MichaelW on Nov 29 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page
Sen. Patrick Leahy is running a new gambit in order to force White House officials to testify before Congress, although I think there is another less-obvious goal here as well:
A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter and therefore ruled illegal the […]
MichaelW on Nov 29 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, MichaelW's Page
I’d say this is good news except that I have zero confidence that the referendum will result in anything other than what Chavez wants (i.e. dictatorial control):
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has lost his lead eight days before a referendum on ending his term limit, an independent pollster said on Saturday, in a swing in voter […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 29 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Meticulously yours, over at The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
Northrop Grumman is far ahead of the usual timetable for the Killer Drone it’s building for the Navy.
NATO can’t be bothered to keep enough helicopters on hand to, you know, be effective.
Around the World
Fighting drugs and building peace.
North Korea still choking on its lack of food.
Oh, […]
Keith_Indy on Nov 28 2007 | Filed under: Culture, Foreign affairs, Keith's Page, Society
The radicals over at N.O.W. continue to be in a pickle over their support or at least their inaction over a case where one set of values conflicts with another set of values. How can you defend womens rights, and not condemn the treatment some cultures or some people, give towards women.
Why […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 28 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Cross-posted to The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
Leave it to Jules Crittenden—who thought Japan’s war crimes in World War II justifies our own crimes now—to think Bush’s comparison of Iraq to Korea is a good thing. Because Bush does what he says! Except when he promises not to torture people or to actually rebuild Afghanistan like […]
MichaelW on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, Health Care, MichaelW's Page, regulation
Hillary and Obama agree on taxing Americans more, they just can’t agree on whether it’s the “middle” or “upper” class that they’re prepared to squeeze for votes (HT: Paul Caron):
Class, always an awkward topic in the United States, made a rare cameo appearance [Ed. note: Rare? Apparently Joel Achenbach is new to politics?] […]
Lance on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Media, Notes on the war
I was going to post some the last few days, but then I saw this:
Happy Thanksgiving
Now get of off the computer and spend some time with your family, will you?
I always follow Bob Owens instructions.
Of course he is rather disgusted with The New Republic, which continues to dither, as well as the Washington Post, which […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Verbatim on The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
The Marines want exoskeletons. I guess they love Aliens and need to destroy the queen? The SEALs are out for their own as well.
It would be nice to stop lying about the problem of refugees and IDPs in the kaleidoscope of Iraq, wouldn’t it?
And how long will we be […]
MichaelW on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Author Pages, Culture, Uncategorized
Here’s wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Eat well and be merry.
From the Staff at ASHC
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Joshua Foust on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Cross-posted verbatim to The Conjecturer
Defense & The War
Thin solace, I know, but my piece on Ann Marlowe’s critique of the Human Terrain System (updated, too), got a link in the Small Wars Journal.
Also, Bill Roggio followed up with some good analysis on what’s going on in Pakistan; his thoughts align largely with my own.
Support the […]
Lance on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, History, Lance's Page, Race
I don’t think Ron Paul is a racist, or rather I don’t claim to have any evidence he is, and that is enough to hold from suggesting he is. However, his view of racism and its history is rather bizarre and, dare I say it, wholly focused on “right wing” critiques of racial thinking in […]
Lance on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Around the Web
The United Nations’ top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long overestimated both the size and the course of the epidemic, which they now believe has been slowing for nearly a decade, according to U.N. documents prepared for the announcement…the latest estimates, due to be released publicly Tuesday, put the number […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
From Russia The Conjecturer, with love.
Defense & The War
SimIraq? Could make for an interesting variant of the latest Sim City game, which looks interesting enough to pirate.
Triple Canopy for sale? Oh noes! Meanwhile, a federal grand jury has convened to investigate the Blackwater Massacre. They’re being charged under MEJA. That’s good! But the realities of […]
MichaelW on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Humor, MichaelW's Page
A low level civil war slash insurgency is plaguing New Jersey, and some say that there is little we can do about it. Law enforcement has all but given up:
The strategy sounds almost illogical: Detectives in New Jersey are being urged to build criminal cases with as few witnesses as possible. Or with none […]
Lance on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Around the Web
No, but like with all bureaucracies you sometimes have to wonder.
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Lance on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Does this ad work? I guess so, it is being picked up by us.
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MichaelW on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: MichaelW's Page, Uncategorized
Or lack thereof:
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
“You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston […]
MichaelW on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Humor, Media, MichaelW's Page
I’m guessing this is a sympathy strike in support of the one going on in Hollywood:
CBS News writers, producers and editors voted to authorize their labor union to call a strike after working without a contract for two years.
About 81 percent of the nearly 300 CBS members of the Writers Guild of America voted to […]
Lance on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters
Fox News has a report on Ameriya and Abu Abed, that shows a somewhat different view than the Guardian once again. One suspicious aspect of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s Nov. 10, Gaurdian piece “Meet Abu Abed: the US’s new ally against al-Qaida“is the description of Abu Abed in it:
The great iron gate opened and Hajji Abu Abed […]
MichaelW on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Law, Media, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
For anyone who has been following the Higazy case and the puzzling circumstances under which a Second Circuit opinion was issued, withdrawn, and then reissued in redacted form, here is some information that seems to have been missed in the commentary (my emphasis):
A source close to the case said the opinion was withdrawn because of […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Notes on the war
In the first Pajamas Media War on Terror Conversation, Presidential candidate Fred Thompson discusses the current situations in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The senator/actor also explains why he thinks the recent Hollywood anti-war films are box office failures. Joining Thompson are PJM CEO Roger L. Simon and Bob Owens of Confederate Yankee. (Produced by […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
Cross-posted to The Conjecturer
Defense and the War
Steven Biddle, one of the strategists behind the surge and an advisor to General Petraeus, thinks Iraq might not be a disaster if we keep 100,000 troops there for the next 30 years. Also worth noting, as Lynch does, that the lack of consideration for Maliki or the national […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Around the Web
Jules Crittendon looks at various data on suicide and PTSD. It weaves a more complex and multifaceted story about the documentation and analysis of veteran mental health than the word “epidemic” implies.
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Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Uncategorized
Your Inner European is Irish!
Sprited and boisterous!
You drink everyone under the table.
Who’s Your Inner European?
I saw this over at McQ’s. Frankly this surprised me. While, I think it fits, the questions led me to answers I figured would send me somewhere else. Of course I used to be Irish on my mothers side, until I […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Libertarianism
Doug Mataconis notes this little bit from President Bush’s recent speech to the Federalist Society:
When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government’s powers into three co-equal […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
More and more coverage in Iraq is beginning to reflect the positive changes that have occurred over the last few months.
The New York Times and The Washington Post report sharp declines in attacks today (though the Post relegated it to page A14 ), the Los Angeles Times looks at signs of local reconciliation “war-weary Sunnis […]
Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Lance's Page, Law
Foreclosure rates could drop!!!
That is bad news?
It is if it is because courts are throwing out cases because mortgage companies holding securitized mortgages don’t have the actual note. I’ll let Luke explain:
The problem has arisen because most of these sorts of trust do not actually possess the physical mortgage note itself. Instead they have a […]
Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Joshua recently linked to this story. Via Confederate Yankee we get another persons view of the situation in Ameriyah:
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Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Around the Web
As an update to my previous post, I should note that Eugene Volokh notices some issues as well.
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MichaelW on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
(Via Gateway Pundit) It sure looks that way:
Maria Luisa, the UNLV student who asked Hillary Clinton whether she preferred “diamonds or pearls” at last night’s debate wrote on her MySpace page this morning that CNN forced her to ask the frilly question instead of a pre-approved query about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
“Every single […]
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