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Go Beast, Young Man
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Huckabeast’s nuts. And he gets votes. Canada calling?
Great comment on TPM story thread:
Actually the old testament countenanced both a man and 3 women and a
man and a child (very young woman). I assume the Huckster intends to
put these practices back in force as well.
man and a child (very young woman). I assume the Huckster intends to
put these practices back in force as well.
The bar’s open again
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006Billmon’s the best political commentary anywhere.
Total War: ???All along, I’ve had the sneaking suspicion that the choices in Iraq would ultimately boil down to mass butchery or defeat. But, as the above post indicates, over the years I’ve become progressively less certain what the ultimate decision would be — and whether and when the American military would flinch from the implications of that choice.Next year may be the year we find out.
Go read the whole thing.
If you’ve got students considering enlistment, read this
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006According to Army News Service, “Individual Warriors will be the new label for Soldiers serving in the Individual Ready Reserve.”
When I got out of the Air Force in ‘77, the clerk in processing mentioned that I would be eligible for call up until 1983. “You’re crazy,” I suggested. No he wasn’t. Fact is that any recruit signs up for time beyond the 2 or 3 or 4 year enlistment period. In my day, call up was a remote possibility. Now it’s a definite “back door” draft. Read the details from Kos poster Oregon Guy.
Jesus fucking christ!
Friday, March 3rd, 2006Tap, tap, tappin’ at heaven’s door
Monday, October 31st, 2005
Read this now
Friday, September 9th, 2005Re: Katrina. Yes, yes, now it’s all spin and counter-spin, local
authority vs. state authority vs. federal authority, idiot Bush vs.
previously sensible FEMA., blah blah blah.
Cut through the crap here, in the latest Harpers, via Boing Boing:
This is the disaster our society has been working to realize for a quarter century, ever since Ronald Reagan rode into town
on promises of massive tax cuts.
on promises of massive tax cuts.
In tomorrow’s NYT editorial
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005Is this kind of blatant racist, xenophobic stupidity unnoticed by the
final draft editors?!!
But disasters like this are not a city
or a state issue. They concern the entire nation and demand a national
response - certainly a better one than the White House comments that
“tremendous progress” had been made in Louisiana. We’re used to that
dismissive formula when questions are raised about Iraq. Americans deserve better about a disaster of this magnitude in their own country.
or a state issue. They concern the entire nation and demand a national
response - certainly a better one than the White House comments that
“tremendous progress” had been made in Louisiana. We’re used to that
dismissive formula when questions are raised about Iraq. Americans deserve better about a disaster of this magnitude in their own country.
And what, pray tell, about Iraqis? What do they ”deserve?” What are they supposed to be ”used” to?
If karma exists, the attitude implicit in the
bolded text promises us a hell beyond even irrational Christiandentalist
expectation.
From a National Writing Project colleague
Thursday, August 18th, 2005Sandy Hayes of the Minnesota Writing Project emails:
Add your
vote on the effectiveness of NCLB to the WSJ survey or post a
message.
vote on the effectiveness of NCLB to the WSJ survey or post a
message.
Anger
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005While cleaning up Firefox bookmarks. Billmon
moved to top link position in my politics/news folder. Dyspeptic doom
and gloom so thoughtful, hilarious and well written that he DAILY (when
he writes daily) makes me feel optimistic. (An irrational, but
evolutionarily advantageous, state of mind.) Read his take on Charlie Cook’s analysis (subscription only) of the current political split in the U.S. electorate re: Iraq. Then read this WaPo article about the Schroeders for a lucid demonstration of his commentary:
“Our comments are not just those of grieving parents,” Paul Schroeder
said in front of the couple’s home. “They are based on anger, Mr.
President, not grief. Anger is an honest emotion when someone’s family
has been violated.”
said in front of the couple’s home. “They are based on anger, Mr.
President, not grief. Anger is an honest emotion when someone’s family
has been violated.”
Either / or. It’s time for the god-fearing, 5 week-vacationing, well
exercised chicken hawk to decide: Either get this stupidly self-satisfied electorate to attempt a complete imperial conquest or
bring our troops home.