Category: Politics
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20 Years Later …
I was looking back over some old blog posts and ran across this: Oof. Times have changed. After 4 years and then 3 months of our current president, the commutation of Scooter Libbey’s sentence by W. now looks so tame. After the pardon of the violent schmucks who stormed the Capitol, who cares that Scooter…
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More political bullshit
This time from Rudy. Factcheck.org has the story. Giuliani falsely claims that only 44 percent of prostate cancer patients survive under “socialized medicine” in England. Summary In a new radio ad, Rudy Giuliani falsely claims that under England’s “socialized medicine” system only 44 percent of men with prostate cancer survive. We tracked down the source…
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The Logic of the President
I’m posting the following without other comment. It’s written by Richard Schmitt of the LA Times. He is quoting U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who heard the Scooter Libbey case and sentenced him. “In light of these considerations … it is fair to say that the court is somewhat perplexed as to how its…
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Such a surprise!
Is anyone out there honestly surprised by this: Justice Department Says F.B.I. Misused Patriot Act I mean, just how stupid do you have to be to think that law enforcement would not abuse the powers given to them by the Patriot Act. The writers of our Constitution really were smart guys and really did know…
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AIDS and the Lack of Evidence-based Thinking
I found myself quite irritated with this post by an anonymous WordPress blogger (link to site). Here’s the relevant part: As I was watching T.V. tonight and seemingly becoming dumber with each minute that passed by, I saw a commercial that intrigued me. The commercial starred Ashley Judd and was an ‘Aids Awareness’ promotion speaking…
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My Political Compass
Link here. Economic Left/Right: -2.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00 I’m not sure I buy it. I think I’m further to the economic right than this though the libertarian/authoritarian axis is probably about right. Of course, trying to express complex political viewpoints on even two axes is vastly undersimplifying …
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Republican Goblins
From today’s Boston Globe. Romney is the current Mass. governor, Healey the Republican candidate to be the next governor. Deval Patrick is the Democratic candidate; he was of course a defense lawyer.
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Clinton and Wallace and ‘Against All Enemies’
I’m sure many of you saw the Wallace-Clinton interview last week. My initial impression was that Clinton, though justified in his response, might have went a little off the deep end. But he kept saying that all you had to do was read Richard Clarke’s book, and all the things that he did to fight…
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Lincoln Quotes that Bush Should Know
A few weeks ago, I posted an article about a Fact Check article that lambasted Republicans for using a false Lincoln quote to support the suppression of dissent. Today, I ran across a post at Crooks and Liars that lists a number of Lincoln quotes posted by Nicole Belle that she says that Bush should…
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Lincoln Quotes that Bush Should Know
A few weeks ago, I posted an article about a Fact Check article that lambasted Republicans for using a false Lincoln quote to support the suppression of dissent.Today, I ran across a post at Crooks and Liars that lists a number of Lincoln quotes posted by Nicole Belle that she says that Bush should take…
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