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Nothing New

by John Cole|  July 6, 20107:28 pm| 70 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

How do you say “same shit different day” in yiddish: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used a fence-mending session with President Obama on Tuesday to say that he intends to take “concrete steps” in the coming weeks to move the Israeli-Palestinian peace process “further along in a very robust way.” Loosely translated, Israel will …

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Lexicon (A-Z)

Teach a man a fact, and he’s smart for a day. Teach a man to reason, and he’s a pain in the ass to his social betters for the rest of his life. # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U …

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Seconded

by John Cole|  May 10, 20093:05 pm| 20 Comments

This post is in: Media

I’m generally not in favor of signing petitions or writing letters or that sort of thing, because I think they are pretty pointless. If we have learned anything the past few years, it is that the powers that be are going to DWTFTW regardless what you or I think. Having said that, I think this …

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About the Census

by John Cole|  February 12, 20096:16 pm| 176 Comments

This post is in: Politics

Since Judd Gregg is listing it as one of the issues that he is stepping aside (if he is not running again in 2010, I would bet there are some other reasons he is stepping aside), can anyone explain why the census would be moved to control of the White House, and would not remain …

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Scribblings From An Alternate Reality

by John Cole|  February 12, 20098:25 am| 60 Comments

This post is in: Republican Stupidity, Clown Shoes, I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To

Karl Rove, in the WSJ: Over the past month, House Republicans have used the stimulus bill to redefine their party, present ideas on how to revive the economy, and force congressional Democrats and the president to take ownership of the spending programs soon to be signed into law. *** House Republicans had the wisdom to …

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All Of Bush’s Mistakes Are Obama’s Fault

by John Cole|  January 23, 200910:46 am| 58 Comments

This post is in: War on Terror aka GSAVE®, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.

The NY Times: The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order President Obama signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year. Every time I see these stories, it makes my blood …

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Dear FactCheck

by John Cole|  September 10, 20085:05 pm| 58 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008, Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?

While you may think they are merely misrepresenting your work, the McCain campaign is actually engaging in the proud Republican tradition of DWTFTW. I am sorry you all had to get caught up in it, but I will point out that we are all moose now. *** Update *** And CBS has to stop the …

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