Monthly Archives: February 2006

Destruction of the Golden Mosque

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 23 February 2006
At least 100 people have been killed in the 24 hours following Wednesday’s bombing of al Askari mosque — one of the holiest shrines for the Shia — in Samarra, Iraq. Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi is sounding alarm with the statement: “This is as 9/11 in the United States.” Not just any old place of [...]
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Port Portenders

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 21 February 2006
Is it just me, or is Bush revelling in the fact that both parties in Congress are actually coming together over something. The administration realizes that the only way they’ll get anything accomplished, be it domestically, or in the middle east, is to go to extremes and then meet in the middle. (See the cutting off [...]
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Politicked Off

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 20 February 2006
With this post, I begin a more concerted effort to broaden the content of this blog. After all, politics is boring and for the most part useless, right? From now on, I pledge to address the more provocative, inspiring, and enabling elements that make this existence circa 2006 so damn exciting. One look at my del.icio.us [...]
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