I didn’t really have time to listen Tuesday evening when I flipped on the video of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) speech on the dispute between the Senate Intelligence Committee (she’s the chair) and the Central Intelligence Agency, but once I started listening, I couldn’t stop. I’m not a fan of Sen. Feinstein, I think she’s […]
Hillary Clinton, frantically flailing to keep her brand fresh until 2016, this week compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler and then, having secured the requisite attention, “clarified” her remark, saying she wasn’t comparing Mr. Putin to Mr. Hitler. Got that? You might say Ms. Clinton was invoking Godwin’s Law, which states: “As an online discussion […]
By floegel
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Posted in Catholicism, Civil Liberty, Energy
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Also tagged Adolf Hitler, Bill Clinton, Don Rumsfeld, George H.W. Bush, George Schultz, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Josef Stalin, Lyndon Johnson, Michael Godwin, Saddam Hussein, Vladimir Putin
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I may be in the shoal waters of Godwin’s Law, but bear with me. The thing about World War II, aside from being the Big Event of the 20th century (or maybe because it was the Big Event of the 20th century), was the drama. A world clawing itself out of years of economic mayhem, […]
Which will be legal first in all 50 states: possession of small amounts of marijuana (say, under an ounce) or same-sex marriage? That’s a quantitative, not qualitative question. Your chance to predict, pure oddsmaking. My prediction: pot. Although same sex marriage has a 14 to two lead, I see pot crossing the 50-state line first. […]
By floegel
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Posted in Civil Liberty, Commentary
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Also tagged Ayn Rand, Forbes, High Times, Jacob Sullum, marijuana, Orrin Hatch, Rand Paul, Reason, same-sex marriage, Ted Cruz, Tommy Chong
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It was pretty clear the Nobel Peace Prize committee goofed when they awarded the 2009 version to Barack Obama, apparently for the sole reason that he was not George W. Bush. I have sympathy for their error; I was as tired of W’s arrogant idiocy as anyone. Four years later, I wonder if the Nobel […]
By floegel
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Posted in Civil Liberty, Commentary, Economy, Oil
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Also tagged Dilma Rousseff, John McCain, Josh Marshall, Kate Shjeppard, Michael Froman, Mitt Romney, Nobel Peace prize, Saul Alinsky, Tar Sands
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Back on the Fear Standard
I may be in the shoal waters of Godwin’s Law, but bear with me. The thing about World War II, aside from being the Big Event of the 20th century (or maybe because it was the Big Event of the 20th century), was the drama. A world clawing itself out of years of economic mayhem, […]