Monthly Archives: June 2008
Is Obama Muslim?
The answer.
Friday Roundup 6/13/08
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Update
The Supreme Court decides 5 to 4 that the Bush Administration can’t imprison and execute people without first proving their guilt. Justice Scalia practically pissed his pants in his dissenting opinion. “It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed,” Scalia said. “The [...]
Worrying signs for a McCain presidency
‘Sen. Obama says that I’m running for a Bush’s third terms. It seems to me he’s running for Jimmy Carter’s second.’ – John McCain
John, I hate to break it to you, but that wasn’t a denial.
I wouldn’t say that McCain is running for a third Bush term. The problem is that McCain’s current rhetoric is [...]
Liveblogging: 2008 NBA Finals Game Three
Well… I skipped liveblogging game 2 on Sunday night. Partly because I watched the game on tape delay so I could skip the commercials and partly because I was in a meat coma from some excellent bison-loaf I had at Ted’s Montana Grill (Ted Turner’s most masterful business venture to date).
Game 2 notes
Game 2 was [...]
George Will has a great idea(!) about bank bailouts
We may or may not be in the early stages of a horrible recession. All we really know is that gas is f***ing expensive and banks seem to be falling all around us. But I tell you what, I’ll be damned if bad economic forecasts stop me from eating chocolate and chugging beer.
Anyways, back to [...]
Liveblogging: 2008 NBA Finals Game One
Welcome to my liveblogging – that no one will read – of the NBA Finals game one. Boston hosts Los Angeles for the first chapter of one of the most highly anticipated finals in the history of the world. God is surely watching.
Q1 9:00 6-2
Good shooting start for LA, but they have to be concerned [...]
Governing and torturing in secret
Check out this CIA Office of the Inspector General review of the CIA’s interrogation and detention program (PDF). It doesn’t get much more redacted than that.
Democracy cannot function if the public is kept in the dark about the government’s workings. There are legitimate reasons for secrecy when it comes to national defense. For instance, [...]
Hope floats
Our long national nightmare is over. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. The next President will not be a Bush or a Clinton.
Through a combination of election victories and superdelegate endorsements, Obama has mathematically defeated Hillary Clinton. So why the hell wont she concede?
Clinton is either totally detached from [...]