Hohum: President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Obama signed the order, known as a presidential “finding”, within the last two or three weeks, according to government sources familiar with the matter. Such …
Archives for March 2011
The Best Thing
The best part of DougJ’s theory about the village screaming for a knight in shining armor like Mitch Daniels is that by the time they do, Sullivan will have already fallen out of love, having fallen completely head over heels and grown bored with the man: Disgusted by the GOP field, Joe Klein begs Mitch …
Patriot games
Here’s what will happen in the Republican primary… There will be an early clown show, filled with debates where everyone swears their allegiance to young earth creationism. Then gradually a front-runner will appear and we will be told that this front-runner is a serious person. There may be a Sister Souljah where this serious person …
Here’s Another Open Thread
Since I obviously just spent the last ten minutes trolling my own website. Again. Sorry, I’m cranky and some times I seriously can not help myself.
Balls and Strikes
I wish this were surprising: A bitterly divided Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a jury verdict won by a New Orleans man who spent 14 years on death row and came within weeks of execution because prosecutors had hidden a blood test and other evidence that would have proven his innocence. The 5-4 decision …
But This Time It is Different
Can anyone deny this: Whatever one thinks about the U.S. involvement in the war in Libya — some substantial portion of my readers support it, though Republicans are more enthused about the U.S. taking a leading role — it has unquestionably departed far from the claims that were made about it in the beginning. The …
Open Thread
I’m so damned stressed out right now I think I could explode. Oh, and Rosie has another eye infection. There’s another 50 bucks.