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enhanced interrogation
...I mean torture, of course. Republicans like to justify torture with the 24-style ticking bomb scenario: THERE IS A BOMB, WE HAVE CAPTURED A TERRORIST WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO IT, AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE TERRORIST KNOWS, SO ZOMG DO WE TORTURE?
Ignoring that this doesn't actually happen in real life, consider ( Read more... ) -
what the fuck judd gregg?
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dysfunctional senate appointments
New York has finally succeeded in appointing themselves a Senator, and a blog I read protests:
I don't give her a chance at all. She gets no chances from me, not from this blog. No fucking way. This blog says NO. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. NO NO NO NO. NO. What do we say? We say NO. How do we spell it? (Checking online dictionary) N (pause) O!
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Orszag!
The first article I have ever read about the CBO, the OMB, or actually, Peter Orszag:
Peter Orszag turned 40 in December, and he looks 10 years younger than that. He has black hair, clear glasses, and pointed ears that lend his face an elfish quality. He's a country music enthusiast, and he has a sly sense of humor: He once quoted an Oliver Wendell ( Read more... ) -
Yes, a post.
Damn right I have a journal.
And Josh Brolin has Blago-hair. This is maybe terrible, but it was too big a screen for me to tell.
He had this Senate seat. It was fucking golden. And he just gave it away. Wtf?
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