Click here to view this media The man who confessed to killing 68 people in Norway last week says he bought the ammunition clips used in his shooting spree from the U.S by mail order. Anders Behring Breivik wrote in his 1,500-page manifesto that he spent $500 for 10 30-round clips. Clips with more than three rounds are banned from sale in Norway. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), who introduced legislation to limit high-capacity ammunition clips following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), told Politico that U.S. lawmakers should be ashamed. “We’re sending a death warrant to other parts of the world,” she said. “Unfortunately now, internationally, it’s known that you can get here, buy your guns, buy your large magazines, and you’re not going to have any problem”
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CNN Global Public Square, July 29, 2011 Today’s news of the mass resignation of Turkey’s Chief of Staff, General Isik Kosaner, and the force commanders is a sign that the Turkish military, the second largest force in NATO, is snapping under the weight of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Since the AKP came to power in Ankara in 2002, civilian-military relations between the governing party, a coalition of conservatives, reformed Islamists and Islamists, and the military, a bastion of secularism, have been tense. But thus far, the military leadership has remained diplomatic, choosing not to confront…
Continue reading …Lefty Paul Krugman Urges More Bias, Wants Journalists to Denounce G.O.P Extremism
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Liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on Friday denounced the “centrist cop-out” of balance. Krugman specifically singled out the Associated Press for not exclusively blaming the ongoing debt ceiling impasse on the Republican Party. Complaining about too much fairness, he derided his journalistic colleagues, “But making nebulous calls for centrism, like writing news reports that always place equal blame on both parties, is a big cop-out — a cop-out that only encourages more bad behavior. The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism , and if you’re not willing to say that, you’re helping make that problem worse .”
Continue reading …Lefty Paul Krugman Urges More Bias, Wants Journalists to Denounce G.O.P Extremism
July 29, 2011 No CommentLiberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on Friday denounced the “centrist cop-out” of balance. Krugman specifically singled out the Associated Press for not exclusively blaming the ongoing debt ceiling impasse on the Republican Party. Complaining about too much fairness, he derided his journalistic colleagues, “But making nebulous calls for centrism, like writing news reports that always place equal blame on both parties, is a big cop-out — a cop-out that only encourages more bad behavior. The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism , and if you’re not willing to say that, you’re helping make that problem worse .”
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ramadan kiev Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad: Finding God… at Work Benghazi Libya Slap UK on the Face Marching in Support of Gaddafi mylovelyjenny says: Syrians Planning for Stepped Up Protests During Ramadan , read it here: http://wongrantau.info/2011/07/29/syrians-planning-for-stepped-up …
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hisptipscultura says: Linda Ronstadt Memoir ‘Heart Like A Wheel’ To Be Published http://dlvr.it/d3KML
Continue reading …The Democrats are getting their butts kicked in the debt debate because conservatives have a big, easily communicated idea and Dems don’t, writes Eugene Robinson for the Washington Post . The GOP’s idea—which is, in Robinson’s opinion, a terrible one—is that “taxes are always too high and government spending…
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National team soccer coaches generally get canned right after the World Cup — or in the case of the Saudis, even in the middle of the tournament. It’s sort of the rhythm of the job: your team loses, you’ve disgraced the country, get out. Coaching a national soccer team is a job with the least
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Brooke D’Orsay of ‘Royal Pains’ talks about her real life connection to co-star Paulo Costanza and what to expect in the rest of season 3. (July 29)
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