“Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States’. They own Citgo. It’s unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States. I don’t think anybody can find any evidence that [...]
In one of my other lives, I write fiction. My newest story has just appeared at Stone’s Throw, an online literary magazine. Yes, this is shameless self promotion. I’m hoping some of y’all will find the time to read the issue — and maybe even read some other great literary journals as well. You’d be [...]
Today, CQ dropped a bombshell of a story. It’s hard to recap in short form; I suggest you read the article (I try to unpack it in longer form here). Essentially: Representative Jane Harman was being wiretapped in 2004/2005, as part of the NSA’s warrantless wiretap program (which, at the time, was a secret). On [...]
I’ve already seen many scoff at Obama’s pledge to go line by line through the budget, but aren’t those the same people who are calling for less government spending? It would be heartening to see the following moves applauded instead of ridiculed, especially since all we hear from the right wing these days is how [...]
Note to the left…it’s not enough to simply call out the right on their hypocrisy. Janeane Garofalo… (UPDATE: Apparently the first video was taken down. In it Garofalo argued that the tea partiers were racist, and it was mixed with a clip from 2003 where she said that ALL dissent was patriotic. So that was [...]
Every once in a blue moon, on a low traffic weekend afternoon, I might post a roundup of activity on the other site I blog for, TheCrossedPond.com. The purpose of that site has always been a sort of rolling/roiling conversation on the nature of conservatism (perhaps more accurately, libertarian-conservatism) and its place, or lack of [...]
Apparently there’s something wrong with the dye they used to print them. Go ahead and just click on the video below. I had to resize it in order for it to fit so it’s cutting off some controls at the bottom. Thankfully, I never carry cash.
First, he talks about how he’s going to start talking about all the spending he’s going to cut in the coming weeks. I wonder if it’ll quiet critics who say he’s spending us into the poor house. Probably not, but I’ll keep my eye out nonetheless. He also introduces the Chief Performance Officer and Chief [...]
“I just wish everyone would take a step back from this extremist brink. It can’t lead anywhere good. At best, it will bring the right-wing blogosphere into disrepute, and at the worst it could lead to violence if you encourage these real nuts out there.” – Charles Johnson, founder and lead blogger at Little Green [...]
That means he was made to feel as if he were drowning an average of 6 times and day for 30 straight days. Kind of puts that whole ticking clock scenario to rest. From Emptywheel: I’ve put this detail in a series of posts, but it really deserves a full post. According to the May [...]
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