My exclusive MidEast interview on neo-cons and war; Strauss and spoofed intel
This is my first posting on the new DKos so I will try to introduce myself briefly. My name is Dan Feidt and I'm a junior Poli. Sci. student at Macalester College in St. Paul MN, which is an...
View ArticleMinnesota's Sen. Mark Dayton feels "lied to" by Bush on WMD
A top story in the St. Paul Pioneer Press today described how  Senator Dayton (D, second half of first term) believes he was "lied to" by administration officials in briefings. (Dayton is fairly...
View ArticleLaurence Silberman-Bush Intel panel=IranContraPimp
Key fact about the guy that Bush tapped for the Intelligence review panel. He was one of the guys who got Iran-Contra rolling-prior to the hostage release and prior to Carter's defeat. This man knows...
View ArticleMy pics from Edwards rally in St. Paul/Kerry today
I have thrown together an ugly iPhoto web gallery of my pictures from when John Edwards came to St. Paul on Saturday. Here is a choice image of my roommate Alison giving a w00p w00p sort of expression...
View ArticleLast thoughts inside the box
In less than 12 hours I'll be winging it out of this country for the first time in many years. For the next seven days, I'll be hanging around with a high school friend studying abroad in London. The...
View ArticleReporting Near the Gates of Hell
There are some days when you wish that they would just put out the real damn story for a change. But now, let's go to the Laci Petersen case. You can always tell when the narrative is dissolving,...
View ArticleJewish children in West Bank settlements
There was a big news story today about a very young Palestinian boy who apparently was strapped to a suicide bomb, and the Israelis had to get it off him, a tragic example of the conflict consuming the...
View ArticleApril War News Blitz
I am supposed to write a proposal for my final paper in International Security class tonight. But given what's been happening the last few weeks, what can I address that isn't tearing apart like wet...
View ArticleIn this conversation is contained news of the Mudschahidin on the battlefield
Mac Weekly interview, October 10, 2003:Dan Feidt (hongpong): There have been a lot of violent incidents of in Sadr City recently, because the Americans have detained some clerics that follow Sadr. Is...
View ArticleBush-Sharon declaration approaches: Fundamentalism at the gates?
He said to them, "Not yours is it to know times or eras which the Father placed in His own jurisdiction. But you shall be obtaining power at the coming of the holy spirit on you, and you shall be My...
View ArticleThe Israeli settlement playoffs
Haaretz' Amir Oren reporting on the machinations unleashed inside Israeli politics by Bush's declaration about settlements:Bush's spokesman had reservations about the list of settlements that Sharon...
View ArticleRevealed: the True Structure of the Coalition Provisional Authority
Somewhere in Washington is the Congressional Research Service. Somehow they have produced something of great awe and mystery, just in the nick of time. It is perhaps the best (only?) study of the...
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Light rail comes to Minneapolis (photos & video)
I present a couple pictures --and a movie--that I took with a digital camera a couple nights ago. These are posted on my website now, I.E. a crosspost. The video is hosted from my new University web...
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Light Rail in Minneapolis: my photos
I have some pictures up of the light rail opening in Minneapolis this weekend. It was well-attended by roughly 30,000 people, and everyone was having a good time. I have posted a half-dozen pictures on...
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Fahrenheit via the Internet, or otherwise...
This weekend I decided to see if Fahrenheit 9/11 is downloadable from the Internet. I got it off BitTorrent in about 36 hours, and I did indeed leave my connection open for a while to 'give back' the...
View ArticleCENTCOM-Iraq meets HongPong.com
Heh, I just ran my server logs for the first time in ages. Seems that my May-June logs went down the memory hole somewhere, which is too bad... The results for the past few weeks have been spectacular,...
View ArticleGround Zero or Bust: An Un-Conventional Trip to Manhattan
Right now it's about 22 hours from departure. Dan Schned and I are cruising to Philadelphia, leaving early Friday morning. Then we get on the train. Wednesday was filled with the last tasks....
View ArticleIran election turnout nearly 63%, really not so bad? Or fraud?
In a move sure to annoy the many regime change enthusiasts in Washington, the Iranian public (including a significant number of expatriates) voted in surprisingly large numbers in the first round of...
View ArticleGaza's test of stability: Settlers plan resistance to IDF, led by Yesha...
The government officially ordered Jewish settlers to leave Gaza today, and thousands refused to budge. Within 48 hours the forcible removal of everyone who hasn't yet left will begin, and it's...
View ArticleZarqawi == Emmanuel Goldstein; Macalester teaches Billy Joe Armstrong to...
I missed the Green Day concert in St. Paul on Friday. It sounded like a hell of a good time, made particularly special by Billy Joe Armstrong's connections to the area: his wife is from New Brighton,...
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