davidl on December 11th, 2007

Mrs. ClintonThe New York Times , via Memeorandum, reports that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign is looking for dirt on Barack Obama.

If there was any question whether Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign was concerned about the rise of Senator Barack Obama,

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Eric Florack on December 11th, 2007

Scott at Powerline:

The man who shot up a training center for missionaries and a church in suburban Denver, killing four people and wounding a number of others, has been identified:

A law enforcement official says the deadly rampages

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Eric Florack on December 11th, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY — (AP)- A wintry storm caked America’s center with a thick layer of ice, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 17 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri

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Eric Florack on December 10th, 2007

Billy Beck asks:

 How in the world does someone get to be the White House Press Secretary and know nothing about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Simple; they’re not teaching it anymore, particularly in government schools.

And why not?

Because

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davidl on December 10th, 2007

Mrs. William ClintonMrs. Clinton’s remaining supporters believe she is tough, via Memeorandum:

This isn’t an anti-Hillary crowd. She gets high marks for her experience, intelligence and toughness; these qualities, they suspect, are what voters demand.

Mrs. Clinton’s s supporters are

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Eric Florack on December 10th, 2007

We’ve had a bit of Email discussion, more or less centered on my most recent post about Mitt Romney. Specifically, the topic ends up being whether not there is a religious test for high office. As a basis for

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Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah, guesting over at Right Wing News:

One of their favorite retired Generals, Major General John Batiste, who appeared in an ad for the anti-war Vote Vets website, and who had an op/ed published on

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Eric Florack on December 9th, 2007

Melissa, guesting over at Right Wing News:

Can identity politics get any more ridiculous? In trying to establish cred with minorities, civil rights leader Andrew Young says what could be nominated for the most ridiculous quote this electoral season:

In

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From Little Green Footballs:

In 2002, Nancy Pelosi was a member of a bipartisan group that was made aware of harsh interrogation techniques being used with Islamic terrorists in US custody—and the group not only approved of the tactics (including

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Eric Florack on December 9th, 2007
  1. War is not an intellectual exercise.
  2. There are no rules in war, other than the rules dictated by the winner, afterward.
  3. The Geneva Convention which purports to be civilized warfare, is in fact nothing of the sort, and is not

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davidl on December 9th, 2007

Danny Faulkner

Twenty-six years is long enough to wait for justice.

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Interesting. The New York Times is now reporting that CIA officials were advised not to destroy videotapes of terrorist interrogations:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence

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Eric Florack on December 8th, 2007

Me at Q&O where Dale Franks is properly agonizing over ‘torture’:

Do we really want the government to do “unpleasant, unsavory and sometimes awful things” in the defense of our freedom?

I am amazed that a veteran of our military

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Eric Florack on December 8th, 2007

I find myself curious as to why suddenly the listings of BitsBlog on Memeorandum have dwindled to nonexistence.  A week ago, it was unusual for us not to have something showing on their home page.  As it stands now, it’s

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2007

The fallout continues from Bernie Ward’s arrest on child porn charges.  San Jose Mercury News:

Ward’s lawyer told KGO the alleged pornography involves research Ward did more than four years ago for a book.

“He was doing research,” said

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