I didn’t comment (or even read for that matter, I hate +1 lovefest death threads) on the Hitch death post, but I find it ironic that while JC called for restraint in talking about him, one of Hitchens’ most popular pieces of writing was a posthumus takedown of Mother Teresa.
Receipts from embattled Southaven [Mississippi] Mayor Greg Davis reveal that he had the city pay for wide-ranging expenses including thousands of dollars worth of liquor, expensive dinners at a local restaurant and a visit to an adult store catering to gay men while on a recruitment trip to Canada.
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As for the receipts, Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a conservative, family-values platform, said he couldn’t discuss specifics on the advice of his attorney.
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… a review by The CA shows that Davis spent thousands of dollars at the Mesquite Chop House in Southaven and thousands more at local liquor stores. Also included in the receipts is a charge for $67 at Priape, a store in Toronto that is described by its website as “Canada’s premiere gay lifestyle store and sex shop.”
I’m thinking maybe this guy wanted to get caught. I mean, expensing your gay sex shop purchases to the city when you’re a closeted Republican? That’s just a whole new level of stupid.
(Reposted from previous comments where it got stranded end-of-thread.]
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3.
El Tiburon
Yeah – anyone going to talk about this:
Indefinite Detention Bill
Even BJ front pagers favorite crush had something to say yesterday
But of course our health insurance sucks 20% less than it did, so we got that going for us. Which is nice.
4.
El Tiburon
Let’s do links this time (Why doesn’t the linky thing work?)
My job has become, literally, impossible. I am not enjoying this.
7.
An American in Exile
URGENT – ATTENTION NEW JERSEY (or tri-state) DOG LOVERS:
Young, healthy, adoptable dog in Bloomfield, NJ shelter has a deadline of 18 December to find a permanent home, foster home, sanctuary. At risk of being euthanized. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/20889085
Please share far and wide if you can find it in your heart to do so. Thanks.
8.
FlipYrWhig
I mentioned this very late last night… I was at the gym yesterday and one of the TVs was on CNN. John King’s (awful) show, to be precise. And what did I see but a full screen splash of the recent “annual collapse” post, credited to “Progressive Blogger John Cole, balloonjuice.com”. Was I really the only one who saw that?
9.
Joseph Nobles
Anybody else getting the Thundershirt ads? Anyone with any real-world experience with that product? Does it really work?
Liberal bloggers reacted with renewed despair over news that Democrats could drop the millionaires’ surtax provision in their version of the payroll tax cut extension and that the president backed off his veto threat on legislative language about terrorism detainees.
“It appears Obama will not veto the Defense bill with the hideous detention policies, and I just heard that the Democrats have dropped the millionaire surtax for the payroll tax cuts. I never knew the amount of depression and self-loathing that was involved in becoming a Democrat. I honestly think I hate Democrats more now that I am one than I did when I was a Republican,” wrote progressive John Cole at Balloon Juice, in a blog post titled “Time for the Annual Collapse.”
I’ve got the Jefferson’s Theme song in my head for some reason…”Moving On Up”!
Been waiting for an open thread to write this. I lurk more than post but I really like the community here and so want to share this:
I lost my mom to cancer on Sunday. Here’s the post I wrote on my Livejournal about it And so it ends, again. I’ve been busy with all the practical things that need doing since then. The funeral is tomorrow. Family, friends and work have been fantastic throughout this.
Thanks for listening.
13.
trollhattan
For everybody who’s poo-poo’d the chances for Huntsmania, here’s my first encounter with Huntsman and “surging” being used in relation to one another. Make of it what you will.
Greg Sargent is right when he says Romney’s claims won’t get any attention. The Republicans ran the country into the ground, but have been given a complete pass for being the most obstructionist minority in congressional history.
My sincere condolences. Please know that you’ll find peace someday, but it might take awhile.
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Winston Smith
How did Róisín Murphy get eclipsed by people like Ke$ha?
On of my favorites by Murphy is a cleverly-veiled song about global warming, “Dear Miami.” It sounds like it’s about Miami scensters, but it’s about how all these self-obsessed people are running around oblivious to the fact that the world is falling apart.
“Dear Miami, you’re the first to go
Disappearing under melted snow”
Damn straight.
21.
catclub
@The Snarxist Formerly Known as Kryptik: I heard on NPR that one party was fomenting a hostage situation over the budget impasse. Zero guesses on which party. It was reporting that I NEVER heard over the debt limit. Funny that.
22.
Joel
@Winston Smith: Because teenage girls and ironic hipsters don’t dig that kind of music. My first encounter with Murphy was her performance on the short-lived Prince Paul, Dan the Automator collaboration: Handsome Boy Modeling School.
My condolences to you. I lost my father in March. Even though you know it’s inevitable, it’s hard when you lose a parent.
26.
burnspbesq
Can I get Two Minutes Hate for AT&T?
Its latest act of stupidity truly surpasseth understanding.
Did you know that if you walk into an Apple Store to buy an iPhone 4S for an existing AT&T account, in order to get the advertised, subsidized price the phone must be activated at time of purchase? That’s right, it will cost you an additional $500 to take it home and stick it under the Christmas tree.
His bigotry against Muslims and his unforgivable cheerleading of the immoral Iraq war and his trivializing of Abu-ghraib are an ugly mark on the career of talented writer.
28.
Hill Dweller
So the Republicans are demanding the Keystone pipeline nonsense be included in the payroll tax cut/unemployment insurance extension.
Should the Dems scuttle whole thing? Include the Keystone pipeline stuff, then let the President kill it?
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burnspbesq
@ Hill Dweller:
I vote for letting it die in the Senate and hanging it around the Republicans’ necks.
30.
Hill Dweller
@burnspbesq: The State Department has already warned Congress that forcing them to make a decision before the analysis is done will kill the project.
I say pass the bill with the Keystone stuff in it(we need the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the economy), kill the project, and hang that around the Republicans’ necks.
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Anya
@Hill Dweller: The President made it clear that he’ll veto the bill, if it includes the Keystone Pipeline. The American people don’t care about the pipeline, but they care about receiving a smaller paycheck. I think the President will win this one. I really try not to hate, but I loathe the Republicans, specially the ones who vote these assholes into office.
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Cermet
@Amanda in the South Bay: So what? Like she was really a saint? Please – we are not children here who lay down for the Pope and other fairy tale believers. So called ‘saintly’ people have issues, problems and not everyone should blindly act as if these people are untouchable – Hitch was no different.
I recall that Hitch supported the slaughter of Iraqi people in that illegal war. He was wrong but I still think he was a great man – we all F-up at times and get fooled. So someone will write a cutting book about that aspect and that the man had an evil side. That happens – grow up. Real people are not always nice.
What a loss, and what a lovely tribute you wrote to your mother. I am so sorry — and so touched that you’re listening to k. d. lang’s cover of Hallelujah. Perfect.
{{{hug}}}
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Amanda in the South Bay
That happens – grow up. Real people are not always nice.
Except when the threat of a permaban hammer comes down and forces you to be nice.
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Cermet
@Nethead Jay: Sorry – I will soon loose mine as well. Life is short. Live like you know that.
Preach it brother. ATT & Apple are two companies that can DIAF as far as I’m concerned. (And yet, my bride lurves her shiny new Verizon 4s. Sigh)
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Amanda in the South Bay
@trollhattan:
Important point to remember-Apple is a douche company but they still make nice products (waits for Martin to defend Apple by noting how many trans people he knows work there-srsly, heard him say that once).
So in other words, compromise on the extension doesn’t count and the GOP wants more more more or else they’ll hang the Dems with it. Of course….and guess who gets the pass again….
I am sorry to hear this as well. I hope you have your mother around for as long as it’s right for her to be here.
My mother died relatively young (58) and very unexpectedly (cerebral hemorrhage) and the shock was indescribable. My dad died at age 80 after a long, progressive illness (prostate cancer), so I had plenty of time to prepare. That said, it was still a shock — if not really a surprise — when he died.
It’s never easy, especially this time of year. Condolences to all who have lost or are preparing to lose a loved one.
I found that when my mom died, I was left with a brand new feeling of vulnerability that I hadn’t noticed before. And I’ve found that very, very few people reach the point where they don’t miss their mother, no matter how long it has been.
My unscientific observation is that it takes about 3 years to fully accept the death of one’s mama.
Please give us reports from time to time about how you’re feeling. We will listen and we can be quite understanding.
I saw this pipeline nonsense and was filled with incoherent anger like I used to feel as a child of abusive parents. I can’t even try to analyze this nonsense.
“If we can’t starve you to death, we’ll try to fuck up your world so badly that you’ll wish you were dead.”
My bad angel says:
Kill! Throttle! Smash!
My good angel says:
Be calm child. Knit one, purl two.
ATT & Apple are two companies that can DIAF as far as I’m concerned
Completely disagree where Apple is concerned. Every Apple product I have ever owned, going all the way back to the Mac Plus I bought in 1987, has exceeded expectations. I get why some people choose to go elsewhere. For me, Apple has always been the way to go, and continues to be so.
AT&T is the heavy in this episode. How do they not get that at this time of year, people want to take things home and put them under the tree? And there is no technological barrier to what I want to do, which is no different that what would happen if I ordered the kid’s new phone online.
Dunno if anyone’s mentioned it here yet, and if you read Reddit or Slashdot you’ve probably already heard, but the latest version of the popular AdBlock Plus extension (version 2.0) now includes a whitelist of “acceptable” advertisers which by default overrides your blacklist entries and subscriptions.
“Acceptable ads” include those which run third-party scripts and plant tracking cookies, meaning you could be exposed to drive-by malware downloads and violations of your privacy.
If you’re using the AdBlock Plus extension, click the ABP icon in the Add-on Bar and select “Filter Preferences” (or simply press CTRL+SHIFT+F) and then deselect the “Allow non-intrusive advertising” checkbox.
50.
Liz
Has anyone been dicussing the indefinite detention bill that the Senate passed? I haven’t seen mention of it anywhere on the internet, except for at al Jazeera.
Where have you been for the last three days? Multiple threads here, multiple posts at the invaluable Lawfare blog.
53.
burnspbesq
Today’s wingnut freakout will involve Ali Mussa Daqduq, the last Iraqi citizen in U.S. military custody in Iraq, who has now been transferred to Iraqi custody.
Has anyone been dicussing the indefinite detention bill that the Senate passed? I haven’t seen mention of it anywhere on the internet, except for at al Jazeera.
Are you having a laugh? See comments #3 & 4 on this thread.
The ONE place they are NOT talking about it is here – but hey sign up for best comment of the year award!!! I haz fun!!
you and Liz – everyone and their mother is talking about it. Including here.
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Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: If I read that summary looking for clear information, I would walk away with the idea that the bill only applied to al Qaeda – so as long as you are not a “member” of that group, you’re going to court.
Just saying – if that’s the best explanation out there, the “well it’s not as bad as all that” crowd are going to lose the fight over the meaning of this law by close of business today.
60.
FlipYrWhig
@Suffern ACE: I believe that it is in fact true that the bill (ETA: that is, the sections about detention that have been being discussed extensively) applies only to Al Qaeda. The bone of contention is that the _exceptions_ written into the bill don’t apply only to Al Qaeda.
We had a damn near perfect storm: a Greenwald article linking to a Sullivan article. We lack a Hamsher from being the perfect storm. Yet crickets.
But vote for me on the bloggy awards!
62.
Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: So we’re back to where 300 or so al Qaeda members are a special class of person under the law, but everyone needs to give up their personal information at any time to prove they aren’t members.
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FlipYrWhig
@Suffern ACE: Sounds about right. The paranoid view would be that anyone may at any time be suspected of membership and have fewer ways to disprove it than the criminal justice system customarily affords.
Amanda in the South Bay
I didn’t comment (or even read for that matter, I hate +1 lovefest death threads) on the Hitch death post, but I find it ironic that while JC called for restraint in talking about him, one of Hitchens’ most popular pieces of writing was a posthumus takedown of Mother Teresa.
JGabriel
Heh. This is good — Gay Republican Mayor Outed By Expensing His Canadian Gay Sex Store Purchases:
I’m thinking maybe this guy wanted to get caught. I mean, expensing your gay sex shop purchases to the city when you’re a closeted Republican? That’s just a whole new level of stupid.
(Reposted from previous comments where it got stranded end-of-thread.]
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El Tiburon
Yeah – anyone going to talk about this:
Indefinite Detention Bill
Even BJ front pagers favorite crush had something to say yesterday
But of course our health insurance sucks 20% less than it did, so we got that going for us. Which is nice.
El Tiburon
Let’s do links this time (Why doesn’t the linky thing work?)
Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/
And Sullivan
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/obama-caves-again-on-civil-liberties.html
handy
@Amanda in the South Bay:
Thank you.
Martin
My job has become, literally, impossible. I am not enjoying this.
An American in Exile
URGENT – ATTENTION NEW JERSEY (or tri-state) DOG LOVERS:
Young, healthy, adoptable dog in Bloomfield, NJ shelter has a deadline of 18 December to find a permanent home, foster home, sanctuary. At risk of being euthanized. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/20889085
Please share far and wide if you can find it in your heart to do so. Thanks.
FlipYrWhig
I mentioned this very late last night… I was at the gym yesterday and one of the TVs was on CNN. John King’s (awful) show, to be precise. And what did I see but a full screen splash of the recent “annual collapse” post, credited to “Progressive Blogger John Cole, balloonjuice.com”. Was I really the only one who saw that?
Joseph Nobles
Anybody else getting the Thundershirt ads? Anyone with any real-world experience with that product? Does it really work?
The Snarxist Formerly Known as Kryptik
So the Mittster goes full-bore, and decides to claim that Obama is purposefully pursuing policies he knows are bad for the country.
Projection at its finest, but hey, why not, it’ll probably work. :/
lamh31
@FlipYrWhig:
yep, John Cole is famous now. He’s right up there with DKOS.
Something to be proud of ne’cest pas?
Liberal blogs letdown over Obama
I’ve got the Jefferson’s Theme song in my head for some reason…”Moving On Up”!
Nethead Jay
Been waiting for an open thread to write this. I lurk more than post but I really like the community here and so want to share this:
I lost my mom to cancer on Sunday. Here’s the post I wrote on my Livejournal about it And so it ends, again. I’ve been busy with all the practical things that need doing since then. The funeral is tomorrow. Family, friends and work have been fantastic throughout this.
Thanks for listening.
trollhattan
For everybody who’s poo-poo’d the chances for Huntsmania, here’s my first encounter with Huntsman and “surging” being used in relation to one another. Make of it what you will.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2011/12/jon_huntsmans_conquest_of_yank034139.php
Hill Dweller
@The Snarxist Formerly Known as Kryptik: Willard is a soulless man with absolutely no convictions.
Greg Sargent is right when he says Romney’s claims won’t get any attention. The Republicans ran the country into the ground, but have been given a complete pass for being the most obstructionist minority in congressional history.
JGabriel
@Nethead Jay: My condolences, Jay.
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FlipYrWhig
@lamh31: “Liberal blogs letdown over Obama”… Wow, THAT’s a developing story all right!
different-church-lady
Randall nails it again:
http://xkcd.com/990/
Winston Smith
@Nethead Jay: Sorry to hear that, Nethead Jay.
trollhattan
@Nethead Jay:
My sincere condolences. Please know that you’ll find peace someday, but it might take awhile.
Winston Smith
How did Róisín Murphy get eclipsed by people like Ke$ha?
On of my favorites by Murphy is a cleverly-veiled song about global warming, “Dear Miami.” It sounds like it’s about Miami scensters, but it’s about how all these self-obsessed people are running around oblivious to the fact that the world is falling apart.
“Dear Miami, you’re the first to go
Disappearing under melted snow”
Damn straight.
catclub
@The Snarxist Formerly Known as Kryptik: I heard on NPR that one party was fomenting a hostage situation over the budget impasse. Zero guesses on which party. It was reporting that I NEVER heard over the debt limit. Funny that.
Joel
@Winston Smith: Because teenage girls and ironic hipsters don’t dig that kind of music. My first encounter with Murphy was her performance on the short-lived Prince Paul, Dan the Automator collaboration: Handsome Boy Modeling School.
FlipYrWhig
@Nethead Jay: Such a shame… Stay strong…
Villago Delenda Est
Projection. It’s what Rethuglicans do.
Steeplejack
@Nethead Jay:
My condolences to you. I lost my father in March. Even though you know it’s inevitable, it’s hard when you lose a parent.
burnspbesq
Can I get Two Minutes Hate for AT&T?
Its latest act of stupidity truly surpasseth understanding.
Did you know that if you walk into an Apple Store to buy an iPhone 4S for an existing AT&T account, in order to get the advertised, subsidized price the phone must be activated at time of purchase? That’s right, it will cost you an additional $500 to take it home and stick it under the Christmas tree.
Astonishing.
Anya
Since I didn’t want to risk a ban, I did not say anything in the Christopher Hitchens thread, but I just want to link to John Cook’s summation of Hitchens’ Unforgivable Mistake at Gawker.
His bigotry against Muslims and his unforgivable cheerleading of the immoral Iraq war and his trivializing of Abu-ghraib are an ugly mark on the career of talented writer.
Hill Dweller
So the Republicans are demanding the Keystone pipeline nonsense be included in the payroll tax cut/unemployment insurance extension.
Should the Dems scuttle whole thing? Include the Keystone pipeline stuff, then let the President kill it?
burnspbesq
@ Hill Dweller:
I vote for letting it die in the Senate and hanging it around the Republicans’ necks.
Hill Dweller
@burnspbesq: The State Department has already warned Congress that forcing them to make a decision before the analysis is done will kill the project.
I say pass the bill with the Keystone stuff in it(we need the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the economy), kill the project, and hang that around the Republicans’ necks.
Anya
@Hill Dweller: The President made it clear that he’ll veto the bill, if it includes the Keystone Pipeline. The American people don’t care about the pipeline, but they care about receiving a smaller paycheck. I think the President will win this one. I really try not to hate, but I loathe the Republicans, specially the ones who vote these assholes into office.
Cermet
@Amanda in the South Bay: So what? Like she was really a saint? Please – we are not children here who lay down for the Pope and other fairy tale believers. So called ‘saintly’ people have issues, problems and not everyone should blindly act as if these people are untouchable – Hitch was no different.
I recall that Hitch supported the slaughter of Iraqi people in that illegal war. He was wrong but I still think he was a great man – we all F-up at times and get fooled. So someone will write a cutting book about that aspect and that the man had an evil side. That happens – grow up. Real people are not always nice.
SiubhanDuinne
@Nethead Jay:
What a loss, and what a lovely tribute you wrote to your mother. I am so sorry — and so touched that you’re listening to k. d. lang’s cover of Hallelujah. Perfect.
{{{hug}}}
Amanda in the South Bay
Except when the threat of a permaban hammer comes down and forces you to be nice.
Cermet
@Nethead Jay: Sorry – I will soon loose mine as well. Life is short. Live like you know that.
Cermet
@Amanda in the South Bay: Ok – good point.
Anya
@Nethead Jay: That’s a beautiful tribute, thanks for sharing with us. I am sorry for your loss.
trollhattan
@burnspbesq:
Preach it brother. ATT & Apple are two companies that can DIAF as far as I’m concerned. (And yet, my bride lurves her shiny new Verizon 4s. Sigh)
Amanda in the South Bay
@trollhattan:
Important point to remember-Apple is a douche company but they still make nice products (waits for Martin to defend Apple by noting how many trans people he knows work there-srsly, heard him say that once).
The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik
@catclub:
Of course they would.. Why should be surprised anymore, aside from NPR’s ‘liberal media conspiracy’ credentials…
@Hill Dweller:
So in other words, compromise on the extension doesn’t count and the GOP wants more more more or else they’ll hang the Dems with it. Of course….and guess who gets the pass again….
SiubhanDuinne
@Cermet:
I am sorry to hear this as well. I hope you have your mother around for as long as it’s right for her to be here.
My mother died relatively young (58) and very unexpectedly (cerebral hemorrhage) and the shock was indescribable. My dad died at age 80 after a long, progressive illness (prostate cancer), so I had plenty of time to prepare. That said, it was still a shock — if not really a surprise — when he died.
It’s never easy, especially this time of year. Condolences to all who have lost or are preparing to lose a loved one.
Linda Featheringill
@Martin:
Courage, Camille. And then you can tell us about it this evening.
[Martin, Martin, he’s our man. If anyone can do it, Martin can!]
Linda Featheringill
@Nethead Jay:
My sympathy on the loss of your mother.
I found that when my mom died, I was left with a brand new feeling of vulnerability that I hadn’t noticed before. And I’ve found that very, very few people reach the point where they don’t miss their mother, no matter how long it has been.
My unscientific observation is that it takes about 3 years to fully accept the death of one’s mama.
Please give us reports from time to time about how you’re feeling. We will listen and we can be quite understanding.
Linda Featheringill
@Hill Dweller:
I saw this pipeline nonsense and was filled with incoherent anger like I used to feel as a child of abusive parents. I can’t even try to analyze this nonsense.
“If we can’t starve you to death, we’ll try to fuck up your world so badly that you’ll wish you were dead.”
My bad angel says:
Kill! Throttle! Smash!
My good angel says:
Be calm child. Knit one, purl two.
burnspbesq
@trollhattan:
Completely disagree where Apple is concerned. Every Apple product I have ever owned, going all the way back to the Mac Plus I bought in 1987, has exceeded expectations. I get why some people choose to go elsewhere. For me, Apple has always been the way to go, and continues to be so.
AT&T is the heavy in this episode. How do they not get that at this time of year, people want to take things home and put them under the tree? And there is no technological barrier to what I want to do, which is no different that what would happen if I ordered the kid’s new phone online.
JGabriel
@Linda Featheringill:
Apparently, I don’t have a good angel.
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The prophet Nostradumbass
@burnspbesq: It’s almost as if AT&T haven’t noticed that they’re not the only carrier with the iPhone any more.
Jerzy Russian
@JGabriel:
Nelson is in my head again pointing and laughing.
some other guy
Dunno if anyone’s mentioned it here yet, and if you read Reddit or Slashdot you’ve probably already heard, but the latest version of the popular AdBlock Plus extension (version 2.0) now includes a whitelist of “acceptable” advertisers which by default overrides your blacklist entries and subscriptions.
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Liz
Has anyone been dicussing the indefinite detention bill that the Senate passed? I haven’t seen mention of it anywhere on the internet, except for at al Jazeera.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/12/2011121643213177164.html
Ben Wolf
@Sarah
No offense, but the song sounds like a slo-mo version of Mr. Roboto. We can only hope it’s soon found dead from 80’s nostalgia overdose.
burnspbesq
@Liz:
Where have you been for the last three days? Multiple threads here, multiple posts at the invaluable Lawfare blog.
burnspbesq
Today’s wingnut freakout will involve Ali Mussa Daqduq, the last Iraqi citizen in U.S. military custody in Iraq, who has now been transferred to Iraqi custody.
El Tiburon
@Liz:
Are you having a laugh? See comments #3 & 4 on this thread.
The ONE place they are NOT talking about it is here – but hey sign up for best comment of the year award!!! I haz fun!!
burnspbesq
@El Tiburon:
Where have you been for the last three days, liar?
FlipYrWhig
@El Tiburon: Steve Benen, drawing upon Adam Serwer, here: What the NDAA does.
Svensker
@Nethead Jay:
Hugs. It’s really hard. I lost my mom to cancer 19 years ago and I still miss the heck out of her.
boss bitch
@El Tiburon:
you and Liz – everyone and their mother is talking about it. Including here.
Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: If I read that summary looking for clear information, I would walk away with the idea that the bill only applied to al Qaeda – so as long as you are not a “member” of that group, you’re going to court.
Just saying – if that’s the best explanation out there, the “well it’s not as bad as all that” crowd are going to lose the fight over the meaning of this law by close of business today.
FlipYrWhig
@Suffern ACE: I believe that it is in fact true that the bill (ETA: that is, the sections about detention that have been being discussed extensively) applies only to Al Qaeda. The bone of contention is that the _exceptions_ written into the bill don’t apply only to Al Qaeda.
El Tiburon
@burnspbesq:
@boss bitch:
I see one post by Cole back on the 14th.
We had a damn near perfect storm: a Greenwald article linking to a Sullivan article. We lack a Hamsher from being the perfect storm. Yet crickets.
But vote for me on the bloggy awards!
Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: So we’re back to where 300 or so al Qaeda members are a special class of person under the law, but everyone needs to give up their personal information at any time to prove they aren’t members.
FlipYrWhig
@Suffern ACE: Sounds about right. The paranoid view would be that anyone may at any time be suspected of membership and have fewer ways to disprove it than the criminal justice system customarily affords.
Nethead Jay
@SiubhanDuinne: Thank you. I love her interpretation and it’s the one that immediately came to mind.
@Cermet: Damn. So sorry for you. Stay strong.
@Anya: Thank you, I’m glad you like it.
@Linda Featheringill: Thank you. Right now there’s just a big empty spot.
@Svensker: Hugs back. Cancer sucks.
@everybody else: Thank you for your thoughts.