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Daily Archives: July 22nd, 2007

Debating impeachment

Sunday, July 22, 2007

There is a fascinating exchange in the comments at Ezra Klein’s blog. Klein advocates impeachment, and quotes from the Paul Craig Russell column to which I linked recently ctblueblog.com/?p=307, and the possibility of a coup or coup-like denouement to the Bush Administration, possibly in the form of a “temporary” seizure of power after a conveniently […]

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Great moments in the law

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Upper Darby Township in PA is being sued by an 82 year old man whose civil rights were violated when he protested a visit by George Bush. Defense attorneys have filed a motion seeking to preclude the mention of Bush’s name at the trial, arguing that Bush is so unpopular that mentioning Bush’s name would […]

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Told you so

Sunday, July 22, 2007

As most people know by now, Joe Wilson’s lawsuit against Cheney, et al. has been dismissed by a right wing judge. So far it has played out pretty much as I predicted when it was filed. First, they couldn’t have gotten a worse judge . Judge John D. Bates is a former Ken Starr deputy […]

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Brownback’s friends on the web

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Okay, I’ll admit it, it took me a while to figure out whether this was a parody site or not (Baptists for Brownback). The fact that I found this post, on Tammy Faye, through a link from Jesus General, put me somewhat on notice, but I had to ponder hard and long nonetheless. The design […]

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Satan’s minions, Bronx Division

Sunday, July 22, 2007

A Yankee Fan admits the obvious, in a very funny article in the New York Times: [E]very baseball season is a narrative, and this would have been much too early an exit for the villain of the piece. What is “Othello” without Iago, after all? That’s “Othello” the play, not the character. Othello the character […]

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