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Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.
"It's hard to tell people not to smoke when you have a cigarette dangling from your mouth."
-- Mohamed El Baradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Green Zone Now a Danger Zone SHARE
"The Green Zone was once considered an American oasis -- a protected bubble of comfort food, large, American-made sport-utility vehicles and enforced speed limits," reports the Washington Post. But since March 23, four Americans and 14 non-Americans have been killed inside by insurgent shelling.
The Meekest Democratic Senator (No, Not Harry Reid) SHARE
Collaborator on telecom immunity, advocate of warrantless spying, cheerleader for invading Iraq? "That's just Jay being Jay," reports Alexander Zaitchik in a profile on AlterNet of Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WVA).
The House That Karl Built SHARE
Scott Horton reports on Larisa Alexandrovna of Raw Story, who tracked down Karl Rove's resort home on the border of Florida and Alabama. After talking with locals, she wrote, "I have never seen anyone so unwelcome and unwanted in their own community."
Sign of the Times: Best Buy, Home Depot Allow Haggling SHARE
"Shoppers are discovering an upside to the down economy. They are getting price breaks by reviving an age-old retail strategy: haggling," reports the New York Times. "A bargaining culture once confined largely to car showrooms and jewelry stores is taking root in major stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and Home Depot."
Not Just 4,000 Dead, But 25 in Last Two Weeks SHARE
"American forces have just experienced the most violent two-week period in Iraq since September 2007," writes Brandon Friedman at Vet Voice. "Of the two significant numbers this week -- 4,000 killed during war and 25 in the last two weeks -- the latter figure is far more significant with regard to the current situation on the ground."
Bet You Didn't Know This About McCain SHARE
"Two extraordinary moments in his political past that are at odds with the candidate of the present: His discussions in 2001 with Democrats about leaving the Republican Party, and his conversations in 2004 with Senator John Kerry about becoming Mr. Kerry's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket." Elisabeth Bumiller reports in the New York Times.
Spitzer May Be Guilty of Worse SHARE
The New York Megaphone received documents recently that indicate Eliot Spitzer's social connections -- WTC baron Larry Silverstein -- may be preventing him from investigating 9/11.
Sheer Number of Suicide Bombers in Iraq Staggering SHARE
"Suicide bombers in Iraq have killed at least 13,000 men, women and children," writes Robert Fisk at Britain's Independent. "Our most conservative estimate gives a total figure of 13,132."
Spitzer's Successor Also Weighed Down by Infidelity Baggage SHARE
"The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the New York Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs."
Spitzer's Fall Bad for Hillary SHARE
"The governor of her state -- who also happens to be one of her highest-profile backers -- is in trouble, big trouble," writes John Nichols at the Nation. "But Hillary Clinton doesn't want to go there."
The Article That Helped Bring Down Admiral Fallon SHARE
"If, in the dying light of the Bush administration, we go to war with Iran, it'll all come down to one man. If we do not go to war with Iran, it'll come down to the same man," writes Thomas Barnett at Esquire. "He is that rarest of creatures in the Bush universe: a man of strategic brilliance."
Wired's Editor Thinks Free Is the Future of Business SHARE
"Once a marketing gimmick, free has emerged as a full-fledged economy. Offering free music proved successful for Radiohead, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and a swarm of other bands on MySpace that grasped the audience-building merits of zero," writes Chris Anderson.
It Wasn't Prostitution Ring That Led to Spitzer, But Vice-Versa SHARE
According to Brian Ross's page at ABC News, suspicious financial activity on the part of New York's governor "was initially reported by a bank to the IRS which. . . brought in the FBI's Public Corruption Squad. 'We had no interest at all in the prostitution ring until the thing with Spitzer led us to learn about it,' said one Justice Department official."
Obama Adviser and Pulitzer Prize Winner Calls Clinton a "Monster" SHARE
Samantha Power, author of the classic "Problem from Hell," tried to make it off the record. But she said, "She is a monster. . . . The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive."
Confronation with Iran Re-ignites SHARE
An exhibition by the US of nuclear documents that appeared (operative word) to have come from Iran's military laboratories open the road to more sanctions.
Bush Further Defunds Nuclear Storage Clean-up SHARE
"Buried in President Bush's proposed budget for next year is a story of broken promises," writes Washington's Gov. Chris Gregoire at the Washington Post. "The president wants to increase spending on every major category of our government's nuclear program except one: cleaning up our toxic nuclear legacy." Like the infamous Hanford.
Nobe Laureate Ups Price Tag of Wars to $3 Trillion SHARE
White House response? "People like Joe Stiglitz lack the courage to consider the cost of doing nothing and the cost of failure. One can't even begin to put a price tag on the cost to this nation of the attacks of 9-11," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto. Sounds like the Edwards's are on the right path, doesn't it?
Why Did McCain Aid Bud Paxson, His Implacable Foe? SHARE
"McCain never wavered from his opposition to the legislation Paxson pushed, which would have diverted those billions into his company's coffers and away from the U.S. Treasury," writes Scott Woolley at Forbes. "Whether McCain did any other, smaller favors for Paxson is a question that will draw new attention as the campaign heats up."
Clinton Rebounds -- Picks up Half a Delegate! SHARE
"The anomaly happened because the Democrats Abroad will send 22 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, each with a half vote," reports the Associated Press. "The system is designed to enable the group to send more people to the convention, without inflating its voting power."
McCain's Canal Zone Birth Prompts Queries About Whether That Rules Him Out SHARE
"The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president? In the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, the issue is becoming more than a matter of parental daydreaming." Carl Hulse of the New York Times reports.
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