I was just curious what everyone felt about Lebanon, and what isgoing to happen. It seems clear (to me, at least), that the American position is to appear to want hostilities to stop, but to give behind the scenes support for Israel to solidify her position and eradicate Hezbollah, while not doing anything to actually …
Archives for July 2006
Forced HealthCare
I really don’t know how I feel about this: A 16-year-old cancer patient was headed to court Tuesday with his lawyers to try to block a judge’s order requiring him to report to a hospital the same day for treatment as doctors deem necessary. A juvenile court judge on Monday denied a request by lawyers …
Hearts and Minds
This WaPo report from yesterday outlining the heavy-handed tactics of the 4th ID is pretty disturbing: its first days in Iraq in April 2003, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division made an impression on soldiers from other units — the wrong one. “We slowly drove past 4th Infantry guys looking mean and ugly,” recalled Sgt. Kayla …
Bush’s Day In Court
This is odd: A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush’s signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court. “We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will…authorize the Congress to undertake …
Oopsie
Bush forgot to tell Congress that Pakistan’s nuclear program has ramped up and begun work on a plutonium bomb: The Bush administration acknowledged yesterday that it had long known about Pakistan’s plans to build a large plutonium-production reactor, but it said the White House was working to dissuade Pakistan from using the plant to expand …
Something Bush Didn’t Bring Up At The NAACP
DOJ Civil Rights Office, RIP (via Steve Benen). At the same time, the kinds of cases the Civil Rights Division is bringing have undergone a shift. The division is bringing fewer voting rights and employment cases involving systematic discrimination against African-Americans, and more alleging reverse discrimination against whites and religious discrimination against Christians. “There has …
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Open Thread
What’s up? I mean other than my lazy-ass beerblogging schedule.