http://blog.sacrilicio.us "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:43:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Conor Friedersdorf responds to Jonah Goldberg's continuing attempts to frame the debate over water-boarding as a debate over semantics: Talking Over Torture | The American Scene Goldberg is absolutely wrong to argue that there are no good responses to the ticking time bomb scenario. Perhaps he means that he chooses to ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2010/01/12/talking-over-torture/ As The Onslaught Continues - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan I was reading the above article by Andrew Sullivan, and I got to thinking: the Vatican is welcoming all the misogynists and homophobes in the Anglican community to rejoin the Catholic church... how about the remaining Anglicans invite all ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/11/04/andrew-sullivan-as-the-onslaught-continues/ A reader spars with Andrew Sullivan over which administration(s) deserve credit for the Dow hitting 10,000: The Daily Dish - Dissent of the Day Allow me to offer a different dissent: In 1999, when the Dow hit 10,000, the unemployment rate was 4-4.5%. In 2009 when the Dow hit 10,000, the unemployment ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/10/16/what-10000/ There seemed little question after the argument in an important campaign finance case at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the makers of a slashing political documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton were poised to win. The open issue was just how broad that victory would be. Justices Are Pressed for a ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/09/16/nyt-justices-are-pressed-for-a-broad-ruling-in-campaign-case/ "No man is an island, and rules made for imaginary islands ignore the fragile ecology of the actual archipelago." Adam Gopnik, The Return of the Native, The New Yorker, Sept. 7, 2009 http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/09/06/quote-of-the-day/ John McWhorter must not have a lot of friends. Not a lot that care to watch a television show or movie with him at any rate. In a recent blog article in The New Republic, McWhorter opines about Mad Men's allegedly inaccurate speech patterns of the 1960s. Is it anachronistic idioms ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/09/05/worst-television-companion-ever/ I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/08/26/i-am-a-conservative-shitheel/ File under Boneheaded comments: Economist Laffer on CNN: "[J]ust wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid ... done by the government" | Media Matters for America http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/08/18/economist-laffer-on-cnn-just-wait-till-you-see-medicare-medicaid-done-by-the-government/ From BBC Persian: Battle w/ Police - Tehran, Iran - June 20th 2009by mightier-than http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/06/21/routed/ After a bleak 2008, equities are looking up. But whatever the market, our trademark long-term portfolio can help you build a nest egg for a secure future. Fortune 40: The best stocks to retire on Isn't it time to throw in the towel on stock picking, Fortune? How about some advice that ... http://blog.sacrilicio.us/2009/06/21/fortune-40-the-best-stocks-to-retire-on-or-die-trying/