Browsing archives for October 5th, 2008

Greetings From a Commie

Election08, Politics 5 October 2008 | 0 Comments

Via Talking Points Memo, I see that Joe McCain, John McCain’s brother, referred to two Northern Virginia counties as “communist country” at a campaign stop earlier today.
Joe McCain, speaking at an event in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia “communist country,” according to a report on The Washington Post’s Web [...]

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As Goes Iceland, So Goes the Nation?

Economy, Society & World 5 October 2008 | 2 Comments

Things are not looking good for Iceland. Paul Krugman mentioned last week that the country’s government had performed its own bank bailout to the tune of $859 million (adjusted to the small population size, that is equivalent to $850 billion). The government asked for a 75% stake in the equity of that bank in return. [...]

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U.S. Soldier Charged with Murdering Two Team Members

Military, Society & World 5 October 2008 | 0 Comments

Though the motive remains a mystery, charges have been filed in the deaths of two soldiers shot by a member of their own squad on an Army control base in Iraq. Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich, 39, is accused of shooting down Army Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson, 24, and Sgt. Wesley Durbin, 26, during a meeting on [...]

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