Prop 8 And the Status Quo

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Opposition to the California Proposition seeking to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry and restore them to second-class citizenship continues to grow, with 55% planning to vote no and just 38% support (a very bad position for an initiative.) [HT: Roger Ailes.] Why, I'm...

Let Them Draw The Line Here

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On September 22, 2008

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Look, if Republicans want to go to the mat for executives who think that they deserve multi-million dollar payouts for running venerable, profitable companies completely into the ground -- "It's.

Peter the Great on the Way!

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On September 22, 2008

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RFS Pyotr Velikiy and his (my understanding is that Russians use the masculine in reference to naval vessels, but if anyone has clarification, please don't hesitate) entourage set sail for.

Miracle

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Like Sheehan, I didn't see it coming, but Tampa making the playoffs in a brutally tough division is one of the most remarkable baseball stories of the decade. Congrats to 'em, and it will be fun to see how they do in the payoffs. (I wish...

Random Linkage

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On September 22, 2008

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Wandering the internets while watching the classy Yankee Stadium farewell...Interesting NYT article on the Naval Academy. Most fascinating bit; Barack Obama beat USNA alumnus John McCain 13-7 in an unscientific.

Good Grief

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On September 22, 2008

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Daniel Inouye:"I want my partner to go back to Washington," Inouye said during a recent campaign appearance for [Ted] Stevens in Alaska. "Our parties don't understand . . . but.

From Louis XIV to George W. Bush

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Here, in just 32 words, is a summation of the state of American democracy in our time: "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or...

QOTD

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On September 21, 2008

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Henley:Who imagined that the great opportunity for joint progressive and libertarian advocacy and activism would end up being economic? But that’s where we are. This loathsome bailout plan is a.

Soviet Naval Strategy

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Bob Bateman writes:True, it was once a powerful force, and feared by NATO. But the salient point is why the Soviet Navy was feared. It was not because it could project power far from Russia's shores. That has never been a capability the Soviet fleet maintained...
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