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In Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter’s Ordeal

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts

In Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter’s Ordeal - New York Times
It’s all starting to hit the fan - the “what I was doing in the late unpleasantness” stories are now safe to publish, apparently.

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Angola Pressures Zimbabwe on Arms - New York Times

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

Thank God, this seems to be confirmed. It’s so weird reading about these details in blog comments before the mainstream news picks it up. Although it can backfire - an air transport company was getting tons of activist mail, and they got pretty irritated about it and tracked down at least one activist blog to [...]

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More Than I Wanted To Know About Amy Winehouse’s Hair

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

Soul diva Amy Winehouse cautioned by police over assault - Yahoo! News

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Economists View: Mark Thoma’s Rumination on “Guns”

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Mini-Posts

A nuanced post on guns, gun culture, and memory of times past - and the comments are almost as good. It’s rare to see a discussion of the pros and cons of guns that doesn’t devolve into ad hominem Godwinfests.
Economists View: Guns

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Comics Relief: Get Fuzzy to the Rescue

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Funnies

After all the serious imagery, today’s Get Fuzzy
was a welcome relief.

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