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Archive for May 10th, 2007

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Talk Barack

ABC News will have Barack Obama on This Week, er, this week. Emily O’Donnell of ABC News tells me that, as a new feature, viewers can submit questions for the candidate via video or e-mail, some of which will be used on the show. My question would of course be, “Expand the Army by 92,000? [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Dept. of The Love That Doesn’t Bother to Speak Its Name

In the course of a generally favorable link to last night’s “HILLARY WINZ, BYTCHEZZZZ!!!!” item, Matt Y writes that I am ” reading a lot into a single bit of polling data,” but that’s not really true. I’m reading a lot into two bits of polling data! Plus what would probably be a third bit [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Survey Time

A couple of academics are doing an Iraq-related blog survey or blog-related Iraq survey that they invite you to take. The intro page reassures readers that
There is no penalty for withdrawing.
which is comforting.

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

“Spying on the Home Front”

By Mona
Coming to PBS’s Frontline on May 15:

FRONTLINE addresses an issue of major consequence for all Americans: Is the Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism jeopardizing our civil liberties? Reporter Hedrick Smith presents new material on how the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program works and examines clashing viewpoints on whether [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

(Updated) The Neocons’ Own Private Iraq

By Mona
Readers may recall when Glenn Harlan Reynolds compared the level of violence in Iraq with living in Philadelphia (so cute, he declared: “Stop the killing. U.S. out of Philadelphia now!”). Well, according to the Victory Caucus the better state with which to compare the carnage and terror in Iraq, as [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

A Career Open to Talents

Britain is a country where every girl and boy can dream of growing up to one day overstay their welcome. Discuss.

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Le Mot Juste

Garance Franke-Ruta, whom I haven’t kicked around over her age-of-consent thing because others did it perfectly adequately already, provides a better analogy to Hillary Clinton’s quiet support than I did last night:
People are supporting Clinton the way women hide purchases from their husbands. The basic dynamic is: Why have a fight if you can just [...]