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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Massoud’s Last Conquest
by Sebastian Junger, published in Vanity Fair – February 2002 Afghanistan’s master guerrilla commander, Ahmed Shah Massoud, was assassinated by suspected al-Qaeda suicide bombers just two days before September 11. But his Northern Alliance coalition became the U.S.’s most important … Continue reading
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Oxycontin is addictive?
I got this from an article about Rudy Guiliani’s clients one of whom was the manufacturer of the now infamous drug Oxycontin: To drive OxyContin’s sales, Purdue, beginning in 1996, set in motion what D.E.A. officials described as perhaps the … Continue reading
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Christmas racism
Fred Thompson in an effort to get a few votes as decided that people who speak spanish are partially to blame for the mortgage crisis: During what must’ve been a strenuous day of campaigning in Iowa, GOP candidate Fred Thompson … Continue reading
An Ethical Economic Policy
From the 2005 book ‘Greenspan’s Fraud‘ by Professor of Economics (SMU, Dallas) Ravi Batra: The verdict of history is that ethics works, and deception designed to foster the interests of the few does not. Ethical policies start out with direct … Continue reading
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Smartest thing I have seen about health care
I got this from Matthew Yglassias who is talking about Shannon Brownlee: Even better, the thesis is admirably clear: A system in which health care workers are paid for “providing health care” rather than for providing good health outcomes is … Continue reading
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I Am Legend
Andrew Sullivan’s review: “Will Smith’s Bummer” – I took Aaron to “I Am Legend” for his birthday. I wouldn’t bother if I were you. Once the dog dies, you stop caring. (And no, that’s not a real spoiler, so spare … Continue reading
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Krugman: Kill all the insurance execs?
Paul Krugman says: O.K., more seriously, it’s actually Mr. Obama who’s being unrealistic here, believing that the insurance and drug industries — which are, in large part, the cause of our health care problems — will be willing to play … Continue reading
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Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman is Gollem, and this storyline (Lieberman Endorses McCain) connecting him with McCain is Tolkenesque in that two men who had been considered in the past as throw-backs to a time when the Senate was occupied by men whose … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics
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A Fox Business Channel “Expert”
I shit you not – they brought in an astrologer to predict the FED’s rate cut. Keep in mind that Rupert Murdoch’s tendency to dumb down everything within his domain, is about to be applied to my beloved Wall Street … Continue reading
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War Critics Obama, Ron Paul Get Most Military Donations
Don’t let your beloved Bauer-heads catch wind of this fun fact…they might break out in a rage and start torturing your pets. (HuffingtonPost) Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Ron Paul have little in common politically, except their opposition to the … Continue reading
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Dana Perino said something smart
This is one of those a broken clock is right twice a day things, although in the case of Dana Perino it is more like an old calander being right. Since the Iran NIE was released, conservatives have desperately tried to … Continue reading
Veteran Suicides
With the new schedule, I’m really behind on my research when it comes to this story right here. Have the Pentagon and VA been cooking the books? Why on earth would they feel compelled to do something like that? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3713137494186089969&hl=en
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Thank God For Helen Thomas!
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, the same one who admitted to not knowing what the Cuban Missile Crisis was, got a little bit more than she bargained for the other day. How do you think she handled it? Check … Continue reading
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Senator Mitch McConnell On Dead Soldiers
This one was from last week, but seeing as how this guy is the minority leader in the senate, also in light of how Republican policies have led directly to the Walter Reed scandal and the decimation of our military … Continue reading
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Ready for recession?
I’m putting in a lot of hours, and getting to bed early. Sam has been sick as a dog, and we’re about to get a foot of snow. How’s everything with you? Did you know this? At least four men … Continue reading
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Randi Rhodes
This one’s a bit long (35 minutes), but it’s one of those speeches that define a moment so perfectly, that it will represent what a person is remembered for longEine Pokerwettrunde beginnt durch den online poker links vom Geber. after … Continue reading
The Wood Spider Experiments
I had one of these camped outside the living room window. The boys said hello to it every morning, but the wind this week was too much for the little guy to take. This video cheered me up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HipedgM3I
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Hillary the Neo-con
When Hilary Clinton voted for the Kyle-Lieberman amendment, which designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization she signaled that she was quite happy with the way the neo-cons conduct forign policy. Designate someone a terrorist, refuse to negotiate … Continue reading
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The immigration debate
The Las Vegas Sun has an interesting article regarding illegal immigration. The author seems to be warning republicans about exploiting anger towards immigrants, not because racism is wrong but because it might cost them money. And American business leaders – … Continue reading
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Extras – 80 minute finale
Here are the details. Another one bites the dust…HBO really knows how to murder a good thing. In this instance it probably wasn’t their fault. Either way, this will be a classic. I’ll try to get some clips posted later … Continue reading
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Jesus the Executioner
In 1997, Huckabee claimed that Jesus would have agreed with him on supporting the death penalty. Shortly before a triple execution in Arkansas in Jan. 1997, a caller called into Huckabee’s show on Arkansas Educational Television Network and asking how … Continue reading