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Alvin Greene Meets The Press

TPM compiles recent interviews with the surprise Democratic candidate for US Senate in South Carolina. I have no idea what's going on here, but it's hathetic to watch:

South Carolina - Democratic - United States Senate - US Senate - United States

Another Obama-Loving Bushie

"Health should be a right for everyone.  [...T:]he health care reform bill was highly debated by a lot of people. And I guess I'm glad that a bill was passed," - Barbara Bush, W's daughter, on Fox News.

Barbara Bush - United States - Health care - Politics - Fox News Channel

Afghan Bonanza Reax

Yglesias:

As Spencer Ackerman notes, this $1 trillion in deposits seems likely to set the stage for a lot of bad argumentsabout forward-looking military policy. He focuses on the fact that warfor cell phone batteries makes a better conspiracy theory than moreoutlandish tales about oil pipelines. The reverse, however, is also thecase and Risen's piece already features evidence of military officialsfloating the theory that we need to stay in Afghanistan indefinitelylest China get its hands on...

Republicans And Apologies

Why couldn't Carly Fiorina simply apologize for her open-mic cattiness about Barbara Boxer's hair? The cult of the inerrant leader persists.
















Carly Fiorina - Barbara Boxer - Health - Beauty - Republican

Hewitt Award Nominee

"Is Obama anti-Semitic? I don't
know what the answer is," - Victor Davis Hanson, in an interview with Michael Totten.

The question is why Obama does not ...  have, er, some kind of instinctive understanding that there is a massive moral difference between Arabs and Israelis. Or something like that. Hanson notes that the end of the Soviet Union will allow Israel to "finish" its wars of the past:

The earlier wars were between nation-states, and Israel couldn't finish those wars because of the...

Existentialism And The English Soccer Fan

Yes, I nearly fell off the elliptical when I saw that ball go in the net, and to answer Boris's question:

"What was the thought that followed the yelp?"

I can respond with four words: "Oh no! Not again!" Alex Massie seeks some kind of solace and ends up with Camus:

"All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football."

He was a goalie. But Gideon captures the basic idea:

One of the masochistic pleasures of watching England, however, is the sheer familiarity of the...

"The Most Hated Person In Israel"

An interesting profile of the Knesset member, Hanin Zoaby, who was aboard the Mavi Marmara when it was attacked.
















Israel - Middle East - Knesset - Mavi Marmara - Warfare and Conflict

Emanuel vs Johnsen

Scott Horton's understanding of Dawn Johnsen's failed nomination to head the OLC:

I think Johnsen is right that disagreements over torture policy fueledG.O.P. opposition to her nomination. But the fact is that she hadRepublican support, and may well have had sixty votes or more at thetime her nomination was withdrawn. So why wasn't she confirmed? HarryReid and Rahm Emanuel are the only people who can answer that question.Reid has proven inept generally in managing the confirmations...

The New Face Of Apple

The iPad has the instincts of the Pentagon.

Apple - IPad - United States - IPhone - Search

Quote For The Day

"What am I going to wear so that nobody will look in an area that I
don't need them to look at?" - Sarah Palin.
















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