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Open Thread 2008
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In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
From Roger Cohen, hat-tip to Andrew Sullivan:
Of the 770 detainees grabbed here and there and flown to Guantánamo, only 23 have ever been charged with a crime. Of the more than 500 so far released, many traumatized by those “enhanced” techniques, not one has received an apology or compensation for their season in hell ( Read more... ) -
Sweet!
I just got my copy of the Washington Monthly "The Stakes" issue! This will be totally influential as to my vote in the November 4th U.S. Presidential elections! -
Marriage in California
California bumper sticker by *peganthyrus on deviantARTI'm going to go ahead and stick my neck out for a moment here, and talk about marriage ( Read more... ) -
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As you know, I am an Obama supporter. But I am also a Republican, and I am a Republican because I don't believe that good governance comes from single-party rule ( Read more... ) -
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Former 1960s radical Bill Ayers appeared (as himself) in the 2002 documentary The Weather Underground, which was narrated by Lili Taylor.
Taylor was in High Fidelity with Tim Robbins who was in The Hudsucker Proxy with Steve Buscemi.
And Steve Buscemi was in Tanner on Tanner with, yes, Barack Obama.
That's only four degrees of separation -- a ( Read more... ) -
Rich Trumka of the AFL-CIO, on racism and the vote.
Like Bitch, Ph.D. said: "This speech might make you tear up; it did me. It's certainly timely as hell."
Commentary at Washington Monthly and The G Spot. -
Supreme Court: Lemon v. Kurtzman
Via demiurgent, a little meme in honor of our dear Alaskan governor:
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade. Preferably your own country, but SCOTUS acceptable.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.(Full disclosure ( Read more... )
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