Category Archives: us.politics

Unexpected (Good) News

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Apparently there are limits to a school’s right to search students. This is highly unexpected from this Court. Perhaps a harbinger of things to come. Hard to square this with their other decisions, but anyway this is one step in … Continue reading →

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For Justice; For Safety of Man

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

[singlepic id=30 w=380 h=280 float=right] Some good news this week, news that I have been waiting for. Johnny Yoo is being called to the court to answer for his criminal torture memos, and it is none too soon. I have … Continue reading →

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Flying Attack Monkeys

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

[singlepic id=62 w=360 h=280 float=right] Wow, this is not my usual area of discussion, but it is just too funny to pass up. Apparently Dave Letterman made a joke about Sarah Palin’s family the other night. Now, as any aficionado … Continue reading →

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Background and Food for Thought

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

From a comment on a humorous* blog, but I do believe the information contained herein to be accurate: The Founding Fathers supported the view that (in the words of the Declaration of Independence) “Men … are endowed by their Creator … Continue reading →

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Time Lost, at All Cost

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

FOARP hits the nail smack on the head: …I have to say that I find her to be quite shallow. The fact that she poses as an economist (although, one who seemingly doesn’t know the most basic things about economics) … Continue reading →

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Double Standards, Honey

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

I usually ignore Megan McArdle, but recently I made the mistake of clicking through to one of her posts. I learned years ago what an idiot she was, and usually save my poor brain cells for something more important. That … Continue reading →

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Housing Mess Part V

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Interesting article over at Harper’s, providing a first-person account not of the mortgage holder, (such as the NYT article by one of their economic (!) writers), but of the crew that clears empty places out and gets them ready to … Continue reading →

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Top Secret Intelligence Briefing

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

So Donald Rumsfeld saw no problem whatsoever in putting biblical passages on the cover of the intelligence reports he handed to Bush. As we prosecuted a war against a Muslim country. Wow. The stupidity is frightening. For background, click here. … Continue reading →

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Hoisted from [someone else's] Comments

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Engineering Precedent: Two months ago Obama’s DOJ confused a lot of people by continuing to utilize a much-criticized legal argument regularly employed by Bush’s DOJ, that had the interesting result of making whole lawsuits just vanish into thin air: The … Continue reading →

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Recommendation

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

I have linked over a few times, but I would like to properly recommend everyone to join the party over at Discourse dot net, with Law Professor Michael Froomkin, for discussions about such lovely topics as torture and international tribunals. … Continue reading →

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