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This, folks, is why Thomas Franks called them the wrecking crew:

This morning AP reported that the Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws. The NYTimes points to the three-page memo spelling out the policy, but I’m thinking Reason’s Jacob Sullum still believes there’s good reason for legit distributors to worry: [T]he Drug Enforcement Administration can still participate in...

Last week we ran this post giving excerpts from Caroline Glick’s an intriguing article on RealClearWorld asking whether Turkey has left the West to join up with the Iranian axis. Now Steven Taylor, aka, Poliblogger has his own response. Here is a small part of it: Until Turkey quits NATO, rescinds its request to join the EU, and makes a public statement about joining Iran, any talk about the Turkey being...

WASHINGTON — Will the young and hopeful abandon the political playing field to older voters who are angry? That is the quiet crisis confronting President Obama and the Democrats. Left unattended, it could become a formidable obstacle for them in next year’s midterm elections. Moreover, the sour mood that has gripped the nation’s politics could only further turn off the young. This means...

If you thought the “balloon boy” story would float away, think again. With the latest news that a key law enforcement official has now branded the nationally covered incident a hoax, it will be more in the news than ever. Scroll below to read our blog posts, but here’s a cross section videos showing of how some of the news organizations are covering the latest news. Sheriff Jim Alderden of...

A few days ago, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés shared with us a letter from former president George H. W. Bush (#41) informing his “Fellow Members of the Texas A&M Family” of the gracious invitation he had extended to President Obama to come down to Aggie land to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bush’s “points of light” initiative, and to talk about “an issue that unites...

For critics claiming we cannot afford health care reform for our own people in which 45,000 uninsured die annually — a report I admit may be high — consider these apples. It costs about $400 a gallon to deliver fuel to our troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon reports it costs about $1 billion for ever 1,000 troops in that land-locked nation which has an infrastructure worse than the poorest barrio...

The sheriff of Larimer County Colorado has just held a press conference in which he has confirmed that this was a hoax and a publicity stunt. The father did stage this, it turns out he was an actor in California before he moved to Colorado and this is part of a plot to promote a new TV show. There have been two former 911 calls to this location. The first was determined to be an accident when a child called...

It came as no surprise to me when I read a recent article “Saudi jailed for ‘bragging’ about sex”. You see, like an average man (or MCP) I, too, never lose an opportunity to brag…well, about everything!!! So, when I landed in Jeddah in the late-1970s to take up my journalistic assignment, my friends warned me to be very, very careful about two subjects — drinks and women...

Glenn Greenwald tells us about an important turn of events in a lawsuit filed by Binyam Mohamed, a former Guantanamo detainee (emphasis is in original):

Steve Benen has a very different opinion from my own. So what if some racist statements were falsely attributed to Rush? He’s said plenty of real racist things, too. Steve provides this list, via TAPPED, Limbaugh’s record of racist commentary…includes not only a habit of comparing black athletes to gang members but a general hostility toward black people. Limbaugh only recently suggested...

My old friend Dara Horn has a great column in the WSJ. She writes, Americans crave authenticity, culinary and otherwise. But most of what we consider authentic is just an earlier generation’s novelty. The Jewish delicatessen is a case in point. While cured meats are a European specialty, Mr. Sax points out that most Jews in Eastern Europe were too poor to afford red meat; pastrami got its start as a way...

I am a native Southern Californian, love baseball, played it as a youth and because my hometown San Diego Padres suck, don’t follow it that much on television until the playoffs. Watching Friday night’s game in New York with the Yankees playing the Angels I may have caught a case of pneumonia in my own home 3,000 away from home plate. Believe me, it was a lot warmer at Yankee Stadium than Coors Field...

Fats Waller was one of the greatest jazz performers and showmen of the early-mid 20th century. Here he is performing his song “This Joint Is Jumpin” And one of his most delightful songs: “Your Feets Too Big”: Even though he died of double-pneumonia while on a train trip in 1943, he left a substantial recorded legacy that we can still enjoy.

Here are two different views from cartoonists on Rush Limbaugh, the NFL and the Rams: John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons These cartoons are copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved.

You know me by now. I find that Letters to the Editor generally depict the unvarnished views of “regular” Americans, and I often use them support a particular point of view. Of course, these same letters can also express points of view that I do not agree with. I am sure that those who oppose my views can and will use those in order to support their views. Anyway, in the debate to eliminate discrimination...

Hello there, Dr. Estés here. UPDATE to the story continuing to unfold in Texas between Governor Perry and a Commission looking into facts, or lack of… surrounding a man condemned to death in Texas. A mystery within a mystery as some facts/motives surfaced by usual means, but some recently appeared from ‘invisible hands.’ To give clarity? Or to purposely muddy the waters? Correspondent here...

The mere mention of the Westboro Baptist Church in any form of the media is a victory for the gay-bashing anti-Semite demented hate mongers. I’m sorry but I will risk being struck by a bolt of lightning by saying the group will be protesting at a number of San Diego area churches Saturday night. Here’s a blurb from their website: Since 1955, Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has taken forth the precious...

I have always believed that if there is a clear and present danger to the security of the United States or an imminent attack, our country has every right to launch a preemptive military strike against the potential source of such a threat. Regrettable, such a valid doctrine, in my opinion, was adulterated by the previous administration. Early in his administration—and, yes, as a result of 9/11—Bush...

A major story is breaking on the East Coast in New York City — a brutal gay beating hate crime that was caught on video tape. The victim, 49-year-old Jack Price, crawled to his apartment and managed to call police and identify his attackers before being rushed to a hospital where he is reportedly in a medically induced coma with multiple serious injuries. Here is the AP raw video embedded on You Tube...

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved.

If you drive a car in virtually any city or town in this country you probably think the parking ticket situation couldn’t be worse. Silly you. It’s actually much worse in other parts of the world, and nowhere worse than in the U.K. There are so many god-awful parking tales coming out of the U.K. these days they appear in its media almost as often as local weather reports. Perhaps the worst abuses...

In many parts of India you can see people enjoying bhang/hashish (or cannabis/marijuana) by the roadside without attracting a look of surprise or disapproval. It is only when the Western world began to raise hue and cry that people in the urban areas began to smoke/drink it discreetly at the occasional activation of the dormant laws. In nearly 80 per cent of India it is still openly consumed (generally in...

There’s the old joke about the heartless corporation that is so bad it will do anything to collect a debt. Well Macy’s in Sacramento, California seems to have taken this to a whole new level. It all began when Ken and Patty Blomberg got into a dispute with the store over the purchase of some rugs that they never got but Macy’s still wanted them to pay for. That dispute went along for a while...