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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 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-science-fiction-1819026_1920

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 IFRL-Mindiv-alex-iby-434004-unsplash

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 IFRL-TLC-War-27812994284_d498216b8e_b

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 IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-versailles.the-army-takes-an-oath-to-the-emperor-after-the-distribution-of-eagles-5-december-1804-59

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 IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-SeascapeInSatta

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 IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01317vd

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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The NBA: Where a pretty predictable post-season happens IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.guitar-with-inlays-301

The NBA: Where a pretty predictable post-season happens

Will April 16, 2009
I’ve got Kobe’s Lakers over Lebron’s Cavs in five games. If the series goes to six or...
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The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-edit-unautremondetran00gran_0_0128

The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
“Let’s put this simply. 80% of the budget falls into five categories: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Veteran’s...
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These are big protests but… IFRL-TLC-War-3g12666v

These are big protests but…

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
…it still feels like, despite strong attendance, the one real thing they have going for them is...
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This… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-pawel-nolbert-291146-unsplash

This…

Mark of New Jersey April 16, 2009
Is exactly what I was talking about.  Is it an anti-Obama protest, an anti-spending protest, an anti-tax...
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What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-Yorimasa

What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
Let’s start with “isn’t” first: ________________________________________ It’s not a war just about spreading democracy. It’s not a...
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Setting the Record Straight IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-europa

Setting the Record Straight

Mark of New Jersey April 15, 2009
I’d be a bit remiss if I didn’t link to this interview between Rachel Maddow and Stephen Gordon...
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Tea Time IFRL-NaPP-Space-14761995554_bf9acf2685_z

Tea Time

Erik Kain April 15, 2009
What can be said that hasn’t already about the Tea Party Phenomenon?  Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right...
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Speaking of that DHS Report…. IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-venus

Speaking of that DHS Report….

Mark of New Jersey April 15, 2009
I’m with Thoreau – first in, first out.  The DHS report is ridiculous, disturbing, terrifying, etc. –...
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