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200 Days To Go
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate... Read more...
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Gov. Crist Gets Engaged
Flablog has the rundown on Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s engagement to one Carole Rome, described as an MBA, with experience working as an auditor and as a realtor, at Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again? including many people asking the obvious question. It’s hard... Read more...
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Friday McBush Bashing
What does McCain mean by ‘we’? McCains Failed To Pay Taxes On California Home For Four Years, Newsweek To Report Media Matters, The Edwards standard and John McCain Carpetbagger Report, Up until recently, McCain opposed his ‘top priority’ Nitpicker, McCain’s... Read more...
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Interviewed on the Viacom v. Google Discovery Decision
I was interviewed today for this afternoon’s edition of Marketplace; of course you never know if they’ll use it or not. The topic was the strange — and to my mind wrongly decided — decision ordering massive disclosure of user YouTube video-viewing records in Viacom v.... Read more...
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La Disparition
This is a cute idea: Barack Obama Bumper Stickers! — a different one, the site promises, for each of the 50 states. Only, the actual list of states is missing Florida: States So Far:AL, AK AZ, CA, KS, LA, MO, NE, NV, NH, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI. States To Go: AR, CO, CT, DE, GL,... Read more...
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One Cheer for McDonalds
I am no great fan of McDonalds — I don’t think I’ve been inside one more than twice in the last decade — but I think they deserve praise for this letter responding to the threat that has now matured as this boycott campaign. (found via Good as You, AFA will try to tarnish... Read more...
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Today's Discovery In Applied Informatics
I have found what I believe to be one of the last types of information for which search on the Internet remains utterly useless: finding where fireworks stands might located in the South Dade area. I did discover that there’s a store in Key Largo, but that’s kinda far. The big July... Read more...
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PoliticsTV Looks Back on Recent Political Videos
Politics TV has a July 4 Special: 2008’s Best Campaign Web Videos So Far -Pt 2 They put it online, so I guess we don’t need to wait until Friday to see it. My vote for funniest is still the Gravel moment of zen. But I suspect “yes we can” will go down in history as... Read more...
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The Snark IS a Boojum
The DC Circuit has now issued a redacted version of Judge Garland’s opinion for the Court in Parhat v. Gates. It’s worth a read. Notably, the Court accepts the government’s view of its own powers and of the standard of proof required in a Combatant Status Review Tribunal... Read more...
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Gary Farber on the Power of Music
Gary Farber has a great piece on the (soft) power of music, If it ain’t got that swing, which introduced me to Willis Conover. Who’s that? Willis Conover is, or at least once was, one of the most world famous Americans for forty years, and yet unknown to all but a few Americans… Read more...
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Friday McBush Bashing
AP, Analysis: McCain hampered by campaign missteps. Yes, AP. Sue me. Carpetbagger Report, With McCain, it’s about more than a simple change of heart Crooks & Liars, Top McCain Adviser: Another terror attack would give McCain “big advantage” HuffPo, Impossible: Finding An... Read more...
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A Provocation
Since I am vacationing at an undisclosed location, here’s a provocation to keep you going: Scholars and Rogues, If he were a candidate in the 2008 presidential election, Richard M. Nixon would be more progressive than either the Republican or Democratic nominees. Discuss. For extra... Read more...
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