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* u know u are toast when... wsjoped turns on Delay (via rawstory). foxnews is defending him, kinda. fredbarnes: 'theres an alliance between the dems, the liberals, and the media...' (lets not forget the pre-schiavo brooks article slamming abramoff - which was apparently an attempt to carve DeLay out of the scandals - which i said would fail)

* itd be so much fun if the whole schiavo mess was an attempt to save DeLay (as some have argued), and it fails to save him, and brings down the repug congress in the process.

* speaking of rawstory, they are running a campaign: "What the paper chase asks people to do is to simply: print, copy, and leave news wherever you go on a daily basis for twoweeks." http://rawstory.com/contact/paperchase.html. the ritter interview might be a good start - part 1, 2, 3 (dont bother about the comments obviously.)

* speaking of ritter, if he supported the war and all that, can you imagine how loudly the msm would tout his credentials as an expert and quoting him widely?

* "Yes, it turns out that good Christian hero Scott Heldreth who let his 10-year-old get arrested at the Terri Schiavo protests is a registered sex offender in Florida" priceless.

* billowens is a fucking creep. he reminds me of reed and santorum for some reason.

* ron has some highlights from blackwells testimony last week. my personal fave: (snarky astonishment)
"To believe (that misallocation of voting machines disenfranchised voters), you would have to conclude that somebody decided to distribute voting machines with the idea in mind that mostly Democratic voters, when faced with long lines, would give up and go home."

* CI has more

* xymph on the aipac thing. go read it. and the haaretz version

* amanda nails it: "It seems to me that there's an effort going on to convince Americans that the number of us that are Crazy Christians is bigger than it really is. But why?..... It's time to start asking--who benefits if Americans believe that half the country has joined the American Taliban?"
i posted this in the comments:
"blue folk (and rest of world): "how could bush possibly get re-elected?"
karl rove: "we energised the xtian base"
blue folk (and rest of world): "surely they arent all that stupid?"
karl rove: "look at your tv""

* "Doctors or other health care providers could not be disciplined or sued if they refuse to treat gay patients under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan House... The bill allows health care workers to refuse service to anyone on moral, ethical or religious grounds." link

* josh notes a lovely example of nepotism amongst this crew who dont like nepotism in other countries (or in the UN). as u know, i think its odd that they criticise others given say, the bush synasty, or powell or cheney or any of the other proud members of the meritocracy.

* the AEI is "not exactly singing Peter Tosh songs, but that's a pretty radically sane position to take." LINK
shorter AEI: we cant fight no war on drugs, we've got a war on terror to fite. our prisons are too full with non-muslim nonterrorists. (corrected from 'terrorists' to 'nonterrorists')
* speaking of drug wars, heres one thing i dont understand. given that the pharma companies own congress (et al), why the whole anti-contraception thing? u'd think theyd love to be able to sell 'the pill' to say 25% of the population. they can get nearly every kid on ssris......

* speaking of drug wars: "Jesse Kearns blames the anthrax vaccines, pumped into his right arm over 14 months while he served in the navy, for leaving him saddled with the medical woes of a man three times his age."