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Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional, Ctd

A reader writes:

What strikes me about Judge Walker's opinion is the amount of evidence he included there - numbered, paraphrased facts with direct citation to and quotation from the trial record. As a lawyer, I can't say that I have ever seen a judge include that much of the trial transcript in an opinion.He would have done this to make his record so that when the case is appealed - as everyone knows it will be - he has included enough direct evidence produced at trial to support his...

Quote For The Day II

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on a...

Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

Reax to follow:

Prop 8 Ruling FINAL

When Will Obama Ask A Real Question?

Howard Gleckman thinks the Bush tax cut debate is a distraction. The questions he wishes Obama would pose to Congress:

*Should the incometax continue to be the foundation of our revenue system? If so, do wewant to raise rates while protecting hundreds of billions of dollars inspecial interest tax subsidies. Or should we reprise the 1986 TaxReform Act, where we broadened the tax base by eliminating many specialprovisions and lowered overall rates. It seems like a good idea to me,but let's...

What About The One-State Solution?

From a week-old poll:

A poll on the Palestinian Ma'an news
website that ended Monday showed that more than 56% of Palestinians
support a former Israeli defense minister's idea to annex the West Bank
and grant Israeli citizenship to its 2.5 million residents.

Ali Yenidunya runs through some of the normal objections:

On the Palestinian front, those who argue for a one-state alternativeand political "vision" assume that Palestinians would overtake the ruleof the state through the state's...

Bikes As A U.N. Plot

The latest in GOP derangement.
















United States - Politics - Republican - Parties - Opposing Views

When Doctors Became Torturers

An important new study came out today. It's from the Journal of the American Medical Association about the deep and unethical involvement of CIA doctors and psychiatrists in pioneering torture techniques for the Bush-Cheney administration. Money quote:

The CIA Office of Medical Services

* purported to subject some techniques to "medical limitations," but those claimed limitations imposed no constraint on use of torture, e.g., allowing weight loss up to serious malnutrition, noise up to level...

The Busting Of Laura Ingraham

Enjoy.
















Colbert Report - Laura Ingraham - Arts - Programs - Television

Epistemic Closure Watch

Claire Berlinski tries to find a way out.
















United States - Business - Arts - Drama - Shopping

Christianism Watch

"And these programs that you mentioned -- that Obama has going with Reid and Pelosi pushing them forward -- are all entitlement programs built to make government our God. And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government," - Sharr...