Daily Archives: Monday, March 16, 2009

Note

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Still moving today. For folks who want good stuff to read, the present NYRB has a wonderful range of articles and essays… http://www.nybooks.com/

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Posted in Detritus

Citizen Kristol

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The quote noted in the preceding post is from this Weekly Standard column. It is typical Kristol – deceitful, propagandist and with an over-arching set of values which places Republican power as the prime consideration.  There’s fair reason to question whether this fellow’s entire ‘moral’ universe has any other criterion which might even come near to competing with his ideology and goal of Republican power.

One can deride Rush Limbaugh (and all those who’ve now modeled themselves on his operation) but Kristol’s record is no less egregious, merely quieter.

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Posted in Future of the GOP and conservative movement, Propaganda

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Quote of the day – “Oh no, mein fuhrer, history will remember you with love and admiration” category

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Meanwhile, the GOP recovery program is going pretty well

– Bill Kristol

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The beautiful

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Rendering of Zaha Hadids design for Campus of Justice in Madrid

Rendering of Zaha Hadid's design for Campus of Justice in Madrid

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Cheney

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As most everyone knows, Cheney was interviewed on CNN this weekend and, as expected, took zero responsibility for anything negative over the last eight years, denied there was much negative at all and what might be considered negative was the consequence of Clinton, Obama or chance (“stuff happens”).

There are now perhaps one million dead and many more maimed for live because of what this despicable human has wrought.

I have no interest in further detailing his propaganda and personal/social pathologies.  What he is responsible for is many magnitudes greater than someone who walks into a suburban school with guns and grenades and begins murdering whoever is inside.  My singular interest in Cheney now is to see him on trial for war crimes.

Mark Danner, writing in the NYRB, addresses the recent International Red Cross report on the torture of prisoners held by the US, on the authority and instructions developed by Cheney’s staff in Cheney’s office which you can read here

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Posted in Justice, civil right, human rights issues

Krugman finds European institutions too weak to adequately deal with economic crisis

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Paul Krugman on Europe’s insufficient response to the global economic situation

The clear and present danger to Europe right now comes from a different direction — the continent’s failure to respond effectively to the financial crisis.

Europe has fallen short in terms of both fiscal and monetary policy: it’s facing at least as severe a slump as the United States, yet it’s doing far less to combat the downturn.

On the fiscal side, the comparison with the United States is striking. Many economists, myself included, have argued that the Obama administration’s stimulus plan is too small, given the depth of the crisis. But America’s actions dwarf anything the Europeans are doing.

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Posted in Economic stuff

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