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"The US military is in terrible shape after two wars, and sending more troops into the Afghan conflict will only add to the damage. The cost of sending additional troops will further undermine our economy and make Obama's domestic agenda all the more difficult to achieve. The Afghan people, already deeply resentful after eight years of American occupation and warfare, will not greet a new investment of troops gladly. We can all hold hands around the Thanksgiving table and pray to whatever God may be listening that Obama will provide some sort of coherent exit policy, but the fact remains that no occupying force in more than a century has employed any effective exit strategy from Afghanistan beyond utter defeat."

Sixties nostalgia!

Judefa provides some well thought out insight into the horrors of the new even more dumbed down and marketing oriented SU. Very sad.

Good article. I don't think the writer is aware of the differences between various forms of Buddhism though.

A new stumbler worth visiting. Off to a good start!

Excellent art blog! Thank you for some great finds.

"The idea of millions of people taking this so seriously is totally nuts," he added. "The Bible doesn't need to be satirised. It's already so crazy."

Robert Crumb back with a new masterpiece.