Category: Politics
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Strike One …
Our fearless leader has had his first strikeout on domestic wiretapping outside of FISA. A federal judge has sided with the ACLU and others to find warrant-less wiretapping a violation of the First and Fourth Amendments, and and overstepping of the line between branches. Some of the better quotes from Judge Taylor:
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Legal and Illegal Surveillance
I just got through reading a very nice post by Glenn Greenwald about the use of surveillance in foiling the British airline bombing plot and just had to quickly write about it (linked to from Dispatches). His major point, and it is a very good one, is that all surveillance in this operation, on both…
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Red Alert! – a correction
I try to admit when I’m wrong and it looks like my interpretation of the kerfufle after Britain’s terrorist arrests may have been premature. I’m listening to NPR and am learning that in fact, Pakistan had arrested one of the plot coordinators a week before the big arrests, and that soon after this Brit intelligence…
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Coulter’s ‘Godless’ and the Like
I haven’t read Ann Coulter’s newest book – in fact I haven’t read any of her books – but I’ve read a lot about it recently. And I’ve read lots of quotes. (Check out this post and others at Talk Reason and The Panda’s Thumb for discussions of this book.) I find it hard to be very impressed or…
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Coulter’s ‘Godless’ and the Like
I haven’t read Ann Coulter’s newest book – in fact I haven’t read any of her books – but I’ve read a lot about it recently. And I’ve read lots of quotes. (Check out this post and others at Talk Reason and The Panda’s Thumb for discussions of this book.)I find it hard to be very impressed or interested…
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Red Alert! — Incompetence!
OK, I hope someone will tell me if I’m really way off base, but does anyone else see the kerfufle that’s been going on today at US and British airports as evidence of incompetence by the US and British governments?
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And while I’m at it …
There’s a nice post by Ed Brayton in Dispatches about the fiction of ‘10,000 studies on gay parenting’ which in turn refers to this article. I like Ed! I like the way he thinks!
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Good News from Sam Brownback!
Good news! A member of the party that is dedicated to protecting the rights of state governments is once again showing his dedication to the cause! This time he is trying to make sure that states can prosecute a doctor for helping someone commit suicide when that person is terminally ill! After all, if a…
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Senate Defeats Bastardized Bill
Kudos to Democrats in the Senate. They defeated the House-passed bill linking a rise in the minimum wage to a cut in the estate tax. NY Times article here. I always find it ironic that our ruling party touts the importance of the ‘up or down’ vote when it come to nominees, but as soon…
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