Posted on June 2, 2013, 7:33 am, by dirigo, under
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oh,
Thrown Shoes,
Uh,
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Unhinged,
War Is Peace Is War,
WTF?.
Recent items in the news: The commandant of the marine corps said a few days ago U.S. forces will likely be at the “war on terror,” or whatever it’s called now, for a bit longer, maybe another decade. Or more. The marine leader’s remarks echo those by an obscure defense official overseeing undercover doo doo. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2013, 8:49 am, by dirigo, under
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Uh,
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Unhinged,
WTF?.
“Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It’s time to start thinking.” – Ernest Rutherford, British explorer – quoted sometime after 1910 Political analysts unaffiliated with The Onion suggested Monday that Silvio Berlusconi and upstart challenger Beppe Grillo may have enough votes between them to form a new, coalition government in Italy. If this [...]
Today I got an email from the President, who has been, quite understandably, something of a spotty correspondent here lately, maybe since I always write back something to the effect of, “Write when you find work.” This time, though, “Barack” actually had something that might get my attention, and even win back my heart, sort [...]
You always know somebody’s headed for a deeply satisfying fall when they resort to engaging in a loud, sudden, and stunningly counterfactual rebranding of themselves, seemingly overnight. Actual behavioral changes are never required for this spectacle, though; it’s supposed to be enough to simply rename shit, searchlights blaring, “Shinola” and call it a day. At [...]
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Since nearly all of what passes for Republican “ideas” are invariably sold with laughably improbable predictions of the dire consequences of not adopting them, rather than their relative merit, I seldom bother to pay much attention to them anymore. I suppose it’s psychologically satisfying, on some level, to know that if a sundry Kristol, Cheney, [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2010, 8:17 am, by dirigo, under
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0712/fox-legal-analyst-bush-indicted/
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I am again having trouble believing that the American people as a whole really care about veterans, or perhaps even the people who are actively serving today. They might on an abstract level, but there’s no risk in that. Troops care for troops. Veterans care about veterans, and family members care as best they can [...]
The GOP strategy for achieving its already media-trumpeted 2010 landslide is shaping up, and it has to be admired for its sheer audacity, as well as its desperate but hardly unwarranted reliance on the media continuing to be as stupid as it was throughout the Bush years. Richard Cohen, David Broder, and David Gregory are [...]
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Sheesh, just when I was complaining about this war business again, with the existing two already lost the righties have picked out a neighbor or two to toss on the pile, and from the looks of it, Pakistan’s already on top. It was an awkward revelation when a dozen Americans were killed (and possibly a [...]
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At first I was inclined to dismiss this TruthOut post Friday that claimed Madison Avenue geniuses through using the latest brain research could get to my reptilian brain core so that corporations and politicians could use these modern sales techniques to influence my buying and voting patterns. Not my independent brain I told myself. I [...]