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Today’s edition of quick hits:
* Is Karzai threatening NATO? “In one of his sternest warnings yet concerning civilian casualties, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that NATO must stop air attacks on Afghan homes immediately, or face ‘unilateral action’ from the Afghan government.”
* On a related note, Dems want out: “It’s more angst than outright anger, but House Democrats are showing real unity for the first time in pressuring President Barack Obama on Afghanistan — with influential moderates now expressing their impatience alongside the anti-war left that drove the early Iraq war debate.”
* President Obama visits Joplin, Missouri, and promises follow-through: “The cameras may leave. The spotlight may shift. But we will be with you every step of the way until Joplin is restored. We’re not going anywhere. That is not just my promise; that’s America’s promise.”
* While meeting with Joplin’s victims, the president was also seen in one heck of a photograph.
* Yesterday, President Obama marked Memorial Day with a speech at a service at Arlington National Cemetery.
* A shaky Sudanese deal: “Northern and southern Sudanese officials have agreed to a preliminary arrangement on demilitarizing the border between them, the African Union said Tuesday, though some officials from both sides immediately expressed skepticism of the deal, particularly its ability to resolve the dispute over the contested Abyei area.”
* Syed Saleem Shehzad: “A well-known Pakistani journalist has been found dead after being abducted over the weekend in an upscale neighborhood of the capital and receiving repeated threats from Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency.”
* Gen. Martin Dempsey to replace Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
* As more physicians leave private practice to work at hospitals, they’re moving to the left politically. But that’s not the only reason.
* The World Health Organization had said cellphones pose no public health risk. The WHO position has apparently shifted: “Radiation from cellphones is ‘possibly carcinogenic’ to humans, according to an international expert panel organized by the World Health Organization to evaluate the safety of the increasingly ubiquitous electronic devices.”
* Remember the Fairness Doctrine? A few congressional Republicans are still scared of it.
* Daniel Luzer: “With cuts for America’s state universities getting ever more drastic, is it time for a new design for these schools?”
* Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is convinced gay and lesbians can simply choose to be straight. And if they don’t, he says, they shouldn’t serve in the military.
* Oh how I wish CNN were capable of better judgment: “Proving once again that there’s no standard by which many mainstream media outlets are willing to hold sloppy propagandist Andrew Breitbart, CNN this afternoon invited the discredited blogger on the air to discuss the Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-D) Twitter story. “
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Joe Friday on May 31, 2011 6:54 PM:
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is convinced gay and lesbians can simply choose to be straight. And if they don't, he says, they shouldn't serve in the military.
Then RightWingers can choose not to be crazy, and if they don't, they shouldn't be allowed in Congress.
Anonymous on May 31, 2011 6:58 PM:
The politics of kumbaya be damned.
The president should have said: "..The spotlight may shift. [THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MAY CONTINUE TO OBSTRUCT]. But we will be with you every step of the way until Joplin is restored. We’re not going anywhere. That is not just my promise; that’s the promise [OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY].”
mfw13 on May 31, 2011 8:02 PM:
The new model for public universities already exists...they're called community colleges. The quality of education is often just as high as what you would receive at a public unversity, and the tuition is much much cheaper since community colleges don't have to support a huge research infrastructure.
Of course the partying isn't as good...
Squeaky McCrinkle on May 31, 2011 8:06 PM:
The Joplin photograph at Politico certainly brought out the feeble-minded and the drooling psychopaths in their anti-Obama droves.
My favourite comment: Our taxes paid for the photographer to snap this PR shot. Money that could have been used to actually, you know, HELP the family.
These people are fucking lunatics.
Trollop on May 31, 2011 9:18 PM:
Let's get the fuck out of Calamistan, entertain yourselves all week with a Spook war in Whackistan congressmen (and mr. preznit), but Osama is dead.. It may take stupid Americans a year or two but we don't need to be in Calamistan any longer. This criminal in charge's proclamation couldn't be more timely, let's let them get back to supplying world opium, sexually molesting little boys and keeping their women in beekeeper suits like they so yearn to be!
neil b on May 31, 2011 10:42 PM:
Right now, silly discussion on Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) Facebook page chortling about failure to raise debt ceiling. As I wrote there:
We have to raise taxes to pay off existing debt in addition to current expenses. Cutting expenses is enough only if you didn't already have all that debt to pay off. Whether we should have rung it up or not, we did - and consequences follow.
TootenKamen on May 31, 2011 10:45 PM:
Oh how I wish CNN were capable of better judgment: “Proving once again that there’s no standard by which many mainstream media outlets are willing to hold sloppy propagandist Andrew Breitbart, CNN this afternoon invited the discredited blogger on the air to discuss the Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-D) Twitter story."
Of course, if Weiner were innocent, he'd call the cops. Instead, he hired lawyers. There's an old adage at work here:
Victims call the cops.
Perps call a lawyer.
WeinerGate will only get bigger and more embarrassing for Democrats. They need to stay away from him, especially since bloggers are not uncovering his uncomfortable twitter relationship with a porn star.
Bernie Latham on June 01, 2011 12:02 AM:
Steve
What shift in the universe has suddenly pushed Allen West, of all people, into such media prominence that one has difficulty getting through a 24 hour period without his name and comments ending up surfing on top of the media zeitgeist? And goodness, even here?
Ron Byers on June 01, 2011 12:28 AM:
TootenKamen
How much have you been paid for this political hit? How do you live with yourself?
Steve P on June 01, 2011 12:32 AM:
"There's an old adage at work here: Victims call the cops.
Perps call a lawyer."
There's an even older adage, Tootie: Cops get you justice. Lawyers get you money.
Try the creep who did this and the punishment will be six months suspended. Sue him, and he'll be working to pay off Weiner and his lawyers well into the Chelsea Clinton administration.
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catherineD on June 01, 2011 4:20 AM:
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Steve P
Thank you for the dignity .
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Neurologically disordered on June 01, 2011 9:34 AM:
Isn't Germany's recent politically correct declaration of their intention to adandon all of their domestic nuclear power generation capacity by 2022 (based on a response to the recent nuclear disaster in Japan) somewhat like a 1970's era car being envolved in a accident where serious injuries occured solely because the somewhat antiquated vehicle lacked advanced safety features (like air bags and/or ABS braking)? In justifying her declaration of intent, Chancellor Merkel explained that if technically advanced Japan can't safely operate nuclear power plants, then what chance do the rest of us have. However, The Wall Street Journal reported that in those facilities in Japan (constructed in the 1970's) were so poorly designed that a lead engineer at GE resigned in protest. And since then, with all of Japan's investments in infrastructure to offset economic stagnation, was it argueably negligent of them to overlook making obvious safety upgrades at those vulnerable facilities? FOOTNOTE: Fukushima-Daiichi plant is equipped with a GE boiling water reactor with a so-called Mark 1 containment system. There have been concerns about that particular design for years, with critics saying it isn't as robust as later models. -WSJ(remixed)
toowearyforoutrage on June 01, 2011 8:09 PM:
News Flash:
To demonstrate how easy it is to change your sexual behavior, Allen West has announced for the month of June that he will be taking a male lover.
He won't enjoy it, but he's doing it for science and to give hope to self-loathing gays everywhere.
Bless you, Congressman.