July 2009
8 posts
The Rothenberg Report: Capitol Hill Democrats Have... →
Thanks to moderate Dems, our 60-seat Senate majority only moves the chamber slightly to the left. From Stew Rothenberg:
I was interviewing a reliably liberal Democratic candidate running in 2010 in a swing state. I asked him what he will say when his formidable Republican opponent argues that the country doesn’t need yet more Democrats in Washington, D.C. — that it needs more officeholders who...
BBC: Wildlife officials in India plan to build a... →
mizzchelle:
24 July, 2009: “Indian school for rogue monkeys”
The proposed new monkey school will take in the “worst offenders” and put them through a crash course in good manners.
Wildlife officials hope to reduce aggression and train the monkeys to be more like the wild animals they originally were.
Two questions arise after reading this article:
Aren’t there some children in Punjab...
NYTimes: Iran Has Officially Lost It →
When Ahmadinejad is the one standing up to Iran’s right wing, you know things have gone completely haywire. From the NYTimes:
The resignation resolved a week of acrimony over the deputy, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who had drawn fierce criticism from hard-liners over comments he made last year that were friendly to Israel. It also underscored the authority within Iran’s Islamic political...
A rather mediocre book.
Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden My rating: 3 of 5 stars An interesting read that, once I really got in to it, I felt a constant tug to pick back up. Certainly not the best book I’ve ever read, and from what I’ve seen on other reviews definitely not the most historically accurate, but good solid brain popcorn. I liked it.
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