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Archive: Mar 2009

Obama vs. Bush on National Security Cases

From ProPublica: In a half-dozen national security lawsuits we’ve been following, the Obama administration has so far largely stuck by the positions taken by the Bush administration. (The one significant…

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The Voice of Days of Old and Days to Be

I would have to think that there isn’t a writer who, by now, hasn’t read D.T. Max’s piece on David Foster Wallace in the current issue of the New Yorker.…

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Who Is the Real Charles Krauthammer?

I have long found Charles Krauthammer one of the more fascinating figures on the neoconservative right. He’s intellectually and analytically gifted, so much so that I often read through one…

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Among Experts, Consensus Builds for a Commission

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the idea of a commission of inquiry to look into criminal wrongdoing by the Bush Administration. Here’s Tim Rutten in today’s Los Angeles…

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John Yoo Hearts Orange County

Just as the publication of another batch of his memos—repudiated by the Bush Justice Department just as it was handing the keys over to its successor—is causing quite a stir…

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Guess Who’s Profiting from Housing Meltdown?

From the New York Times: Whether they deserve to be or not, Countrywide Financial and its top executives would be on most lists of those who share blame for the…

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Bush as Dark Knight: National Review’s list of top conservative movies

The Dark Knight ranks No. 12. Andrew Klavan offer this explanation: This film gives us a portrait of the hero as a man reviled. In his fight against the terrorist…

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McMeltdown: Cops respond to emergency McNuggets call

From The Smoking Gun: Angered that her local McDonald’s was out of Chicken McNuggets, a Florida woman called 911 three times to report the fast food “emergency.” Latreasa Goodman, 27,…

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Who is Blocking Amendment to Ban Earmarks From Raided Lobby Shop?

You would think that Congress would have an easy time halting earmarks obtained by a lobbying firm recently raided by the feds and the subject of an ongoing federal investigation.…

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George W. Bush’s Disposable Constitution

Yesterday the Obama Administration released a series of nine previously secret legal opinions crafted by the Office of Legal Counsel to enhance the presidential powers of George W. Bush. Perhaps…

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Weekly Review

President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, offering a broad outline of a massive spending plan paired with $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. “Now…

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See also: SIAMESE TWINS

Many years ago, I came upon a little book called The Misspeller’s Guide. It listed, alphabetically, commonly misspelled words, under the principle that if one only knew how to misspell…

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CIA in Mass Destruction of Torture Evidence

In a letter to the federal judge overseeing Freedom of Information Act litigation in New York, Acting U.S. Attorney Lev Dassin drops a bombshell. The CIA purposefully destroyed nearly 100…

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Fair and Balanced, Fox Style

Yesterday morning Chris Wallace furnished an example of the sort of balance that Fox News brings to its political reportage. To discuss the Obama Administration’s new budget, Fox featured two…

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Propping Up a House of Cards?

Joe Nocera offers a critical look at the reflexive move to a fourth bailout—this time $30 billion according to this morning’s reports, on top of the $150 billion provided in…

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Pharmaceutical Lobby Pays Back Senator Hatch for Years of Service

From the Washington Times: The pharmaceutical industry that long has benefited from Sen. Orrin G. Hatch´s legislative efforts has directed large sums of money to a charity he helped found…

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The Hip-hop G.O.P.

Michael Steele promised to bring the G.O.P. into the age of hip-hop. Here’s what that looks like, from Max Blumenthal:…

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A Dissent on that Porn Study

A few days ago I posted an item on a study that found that “[e]ight of the top 10 pornography consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in…

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YouTube from Iraq

Via Mondoweiss, an amazing and disturbing YouTube video that shows an American military officer trash-talking to a group of Iraqi police. It doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in the…

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Machaut – Douce dame jolie

Douce dame jolie, Pour dieu ne pensés mie Que nulle ait signorie Seur moy fors vous seulement. Qu’adès sans tricherie Chierie Vous ay et humblement Tous les jours de ma…

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