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Daily Archives: April 16th, 2009

Another step back

Thursday, April 16, 2009

This is quick. After writing the previous post, I learned that Obama has explicitly barred prosecutions of those who did the torturing, officially approving the “just following orders” defense that we (as it turns out) self righteously rejected at Nuremberg. The idea that anyone would have a “good faith” belief in the validity of a […]

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One step forward, after some steps back

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Like many of his supporters, I was more than disappointed when Obama, through his “Justice” Department, took a legal position in favor of unlimited presidential power to wiretap. It was a sad day for the country, and we on the left have put principle over person by loudly disapproving. Today, Eric Holder and his department […]

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Numbers

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Yesterday I searched in vain for some authoritative accounting of the number of teabaggers that showed up for the demonstrations yesterday. It should certainly have occurred to me to check with Nate Silver at 538.com, which I did today. He says the total, across the entire country, was 262,025, with some smaller venues yet to […]

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