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Aid to terrorists

Joy! Apparently we liberals have gone from being “objectively pro-terrorist” (where our opposition to “anti-terrorist” measures make terrorists feel good) to being just plain-old “pro-terrorist,” as in
actively collaborating with terrorists. Of course, there aren’t any names named.
Except
over at Digby’s place, where he ponders
Grover Norquist’s and Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-CA) ties to the Taliban.
Like [...]

Due process? What are you, pansy?

Digby “responds to a joke letter”:http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2005_01_23_digbysblog_archive.html#110688380850953943 making the rounds, wherein the President presumably tells liberal whiners about human rights that, ok, you don’t like how we’re dealing with them? Then we’re sending one to your door.
bq. Although Ahmed is sociopathic and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his “attitudinal problem” [...]

Kopel on F911

Dave Kopel is working on a review of F911 for National Review Online. You can
preview it here. This is certainly more along the lines of how I think people ought to address the film. Far from saying F911 is unconvincing and leaving it at that, Kopel actually goes into detail.
However, for the most part I [...]

I’m a Superball

“I’m rubber and you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.”*
(Yeah, the meter on that bugs me too.)
Ever notice the social conservative comeback to a lot of criticism is “Intolerant? You’re the one who’s intolerant.” White people intolerant of Black people? No! Blacks are intolerant of whites! Christian conservatives intolerant of gays? [...]

Letter to TNR

Occasionally I read something so incredibly stupid I just have to write back, which is how it is with the Jon Stewart review I posted about yesterday. So, here’s what I just sent to TNR:

I have just finished Lee Siegal’s astounding review of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.” Anyone who thinks politically motivated comedy is new (“For [...]

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