Monthly Archives: May 2007

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Starting tommorow I’ll be out of town visiting relatives for about a week.  Barring some event that absolutely BEGS for my two cents, you will hear jack squat from me during that time.  Give my blogroll a shot.

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A half-assed response to a quarter-assed plan

As people actually read the immigration bill, the picture of just how much of a mess it is becomes clearer: For weeks, U.S. senators wrestled among themselves and with White House officials over the question of what mix of skills, … Continue reading

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Those fumes ain’t exactly harmless

This crap over gasoline prices is activating a lot of folks’ Stupid Mode: Motorists pulled in to Harvey Pollack’s gas station, honked and gave him a thumbs-up — because he wasn’t selling any fuel.  The owner of Towne Market Mobil … Continue reading

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Disgusting…

Y’know how usually poll results have to be taken with a generous grain of salt?  Well, Glenn Greenwald found some that, IMO, due to the subject, don’t: Among four key predominantly Muslim countries — Iran, Pakistan, Egypt and Indonesia — … Continue reading

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His opinion counts for WHAT, exactly?

Shorter Ben Ferguson: “The US is a great big teddy bear!  Who can’t love us?” Careful, if you tell him the tooth fairy doesn’t exist his head may explode…

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“Yessir, anything you want sir!”

This had better not turn out to be true: Congressional Democrats plan to send to President Bush a war-spending bill without a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, two Democratic leadership aides tell CNN. Earlier this month, Bush vetoed a war … Continue reading

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What’s good for the goose…

Government re: the War on Drugs: “buying weed supports TERRORISM!!!” Etherious Response: “By that logic, so does paying your taxes…“: Al Hurra television, the U.S. government’s $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by … Continue reading

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Short Take

Re: Ron Paul & the right-wing’s hatred of foreign policy truth, a thought I just had: “Heh, the Republican cheerleaders call him an anti-american conspiracy-theorizing surrender monkey for just pointing out that people hate us because of what our government … Continue reading

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Convergence (or “Dropping the Neo”)

I don’t really keep up with the names from the neo-imperialist backbench, so it’s not surprising that I didn’t realize right off who Robert Kagan was when I picked up his book “Dangerous Nation” at the library. The gist of … Continue reading

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The Liar-in-Chief

Forgot about the warrantless surveillance on US citizens?  Glenn Greenwald hasn’t.  He’s pointing out for all to see how, after being caught red-handed, the administration is yelling “we HAD to!  FISA was outdated!” — despite that being, y’know, completely false.

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