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this n that

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Go and read Now What?: It is hard to escape the fact that, in far too many ways, bin Laden won even in death. He hoped to provoke a drastic over-reach from that resident idiot in the White House, and … Continue reading →

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Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm by

Go read the whole thing: “USA! USA!” is the wrong response by David Sirota This is bin Laden’s lamentable victory: He has changed America’s psyche from one that saw violence as a regrettable-if-sometimes-necessary act into one that finds orgasmic euphoria … Continue reading →

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the enemy is dead; long live the enemy

Posted on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 9:00 pm by

So the news is scrolling in on my various news sources — Osama bin Laden, ostensibly America’s Most Wanted, has been shot and killed in Pakistan today. The President is to make a live announcement shortly. So does this mean … Continue reading →

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