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David Wilson
You know, comrades,” says Stalin, “that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how. Boris Bazhanov’s Memoirs of Stalin’s Former Secretary, published in 1992 Sadly, it would seem…
Apparently, Richard Blumenthal’s Icarus-like plunge was a long time coming… “Former Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, a Republican who says he is a good friend of Richard Blumenthal’s, said in an interview Tuesday that he had watched with worry as Mr. Blumenthal gradually embellished his military record over the years. As prominent Democrats in the…
It is always dangerous when a politician “goes off script.” Sometimes the truth comes out, like Barak Obama talking to Joe the Plumber about “spreading the wealth around. ” Sometimes, things go a little aglee, leaving the candidate with egg on their face, like every other time that Joseph Biden opens his mouth. And sometimes……
Y’know that law in Arizona that has the Mexican government all upset??? From the AP, via Yahoo: “MEXICO CITY – Amnesty International called the abuse of migrants in Mexico a major human rights crisis Wednesday, and accused some officials of turning a blind eye or even participating in the kidnapping, rape and murder of migrants.…
Apparently, our neighbor to the South is less than happy with the Arizona state legislature… “The Mexican government criticized Wednesday a tough immigration law approved this week by Arizona legislators, saying it could result in rights violations and racial profiling and affect cross-border relations. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said in a statement relayed through Mexico’s…