30 January 2011

Profound thoughts on Egypt

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By applying my superior powers of inductive reasoning and analysis, I, like Paul , conclude as follows: I don’t know anything, have no exper...

Missile defense that doesn't work against missiles that our enemies do not possess

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I give you the speech Obama should have given . Highlights: Our so-called economic growth has powered along based on a series of financial ...
10 January 2011

My buddy Karin . . .

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. . . what a great post . And how odd indeed. Late Update : corrected the link.
09 January 2011

The Sheriff speaks

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"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government...
08 January 2011

It was just a matter of time

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Needless to say, this graphic has already been taken down. I hope Gabrielle Giffords pulls through . RIP Judge Roll . Burn in hell, Sarah P...
05 January 2011

Our greatest jurist's latest . . .

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Scalia, again : “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. ...

I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it . . .

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Judy, Judy, Judy reminds us why she is so special: "[Julian Assange] didn't care at all about attempting to verify the information...
11 December 2010

Once again, Krugman is proven correct

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He was absolutely on the money when he warned in this January 2009 NYT commentary that Obama's initial fiscal stimulus package didn...
08 December 2010

I come across the French quite a lot

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Officially, I usually take issue with their views. On a different level - the one that perhaps is more important - I concede that they are ...
04 December 2010

Twilight and the tyranny of numbers

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Three books out writing the epitaph for America's leading role on the world stage . One of them - the last of the three reviewed , The ...

The right take . . .

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. . . my bet is people will look back upon the American imperium as relatively benign , Bush/Cheney excepted (who not-so-coincidentally will...
23 November 2010

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! . . . I can't believe I missed this!

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Thank you, Salon : We're listing the worst columnists and cable news commentators America has to offer. Think of this as our all-sta...

Ya think?

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Froomkin : History is likely to judge Bush most harshly for two things in particular: Launching a war against a country that had not attack...
21 November 2010

More Reasons Not to be Thankful

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Yes, I'm glad just not to have Bush or McCaine or Palin in the White House. I guess that's what Obama is counting on, because on the...
17 November 2010

Another Epic Media Fail

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. . . they are hopeless .
22 October 2010

And Tony and Dubbya will still say it was all worth it

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Yes, Saddam was very bad man . . . shall we ask the dead if they agree ? Late update: sorry - 79,000 dead is laughably low. Just hilarious.
25 July 2010

Could not agree more . . .

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I am so glad Karl Rove doesn't want the Iraq war to be left down deep in the memory hole: like Josh, I welcome Karl's urge for re-ex...
19 June 2010

The more I read . . .

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. . . the more I like . Even as a Supreme Court newbie, Kagan showed remarkable sophistication and prescience . . .
08 June 2010

Drill, baby, drill!

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It's all about progress . . .
07 June 2010

Fair-reading

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Souter speaks . . . finally.