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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sat Apr 16, 2011 at 07:59:08 PM EST
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In the news:

Barry Bonds may have an excellent argument for throwing out his obstruction conviction.

Al Qaeda in Yemen figured out how to get around U.S. electronic surveillance.

Georgia wants to take the mantle from Arizona as being tough on immigration. It just passed a law allowing police "to demand documentation of residency and to detain people they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally." The law is here.

The internet poker crackdown continues to be major news. Some major players speak out on what they think will happen to online poker. And no one seems to have a definitive answer as to whether online poker is illegal.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    I didn't find out until just now (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 08:51:45 AM EST
    that the boys of the house got themselves Homefront for Easter.  I forgot to tell my husband that the plot of the game was done by the guy who wrote the screenplays for Apocalypes Now and Red Dawn until last week sometimes when we were having a morning together (which doesn't happen often enough).  But I was going through the Easter basket and there was Homefront.  They will have a critique for Captain Howdy.

    I do wonder (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by Zorba on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 02:42:06 PM EST
    what would happen if I happened to be driving through Georgia and got stopped by the police and I started to speak to them in Greek.  I'd be awfully tempted to do this.  On the other hand, that might not be such a good idea.  Who knows how they would react?  ;-)

    does georgia allow (none / 0) (#1)
    by observed on Sat Apr 16, 2011 at 09:21:36 PM EST
    Proof of circumcision to show probable citizenship?
     In other news, i just finished a modern verse version of Chaucers Troilus and Cressida. Fascinating read, and very moving. Cressida has the most fully realized character, a really complex woman.
    She's never recovered from the Toyota Cressida (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Dadler on Sat Apr 16, 2011 at 09:41:55 PM EST


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    Arizona Birther Bill, (none / 0) (#5)
    by KeysDan on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 09:41:13 AM EST
    the long and short of it:   The lengthy certificate of birth or certificate of circumcision.

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    Some bills or longer, some shorter (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 09:53:15 AM EST
    ;-)

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    Charlie Cook on Reliable Sources today (none / 0) (#7)
    by Harry Saxon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 11:54:16 AM EST
    about birther nonsense:

    about the fifth of the Republican primary voters who believe this, they're like a kid who is afraid of a monster under his bed, you can't use reason to change his mind(ed).



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    exactly - but you can certainly (none / 0) (#8)
    by ruffian on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 01:06:44 PM EST
    cynically exploit their neurosis.

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    Especially if they're already (none / 0) (#9)
    by Harry Saxon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 01:17:42 PM EST
    performing nightly checks under their bed for Islamicist terrorists.  

    :-)

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    Or right wing extreamists (none / 0) (#10)
    by Rojas on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 01:55:56 PM EST
    Same ol' pitch, different target audience, similar result.

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    And Bush did coke (none / 0) (#11)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 02:21:08 PM EST


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    That would be the way I'd bet (none / 0) (#16)
    by Rojas on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 04:03:16 PM EST
    Rich frat boy coming of age when he did. It would be a very odd nut that did not dabble in it.

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    Nope, timing wrong for coke (2.00 / 1) (#20)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 05:13:40 PM EST
    MJ, maybe.

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    The timing's wrong? Based on what? (5.00 / 2) (#35)
    by shoephone on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 07:38:52 PM EST
    Your scant knowledge of the fact that people were using coke in the 70's and, dare I say, in the 60's?

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    Oh. My. God. (5.00 / 1) (#36)
    by gyrfalcon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 08:59:11 PM EST
    <eyes rolling>


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    My experience with coke (none / 0) (#40)
    by jimakaPPJ on Mon Apr 18, 2011 at 12:21:16 PM EST
    is limited to what the big boys in the pool hall has told me.

    ;-)

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    Didn't think you were much of (none / 0) (#41)
    by Harry Saxon on Mon Apr 18, 2011 at 12:26:51 PM EST
    a sinner when you were young, thanks for confirming my intuition.

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    We have decided to do P90X (none / 0) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 08:39:42 AM EST
    Keeping up with the Ryans

    You know what? (none / 0) (#17)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 04:09:45 PM EST
    I never heard about Laura Bush's accident in the mainstream media. You must have been looking for it to find it.

    Nope, I got it from the Left (none / 0) (#22)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 05:15:46 PM EST


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    I didn't (none / 0) (#26)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 05:19:55 PM EST
    say where you got it only that it never showed up in the mainstream media.

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    Is the New York Times (none / 0) (#30)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 05:57:02 PM EST
    not mainstream??

    Well, I did say I got it from the Left.

    Link NYT

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    Yeah (5.00 / 0) (#31)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 06:20:01 PM EST
    in 2010 after her husband had been out of office. I'm talking about during the campaign. It was never a story in the media that I can remember. Friends of mine who were Bush supporters had NO idea this had happened.

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    It absolutely was (none / 0) (#38)
    by gyrfalcon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 09:01:25 PM EST
    in a number of mainstream profiles-- always mentioned wayyyy down in the story, as it should have been, and treated briefly and sympathetically, as it also should have been, IMHO.

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    So much for another ridiculous claim (none / 0) (#39)
    by Harry Saxon on Mon Apr 18, 2011 at 12:47:07 AM EST


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    I sure did (none / 0) (#37)
    by gyrfalcon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 09:00:04 PM EST


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    Oh (none / 0) (#18)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 04:10:34 PM EST
    but the McCain story came from the Bush camp.

    Wow! Political rivals (none / 0) (#23)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 05:16:54 PM EST
    telling lies about each other!

    I tell you I am shocked! Yes, shocked!

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    please do not post (none / 0) (#32)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 06:33:20 PM EST
    links to potentially libelous material here. And Harry and Jim, address the topic not each other, no more threads filled with personal spats between you two. They will be deleted. Comment to everyone, please. Get a room for your private discussions.

    I'm sorry if I acted like a self-indulgent fool (none / 0) (#33)
    by Harry Saxon on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 06:40:37 PM EST
    is what someone needs to say to Jeralyn.

    sorry isn't enough (none / 0) (#34)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 06:45:32 PM EST
    You do it repeatedly, and you are going into time out if you don't stop. Get your own site if you can't follow our rules please.

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