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on the fly vs fly on the wall IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.rear-view-of-the-houses-at-schlobfreiheit

on the fly vs fly on the wall

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
Scott is right, of course.  The blogging community functions more like a sawed off shotgun than one...
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The Role of Shia Theology in The Revolt

Chris Dierkes June 16, 2009
Andrew writes: It seems clear that the protesters have shrewdly as well as sincerely adopted mass peaceful...
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a quote for a cloudy summer morning

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
“Moussavi passed through this system of ideological control; he’s no radical reformer. But what’s happened is that...
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don’t just do something, sit there IFRL-NaPP-Space-14761953564_b243b392a2_k

don’t just do something, sit there

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
Props on the title go to Eunomia commenter Grumpy Old Man who was commenting on the second...
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…I was a Flower of the mountain IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Japanwest-Audubon

…I was a Flower of the mountain

Freddie June 16, 2009
yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I...
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Some Real “F”ers IFRL-NaPP-Asia-800px-Qiu_Ying_-_Spring_Morning_in_the_Han_Palace_-_Walters_3548_-_View_D

Some Real “F”ers

Chris Dierkes June 15, 2009
Andrew Sullivan posts this video:  Violence Warning.   Sullivan is creating a series (more here, here, and here). ...
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good theology

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
So a while back I posted on the art of magic in fiction.  I asked readers what...
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follow the money IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.abbey-among-oak-trees

follow the money

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
Steve Hynd writes:
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Figuring Out Iran

Mark of New Jersey June 15, 2009
I’ve been trying to catch up on what happened over the weekend in Iran, and is continuing...
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twitter

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
Here’s a good resource for Iran-related twitter updates/photos etc.  Right now, lots of tweets asking Twitter not...
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the big picture IFRL-TLC-Scenery-ufo-1951536_1920

the big picture

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
The Big Picture has some amazing, startling photos up on the protests.  Momentum is building.  This is...
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It’s on the Army & Police Now IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_postman

It’s on the Army & Police Now

Chris Dierkes June 15, 2009
A reader writes into Andrew Sullivan saying that the violence in Iran is entirely the work of...
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yes but why so blatantly?

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
There’s a fairly wide consensus building that the Iranian election results were fraudulent.  Much speculation exists regarding...
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what’s next

Freddie June 15, 2009
It has to be said: we are probably not going to see a democratic revolution in Iran....
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living in another universe

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
This is what I kept thinking this weekend: if I wasn’t online, an avid blogger and reader...
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Some More (Quick) Thoughts on Iran IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.llyn-y-cau-cader-idris-70

Some More (Quick) Thoughts on Iran

Chris Dierkes June 15, 2009
The best sites to follow continue to be: Andrew Sullivan, Michal Totten, The Lede @NyTimes, and Nico...
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Blame Congress

Chris Dierkes June 15, 2009
So here’s Bill Maher doing this thing and directing it at Obama.  I think it’s good that...
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Sunday Poetry Series

Freddie June 14, 2009
El Hombre by William Carlos Williams It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone...
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plea for the green

Freddie June 13, 2009
Please, please let this often well-meaning but always clumsy democracy have the wisdom and the foresight to...
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you say left-wing I say right-wing IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.the-thames-in-ice-10

you say left-wing I say right-wing

Erik Kain June 13, 2009
James Joyner talks shop:
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