Steve Swint - Instablogs
May 30 2008
One of South America’s few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru.
May 30 2008
Today the Texas Supreme Court ruled that all of the Children removed from their parents at the Yearning for Zion Ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the right decision. Undoubtedly there will be much...
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May 28 2008
In a new tape to be released soon to the media, it is expected that Al Qaeda will call for the use of chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons against the West. This shouldn’t be the least bit surprising to anyone. In fact, one wonders why...
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May 23 2008
As the saying goes, “no news is good news” and so it has been with the Iraq conflict. The only time Iraq gets major news coverage is when things are going bad for America and the coalition. As a result, it is very easy to assess how...
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May 21 2008
It was announced today that U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with malignant cancerous tumor in his brain. The tumor was discovered after he suffered a seizure on Saturday and was admitted to the hospital. I am no fan of Ted Kennedy. I...
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May 18 2008
As ex-President Putin settles in to his new role as Prime Minister, he has every reason to congratulate himself. After all, he has not only written the script for his constitutional coup d’etat, but staged the play and given himself the starring...
May 16 2008
The world is quickly moving to a bi-polar world led by two super powers: the U.S. and China. The way things are shaping up, on the one pole we will have the U.S., the E.U., Japan, Australia, etc. On the other pole we have China, Russia, and Iran...
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May 9 2008
Natural disasters aren’t genocides. Or are they? Because in Myanmar that is exactly what is happening. Last week a major cyclone tore through that impoverished country and some reports have as many 200,000 dead with the possibility of up to...
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May 7 2008
Whatever happened to the Great Depression? Not the real one from 70 years ago, the lost decade of unimagined misery and Steinbeckian angst, the worst period in the history of modern capitalism. I mean the replay we were promised this year. The one we...
May 6 2008
Anyone living in America has by now heard of the tragic death of race horse Eight Belles immediately following her 2nd place finish in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. After crossing the finish line and slowing to a trot for about a 1/4 mile, Eight...
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