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Archives for April 2009
Exit stage right
Predictably enough, the Spector defection has given rise to a lot of speculating about the future of the Republican party. Getting down to brass tacks, Steve Benen finds yet another poll indicating that the percentage of Americans who call themselves Republicans is at a historic low. Also predictably, Adam Nagourney lets the Meet the Press …
Cliff May Declares That America Tortured The Crap Out Of People
Paraphrasing Cliff May on Jon Stewart, sincerely and not in the satirical ‘shorter’ style: The so-called “torture memos” are actually anti-torture documents. They accomplish this because they establish a bright, shining line that we must not, under any circumstances, cross. Emptywheel captured this key point from Stephen Bradbury’s 2005 memo. …where authorized, it may be …
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Artists In Our Midst
It occurred to me that besides Laura W. (whose ads are prominently on display) and August J. Pollak, there are a number of artists who frequent this website. Let’s have a roll call, and put your links to your wares in the comments. The best way to support the arts is not more funding for …
Presser Open Thread
Smoke ’em if you got ’em.
Hoot Smalley and Other Such Things
This album artwork was emailed to me to commemorate Michelle Bachmann’s latest round of nonsense: If you don’t understand, read this.
Once We Take Out the Judean People’s Front
Bradley Smith might be on to something here: Now that Specter’s gone, we can turn to the real enemy – Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe! Then the only thing between us and victory will be Graham, Lugar, McCain, Murkowski, Grassley, Hatch, and some of the RINOs in the House. And the Governors, like Crist and …
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