Posted in Humor, Politics on 15 August 2007 | 4 Comments »
This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in my life. Yojoe, perhaps your reading can give our team some tactical pointers for the upcoming zombie war.
Lime out
Posted in Culture, International, Political Commentary, Politics, Social Sciences and History on 24 July 2007 | 6 Comments »
In fact, Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post reports, it’s just the opposite. The real story is the rise of the American welfare state. Whereas in 1956 (see chart) defense spending was nearly 60% of the US budget, now it’s just less than 20%.
In comparison, the roles have switched: in fiscal year 2006, [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Humor, International, Iraq, Islam, Politics on 23 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
You might recall my post back in March about IslamTube entitled “IslamTube: Snipers and Destruction.” Bottom line, IslamTube back then (hold on before you excoriate me for not updating my sources) featured such crowd-pleasers as videos of jihadists blowing up Coalition forces, and Zawahiri tapes–much unlike the cheery GodTube.
Well, turns out somebody has now [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Appellate Law, International, Iraq, Law, Military Justice, Military Law, Politics, Supreme Court on 21 July 2007 | No Comments »
The President yesterday signed an Executive Order, entitled “Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency.”
The White House Press release is HERE, and the full text of the Executive Order follows below my brief analysis.
Note that the Military Commissions Act [...]
Posted in Politics on 17 July 2007 | No Comments »
A recently released document from the Nixon White House provides an illuminating window on Nixon and his modus operandi. In it, Nixon complains that the public doesn’t appreciate his good and caring side. It’s hard to say what is the most amusing part about it: The false humility (”Again, such things, to be believable, have [...]
Posted in Appellate Law, Law, Politics, Supreme Court on 16 July 2007 | No Comments »
We reported earlier that Parker v. District of Columbia, 04-7041 (D.C.Cir, 9 Mar 2007), the D.C. Circuit Court that struck down parts of the 31-year old D.C. gun laws as unconstitutional, was headed to the Supreme Court.
Not surprisingly, today that became a reality. Although the petition was due August 7th, D.C. officials announced today [...]
Posted in Culture, Environment, International, Politics, Science, Tech on 16 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
Steven Mufson of the Washington Post has a grave assessment of Congress’ ability to make even a dent in the dire issue of climate change:
Here’s the good news about climate change: Energy and climate experts say the world already possesses the technological know-how for trimming greenhouse gas emissions enough to slow the perilous rise in [...]
Posted in Culture, International, Islam, Politics on 15 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
Clearly this Canadian anchor thinks little of the U.S., but Ayaan Hirsi Ali, known more for her fierce characterization of Islam as antithetical to free will, will have none of it, saying choicely: “You grew up on freedom, so you can spit on freedom.” Hirsi Ali’s repeated defense of America against all those who reflexively [...]
Posted in Criminal Law, International, Military Law, Politics, Supreme Court on 9 July 2007 | No Comments »
Some new developments.
1. First off, the Pentagon on Wednesday (July 4th) filed an appeal to reverse the commission judge’s dismissal and denial of reconsideration in the Khadr case, which we previously discussed HERE. I’m somewhat surprised, as most government offices weren’t open on the 4th. Despite the filing of the appeal, apparently [...]
Posted in Appellate Law, Criminal Law, International, Military Law, Politics, Supreme Court on 2 July 2007 | 6 Comments »
SCOTUS Detainee Cases
News on several fronts. Last Friday, June 29th, SCOTUS reversed its denial of cert in both the Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. U.S. (06-1196) cases, saying :
The petitions for rehearing are granted. The orders entered April 2, 2007, denying the petitions for writs of certiorari are vacated. [...]
Posted in International, Politics, Supreme Court on 1 July 2007 | No Comments »
Kudos to yojoe for airing his views, but as with my strong disagreement with the conclusions of Michael Moore’s Sicko, there’s often another way to skin a cat. While I find merit in yojoe’s conclusions, I’m not sure he’s taken the most virtuous route to that conclusion (and I ascribe no fault to him–but [...]
Posted in Culture, International, Politics on 26 June 2007 | No Comments »
In the picture below is Ms. Diaz wearing a bag emblazoned with the slogan “Serve the People.” This was a political slogan of the murderous leader Mao Zedong.
This was understandably upsetting to the people of Cuzco, Peru as Shining Path was the cause of some 70,000 deaths in the 1980s. Shining Path was [...]
Posted in Humor, Politics on 26 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
There has been a buzz on Capitol Hill in recent days not seen since Joe Kennedy installed a mechanical bull on the floor of the Senate. The discovery by Dick Cheney that the Vice President’s office constitutes a fourth branch of government has triggered a flurry of projects and papers by government researchers. As in [...]
Posted in Criminal Law, Culture, Law, Politics on 23 June 2007 | No Comments »
[UPDATED 26 Jun: the full 702-pages of primary source materials, referred to below, were posted today on GWU's National Security Archive. Download or keyword-search the files, HERE (24 meg, .pdf). GWU's summary of the documents is HERE, with links to brief/meaty selections.]
Thank “nature’s God” (or your own preference) each day you’re able to discuss [...]
Posted in Criminal Law, Culture, Humor, International, Islam, Law, Politics, Religion on 21 June 2007 | No Comments »
Life is very difficult for former Iranian “reformist” president Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) these days. As the video below (after the break) depicts, he shook
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (left hand unaccounted for)
hands with women on a recent trip to Italy–and is now facing trial following condemnation by Iranian conservatives. Ultra-conservatives a protest [...]
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