MOsanthrope

A MOsanthrope tradition since February!
As always, if you’re looking for obtuse political commentary and trite observation, I suggest that you skip to the next post using the scroll bar at right. There’s no one here but us shenanigans.
Back off!

Sound advice.
Speaking of big horses…
Remember to make peace with your family before they write your obituary. […]

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The administration’s Middle East policies have been a great success:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices surged to a record above $78 a barrel Thursday in a market agitated by escalating violence in the Middle East and the threat of supply disruptions there and beyond.
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The latest fear being priced into the market is that the […]

Filed under: Politics, Business, U.S., World, Economy

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joseph Wilson, have filed suit against Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Karl Rove, Vice President Cheney and unnamed administration officials. The complaint alleges:

the intentional and malicious exposure by senior officials of the federal government of one… human source at the CIA, Valerie Plame Wilson, whose job […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Law

Talking Points Memo is one of only a few blogs I read every morning while perusing the “real news”. In his inaugural column for Time.com, TPM’s Josh Marshall touches on what has been a recurring theme here.

The “tell” in this case was the date. The FBI got wind of this plot last […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Media

Compare and contrast:

“Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”

– President Richard M. Nixon, May 1977
 

As Congress opened hearings yesterday on the treatment of terrorism detainees, the Bush administration’s view was neatly summarized by Steven Bradbury, the Justice Department lawyer serving as lead witness. “The president,” Bradbury said, “is always […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Law

Updated on July 11, 2006 at 4:38 pm.
I knew him, Blogosphere….
I have accepted a position which will permit me, I hope, to do some important work. It’s been awhile since I’ve walked the walk. I start July 17.
Employees of the office I’m joining may not publicly spout off about things political. I’ll […]

Filed under: Politics, Announcements, Blogs, Employment, Law, Missouri

Good news:

Bush heralds improved deficit figures
Annual deficit to come in at $296 billion, below original estimates
Tuesday, July 11, 2006; Posted: 11:45 a.m. EDT (15:45 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush touted new deficit figures Tuesday showing considerable improvement upon earlier administration predictions, saying it shows the wisdom of his tax cuts.

That’s great, right?

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Economy

I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen enough news for today.
Headlines from the AP:

Up to 100 feared dead in Bombay blasts
Woman killed in Boston Big Dig tunnel fall
Attacks across Iraq kill at least 47
Suicide attempt probed in NYC collapse
Mom gets 8 years for giving baby methadone
Group: Soldiers killed over rape-slaying
Political volunteer killed in Washington
Much […]

Filed under: Family, News, U.S.

I can think of nothing to add to this.
The news will not come as a shock to the terrorist sympathizers (you remember that, right?) in the reality-based community.

Filed under: Politics, U.S., World

Go read Yglesias.
(Via Atrios).

Filed under: Politics, U.S.

Today’s essential conservative commentary from National Review’s The Corner:

MARINE SPACE PLANE [Jonah Goldberg]
I like it! Particularly if the Marines inside get batwings and lasers. It seems an obvious point to me that flying space Marines would be a valuable contribution to the arsenal of democracy.

That would be kewl!
Which reminds me…

Aired December 5, 2003 - […]

Filed under: Politics, Science, U.S., Media

Civil war:

civil war, n.
A war between factions or regions of the same country.

Not a civil war:

Two bomb blasts in a Shi’ite neighborhood killed 12 [people] and wounded dozens [of people], while gunmen ambushed a commuter bus in a Sunni district and shot dead seven people. Militiamen, believed to be Shi’ite, fought gunbattles in a southern […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Language, World

Swan signets learning the ropes.
 
Did anything significant happen while we were away?

Filed under: Family, Announcements, Travel, Michigan

(Original artwork compliments of my six-year-old).
 
Today’s book club assignment may be found here.

Filed under: Family, Announcements, Children, U.S., History

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Filed under: Announcements

Updated on July 1, 2006 at 5:58 pm and 6:27 pm (I) and on July 2, 2006 at 8:02 am (II).
The whole The New York Times wants to destroy America episode has really become appalling. For obvious reasons, the crowd which presided over perhaps the greatest national security failure in American history is […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Law, Media

Go read digby.

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Law

The Observer’s Paul Harris has an interesting take on the abortion debate:

[T]he end of Roe could liberate Democrats. It will finally draw the sting out of this poisonous topic that has allowed Republicans and conservatives to portray Democrats as uncaring and unreligious. With Roe gone - and Republicans responsible for the political aftermath - Democrats […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S.

Can you pass the U.S. Citizenship Quiz?

Doh! The number of constitutional amendments question got me.

Filed under: U.S., History