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  • The uninevitable decline of American power

    Number of comments: 10
    Hot Air linked to an LA Time oped entitled “Twilight of Pax Americana,” wherein the authors tell us that the United States’ economic, political, and military influence is waning: The international order that emerged after World War II has rightly been termed the Pax Americana; it’s a Washington-led arrangement that has [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:57am EDT
    by geoff

  • Destiny Calls, but Nobody Cares

    Number of comments: 10
    Megan McArdle was full of wist yesterday: If you’re like me (and I know many of you are), you grew up reading the science fiction of the 1940’s and 1950’s, promising a quick and rapid expansion into the solar system, and not too long thereafter, the galaxy. … Four years before I [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 5:56am EDT
    by geoff

  • I’m pretty much posting at IB these days

    Number of comments: 1
    So head on over there if you want the latest in charty goodness. [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:06am EDT
    by geoff

  • Charles Blow, the NYT, and some egregious misrepresentation of the statistics

    Number of comments: 1
    Charles Blow cited a stat from the Southern Poverty Law Center in his poorly sourced and argued defense of Sonia Sotomayor: Hispanics are the largest and the fastest-growing minority group in the country. And, in recent years, they have increasingly been the victims of racial discrimination. It will be hard to [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 7:37am EDT
    by geoff

  • Barack Come Home!!

    Number of comments: 2
    So here we are, what with our economic woes, staffing problems in the administration, huge domestic policy changes, and Congress running rampant and often contra to the wishes of the President. And where is President Obama? Planning more trips to foreign lands. It’s usually the Republican presidents who neglect domestic policy, [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2009, 9:31am EDT
    by geoff

  • When the credit crunch strikes close to home

    Just got this from Advanta, where I have a business credit card: Your Advanta Business Card account is funded by an independent trust which owns the balances you owe on your account and provides funding for new transactions. We expect the trust to stop funding activity on our accounts. The trust [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 11:10am EDT
    by geoff

  • Cheney sez: “I told you so”

    Number of comments: 1
    North Korea’s recent nuclear test is the result of last years’ agreement to lift sanctions on NK in exchange for NK dismantling its plutonium program. That left NK’s uranium program intact, which bugged many conservatives; among them, Dick Cheney. Mr Cheney was so angry about the decision to remove North Korea [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2009, 11:41am EDT
    by geoff

  • A few comments on the torture debate

    Number of comments: 6
    Struck by a few points which don’t seem to have made their way into the “dialogue” on enhanced interrogation. There is a gap between “interrogation” and “torture” defined as “coercion.” The techniques at issue are coercive, but not torture. This difference is exemplified by the use of these enhanced interrogation techniques in [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 10:02am EDT
    by geoff

  • One question answered…

    Number of comments: 3
    Saw this screencap over at Hot Air: All I could think was: “Now we don’t have to wonder what Olbermann would look like if he had a sex change.” [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 8:54am EDT
    by geoff

  • Bob Herbert muddles his “Jack Kemp (stick-it-to-the-GOP) eulogy”

    Number of comments: 1
    The NYT has been printing some wretched op-eds over the past few days. I wish I’d had time to hit them all, because they are truly terrible. Seems like the woes of the newspapers are inspiring their staffs to let all their inner liberal demons out to romp around in [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2009, 7:47am EDT
    by geoff

  • Australia starts thinking about the threat from China

    Well, at least the Prime Minister is thinking about it: Responding to the expansion of China’s military, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sparked a storm of controversy on Saturday when he released a report calling for a $72 billion expansion of the military over the next 20 years. … The report cited the [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 10:47pm EDT
    by geoff

  • The snark comes back to bite

    Number of comments: 1
    Let’s take a brief trip down memory lane, going back to May March 11 (thanks, ND) of this year. A Boston Globe columnist wrote a snarky piece on those dumb conservatives who were worrying about Obama’s economic policies: Of all the inane accusations about President Obama, the silliest has to be [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 11:46am EDT
    by geoff

  • CNN and Karpinski, sittin’ in a tree…

    Number of comments: 4
    You may recall the unimpressive Brig. Gen. Janet Karpinski, who was demoted to Colonel after the Army found her negligent in the Abu Ghraib case. CNN took up her cause yesterday with an exceptionally empty-headed article, claiming that the recently released Bybee memo vindicated Karpinsky: She said she was a scapegoat. [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:54am EDT
    by geoff

  • Unhappy trend in Iraq

    It seemed like I was hearing more and more reports of violence in Iraq lately, so I thought I’d plot it up and see if I was imagining it or not. Apparently not: As you can see from the trendline, the casualty rate is up almost 50% since the beginning of [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 10:46am EDT
    by geoff

  • Christine Todd Whitman proclaims herself queen of GOP, scolds bloggers

    Number of comments: 2
    Christine Todd Whitman chews us out today: As was to be expected, the blogosphere is full of people saying that Arlen Specter was always a Democrat and now he’s simply proved it. In reality, until Tuesday, Arlen Specter caucused with the Republicans, and he voted with his party 70 percent of the [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 11:11am EDT
    by geoff

  • What is it about “last resort” that Obama doesn’t get?

    Number of comments: 10
    The POTUS imagines a world where magical, completely benign interrogation techniques exist: We could have gotten information in ways that are consistent with our values, with who we are. Not really, said a CIA guy who was not part of the interrogation team, but was the leader of the team that originally [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 11:25pm EDT
    by geoff

  • When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail

    Number of comments: 1
    The President plays to his strengths: Worry about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of the Taliban? Naw. Worry about social services in Pakistan? Oh yass. “I am more concerned that the civilian government right now is very fragile and don’t seem to have the capacity to deliver basic services,” [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
    by geoff

  • Michelle’s garden: maternal or manipulative?

    Number of comments: 10
    Thinking back on Michelle Obama’s first 100 days has set Nia-Malika Henderson of Politico to ovulating: In the East Wing, the talk sometimes turns to Michelle Obama’s legacy. Nearly 100 days in, Obama’s aides look 100 years out and see a signature achievement they believe will last — the kitchen garden at [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2009, 12:57pm EDT
    by geoff

  • Somehow, I’m not very comforted

    I missed this from a few days ago: President Hu Jintao sought Thursday to reassure other nations about China’s rising military strength before presiding over a naval display highlighting Beijing’s ambitions of becoming a major sea power. …he said China would never threaten other nations or seek regional dominance. Since they are [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 9:24am EDT
    by geoff

  • Alley-cattin’ around

    Number of comments: 6
    I put up a post over at IB. Michael claimed that he wouldn’t mind adding some serious content to the blog. We shall see. Oh yes. We shall see. [Gotta work on my Gollum imitation] [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 10:48am EDT
    by geoff

  • Waiting to exhale? That’s not going to satisfy the EPA for long.

    Now that the EPA is going to start regulating our exhaled CO2 (a little hyperbole, at least so far), you’d think the emerging environmental police state would be resting on its laurels. Not so, not so. Look what’s coming on the horizon: With Americans looking to reduce their “carbon footprints,” food [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 1:43am EDT
    by geoff

  • There’s a difference between humility and humiliation…

    Number of comments: 6
    …that our globe-trotting President doesn’t seem to appreciate. USA Today has a nice summary of the United States’ recent embarrassments. I think this line summarizes the situation nicely: London’s Daily Telegraph said Obama “went further than any U.S. president in history in criticizing his own country’s action while standing on foreign [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 1:34am EDT
    by geoff

  • Can we really save $700 billion in health care costs?

    Larry Summers repeats the $700 billion stat: Appearing on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Lawrence H. Summers, President Obama’s chief economic adviser, stated, “Whether it’s tonsillectomies or hysterectomies … procedures are done three times as frequently [in some parts of the country than others] and there’s no benefit in terms of [...]
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    Posted: April 21, 2009, 8:37am EDT
    by geoff

  • Robert Gibbs proclaims his inadequacy

    Trying to defend the significance of the insignificant $100 million in budget cuts, he tells us: “I’m being completely sincere that only in Washington, D.C. is $100 million not a lot of money,” Gibbs said. “It is where I’m from. It is where I grew up. And I think it is [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
    by geoff

  • At least we’re in the top 10

    Number of comments: 1
    A guy at work asked me how Denver International Airport ranked in terms of traffic. I looked it up, and here are the results (based on 2008 stats): 1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - 90,039,280 2. O’Hare International Airport (Chicago) - 69,353,654 3. Heathrow Airport (London) - 67,056,228 4. Haneda Airport (Tokyo) - 65,810,672 5. [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
    by geoff

  • Handshake? What handshake?

    Number of comments: 4
    From doubleplusundead: Carol E. Lee of Politico quotes a White House official who says that Obama’s smiling handshake with Hugo didn’t really mean anything: Said Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest of the handshake: “It was good manners, and it was friendly. But it doesn’t signify a significant change or a [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
    by geoff

  • Are we stimulated yet?

    Number of comments: 2
    I wrote a post a couple of months ago which talked about the falsity of the “Obama’s plan will create 4 million jobs” claim. In that post I used the projections of Obama’s own economic team to make my point. Today I decided to revisit those projections, taken from their January [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 12:39pm EDT
    by geoff

  • How good is Canada’s health care? Ask the people who carry private insurance.

    Time to play catch-up on posting, and I’m going to kick it off with a little health care discussion. Ten days ago, Ezra Klein graced the LA Times with his claim that while stats show that the US health care system has shorter wait times that other systems, they overlook [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 7:24pm EDT
    by geoff

  • Can’t….write….posts….

    Number of comments: 10
    Busy as the proverbial rat these days. I’ve had a few ideas for posts, but couldn’t make any headway in the small amount of time I could devote to writing them up. So the blog, she is likely to be dormant for the next few weeks. I suppose, given the number [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 12:21am EDT
    by geoff

  • Patronize much?

    Number of comments: 6
    Everyone’s been going on about the Queen’s new iPod (couldn’t he have given her an iTouch?), but this struck me as a little patronizing: “Her majesty is delightful,” Obama shouted to reporters as he and first lady Michelle Obama left the palace Wednesday night. …as if the populace was awaiting that judgment [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2009, 3:54am EDT
    by geoff

  • What could go wrong?

    Number of comments: 2
    Our new National Intelligence Director lays down some wisdom: President Barack Obama’s intelligence chief confirmed Thursday that some Guantanamo inmates may be released on US soil and receive assistance to return to society. “If we are to release them in the United States, we need some sort of assistance for them to [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 11:42am EDT
    by geoff

  • Michael Gerson Loves Him Some Teleprompting

    Number of comments: 1
    Michael Gerson wastes everybody’s time today with a wordy, historical piece on the wonders of teleprompters. In his nearly-erudite defense of our president’s infamous crutch he manages to completely miss the point, flailing away instead with arguments lauding the generic wonders of teleprompters, and upbraiding the teleprompter’s imagined critics: Those writers [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 11:35am EDT
    by geoff

  • Barack’s Approval Numbers

    Everybody likes to pick their favorite polling result and proclaim that therein lies the truth. I like looking at all the polls to see what’s really happening. So does Real Clear Politics, where I got all my data. But they like plotting the average of the polls, while I prefer [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 11:28am EDT
    by geoff

  • Because the taxpayer hasn’t been left holding quite enough bags…

    How many ways can the administration burden the taxpayer? Here’s what a Nobel prize-winning economist had to say about Geithner’s plan to help businesses buy up toxic assets: “The Geithner plan is very badly flawed,” Stiglitz told Reuters in an interview during a Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. U.S. [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 11:07am EDT
    by geoff

  • Health Care Moronitude Ruins My Lent

    Number of comments: 2
    All right, I’ll admit it - I’m not a strong man. I’ve been watching all these enormous posting opportunities go by, but didn’t break my Lenten vow. But today, after almost a month, I ran across this piece of prime idiocy, and my resolve left me completely. Can you blame me? [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 11:01am EDT
    by geoff

  • A secular Lenten observance

    Number of comments: 10
    I’m not a practicing Catholic, but I think PJMomma had a good idea - giving up blogging for Lent. I love the blogosphere, but it’s probably a good time to get back to real life and take care of business. So I’ll be back after Lent. I’m going to try [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 9:38am EST
    by geoff

  • Colorado is 49th? I call it 2nd!

    Number of comments: 5
    The headline reads, “Colorado ranks 49th in stimulus aid, tax relief.” The stimulus package President Barack Obama signed with much fanfare in Denver leaves Colorado near the bottom of the deck in terms of federal aid and tax relief. Colorado will get $7.89 billion, the equivalent of $1,597 per resident. That ranks [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2009, 3:16am EST
    by geoff

  • Dueling Polls

    CNN faces off against NYT/CBS and now Gallup, who has the same numbers as NYT/CBS but a less cheery historical perspective: CNN Nearly eight in 10 say things are going badly in the country, with just 21 percent suggesting that things are going well. The survey also says that three out of [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2009, 1:46am EST
    by geoff

  • This passes for commentary at The Daily Kos?

    Number of comments: 8
    I don’t go to Daily Kos often (maybe once a year), but I went by this morning when I tried to find out what the liberal response rate to internet polls was. I didn’t find that, but I did find some very amusing articles. Like this one: Dirty Fingers, by Darksyde: [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 1:22pm EST
    by geoff

  • Taxpayer Rally? It’s not my bag, man

    Number of comments: 2
    Insty has a new poll up: ANOTHER INSTA-POLL, suggested by reader Darin S. Morley: How Far Would You Go to Attend a Taxpayers’ Protest Rally? o Anywhere in my county or parish. o Anywhere in my state. o Any state neighboring my state. o Anywhere my side of the Rockies or Mississippi. o The other side of [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 1:35pm EST
    by geoff

  • Russia to China: That Boat Needed Killing

    China’s a little peeved at Russia for sinking a cargo ship: A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Friday that Russia had an unacceptable response after one of its warships sank a Chinese cargo vessel last Saturday. But Russia says it’s the worst case of suicide they’ve ever seen: “…we consider the captain [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 5:31am EST
    by geoff

  • “Mmmmm…I’ll let you know”

    Number of comments: 4
    That’s what she should have said: On Friday morning, Hillary Rodham Clinton was the picture of a stern superpower diplomat, warning North Korea not to test a long-range ballistic missile. A few hours later, she was asked by a giggly Korean student how she knew she had fallen in love with [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 5:16am EST
    by geoff

  • Terry Moran: A Little Unclear on the Whole President Thing

    So you’ve got your Terry Moran, saying remarkably stupid things: “I like to say that, in some ways, Barack Obama is the first President since George Washington to be taking a step down into the Oval Office.” When eyebrows were raised, he tried to explain himself: “I said like only Washington, Obama came [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 5:11am EST
    by geoff

  • The Dementia of Fritz Hollings

    Number of comments: 2
    So former senator Fritz Hollings writes a little opinion piece for HuffPo, the result being that one has to wonder if he’s ever been fully conscious over the past 10 years. He thinks we need to leave Afghanistan, and can’t imagine why we were there in the first place: I keep [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2009, 10:33am EST
    by geoff

  • A modest but stimulating proposal

    Seems to me that the Stimulus bill is a failure, but not for the reasons most people think. The weak focus on job creation, the pork, and the hidden legislation are all awful aspects of the bill, and have been discussed by politicians and pundits alike. But the real issue [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2009, 11:39pm EST
    by geoff

  • Obama adds to “Honey-do” list

    Number of comments: 2
    Obama explains one of the facets of “the most ambitious spending-scrutiny project the government has ever undertaken. “ As he prepared to sign the massive economic stimulus bill, President Obama called Saturday for the public to become watchdogs on where the $787 billion in the bill goes. I knew that they [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 10:39am EST
    by geoff

  • The Disingenuous Dodd

    Christopher Dodd takes it to the financial industry: Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, inserted strict rules into the $787 billion economic stimulus package over the White House’s objections. Dodd’s limits on bankers’ bonuses are significantly more aggressive than those sought by Obama or [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 10:29am EST
    by geoff

  • NAACP Moves Beyond Racism: Now Your Politics Are Unacceptable

    Number of comments: 4
    Presidents Day is sort of a weird holiday: it’s called and means different things in different states, and the federal government still calls it “Washington’s Birthday.” But in general it is agreed that Presidents Day is a combined celebration of Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays. That lends a bit of validity [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 10:15am EST
    by geoff

  • Today’s Stock Market Dive: Geithner vs. Stimulus

    Ace has asked why the press has blamed the 400-point drop in the stock market solely on the Geithner speech, ignoring the Senate vote on the stimulus package: It seems to me entirely implausible that no expert the AP could have called — or did call — would offer his opinion [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2009, 12:39am EST
    by geoff

  • The Creation Myth: Obama’s 4 Million Jobs

    I was reading the report written by Obama’s economists on the predicted effects of the stimulus package, and was struck by the first figure they showed. As you can see below (the figure is taken directly from the report), the unemployment rate without the stimulus package is expected (by Obama’s [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2009, 7:01pm EST
    by geoff
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