Stern Speech Planned For U.N.–Washington Post headline, 9/23/2009
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Again, I misinterpret.
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Archive for the 'United Nations' Category
In 1960, Khrushchev oddly lacked red shoes.
Friday, April 18th, 2008*
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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Image: (shoe) via inquirer.net
Russia and China block tough Iran sanctions: U.S.–Reuters
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Now, how could we have expected this administration
to have foreseen that little blip?
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By Mark Heinrich
November 1, 2007
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Russia and China had been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran for months and pledged a drive to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two […]
“B-A-BAY; B-E-BE, B-I-Bicki-By-B-O BO; Bicky By BO B-U BU Bicky By BO BU.”
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007*
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Cranking up the pain on Burma
Blake Hounshell
Tue, 09/25/2007 - 11:13am.
President Bush concluded his remarks several minutes ago, and I just got my hands on the text of his speech. Several of the foreign names in the draft include handy phonetic pronunciations. Want to talk like the president? Here’s how to do it:
* Kyrgyzstan [KEYR-geez-stan]
* Mauritania […]
“I yam Stoo-Dent!”
Saturday, February 24th, 2007*
Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, Iranian Deputy Ambassador to United Nations, speaks at a Security Council Meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Friday, Feb. 23, 2007.
(AP Photo/David Karp)
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Mehdi recently purchased an Iranian best-seller at Tehran’s
Ann Dvorak International Airport.
Entitled, HOW TO POKE A STICK IN THE EYE OF A MEAN-SPIRITED, DELUSIONAL GORILLA & CAUSE DAYGLO MUSHROOM CLOUDS […]
The Satellite Killer–A Special Three Night Movie Event on NBC
Saturday, January 20th, 2007 Questions deepen over satellite-killer test
-MSNBC.com. January 19, 2007 headline
WILL DNA PROVE ITS INNOCENCE?
‘January 20, 2007
News Analysis
China Shows Assertiveness in Weapons Test
By JOSEPH KAHN
BEIJING, Jan. 19 — China’s apparent success in destroying one of its own orbiting satellites with a ballistic missile signals that its rising military intends to contest American supremacy in space, […]
W thinks about the day’s issues.
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006*
Photo: via thinkprogress.org
Talk about a Sizzler Breakfast Combo prepared in hell! It is only a matter time to determine how many wars they can start for W’s Buckaroo Blasters. Millennial history has shown what can happen when certain diners meet.
Thursday, August 17th, 2006“Arianna Huffington
August 17, 2006
John Bolton and Judy Miller Breakfast at the Waldorf… As His Confirmation Battle Looms
At 7:30 this morning, John Bolton was having breakfast at Oscar’s at the Waldorf with Judy Miller. I wonder whether his upcoming confirmation battle was on the menu. Here’s a reminder of what is at stake in this fight: […]
Don’t the Brits understand the power of television? The medium may hinder the successful negotiation of treaties, but it is a B-12/Amphetamine cocktail for presidential ambitions. Secretary of State Rice can demonstrate her abilities in the world of ‘weasel words’ while those iconic angry, old white guys–Dick ‘n Rummy–can only sputter while she is in the protection of Roger Ailes ample bosom. Producers have flooded her office with proposed pilots to be broadcast on Fox. While most have a “seen it” quality, the chance to star may be too compelling for Ms. Rice to forsake.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006“The Times August 07, 2006
Critics taking aim at the Condi Rice show
By Tom Baldwin in Washington
Video: Times Online TV
CONDOLEEZZA RICE is coming under sustained criticism on several fronts.
Some, even within the White House, have started referring to the “Condi Rice show” — suggesting that the Secretary of […]
Big John Bolton. He don’ta take no guff!
Sunday, July 30th, 2006“UN Council “strongly deplores” deaths in Lebanon
31 Jul 2006 01:15:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a statement deploring Israel’s deadly attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana but rejected U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for an immediate truce.”
Please find […]