Day: March 18, 2009

Needs More AIPAC! IFRL-Mindiv-jeremy-yap-160713-unsplash

Needs More AIPAC!

Mark of New Jersey March 18, 2009

In comments downblog, Roque Nuevo is looking for something to back up E.D.’s assertion that “No other...

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no trees were harmed in the making of this blog

Erik Kain March 18, 2009

I suppose when it comes to politics I am a bit of a mixed bag. I think...

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turn on, tune in, opt out

Erik Kain March 18, 2009

Writes Andrew Sullivan: Andrew Biggs highlights an interesting new study on social security finding that 48 percent...

Dear Abby

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Dear Abby

Erik Kain March 18, 2009

Jack Gillis proves that sometimes less is more: Dear Abby: I’ve been in a long-term relationship with...

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induction leading to abortion qualms

Freddie March 18, 2009

This is the product of late-night thinking, and my ideas tend to be even more crack-pot in...

Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…