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Archive for June, 2010

Orly Taitz Warming Up For Round Two

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Apparently, we’ll have Orly Taitz to kick around for quite some time to come:
There are congressional races every 2 years, Diane Feinstein will be due for re-election in 2 years. She will be close to 80 years old then. I read about her. She used to be an attorney, married to a surgeon. I am [...]

How Free Trade Creates Prosperity For Everyone

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Business, Economics, Free Trade

A great new video from Tom Palmer:

Anti-Freedom “Freedom Party” Makes Big Gains In Dutch Elections

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Europe, Foreign Affairs, Islam, Religion

Via my OTB co-blogger Alex Knapp, I learned this morning that the (sadly) ironically named Freedom Party is now the third largest party in The Netherlands:
Stepping away from American politics for a moment, there’s been a shocking result in the Netherlands’ parliamentary elections. The Freedom Party, which supports a ban on Muslims entering the country [...]

Thoughts On The Gaza Blockade

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Blogging, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East, Outside The Beltway

That are likely to get me in trouble in some circles……
Over at OTB: What Does Snack Food Have To Do With Keeping Weapons Out Of Gaza ?

Penn Jillette On Rand Paul

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

Rosie O’Donnell: Helen Thomas Was Right, Jews Should Leave Israel

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under Celebrities, Dumbasses, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East

Sarah Palin And BoobGate

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

For some reason, the story of the afternoon today had to do with Sarah Palin and the question of, well, enhancement:
Hey Sarah Palin, I can see your cleavage from my house!
Alaska’s former governor sported more Northern Exposure than usual at the Belmont Stakes race this weekend, sending the blogosphere into a tizzy, wondering whether Palin [...]

Life, Summarized In Four Bottles

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under Humor

Cult Of The Presidency Available For Free Download

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under History, Individual Liberty, Politics

The Cato Institute has made Gene Healy’s excellent book The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power, which I reviewed here, available for free.
You can download the PDF or the version for Kindle and other e-book readers. or you can read it below:
The Cult Of The Presidency

Reason’s Nick Gillespie On The So-Called “Death Of Decency”: We Don’t Need A Television Nanny

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Movies, Television

Yesterday, Reason’s Nick Gillespie appeared on CNBC to discuss the perpetual debate about the so-called “death of decency” on television:

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