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NYT reports on “intense debate” within the Obama Administration by quoting Republicans
There’s an “intense debate” going on within the Obama Administration over how aggressive the U.S. should be in countering Vladimir Putin’s semi-invasion of the eastern Ukraine, according to New York Times reporters Peter Baker and C.J. Chivers. Should the U.S. continue to “coordinate” with European nations, or should it act alone? So far, Mr. Obama…
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: It’s getting to be a habit with us
Glenn Greenwald tells the massively depressing story of our government’s treatment of Bradley Manning: “Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for…
When Obama officials cash out—a sordid tale, at least 11.1111111111111111111111111111% of the time
The New Republic has a snappy slide show, “Obama Officials Cash Out,” a rogue’s gallery that leads with Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, now hanging with Citigroup, decidedly not my favorite bank. Orszag probably won’t spend all his time doling out million-dollar bribes to high-end Manhattan pre-schools in order…
The Errors of Obama: One long and two shorts
When I survey the past two years, when I think of the ridiculous “we’ll get it right once we’ve killed enough people” war in Afghanistan, when I think of the long-distance murders via “killer drones,” of the continuing practice of denying the most basic human rights to our political prisoners lest they do anything that…
There goes number 3! Again!
A variety of wise guys in the press are making fun of the recent announcement by U.S. “intelligence” announcing the demise of al-Qaida’s “third-ranking operative,” making this the tenth No. 3 to bite the dust, by some accounts. The government is always reporting taking out al-Qaida’s No. 3 guy because if it reported taking out…