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Republican thought processes: Tragedy in France = New reason to hate Obama!
And a new reason to hate Muslims, as Republican politicos, including all the “presidential” ones—struggle to outdo one another in their hatred for Syrian refugees—except for, you know, the Christian ones—as well as our president. If they keep it up, they’re going to make Hillary Clinton look classy. UPDATE Dunno about Hillary, but Bernie Sanders…
Hey, John Brennan! The attacks happened in France, not the U.S.!
Leave it to CIA director John Brennan to use terrorist attacks in France to prove that the U.S. Constitution, with its fussy concerns about general warrants, cruel and unusual punishments, and ex post facto laws—which all seem so 18th century these days—needs to be tossed out the window. “In the past several years, because of…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “Because without proper maintenance you can kiss that extended warranty coverage goodbye, douchebag.” “Where I come from, your toaster says as much about you as your car, if not more.” “I’m the kind of guy who likes to see what he looks like in the morning.” “It is so clean I could…
The Discreet Mr. Tenet
Chris Whipple has a piece up at Politico, “The Attacks Will Be Spectacular” in which a surprisingly chatty George Tenet, CIA director during 9/11 tells us a few things that might have been nice to know in, you know, real time: “There were real plots being manifested. The world felt like it was on the…
Republican elites panic? Perhaps they should look in a mirror.
“Less than three months before the kickoff Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them,” write Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Robert Costa, with a little help from Dave Weigel. Perhaps…
Jurassic Parks: Stevie and the Dinosaurs, Part 5
(NOTE: Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park series is one of the best franchises on film, particularly if you like dinosaurs. For the past several weeks I’ve been running a strikingly unbalanced review of the four films, because I’m a big fan of parts 1 & 3, while distinctly unenthusiastic over parts 2 & 4. Today’s chapter…
Jon Meacham’s biography of George H W Bush? I think it kind of sucks
I say I think so, because I haven’t read it yet, which is often considered a prerequisite for saying something intelligent about a book. However, I have read an extract that appeared in Politico Magazine, claiming that Bush 41 launched the first invasion of Iraq in 1991 out of moral revulsion, not realpolitik. Around Christmas…
Hillary Clinton, campaigning like its 1984
Sorry if I scared you, kids, but I’m talking Walter Mondale here, not George Orwell. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary liberalism that going “left” in 2015 consists of embracing the Democratic platform of 1984, the year in which the Democratic presidential ticket won precisely one state, the worst drubbing in Democratic history. Hillary’s domestic…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “Oh, relax! Those windows are beyond bullet proof!” “That’s right people, it is a test! Because if you can’t stare down the working class, you don’t belong at this table.” “Well, what are we supposed to do? Feed them?” “Can’t they understand that if it weren’t for fat-assed rich guys like us,…