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I missed his actual death, didn't hear about it until someone else told me.  I never read any of his books and I doubt I'd like 'em because I doubt I'd like his famous Main Character Type (the white Anglo-Saxon protestant middle-American male, Rabbit) and I made a post snarking about his Widows of Eastwick a few months ago.  But I really appreciate ( Read more... )

Oh my God, guys, Clinton is in Indonesia for two days. How frakking amazing is that? Japan, Indonesia, South Korea. Between Japan (de facto protectorate, traditional trade partner and ally in Asia) and South Korea (protectorate-cum-ally). A month into Obama's presidency. That's such good news for the relationship, I can't even articulate it. ( Read more... )

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Clinton, just build some houses already.

Asked his perspective on how the country fell into such economic hard times, Clinton responded in an NBC ''Today'' show interview by asking rhetorically: ''Did any of them seriously believe that if I had been president and my economic team had been in place the last eight years, that this would be taking ( Read more... )

All I have to say is oh my GOD.

what's next, forced labor -> forced combat?

I think this is the best part, though: "also open to students and refugees".

also, this is why I'm a left-wing conspiracy nut, as my speech coach once called me: "Recruiters’ work became easier in the last few months as unemployment soared and more Americans sought to join the ( Read more... )

Timothy Egan is a dumb ass, and it makes me sad that his little logo is a cowboy (he's not even in cowboy country!  he's in Seattle!).  The gist of his column today (stop using young and stupid as an excuse) was his most obvious, like-duuhhhh-inducing yet, but his examples pissed me off.

Whoooaaa, A-Rod. Stop the tape. For the record, he was pumped ( Read more... )

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Robot Chicken: This is America!

Hey, or we could stop making Secretary of State a pity job and take diplomacy more seriously, y/y?

NYT: Clinton Decision Holding Up Other Obama Choices

Speaking of which: If Mrs. Clinton does not end up at State, then Jim Steinberg, the former deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, is at the top of the list for the national ( Read more... )

I don't know what got into the NY Times' editorial board today. It's truly hilarious that Americans think the U.S. military is like, "critically ill-equipped". Guys: we are really, really not.  We have the most powerful military in the world.  We have the best equipment in the world.  That is part of the quagmire.  That is why it's a quagmire.  ( Read more... )