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Month: January 2013
Oh, great. The opinion is an atrocity, classic “hack originalism for dummies,” relying heavily on the fact that recess appointments during nominal sessions of the Senate are a relatively r
Some thoughts. (And don’t kid yourself — it was entirely killed. Making it quicker for district-but-not-circuit court judges to be confirmed after cloture? Please. That’s “fili
On January 25, 1941, A. Philip Randolph, head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the most important civil rights leader of the World War II era, called for a March on Washington to protest discrimination in defense industry work. The success of this movement in convincing the government to act on employment discrimination […]
It features Yours Truly and the Farley fellow you see primping there in preview—or wearing a hat, now that I had to re-upload the video—and we’re talking about The Hobbit. You’re ̷
Shorter Bill Kritsol: “Biology proves that the IDF is a hopelessly deficient combat force, what with all those unfit women and all. You’d have to be a grade-A moron to think that women are
DS Wright with some valuable commentary on major union leaders wanting to retire Scabby the Rat because it doesn’t fit their “value proposition.” A sad and familiar refrain among the now fading trade unions – foregoing confrontation for illusory accommodation. There is perhaps no dumber talking point than that of the “value proposition” or the […]
I can see why Republicans are trying to rig the 2016 elections. Their politicians are utterly hopeless in appealing to the mainstream of this nation. A couple of fresh examples from today’s news
I would pay money to watch former Colorado congressman, anti-immigrant racist, and overall jerk Tom Tancredo smoke marijuana. And at least someone is going to have that chance.
This should work out well. Kirk Gibson likes toughness, but then again Kirk spent half his career on the DL.
Not bad: Wednesday, 22 July, 1959: 10:50 A.M. This morning over breakfast S. asked me why I looked so glum. “Because,” I said, “everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living th
Filibuster reform is dead. Why? Harry Reid and senior Democrats flat out don’t want it. Reformers think Reid changed his mind again in December, after a series of amendments to the Defense Autho