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Face Of The Day

A secretary bird is pictured in his enclosure at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin on June 15, 2010. The raptor birds are native to open landscapes of Africa. By Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images.

Berlin - Africa - Bird of prey - Bird - Zoo

Who Is Sharron Angle?

She worries Chait:

Angle did not quite advocate armed rebellion, but she did clearlyegg it on it in a way that melds prediction with encouragement...The alarming thing is not so much what Anglesaid but how relatively little a ripple it has made. It's just one moregaffe, something that has not prevented her from being embraced bySenate Republicans. It is not even considered sufficiently outrageousto force her to disavow the clear implication of what she said. Itreally seems like a dangerous...

The Coalition Government On Gays

You can't really appreciate the gulf between the Cameron Tories and the Palinite Republicans until you have read this document. What's striking is the lack of apology for an aggressive pro-gay agenda from the Tory Home Secretary, Theresa May:

"We're working to make Britain a place where everyone is treated fairly
and everyone has an equal chance in life, whatever their sexual
orientation or gender identity. This ambitious programme of work is the
first step on that journey."

There was a r...

Getting Shit Done, Ctd

The Gaza deal is best described by Marc Lynch:

The Israeli government will significantly
ease the blockade of Gaza in exchange for American support for a
whitewash of the investigation of the flotilla incident.

So the Mavi Marmara achieved its goal substantially - at the expense of any justice for the attack itself. Steve Hynd adds:

By forcing this small retreat, future Israeli and U.S. retreats will come easier and faster. Thus, although it sticks in my craw to countenance a lack of legal...

Burning Sea Turtles Alive

More gruesome details from the Gulf:

The LA Times has more.

(Hat tip: BF)

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What Happened To Michael Barone?

The once-judicious, meticulous, balanced columnist and political analyst is now blathering about Obama as a "thug." And yes, he backs Joe Barton.
















Barack Obama - Joe Barton - President - United States - Michael Barone

The Smug Condescension Of Paul Krugman

Kinsley takes aim:

Krugman himself looks at CBO projections of deficits declining from 10 percent of GDP now to four percent in 2014 before starting to rise again, and concedes that this is "not enough." Then he cavalierly says that all you need to solve the problem is (a) to bring health costs under control, and (b) a five-percent value added tax. Oh, is that all? I have no doubt that if Paul Krugman were economic dictator, we could impose these or other solutions. In the real world (or...

Will "Drill, Baby Drill!" Sink Rubio?

That's how Samuel Jacobs explains Crist's swift rise in the polls.
















Marco Rubio - Charlie Crist - Republican - Environment - Oil spill

The Solstice

"The queue waiting to see the end of the crisis", originally uploaded by el silencio, at Flickr.

Flickr - Image Galleries - Recreation - Outdoors - Urban Exploration

Maciel's Son Will Sue

Among the many truly horrifying aspects of John Paul II's favorite cleric and theocon idol, Marcial Maciel, was his rape and abuse of his own children. When Maciel was 60, he began a secret relationship with a 22 year-old Mexican woman, who already had one son and who had another with Maciel, the purportedly celibate upholder of traditional Catholic morality. Jason Berry has now interviewed the biological son, Raul, and coverage is scheduled tonight by ABC News' indefatigable Brian Ross...