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Are we sure it wasn’t Colbert?

Even Stephen couldn’t come up with this.

SCHIP: A Really Dumb Fight for Bush to Pick

When Republicans try to prove their conservative bona fides by taking on a program aimed for children, the outcome is usually the same. Remember the Reagan Administration trying to declare ketchup a vegetable? And the House Republicans deciding to “curb the growth” of the school lunch program in 1995? That’s why I’m mystified as to [...]

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The Israel-Syria Thing

This is uninformed speculation, BUT…I wouldn’t be surprised if the Israeli strike on Syria two weeks ago had nothing at all to do with nuclear material. What we know is this: the North Koreans were supplying missiles and missile technology to the Syrians. Hezbollah unleashed a surprising array of missiles in its war with Israel [...]