Clinton's Staff Knows She Can't Win

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 3:27 PM PDT

2008/03/21 · 15:27

(Cross posted at Tokatakiya and Raising Kaine.)

"One important Clinton adviser estimated to Politico privately that she has no more than a 10 percent chance of winning her race against Barack Obama, an appraisal that was echoed by other operatives.

In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe."

So, basically, the Clintons must have a masochistic love of self-destruction because the overwhelmingly likely outcome of the Democratic primary will be what it has going to have been since Iowa 2+ months ago: Obama will be the nominee.

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 12:38 PM PDT

2007/06/21 · 12:38

See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 6.

The current relationship between China and Africa is extremely beneficial for the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the leaders of the worst regimes in Africa, but not for the long-term futures of the vast majority of Africans.

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Sunday June 10, 2007 · 1:17 PM PDT

2007/06/10 · 13:17

X-posted at Tokatakiya. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5.

The rapid and sustained growth of the Chinese economy has led to the need for the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to scour the globe in search of natural resources to fuel continued economic expansion. Currently, one of the greatest untapped areas of the world in this regard is Africa which has scared away many investors with the seemingly endless instability on the continent.

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Is China Good for Africa?

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Is China Good for Africa?

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STOP WRITING ABOUT THIS!

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Is China Good for Africa?: Propping Up Corrupt Regimes and Business Partners

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Monday June 04, 2007 · 4:37 PM PDT

2007/06/04 · 16:37

X-posted at Tokatakiya. See part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.

The economic and financial relationships between China and some of the more corrupt regimes in Africa (e.g., Zimbabwe, Sudan) have allowed those regimes to resist efforts from other countries and international institutions to use trade and economic aid to reform their governments to be less corrupt, less oppressive, and more transparent.

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Is China standing in the way of a resolution to the Darfur crisis?

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Is China standing in the way of a resolution to the Darfur crisis?

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Is China Good for Africa?: Chinese Investment and Trade in Africa

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Sunday June 03, 2007 · 8:51 AM PDT

2007/06/03 · 08:51

X-posted at Tokatakiya.

See part 1, part 2, and part 3.

While there is a diverse array of African industries that the Chinese have been investing in (such as tourism, power plants, and telecommunications), most of the capital that China is sending into Africa is confined to the building of natural resource extracting industries such as oil drilling and mining.

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Is China good or bad for Africa?

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Is China good or bad for Africa?

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Who cares?

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Is China Good for Africa?: China and Africa Today

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 12:40 PM PDT

2007/05/24 · 12:40

X-posted at Tokatakiya.

See part 1, and part 2.

In 2006, the Chinese government released an official paper entitled "China's African Policy" which states China's "principles and objectives" in Africa.

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Wednesday May 23, 2007 · 3:31 PM PDT

2007/05/23 · 15:31

X-posted at Tokatakiya. (See part 1.)

The history of interactions between China and Africa is a relatively short one.

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Tuesday May 22, 2007 · 4:40 PM PDT

2007/05/22 · 16:40

X-posted at Tokatakiya and Raising Kaine.

I am going to begin a series of posts that I have been working on for some time. The subject of these posts involves two of my favorite subjects China and Africa, specifically the economic and political relationship growing between them:

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Friday November 17, 2006 · 9:50 AM PST

2006/11/17 · 09:50

[Cross posted at Tokatakiya]

Resolution HR6164 (you can look up the text here) passed the House of Representatives on September 26th and has now been referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee.

HR 6164 aims to continue the Republican War on Science by crippling the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) detailed many of the insidious provisions of HR6164 in an open letter (pdf) to the HELP committee's ranking member, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass). Read More

Timpani Roll: Election Eve

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 4:37 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 16:37

I made 232 calls from home for Jim Webb today!

Today's top 5 phone from home callers are over 1000 calls as of 7:30 pm!
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Timpani Roll: I Broke 2K for Jim Webb!!!

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 5:24 PM PST

2006/11/03 · 17:24

I made 255 calls from home for Jim Webb today!

Check out the Tote board!! Read More

Phone from Home for Jim Webb Timpani Roll!

tokatakiya

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Wednesday October 11, 2006 · 3:13 PM PDT

2006/10/11 · 15:13

I made 124 calls today using the Phone from Home system! (It would have been more but the plane crash distracted me.) That makes 606 total calls for me! (Check out the tote board. It won't appear here for some reason.) Read More

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Is China Good for Africa?: A Brief History of Sino-African Relations

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