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quote for the morning IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.england-richmond-hill-on-the-prince-regents-birthday-276

quote for the morning

Erik Kain April 20, 2009
“Twitter is social networking for the postapocalypse, a Spartan chatsystem for survivalists suffering from a radical scarcity...
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I think… IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-tate.the-vale-of-rest-48

I think…

Erik Kain April 20, 2009
…that before any news commentator states that waterboarding isn’t torture they should at least have to experience...
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Anticipating Cuba

Erik Kain April 20, 2009
It’s very good news that steps are finally being taken to ease relations with Cuba.  So far,...
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(Don’t) Stop the ACLU! IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-64361

(Don’t) Stop the ACLU!

Will April 20, 2009
Say what you will about the ACLU, but they’re pretty darn consistent when it comes to opposing...
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great powerings

Chris Dierkes April 19, 2009
“I think if you let journalists become your grand strategists, you are gonna go straight to hell.”...
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Hypocrites invoking libertarian arguments are still hypocrites

Dave April 19, 2009
Via Kipesquire (I couldn’t have said it better myself): The “victimized” Christian bigots are of course not...
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On the Bounce

Will April 19, 2009
As far as columns designed to provoke go, Tom Ricks’ latest effort has succeeded admirably: Want to...
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Who was Spengler? IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-11239470605_ddd447e3df_b

Who was Spengler?

William Brafford April 19, 2009
I can’t remember how I first found Spengler, but it was sometime in the fall of 2007...
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Weekend League Round-Up!!! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.seascape-near-les-saintes-maries-de-la-mer-46

Weekend League Round-Up!!!

Erik Kain April 18, 2009
We have been accused from time to time of having far too many posts many of which...
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Justice claims are moral claims. IFRL-Mindiv-alex-iby-434004-unsplash

Justice claims are moral claims.

William Brafford April 18, 2009
Scott makes the argument, bizarre to my ears, that the language of morality has somehow become the...
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Initial Thoughts on the Memos

Mark of New Jersey April 17, 2009
I’ve had time to give the Bybee memo a good read, and I’ve gotten pretty far into...
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Retiring from the League… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.burg-scharfenberg-at-night

Retiring from the League…

Dave April 17, 2009
…taking up residence to the libertarian paradise that is Somalia.  I’ve had a few liberals tell me...
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Friday Night Jukebox

Freddie April 17, 2009
Customarily, these Friday Night Jukebox posts come with some ruminations about the musician or music in question....
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truth and consequences

Erik Kain April 17, 2009
“Disclosure of the techniques is likely to be met by faux outrage, and is perfectly packaged for...
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Good for Morrisey

Erik Kain April 17, 2009
A voice of sanity:
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Glenn Greenwald… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-may-pamintuan-76-unsplash

Glenn Greenwald…

Erik Kain April 17, 2009
…sums it all up.
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Intellectual Insecurity IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.gordale-scar-a-view-of-gordale-in-the-manor-of-east-malham-in-craven-yorkshire-the-property-of-lord-ribblesdale-44

Intellectual Insecurity

Will April 17, 2009
To follow-up briefly on the recent discussion regarding intramural conservative debate, there’s an odd tendency among certain...
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Creating Apathy by Fighting Apathy IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-418597

Creating Apathy by Fighting Apathy

Mark of New Jersey April 17, 2009
Scott (and, by implication, Freddie) has put together a challenging retort to my arguments that most large-scale political...
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Pomocon returns

Freddie April 16, 2009
Ordinarily, this would probably be the sort of thing that would go up in a minipost. But...
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The Torture Memos

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
(Updates below and continuing as more reactions come in…) You can read the memos here.  Sullivan has...
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