Friday, August 28, 2009

What Bible translation are you using? Because it doesn't read like mine does

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TPM brings us Pastor [sic] Steven Anderson (no relation), of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona: Chris Broughton, the man w...

Then the bear got onto his Harley and drove away

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WWTDD brings us this photo of a bear climbing out of a skateboard park ... on a ladder. Nothing about the whereabouts of the two skateboard...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Because standing 24/7, chained, in a diaper, isn't "degrading"

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Daphne Eviatar notices that, apparently, Steven Bradbury's July 2007 memo on "enhanced interrogation techniques" is still good...

Voice mail victims of the world, unite!

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A White Bear wonders why we tolerate insanely long voicemail messages: An infuriatingly calm female voice slowly intones things I can fucki...

Utilitarianism in action

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I got in trouble over at EOTAW for bringing up Mary Jo Kopechne in response to Ted Kennedy's (unfortunate, premature) death. Apparentl...

I've found the next Tarantino movie

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Haven't made it to Inglourious Basterds yet, but I already have the subject matter of the next flick doped out (h/t The Plank ): LIBYA...

You can't make this party up

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U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins told a recent gathering in northeast Kansas that the Republican Party is looking for a "great white hope" ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The bookshelf

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What have I been reading? Forgetting to update this at least monthly means I've forgotten some stuff. Jenkins, Asquith . Typically goo...

Speaking of war crimes

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We heard the news the other day of William Calley's belated public apology for his mass murder at My Lai, but Sullyblog links to a fell...

Did convicting John Yoo just get a little easier?

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Possibly, judging by two tidbits from Monday's torture-doc dump. Emptywheel notes that the docs point to "a CIA document on the ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The CIA's Inspector General report

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It's out , in very heavily redacted form. For instance, the entirety of the "recommendations" are redacted. Not sure how muc...
Monday, August 24, 2009

The End of History and the Last Fan

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For most of post-historical Europe, the World Cup has replaced military competition as the chief outlet for nationalist strivings to be numb...

What the hell is wrong with these people?

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Mt. Shasta News , via Kleiman : Republican Congressman Wally Herger held a health care town hall meeting Aug. 18 at Simpson University in Re...
Friday, August 21, 2009

In which we judge a book by its cover

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Over at Bookslut, Nina McLaughlin writes about an early Edna O'Brien novel, August Is a Wicked Month , which I am determined to find an...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Question:

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Why would the New Yorker waste my time telling me what David Denby thinks about the new Quentin Tarantino flick? Next up: Rush Limbaugh ...