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And First Lady Obama has the right to bare arms!

Another grad student taught me this neat study trick to get A’s on all my exams without having to study.  The upside is that it is easy and perfectly legal.  The downside is that I had to try it 183 times before it worked.  Oh, and now I learn it might not be that legal.  But it’s a great study method, I swear!  You should try it.

I’m not that stupid, but those it appears that politicians and their right-wing cheerleaders who believe that everything they see on 24 is real are that stupid.  According to the New York Times, intelligence officials had to use water boarding more than 200 times to extract information from two detainees.  

Photo of waterboarding device used by the Khmer Rouge at S-21, a facility where political prisoners were tortured and held for execution.

After six years of war, 4265 dead soldiers, and more than $600 billion flushed down the toilet, you’d think that the American people would have learned that military action should be the absolute last resort.  A story from Politico would indicate that the American people still haven’t learned that lesson.  

From MSNBC, short and sweet:

The Iowa Supreme Court says the state’s same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state where gay marriage is legal.

In a unanimous ruling issued Friday, the court upheld a 2007 Polk County District Court judge’s ruling that the law was unconstitutional.

Politico has a copy of the ruling.

I’m a little disturbed that I have to write this diary, but I must.  In writing this, I am going to reveal more about myself than I am ordinarily comfortable revealing, but I feel like I have to do this.

The Senate has voted to approve the stimulus bill and it is on it’s way to President Obama’s (doesn’t it feel great saying those words) desk.

But something about this really stinks.

The debate over the behavior of the IDF during the conflict in Gaza reminded me of an episode from the first season of West Wing, “A Proportional Response”.  At the beginning of the episode, a jet carrying American citizens, President Bartlett’s personal doctor among them, is blown up by terrorists connected to the Syrian government.

Until now, I have generally been opposed to an investigation of the Bush administration, but a man I respect, Paul Krugman, and a man who makes my skin crawl, Keith Olbermann made strong cases for pulling back the curtain and taking a look at the Bush years.

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Until now, I have generally been opposed to an investigation of the Bush administration, but a man I respect, Paul Krugman, and a man who makes my skin crawl, Keith Olbermann made strong cases for pulling back the curtain and taking a look at the Bush years.

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A Chicago Gay and Lesbian newpaper, the Windy City Times, has unearthed a candidate issue survey written by then Illinois State Senate Candidate Barack Obama in 1996.  What is notable about this document is what has changed.  Take a look at number 6:

“6)  I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.”