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Troop Numbers In Iraq

Joel Wing updates us. We're on schedule.
















Iraq - Warfare and Conflict - Joel Wing - Middle East - Sanctions

Palin's Chances, Ctd

Josh Green hedges his bets a little.
















Republican - United States - Josh Green - Politics - Parties

"In Speeches, No One Got To Cross-Examine Them"

In a must-see clip, David Boies describes how he persuaded opposing witnesses in the Prop 8 trial to come to his side:

David Boies - Multimedia - Web Design and Development - Hosting - Free

Almost There

The WSJ reviews "The Kids Are All Right":

"Gay marriage is a hot-button issue, but "The Kids Are All Right"
doesn't push buttons or advance an agenda. The film plays fair with love
in its myriad forms, and insists on the need for close and stable
connections, whatever the home's configuration may be; in that sense
it's almost conservative."

How about just "conservative"?

Same-sex marriage - Conservatism - Politicized issue - United States - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual
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The Vatican's New Rules

Mercifully, they do seem as if they are finally taking sexual abuse as seriously as they should. But in the same document, according to insiders, they also elevate another act to that of  "most grave crimes." The act in question? Attempting to ordain a woman as a priest.

Abusing children and ordaining women? The same level of obloquy from Benedict. That tells you a lot, I think.

Sexual abuse - Child abuse - Priest - Support Groups - Vatican

Cool Ad Watch

Cleveland-based Brokaw Advertising is so over LeBron. This popular tourism ad will need amending.

LeBron James - Tourism - United States - Cleveland Cavaliers - Ohio

Email Of The Day

A reader writes:

The answer to The Unstoppable Sarah Palin is in the post directly below it. If she becomes president I will freeze myself until it's over. The scary part is thinking about what I would wake up to.

Sarah Palin - United States - Republican - Government - Organizations

The Iraq Tragedy

It tells you something about the laws of unintended consequences (something missing from the neocon handbook) that the man they championed as Iraq's "democratic" leader, Nouri al-Maliki, recently went to Beirut to pay his respects to a Hezbollah mullah regarded as a terrorist by the neocon chorus. It also tells you something that the neocon attempt to impose crippling sanctions on Iran is now being undermined by ... large amounts of oil supplies getting to Iran by road via Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Industry Standards vs BP Standards

An infographic that devastates the outrageously reckless British multinational.
















BP - Web Design and Development - Sports Related - Oil spill - Exxon Valdez

That Double Rainbow Dude: New Internet Superstar

The autotuned version is awesome. And the dude is already attracting imitators and mashups. Austin Carr nabs an interview with the "professional cagefighter-turned-nature-love." Gabe pulls several money quotes, including:

When I asked what he would do with his newfound popularity orinfluence, [Paul:] Vasquez [aka "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant":] wasn't certain: "I've been thinking about this alot. Last night I went to an Indian sweat and I prayed really hardabout this. When I shot the video, I...