06 March 2010

The right war for the right reasons . . .

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. . . all done according the manual . Riiiight. On a related note, I'm enjoying Tom Bingham's book, The Rule of Law . As many com...
22 February 2010

She clerked for Thomas . . .

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. . . and a member of the Federalist society to boot! Quel surprise. Two years out of law school and writing memos about the president...

"Sure"

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Why not ? The problems with Yoo's patently ridiculous comparison to Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 1) Previous to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Conven...
20 February 2010

A little more color on the torture memo . . .

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Margolis overruled OPR , the bastard. Late update : If I have lost my job, and am short on funds, context dictates that I am justified in kn...

National Monuments?

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Not sure this is a good idea . Not sure I want to see bus tours to Cedar Mesa . . . Not sure I want wheel-chair ramps here . . .

So much for Justice . . .

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These boys got off light , given the extent to which they betrayed their fundamental obligations as lawyers: The report said “situations of ...
13 February 2010

Next up . . .

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. . . more good times ahead . Gotta love our sophisticated risk management models.
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07 February 2010

Cry me a freakin' river

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I'm not ordinarily given to emotional excess but, oh, how this guy gets me going . . . every time I see him now on the tee-vee I feel l...
06 February 2010

From TPM . . .

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The red bars are the accelerating rate of job loss during President Bush's last year in office; the blue bars are the decelerating rate...

Same old story . . .

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If the left-wing media lost the Viet Nam war, and etc., how does Pajamas Media explain this ?
31 January 2010

Guess I'm not the only one

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It seems others are also underwhelmed by the Chilcot Posse. I like the Guardian's lead editorial today , except, I'm sorry, this isn...
30 January 2010

The old Rope-a-Dope

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Tony, unrepentant . It would be nice if the media actually focused on the real issues instead of allowing unaccountable politicians to disse...
28 January 2010

Chris Matthews is white

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What a great post . . . I knew Chris Matthews was a tool, but couldn't quite put my finger on why (probably because I'm white, too)...
24 January 2010

Two in a row

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I hate to admit Calwell may well be right - especially when it's twice in a row. But it's hard not to agree that the Dems have mad...

Newsflash

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Iraq war illegal ! No shit .

Don't say I didn't warn 'ya

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Ruth's earnest concern about Citizens United leaves me shaking my head. For some time now I've been the guy standing on the street-...
23 January 2010

I can't believe we have to have this discussion all over again

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On the one hand, Obama's decision to reinstate some vague notion of the old Glass-Steagall barriers separating commercial banking from i...
22 January 2010

Okay, joke's over

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The Republic surely wouldn't let people like these have lifetime tenure on the highest court in the land, would they? Here's a pre...
21 January 2010

The latest candidate for a special place in hell

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. . . step right up, Jack Straw . You lied quite convincingly over the last seven years . . . It's possible I may hate him more than Du...
16 January 2010

God help me . . .

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. . . lo, for I have linked approvingly to an article by Christopher Caldwell . There must be something in the water: it cannot be denied he...