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May 07 2009
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“ The Israel Lobby apparently succeeded in convincing the Obama Justice (sic) Department that it is anti-semitic to accuse two Jewish AIPAC officials, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, of spying. The Israel Lobby succeeded in getting their trial delayed for four years, and now Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped charges. Yet, Larry Franklin, the DOD official accused of giving secret material to Rosen and Weissman, is serving 12 years and 7 months in prison….
Apr 01 2009
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The Obama Administration claimed that BCRA allows the federal government to ban a 600-page book if it mentions a candidate’s name only once, a 90-minute movie if it mentions a candidate’s name once, or even a toy action figure of a candidate. If the organization uses a single dime of its general funds to produce, promote or distribute any such materials during the “blackout” periods, it becomes a federal crime.
The key justices in this case seemed astonished at the broad powers the Obama Administration was claiming under BCRA, and seem poised to rule 5-4 in favor of Citizens United. This would continue a steady trend over the past couple years, with moderate Justice Kennedy siding with the four conservative justices on issues of political speech. This will be the third BCRA suit in as many years, and should be decided by the same split as they others.
The issue in these cases is the freedom of individuals to act together to speak out on public matters. As Ted Olson explained in his opening statement, “Participation in the political process is the First Amendment’s most fundamental guarantee. Yet that freedom is being smothered by one of the most complicated, expensive, and incomprehensible regulatory regimes ever invented.”
Mar 27 2009
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“ Instead, what passes as “serious academic scholarship” among many Evangelicals and Reformed amounts to self-affirming dialogues carried on between people who insulate themselves within various “safe” Confessional and publishing contexts.
Mar 26 2009
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“ It must be admitted that this eye for detail often failed him when he came to construct plots. When Howard Hawks, filming The Big Sleep, asked Chandler to clarify who was responsible for the death of the chauffeur Owen Taylor, the author couldn’t tell him.
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Raymond Chandler’s novels under the magnifying glass - Telegraph
This paragraph is mistaken as the next one shows. Chandler’s eye for detail didn’t “fail.” He refused to use it that way. The point was always that looking at one case put one in a maze of conflicting criminal activities. You could never hope to sort through the whole mess.
Mar 10 2009
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Speaker Pelosi: making the country proud. What a statesman! http://bit.ly/bBYye
Mar 06 2009
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“ So you can take a market and beat it, tax it, regulate it, subsidize it, flood it with fake money, punish its performers and reward its losers, hobble its capital sector, strangle consumers, nationalize stuff at will, and erect every barrier to trade and cooperation, and STILL call it a market. When the scheme fails, it’s the free market that failed, so clearly we need the totalitarian state to sweep into action.
Mar 01 2009
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“ Adolfo Carrion was involved and orchestrated taking several acres of parkland from one of the poorest areas of the country and gave it to the wealthiest sports team in the world as free land,” said Lucas Herbert, an urban planner himself.
Feb 28 2009
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The Raw Story | Ron Paul: We killed a million Iraqis and that pleased bin Laden
Unbelievable! They let Ron Paul speak at CPAC, and he lectured them on foreign policy. Too wonderful for words!
