In It’s a Wonderful Life the angel Clarence says that every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. It seems to me that every time an American political partisan lies about Guantanamo, a suicide bomber gets his vest. Given Juan Cole’s recent statement about jihadi software, I don’t think this is far [...]
Krugman colleague Nick Kristoff has to face libel charges after all, per an Appeals Court decision in the Hatfill case:
A.T.C.F.k.: They laughed when kf argued that the New York Times was “massively exposed” in the Steven Hatfill libel suit against op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof. … They paid no attention when, after a lower-court federal judge [...]
Today’s Krugman column about the French Utopia is hilariously bad:
French people, don’t fret. Things are going well. Just read Paul Krugman’s column in the New York Times and you’ll see that your stagnant ecomomy is actually doing great … even if you can’t find a job!
You’ll also learn that Krugman assumes you’re happy — even [...]
The German election coming next month (probably) is a high-stakes gamble for Schroeder, who forced an early election in hopes of retaining power in the face of mounting criticism of his management of the economy. With the repudiation of Chirac by his voters on the EU constitution ringing in his ears, Schroeder no doubt hears [...]
Read this Protein Wisdom post, especially of you think the left blogosphere is all about free thinking. And then read this if you think Republicans march in lockstep.
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Juan Cole is pretty much a worthless twit. He’s a Middle East scholar, but he’s so dishonest that his scholarly insights don’t amount to anything. But he occasionally screws up and says something worthwhile in the course of delivering his anti-American and anti-Bush rants. He lapses into good sense for a few paragraphs in the [...]
Thomas Frank, the populist who wrote a book claiming that the people are hopelessly stupid, is quite mysteriously nostalgic for the glorious day when Democrats had ideas:
Democrats, I always point out, used to have a really quality identity: They were the party that believed we could do something about the world around us; that [...]
The IRA claims to have given up on its terrorism campaign, ordering its jihadis to stand down:
Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, said the British and Irish governments had worked for 11 years for today’s outcome. He said: “The war is over, the IRA’s armed campaign is over, paramilitarism is over and I believe that [...]
With yesterday’s victory by the A’s and loss by the evil Anaheims, our boys are only four games out of first place. This is a milestone because it puts them in single-series range of the bad guys. Their best pitcher couldn’t beat the Blue Jays, and the A’s best is starting at home against the [...]
I can’t say I find this very surprising:
Air America is being investigated in New York for diverting federal/local funds–possibly “hundreds of thousands of dollars”–meant for inner-city kids and senior into the station’s coffers.
It follows the same pattern as VAWA (post below): progressive activists enriching themselves at the expense of the downtrodden.
It’s inhumane.
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