Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

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Now Do You Understand?

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These are not serious people, and they are not serious nations. Thus, we should quit trying to take them seriously:

Sharp opposition, both from Europe and Iraq, was voiced today to a new British proposal setting out six ways for Saddam Hussein to prove his commitment to disarmament and avoid an invasion.

In Paris, the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, said the plan, which would give United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq a short extension, perhaps to March 24, did not address the key issue of seeking a peaceful end to the showdown with Iraq.

Security Council members are scheduled to meet today to consider the proposal, which is intended to win support for a draft resolution authorizing war against Baghdad.

Mr. de Villepin said France rejected the “logic of ultimatums,” and added in a statement: “It’s not a question of giving Iraq a few more days before committing to using force. It’s about making resolute progress towards peaceful disarmament, as mapped out by inspections that offer a credible alternative to war.”

The Iraqi opposition to ultimatums leading to real disarmament came as a complete surprise- the French opposition less so.

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The Impotent ICC

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The world’s first permanent war crimes court swore in its first 18 judges Tuesday to try the 21st century’s worst crimes in a move hailed as the biggest legal milestone since Hitler’s henchmen were tried at Nuremberg.

Amid pomp and ceremony, the judges at the International Criminal Court, or ICC, 11 men and seven women, were sworn in to try people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Insert your own snarky joke. Who are they going to try? Mugabe? Doubt it, too cozy with the French. What about Hussein? Woops- too cozy with the French.

I know- Sharon, Netanyahu, and Bush.

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More Evidence

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No, Saddam Hussein was not directly responsible for the events of 9/11. But would you fools please quit pretending that SaddamHussein and terrorism have no connextion. Hussein, by definition and practice, is a terrorist. Here is simply some more evidence, not that any is needed:

Saddam Hussein has opened a training camp for Arab volunteers willing to carry out suicide bombings against U.S. forces in case they invade Iraq, Arab media and Iraqi dissidents said Tuesday.

The dissidents, speaking by telephone from Jordan, said scores of Arab volunteers have gone to a special camp run by the Iraqi intelligence service near the town of al-Khalis, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Most of the volunteers are Islamic activists who belong to pan-Arab groups that maintain close ties with Saddam’s regime, the dissidents said on condition of anonymity.

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Welch’s World

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In case you missed it, Matt Welch had some interesting points to make about the press corp in general and Helen Thomas in particular in the comments section of this post. Here is a bit of what Matt had to say:

I like Helen Thomas. She about near drank me under the table nine years ago, when we met during Clinton’s visit to Prague (I was working for UPI then). She was totally contemptuous of Bubba, and clearly had been speaking her mind freely for several decades now, for mostly good and the occasional ill.

So she’s old and sometimes shrill. Great! I’ll take her over Sam Donaldson any day of the week. I think it’s just fine that the White House press corps asks rude & occasionally bizarre questions — they’re there to provoke answers, after all. Ever see that weird old dude, I presume a Washington Times type, who always tortures Ari Fleischer near the end of his press conference? Guy’s a near-loon … and I love him. Presidents and their spokes-dwarves should be made to respond to such people, who at the very least inject a small jolt of color into an increasginly gray little room.

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BUT. I like the concept of cranks asking questions. And I don’t think Helen has descended into full crank-hood yet, though it’s certainly possible (I’ve haven’t read or seen enough of her to tell, though the last things I’ve seen have been shrill). Enough *Americans* are cranks — I’m a crank, you’re a crank. I’d love to see Richard Bennett asking the first question at a presidential press conference. Or Atrios.

On his website, he now presents this scenario:

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