CNN.com : – A spud on the dark side. That’s how toy maker Hasbro Inc. is promoting its latest Mr. Potato Head figure, Darth Tater. The toy spud will be available next month, ahead of the May release of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” the latest installment in that film series. [...]
washingtonpost.com: Along a street in western Baghdad, a man thrust forward his ink-stained finger. ‘Whatever they would do, I would still vote,’ said Hamid Azawi, 57. ‘Even if I was dead, I would still participate.’ He hit his chest. ‘The vote comes from the bottom of my heart.’ Even if he was dead he could [...]
Victor at Dead Parrot society has some good post on social security here, here and here. Very insightful analysis.
Times Online : We had already witnessed one sign that North Korea’s totalitarian system is dissolving, even as its leaders boast of owning nuclear weapons to deter their enemies. “It’s just like the Berlin Wall,” Pastor Douglas Shin, a Christian activist, said by telephone from Seoul. “The slow-motion exodus is the beginning of the end.” [...]
Alaa at THE MESOPOTAMIAN says it better than I ever could: I bow in respect and awe to the men and women of our people who, armed only with faith and hope are going to the polls under the very real threats of being blown to pieces. These are the real braves; not the miserable [...]
Today is a historic day. Initial estimates are that voter turnout in Iraq is higher than expected, and although the day has certainly not been free from violence the elections appear to be very successful. The Iraqi people, like the Afghans, have clearly shown that they will not be intimidated and they will be free. [...]
Tsykoduk has written an interesting post on the Buddhist attitude toward God and the problem of evil. It has generated a fairly lively comment thread (which I have participated in heavily) and I thought some of my readers who may not visit Tsycoduk regularly (shame on you!) might enjoy. As I have mentioned before, I [...]
Belmont Club has an interesting post up about the race for DNC chair and what many prominent democrats see as the solution to their electoral problems. He also has some good points on how their solution hasn’t been quite as well thought out as they may think it has been. Very interesting stuff.
CNN.com: A bipartisan congressional delegation, accompanied by an Oscar-nominated actor, urged the United States and the international community Thursday to take action to end the war in the Darfur region of Sudan. The six-member delegation, led by Republican Rep. Ed Royce of California, recently returned from the region after getting a firsthand look at the [...]
