Unqualified Offerings

T. Boone Pickens, wind-power initiative. Discuss. Pickens claims he wants it all to be privately financed. Cynics, start your engines! Or, contrariwise, speak in favor of the quondam oil baron.

Thanks to "History’s Greatest Monster," Jimmy Carter, for inspiring our title.
Via Libby at Newshoggers, I give you "Strange Bedfellows," devoted to focusing "on what’s important to white middle-class people," such as the pathetic FISA bill, ending the PATRIOT Act and generally trying to pants the national-security state. Money Bombs are involved!
Libby also suggests that [...]

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An Iraqi official suggests that the US might be out of Iraq by 2011 or 2012, which is approximately six intervals of six months.

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Having raised the alarm about possible war with Iran, I’ll note that there are some signs pointing toward peace and understanding:
U.S. exports to Iran — including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics… — grew more than tenfold during President Bush’s years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists.
America sent more [...]

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I still think Doug M may win the bet, but I’m not going to write any checks before 12:01 am on September 1.
The potential for escalation became clear in early January, when five Iranian patrol boats, believed to be under the command of the Revolutionary Guard, made a series of aggressive moves toward three [...]

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A recent study finds that scholars are incredibly diligent about properly citing sources and making sure that they understand the contents of a paper before citing it.

I totally want to title a post, "About Suffering They Were Never Schlongs, the Old Masters," but I haven’t got any actual subject for it.

On AOTP by me:

A long, more or less pro-meat post taking off from Ezra Klein and John Schwenkler. Eric: You’re namechecked.
Who Mourns for Jesse Helms? Bob Barr.