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Stereogum x Amazon MP3 Friendly Deals #2: The Wrens' The Meadowlands

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 8:03:14 AM

Today we present the second installment in a series that brings you classic indie rock albums at hugely discounted prices. Every week, Amazon.com is letting us select one album from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to... Continue »

How concerned are you about a terrorist attack?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/20/2008 7:09:29 AM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: President-Elect Barack Obama has been warned of a "huge threat" from al Qaeda by intelligence leaders in the U.S. and abroad. He told 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft last night that since terrorists could try to attack the U.S. during his White House ... Continue »

Proper role for Sen. Clinton in Obama’s Admin.?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/20/2008 7:09:29 AM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: President-elect Barack Obama met with Senator Hillary Clinton last week, and since then, a lot has been made about the possibility of Obama's former rival becoming his secretary of state. The big question this week is what sort of problems Bi... Continue »

Zawahiri: Obama is the anti-Malcolm X

by Juan Cole on 11/20/2008 12:09:00 AM

Ayman al-Zawahiri attacked Barack Obama in a video released on the internet on Tuesday. Fox News reprinted the whole transcript here. I'm a little bit confused by this step, since I thought the US networks had agreed under pressure from Bush only to carry excerpts from al-Qaeda, and the US elite ha... Continue »

Parliament Session on Security Agreement Interrupted by Altercation

by Juan Cole on 11/20/2008 12:08:00 AM

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraq parliament's Committee on Security and Defense voted in favor of the Iraqi-US security agreement. That committee is headed by Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization (the paramilitary wing of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq). Badr's willingnes... Continue »