Riots and Protests and Bloggers, Oh My!

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Sunday January 25, 2009 · 7:47 AM PST

2009/01/25 · 07:47

While the US has been mostly focused on the Gaza situation and now the first 100 days of the new Obama administration, the world economic situation is deteriorating.

As DKos' isolani pointed out months ago, the US is making plans to deal with social disorder.

Beginning in October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent thirty-five of the last sixty months in Iraq, but now the unit is training for domestic operations. The unit will soon be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. The Army Times reports this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to Northern Command. The paper says the Army unit may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control. The soldiers are learning to use so-called nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds.

http://www.dailykos.com/...

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 6:51 AM PDT

2008/10/12 · 06:51

Sure it sounds like a fluff piece from the BBC. The oldest American. First vote in over 50 years. A nun.

A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote in the 2008 US Presidential election.

Sister Cecilia Gaudette, who last voted for President Eisenhower in 1952, has registered to vote and says she will vote for Democrat Barack Obama.

Although hard of hearing, she keeps herself informed by reading newspapers and watching TV at the convent.

"I'm encouraged by Senator Obama," she says.

"I've never met him, but he seems to be a good man with a good private life. That's the first thing. Then he must be able to govern," she adds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

But is there more to this story?

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Wednesday August 20, 2008 · 11:44 AM PDT

2008/08/20 · 11:44

Despite the bloviating by the CiC about 'time horizons,' the Iraqi government and the US appear to have come closer to an agreement on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. First is a pullout from the cities by June 30, 2009 and a complete withdrawal by 2011. I'm guessing that the 2011 is for 'combat troops' and that US troops will remain in Iraq for training, ISF combat support, counter-terrorism operations, and defending US assets in the country.

U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30, an Iraqi official said Wednesday. But the draft has not been approved by the Cabinet and some members have expressed opposition.

The official, who was involved in the protracted negotiations, said the agreement calls for U.S. troops to fully leave the country by the end of 2011.

He said a compromise was reached on the contentious issue of immunity for American troops from prosecution under Iraqi laws, but he did not give details. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to release the information. ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 5:18 PM PDT

2008/08/09 · 17:18

According to some unconfirmed data, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has suffered a heart attack and is a grave condition now. He last made an announcement at 6.40 p.m. and vanished from sight of journalists, who spread rumors that the President was hospitalized with cardiac insufficiency.

There is hearsay that the Georgian President can be transported to Turkey for an urgent operation.

Georgian Ministry of Health refused to comment on the rumors. To all appearance, the Saakashvili is still in Georgia, Geopolitika.ru reports.

http://www.panarmenian.net/...

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 3:10 PM PDT

2008/08/05 · 15:10

The original is Raphael's St. George and the Dragon (1505)
http://www.abcgallery.com/...

Feel free to share, I think this URL will get you there:
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Sunday August 03, 2008 · 10:55 AM PDT

2008/08/03 · 10:55

I fell over laughing when I found out the full title of the painting I had just photo-shopped. You have no idea how long I had to look for a Paris photo without her eye on the camera. Lets just say that the first couple of such pics I found, she had her eyes set on more heady matters.

Correggio. The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with St. Sebastian; in the Background is the Martyrdom of Two Saints
http://www.abcgallery.com/...

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 7:52 AM PDT

2008/08/02 · 07:52

I've seen dozens of diaries and comments about Obama not effectively fighting back against the two week long onslaught from the McCain campaign.

Let's review.

Youtube and TV ads:

The One - Yesterday
Celeb - Two days ago
Troops - Six days ago
Obama Love v3 -Six days ago
Pump - One week ago
Troop Funding - Two weeks ago
Obama Iraq Documentary - Two weeks ago
Obama, Wrong for Iraq - Two weeks ago

McCain Talking Points:

Berlin
Landstuhl
Celebrity
The Race Card

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 9:31 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 21:31

Invite your moderate friends and independent acquaintances to compare and contrast the candidates.

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 9:05 PM PDT

2008/07/30 · 21:05

I'm tired of this.
It's time to end it.
We need only two lines to end it.

Obama acted to shield the wounded at Landstuhl from political exposure.
McCain is intentionally dragging them into the front line for his political benefit.

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 · 11:01 PM PDT

2008/07/29 · 23:01

I don't know much about you guys.
I don't know how you drew that detail.
But no matter how much it sucks,
we still owe you a thank you.

Thank You.

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Saturday July 19, 2008 · 9:59 PM PDT

2008/07/19 · 21:59

I'm short on time, so enough said?

Please take the time to donate $8.00 to send Colorado's Mark Udall to the US Senate.

Donate Here

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 6:56 AM PDT

2008/07/18 · 06:56

I'm trying to find 125 donors to give just $8.00 to help elect Colorado's Mark Udall to the Senate.

Why should you give $8.00?
Excellent question!

Each and every day, from now until I reach my goal, I'll give you a reason. Fact, fiction, humor, fear ... it's all on the table as I make my first ever attempt at fund-raising.

Reason #1: Scheherazade Sings for Her Supper

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