It doesn’t look like it: The recent price rally in farm commodities such as grains, oilseeds and sugar beet can be attributed partly to higher biofuel demand but their share of the blame has been exaggerated, a top official of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Loek Boonekamp, a division head in the […]
Bush in Saudi to court ally on Mideast peace That’s from Reuters and of course to Bush that courting means beating a war drum. I wonder how much saber rattling he will do towards Iran today? Let’s ask USA Today: Bush takes anti-Iran push to Saudis Yup that’s what I thought.
Reuters is reporting: President George W., Bush plans on Tuesday to veto a war spending bill that imposes timelines for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and will then explain his action in a statement at the White House, an administration official said. Bush will carry out his long-standing threat to veto the legislation after […]
Today’s NYT: Iraqi police and local officials said at least six children and eight women were among 32 people killed in a U.S. air strike on Friday which the U.S. military said killed 20 al Qaeda militants, including two women. Police Major Khedr Hussein said 32 people were killed at Ishaqi, 90 km (50 miles) […]
Reuters is reporting this on the news of Bolton’s resignation: “Despite the support of a strong bipartisan majority of senators, Ambassador Bolton’s confirmation was blocked by a Democrat filibuster, and this is a clear example of the breakdown in the Senate confirmation process,” [Dana] Perino said. Now at last check, the Bolton nomination was till […]
From Reuters An intelligence report showing an upsurge in Islamic militancy put the White House on the defensive on Wednesday in an election-year debate over whether President George W. Bush has made America safer. In a second blow to the president, a new U.N. report said the Iraq war was providing al Qaeda with a […]
There has been so much talk over the doctored photos of Lebanon posted by Reuters that it is ridiculous. Of course the typical tin-foil hat wearers over at LGF jumped right on it and has coined it as some liberal media plot. Reuters has since posted about the pictures and what happened: Reuters withdrew all […]
Perhaps there is some other good for Bush with the current crisis between Lebanon and Israel. That good could be the media taking some focus off of Iraq. Perhaps that is why this story hasn’t had much play today: Bombs killed two worshippers at mosques in Iraq during Friday prayers and the authorities extended a […]
Wow – here is another great pick by the Bush White House: BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Gen. Bantz Craddock, the chief of U.S. Southern Command who oversees the controversial Guantanamo prison, is to succeed Gen. James Jones as NATO’s top commander of operations, the alliance said on Friday. Craddock will replace Jones as Supreme Allied Commander […]
While watching CNN it was interesting when they covered the age of the girl who was gang raped then murdered. Reports say the F.B.I. has listed the girl as 25 years old, while the military is listing her as 20. As I posted earlier today, Reuters obtained the passport of this girl and it has […]