WKKs are "Wagah Kandle Kissers": the group of Indians who obstinately refuse to acknowledge the true nature of Pakistan. I lump them in with President Obama who seems incapable of understanding the nature of the opposition he faces.
Ultimately, the willful refusal to face the fact that some people simply cannot be approached with reason is a form of intellectual treason.
In the case of the Republicans, it takes a David Frum and a David Brooks to recognize them.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
QOTD: Bill Clinton
Via TPM and Kevin Drum:
Bill Clinton compares the GOP's crackdown on voting rights to the days of Jim Crow.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Never throw away anything?
In 1957, a little girl was abducted and killed. The murder mystery has apparently been solved 54 years later.
Police suspected McCullough, who lived less than two blocks from the Ridulphs and who fit the description of the man said to have approached the girls, Thomas said Friday. But McCullough seemed to have an alibi, claiming he took the train from Rockford to Chicago the day of the abduction.
His story fell apart last year after investigators reinterviewed a woman who dated him in 1957 and asked her to search through some personal items, the Seattle Times reported, citing court documents. She found an unused train ticket from Rockford to Chicago dated the day the girl went missing.
"Once his alibi crumbled, we found about a dozen other facts that helped us build our case," Thomas said.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Stephen Colbert finally gets it about Pakistan
Perhaps a decade late, but finally Stephen Colbert gets it about Pakistan:
What did he understand? Well, in case you can't watch the video for some reason (e.g., you're on an iPad with no Adobe Flash), it begins with this:
What did he understand? Well, in case you can't watch the video for some reason (e.g., you're on an iPad with no Adobe Flash), it begins with this:
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Triumph of Wall Street and the Decline of America
Paul Krugman reviews "Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present" by Jeff Madrick at the New York Review of Books.
The US has a recurring pattern since the 1970s, of banks getting into a crisis, getting bailed out by the government, and then bashing government and regulation when the situation stabilizes. The bank busts keep getting bigger.
The US has a recurring pattern since the 1970s, of banks getting into a crisis, getting bailed out by the government, and then bashing government and regulation when the situation stabilizes. The bank busts keep getting bigger.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Civil Liberties - the current situation
Nick Baumann writes that in the debate over whether people arrested on charges of terrorism have the usual constitutional protections, the civil libertarians have lost:
Civil libertarians have lost that argument. The defeat is total: in the White House, on Capitol Hill, in the courts, and, crucially, in the court of public opinion. Indefinite detention of non-citizen terrorist suspects without charge or trial remains the official policy of the United States, and none of the most infamous non-citizen terrorist suspects will be tried in federal court.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Battlefield 2011
2008 Battle of Monmouth reenactment here.
2011: click here. Many of the photographs are heavy crops.
2011: click here. Many of the photographs are heavy crops.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Acne Cure Reaches the Sun
From RealClimate.org: before and after:
The Sun might enter an extended period of low sunspot activity - a "grand minimum" similar to the Maunder Minimum in the 17th century. Unfortunately, it does not offer us much respite in the matter of reducing climate change.
The Sun might enter an extended period of low sunspot activity - a "grand minimum" similar to the Maunder Minimum in the 17th century. Unfortunately, it does not offer us much respite in the matter of reducing climate change.
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