother 11' catch-up
Reality CheckThis is how invested I am in Big Brother: I flat-out forgot to watch it on Thursday, I was so wrapped up in So You Think You Can Dance finale madness. But hooray, Ronnie is gone! I feel like, even though......Tags: Jeremy Piven
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'Big Brother': Coup d'Etat in play
Reality CheckI'm late on this (let's be frank -- I was watching the Ravens preseason game; mmmmm, football), but last night's Big Brother was pretty interesting.Sure, there was all that scheming in play to backdoor Russell and the drama with Kevin...... -
'Big Brother 11': Egg-zactly what I'm talking about
Reality CheckYou know how on Survivor, I always end up describing the challenges like, 'And then there's a maze, and they have to get puzzle pieces, and then put together the puzzle and raise a flag'?The equivalent in Big Brother is:...... -
Cupcake coup in Locust Point
Dining@LargeSome sort of mysterious cupcake coup appears to have taken place in Locust Point. The Baltimore Cupcake Company is out at 1433 East Fort Avenue, and Caroline's Cupcakery is in.The Baltimore Cupcake Company's website says that the company is offering......Tags: Butter, Alcoholic Beverages, Real Estate Agents, Dining and Drinking, Companies and Corporations
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