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Archive for August 14th, 2010

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Yes And

In Harrisburg for the inaugural Comedy Improv Throwdown, so blogging may be light. Yes, the dependent clause of that sentence is a joke.
Meanwhile, Thoreau is making me read Jeffrey Goldberg’s major new Atlantic article, “Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.” It’s a masterpiece of propaganda writing; I’m particularly impressed with his Lampshade-Hanging. And as a [...]

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

In which Greenwald and I give Obama unqualified praise

By Thoreau
I echo Greenwald:  Obama did the right thing by speaking out in favor of the “Ground Zero Mosque.”  He didn’t abuse his powers to try to over-ride any local authorities (which would be both wrong and unnecessary, given that the NYC authorities have approved the mosque) but simply used the bully pulpit to speak [...]