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Putin: US orchestrated conflict in Georgia
By STEVE GUTTERMAN, Associated Press WriterThu Aug 28, 6:38 PM ET
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of pushing Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the U.S. presidential campaign — a contention the White House dismissed as “patently false.”

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By Alexander Osipovich
August 28, 2008 08:00pm
RUSSIA today won support from China and Central Asian states in its standoff with the West over the Georgia conflict as the European Union said it was weighing sanctions against Moscow.

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R.J. Hillhouse
The Spy Who Billed Me
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:53 EDT
Blackwater Worldwide is currently seeking qualified law enforcement officers and security personnel to potentially deploy to provide security in the possible aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.
This is the first time Blackwater has mobilized under its controversial Homeland Security contracts. Blackwater did deploy security personnel to assist [...]

On Third Anniversary Of Katrina, Officials Aren
’t Confident New Orleans’ Levees Can ‘Handle’ Gustav
Three years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall upon New Orleans. The storm was tragically followed by an abysmal disaster response from the Bush administration and ultimately took the lives of nearly a thousand of the city’s residents. read more | digg [...]

Yesterday evening, ThinkProgress spoke with Lieut. Gen, Harry Soyster and Ret. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, at a Human Rights First reception honoring retired generals who have spoken out against President Bush
’s torture policies. Soyster criticized Bush’s veto of a bill banning the CIA from waterboarding — a veto Sen. John McCain supported.read more | digg [...]

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Crooks and Liars
SilentPatriot
Barack Obama goes right at the heart of McCain’s campaign strategy and completely destroys it.
The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men [...]

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Larisa Alexandrovna
Not this should surprise anyone, given the Blackwater, et al level of lawlessness, but it is still incredibly disturbing:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
Vessel Shifts Course, Avoids Port Where Russians Are Posted
By Tara Bahrampour and Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 28, 2008; A14
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 27 — A U.S. military ship dropped off the first sea shipment of aid at a Georgian port Wednesday, avoiding one that remains under Russian control.

http://www.presstv.ir/…
Russia’s ambassador to NATO has warned that any military interference in the Caucasus conflict will be considered as declaration of war.

http://en.rian.ru/…
TSKHINVALI - The South Ossetian president confirmed on Wednesday his intention to allow the Russian military to set up a base in the republic.