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    POPS    Iran Literacy Quiz: A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind
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    by masbury  7-13-2008    5
     See the answers to these and other questions, as well as supporting material at the link. Those without answers listed are true-false questions.
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    POPS    Jt Chiefs Chairman warns against striking Iran
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    by masbury  7-3-2008   
     Scholar adds that such a strike "could be a political bonanza for Iran" "Just as Hezbollah became so popular , Iran could gain credibility in the Arab street."
    3
    POPS    CIA accused of falsifying Iran nuclear intel
    masbury
    by masbury  7-1-2008    2
     Motion filed in fed court; claims agent ordered to falsify reports on Iran nuclear weapons development
    4
    POPS    Democrats agree to escalate covert ops in Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  6-30-2008    2
     I'll be returning to "Independent."
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    POPS    Iranian voices for peace
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    by masbury  6-18-2008    3
     "A public service announcement featuring fifty Iranian Americans: who we are, what we believe in and why we're for peace. If you know an American who has never met anyone of Iranian origin, please share this site."
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    POPS    Sen. Obama, please don't be McCain on Iran!
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    by masbury  6-17-2008    10
     Face the absence of evidence of nuclear weapons, and call out McCain on following the WMD-scare George Bush followed with Iraq.
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    POPS    Fox anchor: Iranian missile could hit US [not!]
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    by masbury  6-17-2008    3
     Alas, fair and balanced, Iran is 6,340 miles away, and the range of Iran's Shahab missile is 1200 miles. Nevermind. How will we be afraid enough if we're careful about the facts? How will we envision impending doom, or cheer for necessary war? I can "only hope the smoking gun is not a mushroom cloud."
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    POPS    US Govt to McCain: Campaign Mgr undermining national interests
    masbury
    by masbury  6-15-2008    1
     NY Times: McCain warned by National Security Council about campaign manager Rick Davis' lobbying firm undermining US policy in Ukraine
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    POPS    Iraq cost: Loss of power, prestige, influence
    masbury
    by masbury  6-11-2008    15
     Why Iraq policy has made America less powerful; major changes recommended by bi-partisan panels; greater emphasis on soft power and patience, less "hectoring"
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    POPS    Should US Presidents talk to enemies?
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    by masbury  6-8-2008    19
     McCain and Obama disagree; see last paragraph for a specific instance from history
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    POPS    Iran is no threat unless Bush makes it one
    masbury
    by masbury  6-6-2008    3
     Attack on Iran will quash democracy movement
    4
    POPS    Senate Report: Bush Knew Intel on Iraq was False
    masbury
    by masbury  6-5-2008    4
     Investigation finally yields the official report.
    3
    POPS    Germany's First Neo-Con Conference Pushes for War on Iran
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    by masbury  6-5-2008    3
     Likening Iran to Nazi Germany, they debate whether strikes on Iran should be nuclear or conventional
    3
    POPS    McCain Gaffe Alert: Katrina, Iran legislation
    masbury
    by masbury  6-4-2008   
     1. Pitches his support of Katrina investigations, when he twice voted against commission 2. Admits he's not aware of Obama's bill in the Senate, co-sponsored by Lieberman (who rips Obama for not having experience to deal with Iran), that calls for disinvestment in Iran.
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    POPS    Gen. McPeak drops hammer on McCain foreign policy
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    by masbury  6-2-2008    2
     Ön Iraq: "his idea that all we have to do is execute better and this will turn into a big victory for us is wrong"; on not talking to Cuba and Iran: "This whole idea that diplomacy is attending cocktail parties with your best friends, that's kind of dumb."
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    POPS    IAEA: US obstructing Iran probe
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    by masbury  6-2-2008   
     US provides documents to IAEA, but won't give permission for Iran to see them
    4
    POPS    Ahmadinejad's hold on power "slipping badly"
    masbury
    by masbury  6-1-2008    2
     More pragmatic speaker elected; likely to find agreement with the West
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    POPS    McCain Gaffe Alert: Iran again
    masbury
    by masbury  5-28-2008    2
     He invents 20 years of negotiations between the United States and Tehran.
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    POPS    Top 25 Censored stories of 2008
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     "Project censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcast outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." — Walter Cronkite last three: # # 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq # # 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President # # 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?
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    POPS    Cheney's Halliburton Stock Options Rise 3,000%
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     Dick Cheney's fortune: your tax dollars at work. A perfect example of a very wealthy man who's found a way not to "make" money, but to forcibly redistribute wealth from poorer people to himself.
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    POPS    Cheney was source for Iran's nuclear capabilities
    masbury
    by masbury  5-28-2008    2
     Halliburton under Cheney, illegally sold nuclear equipment, while Cheney argued for eliminating sanctions that made the secret sale illegal.
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    POPS    Jimmy Carter: Make peace with Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-27-2008    4
     Bush has not seriously tried; his policy a "serious mistake and terrible departure" from the actions of previous US presidents (not to engage with countries with which they differed.) "The president of the administration in Washington is the first one to have ever done this"
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    POPS    Real McCain 2 video is #1 on YouTube, #2 on Digg
    masbury
    by masbury  5-23-2008    6
     More viewers than cable news shows. Will corporate media be shamed into returning to journalism?
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    POPS    Hagel suggests impeachment if Bush invades Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-21-2008   
     And encourages McCain to elevate the level of discourse in the campaign.
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    POPS    US 97th most peaceful nation
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008    3
     The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including U.N. deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.
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    POPS    McCain whiffs again on Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008    1
     Unbelievable. We would eat a blogger alive who was this ignorant.
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    POPS    DOD Sec. Gates, day before "appeasement": We need to talk to Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008   
     1 day before Bush's "appeasement" charge: "If there's going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander with them not feeling that they need anything from us."
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    POPS    Lieberman defends Republican's Rev. Hagee
    masbury
    by masbury  5-16-2008    4
     Wow. Good writing, and excellent criticism.
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    POPS    Biden: Bush Knesset comment "bullsh*t"
    masbury
    by masbury  5-15-2008    2
     "He’s the guy who’s weakened us. He’s the guy that’s increased the number of terrorists in the world. " Gates and Rice call for dialog with Iran; Bush likens Dems to appeasers of the Nazis for advocating the same thing. It is bullsh*t.
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    POPS    Plan to blame Iran for arms goes awry
    masbury
    by masbury  5-15-2008    3
     Media blackout on story, so Bushco propaganda campaign continues unabated.
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    POPS    Conyers to White House: Iran attack=Impeachment
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008    1
     Bravo.
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    POPS    Web filter bypass for Iranians
    masbury
    by masbury  5-12-2008   
     Lots of great Persian-speakers on the web (I'm not one, regrettably) - perhaps this Firefox add-on could be useful.
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    POPS    Oops... weapons really NOT from Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-9-2008   
     Ah, well, surely there are some somewhere. Maybe the CIA has satellite photos of a mobile weapons factory (i.e., truck).
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    POPS    Clinton: "No regrets" about her "obliterate" Iran comment
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008    1
     Do I hear a dinosaur's howl? Would obliterating a nation ever be appropriate? Isn't that what we call genocide? And is this likely to make Iran more reasonable?
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    POPS    Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel permits them, too
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008    1
     Seems like common sense to me.
    3
    POPS    Exxon Mobil shareholders disappointed - 2nd highest profit ever
    masbury
    by masbury  5-1-2008   
     Boo-hoo; a mere $10.9 Billion. Super-rich getting super richer at slightly slower pace than expected. Better bomb Iran.
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    POPS    Things I learned from this election
    masbury
    by masbury  5-1-2008   
     One can only stop and wonder.
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    POPS    British Foreign Minister: Clinton's "obliterate" Iran threat imprudent
    masbury
    by masbury  4-23-2008    2
     No kidding. We thought Ahmadinejad was nuts for supposedly threatening the same toward Israel
    2
    POPS    NY Times: Clinton "demeaning the political process"
    masbury
    by masbury  4-23-2008    4
     Meanwhile, she threatens annihilation of Iran
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    POPS    "I was fortunate to have missed the Obama-Clinton debate ..."
    masbury
    by masbury  4-18-2008   
     Glenn Greenwald's insights on why the debate was so substance-free
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