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To Omid Memarian – Yes, We Can

By Karoli May 2, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Omid Memarian is a blogger in Iran, who is writing extensively about the presidential election campaign in English and Farsi. He confirms some facts that I know from my own…

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Inside a Clinton Presidency

By Karoli April 26, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

What Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Looks like: Sloppy money management and big debts. Backbiting and infighting Advisors who work against the interests of the campaign Campaign directors who say one thing…

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Iran, Oil and Bush Aggression

By Karoli April 13, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran No Comments

Be afraid. Then be angry, and start pushing back. Joe Lauria writes: Iran is next. Lieberman set up Petraeus to testify last week that Iranian-backed groups are murdering hundreds of…

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Of COURSE It’s All About Oil

By Karoli April 13, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

Just in case you had doubts, please note the following, slipped into today’s news between bitter leaves: 35 Firms OK’d to Bid on Iraq Oil Deals The office listed 35…

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Ironic Iran

By Karoli April 8, 2008 Bush Administration, Iran No Comments

Predictably, right in the middle of the posturing and positioning to make the case for aggression toward Iran, a press release from NCR-Iran claiming 6,000 new centrifuges installed at Natanz.…

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Things that scare the hell out of me

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Being watched by the likes of the Bush Administration: Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers,…

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