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Three things really bothered me today: John Edwards about to be indicted, Bill Clinton whispering to Paul Ryan about Medicare in Congress, and Obama nattering on in the UK while disaster reigns in Missouri and along the Mississippi. I’m past pretending that I could ever vote for Obama again. He would actually have to become the person he said he [...]
Here is what AI objected to in Manning’s treatment: “23-hour/day solitary confinement; barred even from exercising in his cell; one hour total outside his cell per day where he’s allowed to walk around in circles in a room alone while shackled, and is returned to his cell the minute he stops walking; forced to respond to guards’ inquiries literally every 5 minutes, all day, everyday; and awakened at night each time he is curled up in the corner of his bed or otherwise outside the guards’ full view.”
I really thought that the election might shake the tone-deafness off Obama or, barring that, at least silence his apologists for a time. Neither has happened. Although on of Obama’s primary apologists, the NYT’s Frank Rich finally realized that Obama is as mistake-prone as Bush was, just more articulate about it. Today’s news was DADT–again. Secretary of [...]
watching the sunday morning talking heads shows is always an excercise in controlling one’s (out)rage. yesterday was no exception. there were myriad choices to freak out anyone who thinks there should be a public option for health care reform or who thinks escalation in afghanistan is a monumental mistake. in short, it was another five/six hours [...]
