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A newly published paper in the journal Media, War, and Conflict dissects “the art of shoe-throwing”
in light of George Bush’s December near-encounter with the liberated
footwear of an Iraqi journalist. Though the political significance of
shoes predates the incident—statues of Saddam were so pelted back in
2003—the University of Brighton’s Yasmin Ibrahim argues that Bush
helped set off a wave of loafer-related uprisings ... (Read more in Double X.)
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The reliably wired Marc Ambinder flags National Journal's almost foolishly comprehensive, 366-person omnibus study
of the folks working in every nook and cranny of the Obama
administration (complete with phone numbers)! I've only carved my way
through a third of it, but Marc dishes the important stats... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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