Author: BooMan

Alito Thread

Put your happy thoughts here. Sellouts: 1. Akaka 2. Inouye 3. Cantwell 4. Rockefeller 5. Byrd 6. Bingaman 7. Lieberman 8. Nelson (FL) 9. Nelson (NE) 10. Baucus 11. T. Johnson 12. Dorgan 13. B. Lincoln 14. Salazar 15. Conrad 16....

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More Alito Live Blogging

Update [2006-1-30 14:57:39 by BooMan]: Republican Senator John Ensign-(NV) was in a serious car accident this morning. He was taken to the hospital. His injuries are not reported as life threatening. I wish him a full recovery....

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Abdallah Tabarak: A Double Agent?

There are certain set pieces in the great game of espionage. One is to convince an adversarial intelligence agency that one of their operatives is a double agent. If you discover this agent is travelling to Copenhagen twice next...

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Alito and Abuse of Power

I had a roommate once who asked me to leave the phone in my name when I moved out. He was low on cash and didn’t want to pay the installation fees. He gave me his word of honor that he would pay the bills and switch it...

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Surrender Monkeys

Steve Clemons reports on another example of atrocious diplomacy by the neo-cons. This time it comes from John Bolton’s replacement as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Robert...

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