Europe has a new President...another one
This evening, an historic agreement between 27 heads of government under the stewardship of the Swedish premier saw Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy named the inaugural permanent President of...
View ArticleMy First Thanksgiving
This isn't a political diary for once, but I wanted to put something in writing - a sort of public thanks to the generosity of America and the people I've met here. I'm writing this from the 4th state...
View ArticleO Go, O Go Emanuel...
I'm assuming that, by now, most of you will have readthis piece on HuffPo, claiming that 2 sources have told them of Rahm Emanuel's pressing Sen Reid to cave to Sen Lieberman.Rahm Emanuel visited...
View ArticleHCR Bill - a British perspective
Following on from the Recommended Diary from my European neo-compatriot, I thought I'd pen a few lines on the British experience, and realistic lessons that can be learned regarding the US HCR...
View ArticleChina executes mentally-ill Briton
The BBC is now reporting that China has proceeded with the execution of Akmal Shaikh, a mentally-ill father-of-three from London, on charges of drug traffiking.Shaikh was discovered with 4kg of heroin...
View ArticleDKos: Bigotry breakdown
I've been meaning to pen this for a while, but the Islam diary today has reminded me that this is an issue that needs some definition.Two observations: Firstly, there are from time to time diaries on...
View ArticleIslamic Extremists & Freedom to Demonstrate
I very much doubt that many of you have heard of the sleepy market town of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, England. With a population of around 12,000, it rarely makes headline news, but is now the...
View Article"What have you done, Mrs Robinson..."
The first thing I ever heard about Iris Robinson was that she was quoted as saying that"There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing innocent children" You did...
View ArticleProgressively Pro-Life?
So I normally go out of my way to avoid certain subjects on Daily Kos - Israel/Palestine, obvioulsy, and usually any diary about abortion rights too. But I did click on this recent offering, called...
View ArticleUK Liberal Democrats lead in the polls
Stunning news out of the UK, where the General Election will take place on May 6th, 2010.Following the first ever televised debate between the three party leaders (PM Gordon Brown for Labour, David...
View Article2nd Amendment compromise
So I've read the FP article by Angry Mouse, and some other diaries about why Liberals should hate the Second Amendment, and I wanted to humbly submit that there are two separate debates going on here,...
View ArticleSB1070: will profiling be 'racial'?
I've just read an interesting diary by Julie Gulden asking whether the Supreme Court perhaps does permit (pending any further ruling) racial profiling in certain circumstances. I don't know the answer,...
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