Open Thread
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Fox surpassed even its own standards for surrealism last Sunday, when all
the Clowns at the Fox Circus shared a giant hanky...
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
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Joseph A. Palermo: Afghanistan, "So it Goes"
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Fanciful prescriptions for "success." Voters who value peace demoralized. Siding with war hawks to triangulate against progressives. Another $30 billion the ...
A Good Day For Gay Marriage
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I really do hope it passes in NJ. It wouldn't just benefit NJ; every time a
state legalizes gay marriage it becomes a little more mainstream, a little
less...
The Speech Isn't the Story
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I feel underqualified to talk about this one because I don't claim any
expertise in the area of foreign policy and have rather ambivalent feelings
toward A...
Obama’s Afghanistan Speech
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Here’s the full transcript. More coming. 8:09: It’s striking how heavily
Obama is laying the blame at the feet of the Bush administration, blaming it
for d...
New Public Option Plan Considered
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"A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate
Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on health care reform,"
reports ...
Sweden to end ban on gay blood donors
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AFP via the Swedish Wire:
"Men who have had sex with men will no longer be permanently barred from
donating blood," the National Board of Health and Welfar...
Endgame
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You’ll think I’m dead: — China’s perception of threats. — WTF is going on
with excess reserves. — Maybe the White House should be less secure against
the l...
Democrats Campaign Against Obama's Afghan Plan
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Even before President Obama formally announces his plan to surge more than
30,000 additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan, Democrats who want to win
elec...