Padilla and the Supremes

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I don't have a whole lot to add to the Supreme Court's denial of cert in the Padilla case that if you're interested you haven't read elsewhere. It's certainly quite outrageous that the administration's attempts to avoid scrutiny--so transparent even Federalist Society idol Michael Luttig saw...

Hammered

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Gone.Uh, I'm not sure how someone is supposed to react to this from Assrocket:It's too bad, I think. DeLay was an effective leader, albeit too liberal in recent years. It's possible, of course, that he did something wrong along the way. But there is no evidence...

Inside Man

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Saw Inside Man on Saturday. I was quite pleased.There were a couple of obvious problems. The score, until the very last scene, was intrusive and annoying. The payoff, admittedly, was.

Opening Day

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Thank goodness I don't have Barry Zito on my roster...In other news, congratulations to Mr. Keith Adams on winning the LGM Tournament Challenge. As soon as Mr. Adams sends me.

Libya

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AG and Kingdaddy have both commented on this article on Libya by Dafna Hochman. Hochman demolishes the argument that the invasion of Iraq had any effect on Libya's decision to end its nuclear weapon program. It's well worth reading.In the 1980s, Qaddafi occupied the narrative space...
In the course of denouncing a University of Texas professor for making an environmentally apocalyptic statement, Sully gives us the following. See if you can pick out the problem:In the long run, right-wing fundamentalism and left-wing fundamentalism end up in the same place.[...]You have John McCain's...

Baseball!!!!

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Apologies regarding slow posting as of late. I turned 32 on Saturday, and the impact of my accelerating decrepitude has become increasingly obvious. Sunday Battleship Blogging will return next week.In.

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