I found the WikiLeaks dump interesting but not very surprising. The biggest news was how much Arab countries want us to attack Iran, but I already suspected that might be the case. But I am surprised (though I probably shouldn’t be) by the ferocity of the neocon attacks on Assange: “Why can’t we use our …
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Getting What You Voted For
Y’all made your bed: Tempers flared at an unemployment office in Louisville, Ky. as the end nears for federally-funded extended jobless benefits. Local CBS affiliate WLKY captured a bit of the scene on Monday — amid some commotion, a man can be heard saying in a raised voice, “What did you just say to me?” …
Sometimes the Snark Writes Itself, Megan McArdle edition
Update, Correction, and (gulp) Apology: As Megan McArdle notes below — very mildly, I’d add, given the provocation — there is a material error in this post, right there in the first line below this correction. I said “She actually writes…” when, as she says, she did not. The quoted lines below are from the …
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Open Thread
I think DougJ is an asshole. Thus endeth the circle jerk. Also, pizza or tacos?
Hands touching hands
Ever since FourLokoGate, TrashGate, and TSAGate overwhelmed this blog, I’ve felt very trapped. I have fairly limited interest in these topics (I have some interest in the TSA stuff and none in the others), and my inclination is mostly to make fun of it all, but I know where that leads — to me getting …
This Should Be The End of DADT
In a rational world, at any rate: Okay, I’ve got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t tell will have on the military. The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal. One of the key …
Prepare To Be Teabagged
All of these folks can expect primary challenges from grade a wingnuts: Eight Republican senators on Tuesday voted to preserve earmark spending despite pressure from the Tea Party movement. Sens. Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.), Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.) voted against an amendment to food-safety …