politburo diktat 2.0

Especially from a slimy, money-grubbing, sport-wrecking weasel like Scott Boras:
Boras says Yankees can talk to A-Rod

Scott Boras says the New York Yankees could still negotiate with Alex Rodriguez if they wanted to. Boras maintained Wednesday that the Yankees should treat A-Rod the same way they deal with reliever Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada, who […]

I’m still plowing through Xenophon’s Anabasis. But I have backed up to the beginning again, for a few reasons. First, since I’m reading it as a learning exercise, going over it for the fourth time helps solidify my understanding of the vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, grammar, and style. It’s also somewhat fun to be […]

Small boats seen as a terror threat - USATODAY.com
The nation’s 17 million small boats are facing increased scrutiny from the Homeland Security Department, which fears they could be used in a nuclear attack or a lethal explosion at a U.S. port.
Okay, no more beans.

The Balloon Juicers, having much too much fun.

Malcom Nance, (check his bio) writes at Small Wars Journal:
Waterboarding is Torture… Period
1. Waterboarding is a torture technique. Period. There is no way to gloss over it or sugarcoat it. It has no justification outside of its limited role as a training demonstrator. Our service members have to learn that the will to survive requires […]

Having scored some impressive points on email-tone-gate, the Left will now move on to another really momentous event:

Hunt is over for Cheney
The Daily News photographer who took the picture of the flag said he saw it inside a garage attached to one of the buildings on the Clove Valley club grounds.
“The garage was open, […]

No blogger has pointed out more often than my friend John Cole, that a soldier running over a dog with an armored vehicle does not constitute a threat to truth, justice and the American way.
But now, I see, if a soldier sends Glenn Greenwald a rude email, then that is very, very serious:
re: Boylan’s […]

A recurring, and largely accurate, theme amongst progressive bloggers is that the “right wing noise machine blogs” pick up the party line of the day and flog it endlessly. Repeating it and linking to each other, and creating a sense of factualness out of nothing (or not much).
But you know what? My good friends on […]

Obsidian Wings: Mercy… Uncle… No more about Beauchamp!
Publius’ call for mercy and his hollering “uncle,” should be accepted.
Non-issues like Beauchamp and Moveon.org’s ad are distractions .. from the REAL issues … which, if I recall correctly, are the FACTS ON THE GROUND AND DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ.
Oops. Based on the Progressive blogs on my […]

[16] Πρόξενος δὲ ὁ Βοιώτιος εὐθὺς μὲν μειράκιον ὢν ἐπεθύμει γενέσθαι ἀνὴρ τὰ μεγάλα πράττειν ἱκανός: καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔδωκε Γοργίᾳ ἀργύριον τῷ Λεοντίνῳ. [17] ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεγένετο ἐκείνῳ, ἱκανὸς νομίσας ἤδη εἶναι καὶ ἄρχειν καὶ φίλος ὢν τοῖς πρώτοις μὴ ἡττᾶσθαι εὐεργετῶν, ἦλθεν εἰς ταύτας τὰς σὺν Κύρῳ πράξεις: καὶ ᾤετο […]

Summary: Tissaphernes treacherously killed Clearchus and many of the other Greek officers.
οἱ μὲν δὴ στρατηγοὶ οὕτω ληφθέντες ἀνήχθησαν ὡς βασιλέα καὶ ἀποτμηθέντες τὰς κεφαλὰς ἐτελεύτησαν, εἷς μὲν αὐτῶν Κλέαρχος ὁμολογουμένως ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐμπείρως αὐτοῦ ἐχόντων δόξας γενέσθαι ἀνὴρ καὶ πολεμικὸς καὶ φιλοπόλεμος ἐσχάτως. [2] καὶ γὰρ δὴ ἕως μὲν πόλεμος ἦν τοῖς […]

Drop in American and Iraqi casualties hard to argue with

A month [after Petraus’ testimony, which some took issue with], there isn’t much room for such debate [on the decrease in violence], at least about the latest figures. In September, Iraqi civilian deaths were down 52 percent from August and 77 percent from September 2006, according […]

But I definitely want Al Gore’s home office, especially that triple, super-sized, flat screen PC display.

The TV on the walls, and all those bookshelves. Gotta have ‘em. Not sure about the messy mountains of papers and some of the tchotchkes, but overall, I want it.

Is now the party of attacking twelve-year olds? Who actually do need help?
This is not my party. Serious time-out needed in 2008.