28 February 2011

Great news!

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. . . for Rupert Murdoch . Soon he can put all that unpleasantness behind him. The " plurality and independence of news provision ...
26 February 2011

The Realpolitik of Naïve

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Okay – I really don’t know how sensible or horrible the “Deal in the Desert” was . Maybe on some level it made sense at the time. For the...

How it's done

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An excellent dissection on a random day of how NewSpeak works . It's a time-honoured tradition . If you haven't, you should book-ma...
20 February 2011

Finance is too important to be left to the financiers

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An excellent film - a must see. By and large, Inside Job accurately portrays the conflicts of interest inherent in the political, academic...
19 February 2011

"The question is: do we have a shadow government, and who are those intelligent minority that is guiding us through?"

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Gotta love it : Soros sees the humour, but eventually he can't help but get to the point: "You can tell the people falsehoods, and ...
17 February 2011

This is news?

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Long ago I reserved a special place in hell for Colin Powell . Now Colin is publicly whining about how shocked, shocked, shocked he is that...

It's never too late

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My ongoing war against The Economist in respect of its mostly lamentable coverage of U.S. politics ebbs and flows. Lexington in particular,...
13 February 2011

Pay no attention. Carry on.

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The downside of the drama in the middle east is that it distracts from previous front page news that hasn't diminished in importance. In...
06 February 2011

Omar's our man

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Although I remain inexpert on Egypt , I can't help but remember the words "rendition" and "Egypt" being used in the ...
05 February 2011

Nice to have the company

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Thank you, Common Cause . And thank you, NYT, for - finally (at last!) - shedding a little light on the travesty of letting these clowns c...
04 February 2011

Like momma used to say . . .

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. . . there are a lot of people in heaven who may have had the right of way. Josh and my momma appear to have something in common : "Y...
03 February 2011

Don't do it

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Usually I exhort Brits not to emulate American policies but, as this commentary convincingly suggests , it's hard not to state the inver...
02 February 2011

Okay, so I don't know much about Egypt

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But it seems I know more about the middle east in general than this guy . Late update : this episode provides instructive insight on the mi...
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...