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http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/06/president-obama-rejected-doj-and-dod-advice-and-sided-with-harold-koh-on-war-powers-resolution/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/us/politics/18leak.html?_r=1&om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BN-KmkB8bzy2Uo President Obama maintains his status as Timid New Democrat with something to prove regarding his 'toughness', his 'resolve' about the 'subversives' who maintain an a priori notion about the public's right to know what government is doing in their … Continue reading →

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/14/the-gop-masters-of-the-credible-threat.html Exclusive from HeddaAndLouellaAreDead.com : Stephen L. Carter has just penned a screen treatment for a new half hour comedy series about the zany goings on of Daniel Ellsberg and the Seven Republican Stooges, it’s  a comic fantasy, sci-fi, political … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/opinion/14brooks.html?_r=1&hp The comic potential of Mr. David Brooks is here manifest in his self-description as ‘Hamiltonian/National Greatness perspective’ in his latest essay in The New York Times titled Pundit Under Protest. An observer might comment on the Olympian proportion of … Continue reading →

Don't talk on your phone when you are at the Library. Turn it off and act like, or even pretend that you give a shit what others think about you, and your lack of consideration. Please don't tell me Grandma … Continue reading →

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marco-rubio-takes-on-medi-scare/2011/06/13/AGL5N5SH_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions   Here is Marc A. Thiessen demonstrating his value as Republican Party propagandist. Yet, this encomium to the political virtues of Marco Rubio is, in sum, an introduction to a stump speech by that candidate, delivered by an important … Continue reading →