Oct 24, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Steve’s right — the tangled web of Peggy Noonan’s neural pathways are particularly difficult to navigate this week (italic is Steve’s, quoting Noonan):At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency — all his de (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Matthew Yglesias has some interesting thoughts on conflicting values for progressives in the Israel-Palestinian conflict:I was debating with Jon Chait at a J Street panel this morning on the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which I was right on and [.. (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: This really is bizarre. I don’t know what to make of it:President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform. In its place, say multiple Democratic sources, Obama has indicated a preference for an alter (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Chris Floyd links to an opinion piece by Sami Ramadani, an Iraqi exile who opposed the U.S. invasion. Ramadani writes about post-surge Iraq in the context of Sunday’s suicide bombing, which at most recent count has killed over 150 people — including an unknown number of children — and injured at least 500:t is tragic [...] (Read More)

Nov 02, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Matthew Hoh, a Marine veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, was rising quickly through our Foreign Service ranks, serving as a Senior Civilian Representative for America in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.  Hoh had a bright government career ahead of him until he quit because the Afghan war is bullshit.The Washington Post has p (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Ban-happy GOP purity gatekeeper Eric Erickson struggles with maintaining his already tenuous hold on reality as he gamely attempts to squeeze broken eggshells into lemonade (or something):The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens.This is a huge win for conservatives.“Whaaaa. . . ?” you say.There are two big victo (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: David Weigel has the story:Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett et al v. Obama et al, Orly Taitz’s most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding proof of the president’s citizenship.The entire decision is here, and it’s devastating (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Then realized she would lose.At one point, according to people familiar with the discussions, Ms. Palin considered pursuing a libel suit against at least one blogger, the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan. Ms. Palin decided against such a move because of the publicity it would bring.Mr. Sullivan, in response, said asking “factuall (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Michael Agger at Slate got the ball rolling by putting Google Suggest through it’s paces and trying to identify the most awkward Google suggestions. What he has uncovered is that there are some seriously messed up people out there. Seriously.Actually, what Agger discovered is that Google’s search suggestion technology – whi (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Talk about a trailer park upgrade! Designed by Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. (Read More)

Nov 08, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: In the words of President Obama (as contained in the fund raising email that hit my inbox a scant 1 hour and 24 minutes after the event),“This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has [. (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: I give you, “God’s Hands.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIcedRcIk0[/youtube] ht to Gizmodo. (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: This baby makes me shutter. (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: Thirty two times according to Andrew Sullivan.Remember: we are not including contested stories that we cannot prove definitively one way or another or the usual spin that politicians use, or even hypocrisy or shading of facts. We are merely including things she has said or written that can be definitively proven as untrue, (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Mtedesco from blog: According to this AP piece there is at least one shadowy group that wishes to remain unknown.One clue to the mystery group may lie in its goals: to oppose any government-run insurance option, the approach favored by President Barack Obama and most Democrats, and to support requiring all Americans to buy insurance.Those aims (Read More)

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