Saturday, November 17, 200717 Nov 2007 08:10 pm Trusting Government With Torture , Torture">
A reader writes:
Continue reading "Trusting Government With Torture" » 17 Nov 2007 06:43 pm Christmas Shopping On The Web , Web/Tech">
Yes, the holiday season is at our throats once again. But be of good cheer and follow these helpful tips to maximize savings online. My favorite nugget: "clean your cookies." 17 Nov 2007 05:58 pm Why The GOP Is All But Begging For Clinton , Current Affairs"> , Politics">
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17 Nov 2007 05:00 pm The View From Your Window17 Nov 2007 04:40 pm Measuring Online VideoHarder than it might appear. 17 Nov 2007 04:18 pm Clinton and Free TradeThe usual bullshit from one of the masters of the art. 17 Nov 2007 03:55 pm The Denial Endures , Politics">
Greenwald simply gapes at the fact that president Bush can give a speech with these words in it:
One has to ask: is the president an idiot or just shameless? I truly can't see a third option, except such clinical denial of reality that he should be removed from office for incapacity. 17 Nov 2007 02:41 pm Obama A Natural Republican? , Politics"> , Republicans">
A reader writes:
Continue reading "Obama A Natural Republican?" » 17 Nov 2007 02:16 pm End Of Gay Culture Watch , Gay Rights">
A Dallas institution is closing its doors. 17 Nov 2007 01:35 pm America's New Energy Source UpdateI mentioned some promising new bio-energy research here. Kentucky Fried Movie was ahead of the game: 17 Nov 2007 01:16 pm Fact-Checking Ron PaulThis Michael Dobbs column strikes me as a fair exposure of the fiscal consequences of abolishing the federal income tax. It's the kind of criticism Paul should welcome and respond to. 17 Nov 2007 12:45 pm Clinton And SleazeNovak has some troubling inside scuttlebutt. There's no way to know if it's legit, bluff or just another attempt by Clinton to intimidate her way to the nomination. But if I were Hillary Clinton, I don't think I'd be eager to start a media war over the details of people's personal lives, if that's what this is about. When you are married to Bill Clinton, and when the world has decided to ignore, for now at least, the details of his personal life since he left office, best to leave the dirt alone, don't you think? 17 Nov 2007 12:32 pm Pundits For Rudy , Giuliani"> , News and Commentary"> , Politics">
Ponnuru counts them:
Murdock is the columnist who argues that Americans should be proud - proud - of torturing prisoners. Just an appetizer for next year if Giuliani wins the nomination. it will be a campaign, I predict, whose central pillar will be deporting immigrants, waging war, and torturing prisoners. And it will have a powerful resonance for the Fox News base. 17 Nov 2007 12:32 pm Why We Need The Laws Of War , War">
Norm Geras makes what is increasingly a minority case among Americans:
Norm is responding to this. 17 Nov 2007 12:08 pm Required Reading , History">
These book covers cracked me up. "Let's Go To Iraq!" They're all supposed to be taken seriously, or were at some time or other. You can buy the book here. Hat tip: Paper Cuts. 17 Nov 2007 10:04 am A $222 Pack Of Cigarettes , Health">
How to price a product and account for its health costs at the same time. 17 Nov 2007 09:08 am "Victory" In Iraq Update , Politics"> , War">
An unsettling nugget from this week's New Yorker:
Kevin Drum points to three pieces worth absorbing this weekend: from Tom Ricks, John Lee Anderson (above) and a post by Marc Lynch. Check this post out also - noted by Matt, by Brian Katulis. I have a feeling that this war is not "drawing to a successful close". 17 Nov 2007 07:09 am An Ikea Catalog Without The Furniture , Pop Culture">
From the work of Jason Salavon, courtesy of Kottke, who adds:
Friday, November 16, 200716 Nov 2007 07:13 pm Throbbing Fox NewsA brief tour through the raciest right-wing programming out there: Hat tip: Nerve.com. 16 Nov 2007 06:54 pm Help BangladeshThe West has a duty and an opportunity right now: we need to do all we can to give assistance to those Bangladeshis whose lives have been destroyed by the recent cyclone. It's at moments like these that we can push back against Islamists and help bolster support for and fondness of the US. Of course, we should help because it is just the right thing to do. But it is also strategically shrewd - a useful reminder that strength does not always means bombs and soldiers; it can also stem from clear moral standards and humanitarian care. 16 Nov 2007 06:50 pm Why I Don't Go To The Movies Any More , Pop Culture">
We just got "Ratatouille" from Netflix. That's on the agenda for tonight chez Sully. Beats parsing Nixon in a pant-suit on CNN. Part of me is curious enough to want to go see "Redacted" in the theater, but Aaron has come to hate something he once loved: the grimy, sticky floors, the rip-off munchies, the idiot with the cell-phone, the non-stop chatterers, the poky, ill-ventilated multiplex rooms, and on and on. John Patterson sums up my feelings pretty well:
He means cigarettes, by the way. 16 Nov 2007 06:08 pm Jesus In The GhettoIn stencil anyway. More here. 16 Nov 2007 05:13 pm Downward Mobility For African Americans? , News and Commentary"> , Race">
Some brutal data:
But Booker Rising blogger Shay has some methodology questions. 16 Nov 2007 04:54 pm Those Anti-Mormon CallsWeirder and weirder. They appear to be coming from a company based in ... Utah. And that company, according to Liz Mair, has at least two employees, including a senior VP, who have actually donated to Romney. Romney is blaming McCain-Feingold - and you can allow your own head to do a Linda Blair on that one. So a dirty trick? Or some self-inflicted self-hate crime? Well, we'll almost certainly find out soon ... 16 Nov 2007 04:41 pm The Poor and GroceriesDallas News wonders why there are so few grocery stores in poor neighborhoods. Econobloggers pounce: AWOL store executives? Lack of cars? More discussion here. 16 Nov 2007 04:25 pm Paris Hilton: Numb and Number , Science">
Finally, a use for stupid spoiled you-know-whats:
Hat tip: Bookforum. 16 Nov 2007 04:10 pm Obama and Clinton In Iowa , Democrats"> , Politics">
It seems as if it's becoming a two-person race. 16 Nov 2007 04:04 pm The Red Cross At Gitmo , Politics"> , Torture">
They were barred from even confidential access to some prisoners in Gitmo, we now find. This is the defense:
Why were some prisoners withheld from Red Cross access - and in writing, a sign of the confidence some had that the Bush administration was very comfortable flouting international law? You know and I know. They were being tortured. 16 Nov 2007 03:50 pm Face of The DayA young boy plays with a bird coated in sludge by the Black Sea shore on November 15, 2007 near the Krasnodar Region in Russia. A severe storm broke a small Russian oil tanker in two off the Ukrainian port of Kerch on Sunday, spilling up to 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil in what a Russian official said was an 'environmental disaster'. By Igor Garin/Epsilon/Getty Images. 16 Nov 2007 03:37 pm That Cyclone In Bangladesh , Science">
I can't believe I beat Drudge on this one. The Islamists are poised to move in for a p.r. coup in helping the victims. We need to counter swiftly. Latest death count? Up to 500. Over half a million in shelters. More Sidr updates and news here. 16 Nov 2007 03:23 pm The Right vs Ron Paul , Republicans"> , Ron Paul">
A remarkably weak column from Mona Charen. Bottom line:
The anti-Semitic slur is repeated. 16 Nov 2007 03:16 pm Covering Up The Arar Case , Law and Government">
Scott has some new, and deeply disturbing details, about the torture of an innocent man, thanks to the Bush Justice Department:
Hence the attempt to quash the report. 16 Nov 2007 02:59 pm If Starbucks Is Faltering ...... is the broader economy next? 16 Nov 2007 02:56 pm Dolchstoss Right Watch , Politics">
"If America is forced to withdraw by the Democrats and civil war erupts, it will be Cambodia 2.0, and the American left will own a second genocide in a single generation," - Hugh Hewitt. Aren't we being forced to withdraw next spring because we have reached the outer limit of what the current military can sustain? Is that the responsibility of the Democrats as well? Is Bush ever responsible for anything? 16 Nov 2007 02:46 pm Republicans and Obama , Obama"> , Politics"> , Republicans">
An interesting nugget from Continetti:
16 Nov 2007 02:37 pm Quote For The Day"Political campaigns can be actually taken over by the 'public relations' experts, who tell the candidate not only how to use TV but what to say, what to stand for and what 'kind of person' to be. Political shows, like quiz shows, can be fixed--and sometimes are... Whether TV improves or worsens our political system, whether it serves the purpose of political education or deception, whether it gives us better or poorer candidates, more intelligent or more prejudiced campaigns-the answers to all this are up to you, the viewing public. It is in your power to perceive deception, to shut off gimmickry, to reward honesty, to demand legislation where needed. Without your approval, no TV show is worthwhile and no politician can exist," - John F. Kennedy, TV Guide, 14 November, 1959. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty.) 16 Nov 2007 02:11 pm America's New Energy Resource? , Science">
16 Nov 2007 02:08 pm Why Belgium Matters , Politics">
No, seriously:
16 Nov 2007 01:54 pm I Love My BikeBut not this much. Seriously, leave the perv alone. 16 Nov 2007 01:42 pm Santa's Hos , Politics">
The p.c. police are coming. 16 Nov 2007 01:20 pm Going Back To McCain , Giuliani"> , McCain"> , Politics"> , Republicans">
This story on John McCain's campaign is telling, it seems to me. It's also deeply depressing:
The reason McCain still matters, it seems to me, is that he is the sole Republican able to be respected for his position on the war - and deserves credit for being more confident about the surge's tactical potential than most others - while retaining the honor that marked America's war-making for two centuries. I truly fear the potential of dumb machismo warping the United States into being something it really isn't and mustn't allow itself to become. McCain's insistence on this core issue is both courageous in the current Republican climate and absolutely right. He is also capable of projecting strength while not pandering completely to fear. Compare him with Giuliani. Continue reading "Going Back To McCain" » 16 Nov 2007 01:14 pm An Iowan Independent On The Vegas Debate , Democrats"> , Obama"> , Politics">
More sympathetic to Obama - especially on social security. CafeHayek gives Krugman the boot here. Obama won the Kos vote too, for what it's worth. But Kucinich was a close second. A Las Vegan blogger has this take:
I still think he had a mediocre night. His drivers' license answer was beyond stupid. But I guess it's a sign he actually thinks he can win. 16 Nov 2007 12:51 pm Why Lowry Loves Obama , Obama"> , Politics">
The creaming of Clinton:
Well: duh. She is. Dickerson worries:
Yeah it would. 16 Nov 2007 12:48 pm Diamonds Or Pearls? , MSM Watch"> , Politics">
The question was planted ... by CNN. 16 Nov 2007 12:46 pm The Brits Discuss America , Politics"> , UK">
One conservative Brit asks:
Another answers: naaah. 16 Nov 2007 12:38 pm From Rudy To Ron , Politics">
A conservative wavers. 16 Nov 2007 12:30 pm The View From Your Window16 Nov 2007 12:12 pm Bush and HIV-Positive Foreigners , Politics">
As China prepares to lift its ban on visitors with HIV, the Bush administration actually tightens the rules for visa waivers for HIV-positive non-Americans, to make it even more onerous for them if they decide to risk it and visit the US:
I just don't understand this. The Bush administration has done a lot for foreigners with HIV, but continuing a Jesse Helms-initiated ban on even visits from foreigners with HIV is furthering the stigmatization of the HIV-positive population. Does Jenna Bush realize that the woman she wrote her book about is barred from even entering the US? Do we we really want to be more hostile to people with HIV than China? 16 Nov 2007 12:03 pm Everything Up For Grabs , Polls">
A reader recalls the following:
Heh. 16 Nov 2007 11:46 am A Conservative Against Torture , Torture">
A great post:
We also have over a hundred deaths in US interrogation/custody. God knows how many of the murdered were innocent. You give government these tools - let alone one man with no oversight - and you are risking oblivion as a free society. This is a conservative position. |











