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There are times when I know too much

The cover up of a gang rape is enough to make any normal, thoughtful, compassionate human being vomit. The lawless in Iraq has been well documented. Well, the gang rape of an American female contract worker is awful. The only thing worse would be the fact that her rapists were Americans that worked for Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR). The company helped lose evidence and cover-up the incident. The woman is currently suing KBR, thank god! More from C&L. ———– From ABCNews: A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S.

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Wildfires here and there

Just remember that there is no global warming. There is no global warming. There is no global warming. Now, that better. As your underwear spontaneously ignites, are you believing now? ————- From YahooNews: An enormous wildfire threatening the Sun Valley ski resort was nearly half contained Wednesday, but authorities said they didn’t know when thousands of evacuees could return to the area. Fire managers said the wind from thunderstorms expected to hit the area later this week could increase fire activity, so fire crews were working long hours building and reinforcing fire lines. “It took all night, from sundown to sunset,”

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The view from over there.

I took out a subscription this last year to The Economist. I’ve had previous subscriptions to Time, or Newsweek, or U.S. News and World Report at various times, but always ultimately ended up letting them lapse because they didn’t really offer anything new. They had more in-depth coverage, occasionally, on the “big story of the day”, but no single magazine trumps the torrent of online coverage available these days. There weren’t any great columnists that stick out in my memory. And worst of all, there was the overwhelming America-centric nature of the coverage. I wanted to get out of that.

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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A Letter to America

The Thirteeneth Juror

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