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Archive for August, 2009

ABC News: Blacks Don’t Visit National Parks Because Of Racism

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News

This has got to qualify as one of the most absurd news stores ever:

American Allies Looking For A Way Out Of Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Affairs, War On Terror

While the United States seems to be on the verge of ramping up it’s troop commitment to Afghanistan, our allies seem to be looking for a quick way out.
The opposition Conservatives in Britain are talking about reducing that countries’ commitment to the Afghan War:
Liam Fox, the Tory defence spokesman, is calling for Britain to shorten [...]

No Photos Please, We’re Eating Cheeseburgers

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

Michelle Obama celebrated her first day of vacation by having a cheeseburger, but there are no pictures:
MICHELLE Obama, like her husband, enjoys a good burger, but not as well done. The first lady brought daughters Malia and Sasha to former “Top Chef” contestant Spike Mendelsohn’sGood Stuff Eatery in DC for cheeseburgers, onion rings, fries, and [...]

Oh, Ron

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Ron Paul

Congressman Ron Paul has been getting a lot of positive press since the credit crisis started, and his bill to audit the Fed has gotten a lot of attention and support. His son is running for Senate in Kentucky.
So, what does he do ?
He goes and speaks to the John Birch Society.
Ugh.

Phillies Win Over Mets On Unassisted Triple Play

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, Sports

Yesterday’s Phillies-Mets game ended after one of the rarest plays in baseball:
NEW YORK – From shallow center field, Shane Victorino was frantically yelling to teammate Eric Bruntlett: “Touch everybody. Touch everything.”
Afterward, Bruntlett said he wasn’t certain if he heard anything. He was somewhat occupied at the time. The Phillies utility infielder was indeed touching everybody [...]

Situation In Afghanistan “Serious And Deteriorating”

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Affairs, War On Terror

When it reaches it’s eighth anniversary in October, the War in Afghanistan will become the second-longest war in American history. Only the Vietnam War, during which American involvement lasted from August 1964 through January 1973, was longer, and the Afghan War would surpass even that nightmare if it is still ongoing in March 2010. Based [...]

Yankees Win 2 Of 3 In Boston

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 24th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

After trading back-to-back blowouts, the Yankees and Red Sox and a more traditional game last night and New York came out on top:
BOSTON — The Yankees have seen Josh Beckett at his best, and now they have seen him at his worst. In their final game at Fenway Park this season — until a possible [...]

Woman Yells “Heil Hitler” To Jewish Man At Health Care Town Hall

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 23rd, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Health Care Reform, Politics

This is what passes for political debate in America today:

Economic Armageddon In 2012 ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

That’s what one economist sees coming:

The Intellectual Bankruptcy Of The Reductio Ad Hitlerum

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Kathleen Parker has a column in today’s Washington Post about the extent to which allusions to Hilter and the Nazis have become a common part of what passes for political debate in 21st Century America:
Invocations of Hitler usually mean two things: one, a poverty of imagination, and two, a paucity of good arguments. It [...]

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