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Archive for June, 2008

Is Obama Muslim?

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The answer.

Friday Roundup 6/13/08

Friday, June 13th, 2008

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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

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

‘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

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

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

Monday, June 9th, 2008

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

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

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

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

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

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

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 [...]

Playing for delegates

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic is reporting that ‘Clinton Campaign staffers and former campaign staffers are being urged by the Clinton campaign’s finance department to turn in their outstanding expense receipts by the end of the week.’ That could be a sign that Hillary has finally given up the ghost. However, the Clinton camp seems [...]

Clinton pwns in Puerto Rico: And no one cared, Part 3

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

You can read about Hillary’s victory in Puerto Rico here.
Why did the Democrats even bother to include Puerto Rico in the nominating process? I don’t particularly care one way or the other, I’m just curious.
As a quick follow-up to Friday’s post about Ticketmaster, I’d like to say I’m totally baffled by people who spend $30+ [...]