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I had all kinds of ideas for things I wanted to write before I left, but between last-minute packing and phone calls from friends and family, it didn't happen. So I'll just say a few things quickly. As I said before, one of the things that led me to ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  18 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Donald Rumsfeld,  Dick Cheney

Sunshine

"The House bill would create an internet accessible database that includes all health-related payments to physicians by corporations including gifts, food, or entertainment; travel or trips; honoraria; research funding or grants; education or ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  17 Jul 2009

Stop Me Before I Politicize Again!

Glenn Greenwald has had an interesting back and forth with Chuck Todd about comments Todd made on MSNBC's Morning Joe, in which he said, among other things, that the question whether torture should be investigated were "cable catnip" that threatens to ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: MSNBC,  Marion Barry,  Rodney King,  U.S. Department of Justice

Global Warming: Even More Bad Consequences Than You Thought

This is not good news at all. "Ninety percent of Pakistan's agricultural irrigation depends on rivers that originate in Kashmir." There is a treaty in place dividing Kashmir's waters between Pakistan and India, and it "has survived three wars and ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  17 Jul 2009

Good To Know

It's nice to get definitive proof that some bloggers really don't bother to do basic research before posting something, and we got some today. Here's a scary article from Investment Business Daily: "It didn't take long to run into an "uh-oh" moment ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  17 Jul 2009

Read It And Weep

If we go into Iraq, how many casualties do you expect to see (on the side of the US and our allies) Rachael Lucas: "Less than three thousand" Ken Layne: "a few hundred" "John Hawkins: If and when do you see the United States hitting Iraq? How do you ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Glenn Reynolds,  Saddam Hussein

Cancel The F-22

Yesterday, Barack Obama repeated his threat to veto the defense authorization bill if it contains money to buy more F-22 fighter jets. He's absolutely right. I hope he prevails over the various Senators who are trying to put the money back in. For one ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Lockheed Martin,  Boeing,  Barack Obama,  US Department of Defense

Bare-Faced Go-Away Bird

First, I'm going to Rwanda this weekend, on vacation. I'm looking forward to it immensely, especially since I discovered that the , which topped my list of Best Bird Names Ever nearly five years ago, lives there. (And did you know that the name 'Watusi' ...

From HILZOY, Obsidian Wings,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

The Wrong Way To Use Antibiotics

"The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans. In written testimony to the House Rules Committee, Dr. Joshua ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  American Medical Association

Barack Obama: Surprise The World Again

"President Obama is facing new pressure to reverse himself and to ramp up investigations into the Bush-era security programs, despite the political risks. Leading Democrats on Sunday demanded investigations of how a highly classified counterterrorism ...

From HILZOY, Political Animal,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dick Cheney,  U.S. Republican Party

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