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Diplomat-Shoe Bomber Arrested on Flight to Denver

April 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

BREAKING NEWS: Ace of Spades is reporting tonight that a man was arrested after attempting to light his shoe on fire during a flight from Washington, D.C., to Denver this evening.  On top of all that, the man’s name is Mohammed al Modadi, and he’s reportedly a vice-consul at the Qatari embassy. Developing… UPDATE #1 [...]

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Appointment of New Diplomat Hailed as ‘Brilliant’

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

When I read in a Department of State news release this morning that Fran Drescher will be appointed the nation’s newest public diplomacy envoy Monday morning, I immediately surmised that Condoleezza Rice and her gang at the State Department had lost it.  A few moments later, however, I realized the brilliance of such an appointment. [...]

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