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Posts Tagged ‘riots’

Brainiac Nerds Riot In Hungary … Over Deficit!

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Euroweenie pencilheads riot over math! - WonketteMany readers note that Hungarians are rioting because the prime minister was caught telling lies. About fiscal policy. Seriously.

Some 150 protestors have been hurt battling with the cops and a furious mob of bookworm citizens bum-rushed the State Television headquarters. The whole crazy story and why Washington needn’t ever fear such an uprising, after the jump.

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Daily Briefing: WWII 1/2

Monday, July 10th, 2006
  • Japan is considering military action against North Korea. [AP via Yahoo]

  • Mobs of Shiite Muslims in Baghdad violently attacked Sunni neighborhoods yesterday morning, leaving leaving more than 50 dead. A retaliatory bomb exploded later at a Shiite mosque. [WP, NYT]
  • Peter Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to President Bush last May claiming that the administration’s unwillingness to brief the committee on certain unspecified “major intelligence programs” could be a “violation of law.” [NYT WP]
  • Wages for rich people are rising higher than wages for not rich people. [WP]
  • Grover Norquist is finding his luster as superstar Republican fundraiser fading a bit, due to his Abramoff connection and general sliminess. [WP]
  • Rick Santorum, facing a tough reelection campaign in a state he doesn’t actually live in, is “reintroducing himself” to Pennsylvania voters. [NYT]

Now America Will Start Caring About the Cartoon Controversy

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Sometimes there’s a gap between (1) what the “chattering classes” are talking about and (2) what ordinary Americans are interested in. MORE »


He’s Just Concerned That His Links to the Acme Corporation Will Become Public

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Remainders: Those Goddam Cartoons Edition

Monday, February 6th, 2006

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  • “What if Mohammed’s goin on a trip an hasta get a new passport picture?” “Then God smites the DMV.” [Fafblog]

  • Here’s a pretty good example of how quickly these things get out of hand. Won’t somebody help this man get a damn Fatwa? [alicublog]
  • I’m alive, I’m dead, I’m the stranger… offending an Arab [Corner/NRO]
  • When you come down to it, when isn’t it a great week for mealy-mouthed dumb-assitude? [TMN]