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Entries Tagged as 'Peace'

Freedom Is Slavery (Doubleplus for Iraqi Women)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 6th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

Newsweek on what life is like for women in Iraq in these days of the glorious surge:
The insurgents have been driven out of her southwest Baghdad neighborhood, but the 30-year-old shop assistant is still frightened. A year ago Al Qaeda in Iraq ruled the streets outside her home, and Mahdi Army militia units kept the […]

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Tags: News · Politics · Peace · Iraq · Foreign Policy · Feminism

Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Tech · Chicago · LGBT · Media · Activism · Film · Climate Change · Democrats · Barack Obama · Books · Comics · HIV · Lit · Science Fiction · AIDS · Peace · Health · Iraq · Animals & Environment · History · Al Gore · U.S. Senate · Foreign Policy · Nature · John Edwards · 2008 Election · Hate Crimes · Fantasy · Cancer · Astronomy · U.S. Congress · Journalism · Elections · Roundup · Jamaica · Middle East · Infrastructure · Public Transportation

Colbert on the Klingon-Republican Alliance

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 12th, 2007 at 2:10 pm


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Tags: Politics · Culture · Media · Comedy · TV · Stephen Colbert · Peace · Iraq · Foreign Policy · Video · 2008 Election · Elections

Roundup: Pink Elephant Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 10th, 2007 at 3:58 pm


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Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · LGBT · Media · George W. Bush · Activism · Film · TV · Democrats · Comics · Karl Rove · Doctor Who · Peace · Health · Advertising · Iraq · Animals & Environment · UK/England · Ireland · History · Human Rights · Russell T. Davies · Foreign Policy · Energy · Nature · John Edwards · Cancer · Pets · Europe · France · Healthcare Crisis · Law · Justice System · Roundup

Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Media · George W. Bush · Daily Show · Comedy · TV · Stephen Colbert · Peace · Iraq · History · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism · Pets · Documentaries · Rudy Giuliani

Roundup: Fantasy History Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Tech · Food · Blogs · Cats · LGBT · Media · George W. Bush · TV · Climate Change · Apple · Books · Comics · Star Trek · Peace · Health · Business · Iraq · Animals & Environment · Greenpeace · History · Foreign Policy · Wind Power · Energy · Nature · Macintosh · Pets · Elections · Documentaries · Rudy Giuliani · Roundup · Racism

Crowded House: For the World, Not for the War

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 19th, 2007 at 1:04 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Music · New Wave · iTunes · Cardy Pop · Peace · Crowded House · Neil Finn · New Zealand

Roundup: Still Life with Salmon Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 28th, 2007 at 4:33 am


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Quote of the Week

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2007 at 11:42 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Peace · Iraq · History · Harper's · Foreign Policy · Terrorism · Essays · Middle East

The Bush Malaise

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 22nd, 2007 at 10:20 am


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Tags: Politics · George W. Bush · Peace · Iraq · 2008 Election · Healthcare Crisis · Terrorism

How a Certain Republican President Felt About US War Casualties

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 1st, 2007 at 10:50 am


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Tags: Politics · Media · George W. Bush · Democrats · Peace · Iraq · Republicans · History · Journalism

Roundup: The Bitch Is Back Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 11th, 2007 at 3:56 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Music · Tech · LGBT · Media · George W. Bush · Comedy · New Wave · TV · Apple · Comics · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Peace · Health · Iraq · Torture · Human Rights · Russell T. Davies · Pet Food · Documentaries · Healthcare Crisis

Roundup: Sunday Potluck Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pm


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