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Challengers emerge to replace divisive Maliki. As I started reading I couldn't help but joke to myself that Chalabi should be one. Lo and behold:
The names floated so far — Adel Abdul Mahdi, Ahmed Chalabi and Bayan Jaber — are from the Shiite blocs, which have the largest share of the total seats in the Parliament.
Unbelievable. It's like there's no difference between actual world news and the Onion.
Institute for the Study of War Iraq Updates has a ton of detailed information on what's going on in Iraq. Like any source you have to be critical of course (the parent organization, The Institute for the Study of War, is led by Dr. Kimberly Kagan, wife of Fred Kagan,) but I haven't been able to find in depth reporting like this anywhere else.
Watched the Snowden interview on YouTube in entirety. Well spoken dude. Well grounded. Not really making the headlines it should.
that abramson update
“The fetters which bind the people are forged from the people’s own gold.”
someone want to bullet point this for me? lucas, maybe? youre a big boy now.
not a parody.
538 relaunch
Big and Shitty is the American Success Story