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Comment quicktags

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Hello readers. There are now quicktags/buttons in the comments that allow you to do strong or bold, emphasis or italics, blockquotes, and code listing. The buttons open and close the tags. Also the overzealous comment moderation monster has been reigned in some. Please be patient as it "learns" and stops moderating legitimate comments. Comments that were mistakenly … [Read more...] about Comment quicktags

Literary Quote of the Day: Tim O’Brien

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Tim O’Brien is considered by many people to be the pre-eminent writer of Vietnam War fiction, which seems kind of timely given that the U.S. is fighting another unpopular war some four decades years later. Co-blogger Shaun Mullen selected the following excerpt from “The Things They Carried,â€? which along with “Waiting For Cacciato,â€? he considers to be O’Brien’s … [Read more...] about Literary Quote of the Day: Tim O’Brien

Center of Attention

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Extra attention to a few Centrist blogs. Today: Andrew Sullivan on Saddam's burial. With a transcript of a TV debate between Iraqi MP Mish'an Al-Jabouri, the owner of Al-Zawraa TV and Iraqi journalist Sadeq Al-Musawi. It ain't nice to say the least. Andrew wonders how 'these people' can ever be brought together. I have no idea. Alexander Paul Melonas at the Gun Toting … [Read more...] about Center of Attention

Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Care Coverage

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, the conservative Austrian governor of California, has now truly broken with the far right. Joe noted on several occasions by now that Schwarzenegger seems to be re-reinventing himself as a (true) centrist. His latest proposal is one that leaves no room for doubt: "Prices for health care and insurance are rising twice as fast as inflation, twice as … [Read more...] about Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Care Coverage

When Not Being Perfect Is a Crime

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This is the tragic story of a woman and a girl woman and how not being perfect is a crime. The woman is Julie Thao, a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, for 13 years who had outstanding job performance ratings. The girl woman was Jasmine Gant, a 16-year-old high school student who got pregnant. The facts are these: On July 5 of last year, Gant … [Read more...] about When Not Being Perfect Is a Crime

The Self-Decorating Ape

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New York Times: Always Revealing, Human Skin Is an Anthropologist’s Map In an era of academic hyper-specialization, Dr. Nina G. Jablonski has an amazingly broad résumé. At 53, she heads the anthropology department at Pennsylvania State University. She’s also a primatologist, an evolutionary biologist and a paleontologist. Last year, Dr. Jablonski led an expedition … [Read more...] about The Self-Decorating Ape

Poll Shows Dropping Support For Bush And Iraq “Surge” Idea

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When President Bush presents his acutely-telegraphed announcement that he wants to increase troops in Iraq as part of a "surge" (escalation) he will do so from one of the weakest political positions possible, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll indicates:President Bush will outline his "new way forward" in Iraq on Wednesday to a nation that overwhelmingly opposes sending more U.S. … [Read more...] about Poll Shows Dropping Support For Bush And Iraq “Surge” Idea

Quote Of The Day: Tony Snow On Congress

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"You know, Congress has the power of the purse," Snow said, then added: "The President has the ability to exercise his own authority if he thinks Congress has voted the wrong way."--White House spokesman Tony Snow to reporters when asked about Congress and President George Bush's impending announcement that he will decide on a "surge" (escalation) in the Iraq War. … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Tony Snow On Congress

DVD Review: Memron

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Once upon a time there was a company named Enron. Or was it Memron? And the company headed so far south it hit the equator as it was battered by a series of scandals involving fraud, high-living executives who betrayed the dreams of stockholders and employees, and bankruptcy. But whatever happened to some of those employees. Could they and did they try to rise again? What if … [Read more...] about DVD Review: Memron

Guest Poet: The Bush Iraq Purge

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And now some verse from TMV's favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet: If a president is intent on pursuing a policy the public doesn't want and Congress doesn't want and the rest of the world views as absurd, he has to get rid of people within his own defense and intelligence agencies that feel the same way. This limerick explains it all...The Bush Iraq … [Read more...] about Guest Poet: The Bush Iraq Purge

This Just In!!

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THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush Offers to Re-hang Saddam ‘We’ll Get It Right This Time,’ President Promises At a press briefing at the White House today, President George W. Bush said that he was “sensitiveâ€? to the global outcry over the manner in which former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was hanged and would attempt to make amends by … [Read more...] about This Just In!!