Tuesday, November 27, 2012

How 'Life of Julia' Prevailed

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From William McGurn, at the Wall Street Journal, " How Obama's 'Life of Julia' Prevailed ": The name of the progr...

"When people criticizing Republicans need to start their argument by announcing that they are 'reality-based,' you know an epistemic closure argument cannot be far behind...'

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I'm going to start this by linking to William Jacobson's entry, " The Epistemic Closure of the Epistemic Closure Pundits ."...

Republicans and the Tax Pledge

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At the Wall Street Journal, " Grover Norquist is not the problem in Washington ": One of the more amazing post-election spectacl...

Texas vs. California

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An excellent talking points memo, from O'Reilly, "We're living in a very strange time and socialism is close":

Lesbian Republicans

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Hey, maybe it's a trend. At the New York Times, " Republican and Lesbian, and Fighting for Acceptance of Both Identities ."

Path Clearing for Susan Rice Nomination as Secretary of State

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I do think a Rice nomination will prove how arrogant this president is, but some reports indicate the way is clearing for Rice's promoti...
Monday, November 26, 2012

'Unrestricted drones for me but not for thee?'

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Ed Morrissey offers his comments on President Obama's "expected" release of legal rules for U.S. drone warfare --- you know, s...

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Has No Regrets

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You might think what happened to this guy would only be possible in a fascist state. Well think again. Times have changed. It can happen h...

East Germany's Living Hell

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An outstanding photo-essay, at Reaganite Republican, " The LIVING Hell of Socialism ": East Germany (DDR = Deutsche Demokratisc...

The Repeated Claim That Benghazi Was Spontaneous Was a Monstrous Lie, Vile and Done for the Basest of Reasons

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An especially powerful commentary from Michael Goodwin, at the New York Post, " David Petraeus Testimony Pins Mistruths to White House ...

Kirsten Powers: Obama Nominating Susan Rice Would Show His 'Arrogance'

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A great video at RealClearPolitics : Kirsten Powers on if President Obama named Susan Rice as his next Secretary of State: "I don'...

Ke$ha Gets Rockin' With 'Warrior'

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At the New York Times, " Dancing Up a Storm but Dying to Rock: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ ": At the Th...

Ohio Republicans Seek to Revive Heartbeat Bill

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And boy does Ohio Democrat State Senator Nina Turner get all batshit crazy about it, Via Jill Stanek . I swear, this lady sounds like a fr...

Scientists Show That Unborn Babies Yawn Repeatedly in the Womb

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At LifeNews, " Amazing 4-D Ultrasound Captures Baby Yawning in the Womb ."

'This notion that the Senate is dysfunctional is not because of the rules. It's because of behavior...'

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That's Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shooting down the Democrats' bullshit meme that the parliamentary rules have gridlocke...

The End of Freedom of Expression in the West

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"Silent Conquest," via Blazing Cat Fur :

Cyber Monday Sales

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Freedom to Blog Update November 25, 2012

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I haven't abandoned my "Freedom to Blog" series. We've had a political campaign and so forth, although there remains consi...

Iran Shipping Rockets to Gaza

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At the Times of Israel, " Fresh shipment of Iranian-made rockets reportedly already en route to Gaza ": Less than a week afte...

FDL's Kevin Gosztola Wanted Bush-Cheney War Crimes Prosecutions But Gives Obama a Pass on Unprecedented Violations of International Law

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Following up on my earlier commentary on Obama's push to codify his illegal killing regime, it turns out Kevin Gosztola of Firedoglake ...