23 June 2005

Oh, that's allright then!

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[Al Qaida] Iraq’s most feared terror group said Tuesday that it has formed a unit of potential suicide attackers who are exclusively Iraqis, an apparent bid to deflect criticism that most suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners.

Just ponder what it says about the Associated Press and Al Qaida that they could write and think this. Ponder who is the intended, receptive audience for this PR ploy.

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Experimental Politics

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Q: What is Gitmo?

A: Contrary to what some suggest, it does not stand for “Git mo’ Peking chicken for Muhammad, he wants a second portion.” It stands for “Guantanamo,” a facility the United States built to see if the left would ever care about human rights abuses in Cuba. The experiment has apparently been successful.

Of course, we already knew this but it’s always nice to get confirmation.

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US Supreme Court just says "no" to property rights

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to home and small business owners throughout the country by allowing the government to use eminent domain to take homes so that businesses can make more money off that land and possibly pay more taxes as a result.

I guess it’s the establishment of a truly privileged class in the USA, with the ability to arbitrarily expropriate the property of the peasants. So completely disgusting that I’m not certain the evisceration of the First Admendment from McCain-Feingold was worse.

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