http://mgx.com/blogs Pondering global affairs Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/14/mgx-is-moving-to-a-new-host-so-pardon-any-disruption/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/14/mgx-is-moving-to-a-new-host-so-pardon-any-disruption/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:42:37 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4310 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/14/mgx-is-moving-to-a-new-host-so-pardon-any-disruption/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/13/strip-mining-coming-to-coos-county/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/13/strip-mining-coming-to-coos-county/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:40:12 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4302 The gang at SCDC (South Coast Development Council) are hot to aid and abet Oregon Resources Corp to begin strip mining for chromite and other minerals (supposedly no gold or platinum, they will put that back???).]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/13/strip-mining-coming-to-coos-county/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/10/americans-fear-debt-to-china-more-than-terrorism/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/10/americans-fear-debt-to-china-more-than-terrorism/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:57:52 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4298 A new Zogby poll indicates Americans are wisely beginning to question the manner in which we have financed the war against terrorism. Meanwhile China engages in female infanticide.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/10/americans-fear-debt-to-china-more-than-terrorism/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/07/my-first-grandchild/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/07/my-first-grandchild/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:51:43 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/07/my-first-grandchild/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/07/my-first-grandchild/feed/ 1 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/goldman-sucks-a-video-ode-to-goldman-sachs/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/goldman-sucks-a-video-ode-to-goldman-sachs/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:56:07 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4292 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/goldman-sucks-a-video-ode-to-goldman-sachs/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/proposed-legislation-to-limit-itc-grants-for-renewable-projects/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/proposed-legislation-to-limit-itc-grants-for-renewable-projects/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:27:03 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4290 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/proposed-legislation-to-limit-itc-grants-for-renewable-projects/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/iraq-war-veteran-shannon-meehan-runs-for-state-legislature-on-pennsylvania/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/iraq-war-veteran-shannon-meehan-runs-for-state-legislature-on-pennsylvania/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:07:17 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4287 This is an especially moving story for me. This young Army sargeant, Shannon Meehan, is suffering from severe PTSD and TBI and had a similar experience of taking the lives of Iraqi civilians, as my son did, is fighting through the fog to find some meaning in his life. His politics are unclear but I hope he makes it.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/05/iraq-war-veteran-shannon-meehan-runs-for-state-legislature-on-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/olbermann-rove-rewrites-history/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/olbermann-rove-rewrites-history/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:20:51 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4284 Not a surprise that Karl Rove, 'Bush's brain' would have a view of the lead-up to the Iraq war totally out of sync with proven facts.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/olbermann-rove-rewrites-history/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/maddow-liz-cheney-flips-the-scoop-her-dad-is-al-qaeda/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/maddow-liz-cheney-flips-the-scoop-her-dad-is-al-qaeda/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:40:35 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4282 Liz Cheney through her 'Keep America Safe' political action committee has connected the dots from al Qaeda to her dad, Dick... No wonder Bush ignored the intelligence memo alerting him to the 9/11 attacks! This would be funny if it weren't for the almost 5,000 Americans killed in Iraq and 30,000 plus wounded]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/maddow-liz-cheney-flips-the-scoop-her-dad-is-al-qaeda/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/colbert-greeces-economic-downfall-sheherezade-rehman/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/colbert-greeces-economic-downfall-sheherezade-rehman/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:23:01 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4278 "Scheherazade Rehman discusses the likelihood of Greece receiving a bailout from the European Union" Arguments are strong that Goldman Sachs contributed to the fall of Greece in order to make a buck ]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/04/colbert-greeces-economic-downfall-sheherezade-rehman/feed/ 0