What Are They, For Lack Of A Better Word, Thinking?

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On January 22, 2010
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I've been puzzling over the same questions Rob has -- that why both the White House and the Raul Grijalva set among House progressives seem publicly committed to positions that are utterly irrational. And...I'm still not sure, but here are my guesses.The House liberals suddenly against...

Jon Nails Keith

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On January 22, 2010

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSpecial Comment - Keith Olbermann's Name-Callingwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care CrisisHear, hear. About time the fake news outlets took.

Nancy Pelosi, Psephologist?

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In Dave Brockington
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On January 22, 2010
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There are several reasons why Massachusetts elected the Republican on Tuesday, a topic I hope to cover if I have the time. However, one reason certainly isn't this bullshit explanation offered by Nancy Pelosi:“There’s some fundamentals in there [the Senate HCR bill] that make it problematic...

Dial an Asshat

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On January 22, 2010

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What Ari said.I realize there's an element of hyperbole to the analogy I'm about to draw, but I just finished one of several lectures on Reconstruction that I give at.

Maybe Getting a Bit Touchy

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In Robert Farley
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On January 22, 2010
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Ahem.A Jewish teen trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare when he pulled out a set of small black boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where the commuter plane was greeted by police, bomb-sniffing dogs...

Citizens United

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On January 21, 2010

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I have more substantive thoughts here. On the point of Roberts's fraudulent "minimalism," I should also note this bit of comedy from Roberts's concurrence, explaining why he voted to overrule.

Kiwis hate Jeebus:Biblical citations inscribed on U.S.-manufactured weapon sights used by New Zealand's troops in Afghanistan will be removed because they are inappropriate and could stoke religious tensions, New Zealand said Thursday.The inscriptions on products from defense contractor Trijicon of Wixom, Michigan, came to light this...
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