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Six months after one of the most brutal terrorist attacks in its history, India has appointed a Muslim Attorney General. Could you imagine the United States doing the same under similar circumstances?
Archive for June, 2009
June 18th, 2009
June 17th, 2009
Category: Energy and Environment
[UPDATE 19/VI: The amendment was defeated (yay!) 29-30 (oy!).] Voting is scheduled tomorrow starting at 11 EDT on amendments to the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill, of which the one you need to know about is # 019, the contribution of Jo Ann [corrected 18-VI-09] Emerson (R-MO): None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made [...]
June 16th, 2009
Category: Watching Conservatives
Sen. Ensign thought that Larry Craig should resign after propositioning a cop in a men’s room. But Sen. Ensign doesn’t plan to resign after conducting an affair with a woman who worked for him and whose husband ALSO worked for him. Is this just ordinary motes-and-beams, or flat-out homophobia? We report, you decide.
June 16th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Arianna Huffington, speaking at the UCLA Public Affairs commencement, had three pieces of advice for our graduates: 1. Follow your own drummer. 2. Put “changing the world” on your to-do list. 3. Get enough sleep. Good advice, especially the last bit.
June 15th, 2009
Category: Watching Conservatives, Wayward press
Marc Cooper tells you everything you need to know about Newt Gingrich — and the media that enables him.
June 15th, 2009
Category: Iran
He’s prepared to say the obvious: that scaring the bad guys in Iran into blatantly stealing the election counts as a win for Obama’s strategy.
June 15th, 2009
Category: Iran
He has put Ahmadi-nejad and the security forces in power; but does he command their loyalty?
June 15th, 2009
Category: Crime Control
… sometimes will come a little bit too close to King David’s own bandit army. The leader of a Minuteman splinter group murders a drug dealer and his little daughter, hoping to steal and sell the drugs and not wanting to leave any witnesses behind.