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Experts on making black water

Rather than cleaning up the mess, it might just be easier if BP changed its name to “Xe”.

2010 06 01 Aerion Comments (0)

Cheap thought

Rand Paul has lots of black friends. Some of his best friends are black.

2010 05 21 Aerion Comments (0)

Rand Paul, Liberatarianism, and You

I would like to pose the following question:  What the fuck is libertarianism?
I will propose the premise that to be a legitimate political school of thought requires both a guiding ideology and a basis for implementing that ideology through policy.  For example, as a first order approximation, I would say that modern progressivism is based [...]

2010 05 20 nepharis Comments (0)

Does it mean it’s shaped like a mushroom?

20% of respondents to a Zogby Interactive poll (yeah, yeah) this week said that they are not buying gas from BP because of the oil spill.
I think these people are making a very important statement. And that statement is, “Hey, everyone, I don’t understand what fungible means!”

2010 05 14 Aerion Comments (1)

[Constitutional] Amendments

We have them.  Republicans are clearly aware of this, as noted by the oft-cited second and tenths such item.  (Well, half the of the second, anyway.) There’s also this:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they [...]

2010 04 28 nepharis Comments (1)

Quick test

In any immigration reform debate, I think there’s a quick test each participant should undergo: In a few sentences, explain why Mexican immigration should be limited.
Pencils down. Does your response contain the word “Spanish”? Congratulations, you might be racist!

2010 04 26 Aerion Comments (0)

Legislating in bad faith

Can somebody explain to me how this new Arizona immigration law is not a blatant 4th Amendment violation?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, [...]

2010 04 26 Aerion Comments (0)

The Con-sti-tu-tion

Minnesota Senate Republicans have introduced an amendment to the state Constitution that would require the legislature to “approve” federal laws before they would take effect.
A month ago, Virginia passed a law forbidding health insurance mandates. So did Idaho. Similar measures are on the ballots for voter approval in Arizona and Florida.
Proponents of these bills are [...]

2010 04 24 Aerion Comments (2)

Cheap thought

Obama better remember his paperwork next time he does a campaign event in Arizona.

2010 04 23 Aerion Comments (0)

A whole party of Joe the Plumbers

This NYT article chronicles the adventures of a band of recently-unemployed Americans who are relying on unemployment insurance and Social Security to keep them afloat while they … protest “government handouts”. The author must have had a devil of  time trying to keep the snark subtle.
Mr. Grimes, who receives Social Security, has filled the back seat of [...]

2010 03 27 Aerion Comments (1)