“…know that we are a force for good in this world, and that is nothing to apologize for… Whatever. Stupid hoochie. Gravitas. Civility.

One toke over the line sweet Jesus, one toke over the line: The leadership of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday, including Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak whose rule has been shaken by days of protests, state television said. Al Arabiya television said Mubarak had also resigned as head of the ruling party. This could not immediately be confirmed. A party official could not confirm

James Taranto, responding to a press release from Common Cause (whose followers we recently heard here): […] the formerly mainstream media have spent the past two years trying to depict the Tea Party as precisely the sort of racist, hateful, violent political movement that Common Cause appears in the video to be. That media effort has failed, not for lack of will but for lack of evidence. If everybody did

Cool: Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient church building they believe may mark the burial site of the Hebrew prophet Zechariah. The remains of the 1,500-year-old church is located in the Judean Hills, about 20 miles from Jerusalem. Archaeologists discovered it after Palestinian looters, searching for treasures to sell, damaged the surface of the site. “In order to prevent, save, and salvage whatever archaeological finds were there, the Israel Antiquities

Roya Hakakian, World Affairs Daily: […] today’s democratic forces in Cairo’s Tahrir Square can learn from the democratic forces in Tehran’s Azadi Square in 1978. Nations and their distinct histories are not interchangeable. But movements striving for common democratic goals have consistently exchanged the lessons of their struggles to inform and warn their comrades elsewhere against pitfalls. Here are some of the errors Iran’s democratic forces (to use the term

Hyup: 100-year Treasury bonds? Sooner or later, this may turn out to be reality, as it becomes increasingly clear that the U.S. never has any intention of paying its $14 trillion national debt off. As reported by Reuters, at a recent Treasury meeting discussing financing options for U.S. debt, “The Treasury also disclosed that it had discussed with big bond dealers the possibility of an ‘ultra-long’ bond with a maturity

Rise up! Take to the streets! For freedom! (I’ll worry about the end game once I’m flush with cash. Hope that’s okay…?) **** update: about 2/3 there. Thanks to all who have contributed. I promise to buy nothing but the finest cold and flu relief medication.

I don’t think that means what Obama thinks it means: In any other circumstance, if an administration 1) claimed utterly bogus privileges never before recognized by law, 2) dragged its feet for 16 months on a rather simple internal investigation, 3) put partisan officials in place to oversee or skew the investigations, and 4) stiffed Congress and the media and an independent agency on formal, legally weighty information requests, then

I’m beginning to think it’s just as likely that John McCain is the real puppet. Albeit an erstwhile “electable” one. [As a kind of rhetorical disclaimer that you believe will shield you from off-topic demagoguing, insert obligatory comment about his war-time heroism — and your appreciation for such — here.]

Sure. But then, Zionism = racism, so you know, grain of salt and all that…