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Category Archives: Al Swearengen
Petraeus the Magnificent
In the United States, as opposed to Pakistan or some banana republic south of Texas, the military is told what to do by civilians, and that dynamic alone, established well before wars in Korea and Iraq could have been imagined, … Continue reading
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Time to cut Edwards some slack
As disinterested as I am in the Presidential races at this point, I do have to get behind this sentiment right here, printed in Time magazine. John Edwards and Barack Obama have both been impressive, but the media’s take on … Continue reading
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Don Siegelman
I don’t know if any of you have been following this story, but with the resignations of Gonzo and Turd Blossom this past week, I’ve got a sense that this man is at the center of why they’re suddenly gone. … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Justice, Politics
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The War (Pithy Pre-September Position)
The security situation is improved on each piece of ground directly beneath our soldiers’ feet. Put these soldiers in vehicles, and the IED explosions argue against this theory. Our forces exit an area, and what happens then? The security situation … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, History, Military
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God Called, Bob Murray’s Voicemail Kept Answering
Long ago I gave up chasing stories and providing timely coverage of anything, and that’s mostly because I’ve never really trusted my gut reaction to things, having lived long enough to know that an emotional reaction may make for good … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Video
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Maher Arar’s Murderers Are Exposed
“With persons likely to be tortured, there’s not even [been] a claim of a cost-benefit analysis. It’s not like you’re torturing to get the ticking bomb. It’s just that we would rather send this person back and have that person … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Justice, Military
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WHA’ HAPPENED? (here are our Democrats)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHRFhfeLgYIf there can be something worse in politics than having no power, it would be to have power, but no clue about what to do with it. Chipping away at the Bush administration via subpoenas and committee hearings is starting … Continue reading
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Blackwater = Border Patrol?
7/25/2007: “Guard’s Border Mission to be Halved” — The number of National Guard troops along the Arizona-Mexico border will be trimmed in half by the end of next month. As the presidentially mandated Operation Jumpstart mission begins its second year … Continue reading
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The Blame Game – ‘Oil or Bust’ Edition
Saudi Arabia is responsible for the majority of foreign fighters in Iraq1, and in terms of funding2, has for decades been facilitating the flow of funds from collection plates to madrassahs in places like Pakistan, and also to finance jihad3 … Continue reading
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Casting for 9/11 ‘The Sequel’
The story is going to be buried (U.S. Aborted Raid on Qaeda Chiefs in Pakistan in ’05), and our country will once again be left stupefied, wondering “what happened”, as the Pulitzer Prize winning book Ghost Wars by Steve Coll … Continue reading
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A.Q. Khan – aka “Fallout Boy”
A Pakistani scientist peddled nuclear arms technology to Iran, North Korea and probably Harlem as well for all we know, which justifies jail time at least, if not a USA-certified “enemy combatant” designation. Imagine the amount of dire scenarios that … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military
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RMD – ResMed Inc.
This company manufacturers and sells a medical device known as the CPAP. Consisting of a motor, tube and mask, the CPAP pumps a steady continuous flow of air through the mask and into the nose of a person while they … Continue reading
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Banking
I haven’t written about anything market-related in a couple weeks. This is mainly due to other demands on my time, but my reading regime hasn’t waned, so the ideas I have are plentiful. One thing that’s on my mind is … Continue reading
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The Murder of Jose Padilla
Week after week, this guy Padilla manages to look more and more like the poster child for what Republican authoritarianism is great at producing. There are many more taxpaying victims of small government, anti-New Deal conservatism out there, from Katrina … Continue reading
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NBA Draft 2007
The Celts got smacked around once more by the ping-pong curse, and so the #5 pick on Thursday night is what we’ve ended up with after posting the 2nd worst record. As depressing as it was to watch the western … Continue reading
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If Republicans still controlled Congress…
This hearing on the air quality in New York City in the days and weeks following 9/11 would have never taken place. Christie Todd Whitman wouldn’t have had to sit at a table and answer questions under oath. She wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, History, Justice, Politics, Video
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Fortune Cookies
Either in school or on TV (or maybe I read about it), there was a study performed where 50 or so people were in a room and given a horoscope that was color-coded based on what the person’s sign was. … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Religion
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Coco Crisp
Last night he was sprinting to his right after a gaper, and with the wide angle about a half a second off of the bat, it looked like he’d never be able to get there. The play ends up looking … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro – Satellite Humanity
Ben Shapiro (Orthodox Jew, very smart, controversial young writer) writes in a piece at Townhall.com – ‘The Radical Evil Of The Palestinian Arab Population‘: The Palestinian Arab population is rotten to the core…in the end, the blame must lie with … Continue reading
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Indivisible Dope Fiend
I was told so often during my life that the United States was a great country. In grade school the USSR became Russia, and in junior high we saved Kuwait from a bad man. Over time I struggled with the … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics
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Lurita Doan
This woman is either a deranged sociopath or basically someone who is emblematic of the ‘loyal Bushie’ mindset, which appears to embody a complete lack of respect for the law, along with an enormous level of ignorance in not being … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics, Video
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Men of Principle
S.J.Res.14 – A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people. (voting results) Several senators decided to take a pass on work … Continue reading
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Matt Sanchez – Act 2
Wolf Blitzer is moderating in New Hampshire, and he asks the entire crop of potential GOP candidates for ’08 to raise their hand if they believe that gays should be allowed to serve in the military. Not one hand went … Continue reading
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Banned from Right Wing News
Update 8PM: After simply choosing a new username (kent brockman) and email, I was able to create a new account, then post for the rest of the day. My main point in all of this was to perhaps warn Mr. … Continue reading
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Journal ~ December 2000
GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY ~ of methods such as specific manipulation of the body and mind’s emotions as well as its ability to speak to you using signs & language bop that will pop loud or soft depending on how good … Continue reading
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Hillary Convo From Elsewhere
(from Control Congress) preussow Says: Al, how can she (Hillary) lose you, she keeps changing the stance on the audience and surely at one point she hit your button. Al Swearengen Says: Nah – I expect all politicians to lie … Continue reading
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Journal ~ September 2000
This here is a bit of some journal I’d found a couple weeks ago, long after remembering it was written or still in existence. Very engrossing for me since then, picking it up and catching a glimpse of Al, age … Continue reading
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10 Things You Shouldn’t Know
“Poor people go to hospital for minor surgery of some kind, abdominal surgery, or for women gynecological surgery, and come out of the operation with a longer recovery rate and a larger scar than expected. They learn later on that … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Comedy, Words
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Cindy Sheehan – Broken
This really broke my heart to read, as it is yet another example of the collateral damage this compromise over the Iraq war funding has created. It confirms that as a people, we were too collectively fucked up at this … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military, Politics
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