Vatican Bank Facing Money Laundering Probe

At least they're not molesting children and laundering money at the same time... wait...
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Bill Maher Talks Glenn Beck's 'Diabetic Mall-Walkers,' Summer Of Racism (VIDEO)

Bill Maher really should do something to counter Glenn Beck's rally. A lot of liberal commentators are despised by those on the right wing because the liberals present an image where they're 'better' than their conservative counterparts. They believe they make sense, and that the conservatives do not, not even common sense. They often resort to name-calling and pompous rants that does nothing but bolster the right's hatred towards them. If liberals such as Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann want to be more inclusive, even towards those whom they believe things that make no sense at all, they need to tone down their partisan rhetoric.
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New 'iPad 2' To Be Released In Time For 2010 Holiday Season?

PLEASE DO IT
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Sha Zukang, China's Top U.N. Diplomat, Goes On Drunken Rant Against Americans

Haha what a loser.
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Iraq's Heavy Journalist Death Toll Keeps Climbing

Sadly, it's not the featured figure of 172 journalist deaths so far in the Iraq War that's most shocking, even in comparison to the death toll of 63 during the Vietnam War. What's most depressing is the number of Al Iraqiya journalists killed in a span of seven years, 15.

I can't imagine what it's like to work there. For someone who has worked there during those seven years and is lucky enough to have lived, he would have had to endure the mourning of the deaths of 15 colleagues. You would think someone would begin to do something about this, anything.

"What can be done?" You might ask. Well, assuming that laws are at least somewhat enforced, passing that journalist protection law is a good start. Also, the modern media functions as one of the most powerful weapons mankind has ever created, and victims of terror should use it against those who terrorist them.
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Progressive Group: Rahm's A 'Cancer On The Democratic Party,' Should 'Flatly Go Away'

Rahm the hawk, or Rahm the agent of good? Like it or not, any organization (in this case, the White House) needs someone bombastic and aggressive like Rahm to run things. We can only speculate whether Adam Green is right, that if Democrats went all out to pass the public option and break down the big banks they'd be on their way to a big victory in November. While it might not have helped them achieve a landslide, I believe they would be disliked by less people because at least they wouldn't have caved in to rumors, opposition pressures, and weakness in character.
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Tony Blair On Afghanistan, Attacking Iran, And Dick Cheney's Post-9/11 Worldview (VIDEO)

Why is Tony Blair saying nice things of any kind about Dick Cheney? Even if you stand by your claim that the Iraqi invasion was absolutely necessary, you don't have to agree with Cheney about his ideological worldview.

Dick Cheney believes in a hard-line approach because he is out of touch with the reality that hard-line approaches always results in lots of casualties, military and civilian alike. Look no further than what the hard-line Israelis have done over the past few years.

With regards to Iran, perhaps I am in no position to harshly criticize Blair's views, because I am unfamiliar with the circumstances that he was under that has prompted him to possess those views. But speaking from my education and what I've learned (my History BA Degree is a concentration in Middle Eastern history), the Middle East is an immensely complex region that cannot, and must not, be simplified into 'who's good', 'who's evil', 'who ought to be contained', etc. Countries such as Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, while somewhat volatile in their own right, act as a natural barrier in containing the more 'dangerous' countries such as Iran, and to lesser degrees, Yemen and Afghanistan.

Why is Iran a threat? Not because of its people, but because the government is currently headed up a selected group of unique nut jobs (radicals with extreme views, being the better term). President Ahmedinejad has the backing of Ayatollah Khamenei. The country itself, in terms of political / social progress and human rights, is miles ahead of its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, particularly Saudi Arabia, infamous for its suppression of human rights.

So why has Tony Blair, and the rest of the Western World, been doing next to nothing to help rid the dictatorships of these countries? The obvious reason is of course business interests. The oil-addicted Western World dare not mess with its main source of supply.

I, along with a lot of political commentators in Canada and the US, have been under the impression that Tony Blair is a very smart and savvy politician. And I'm trying to make sense of Blair's believe to leave military action against Iran on the table. I can't, because it doesn't make sense.

Maybe David Cameron will bring something new for Britain's foreign policy agenda. Then again, maybe not.
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