Dead? I thought she was English.

Cops: Santa Cruz Man Was Living With Dead Woman

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A Santa Cruz man was living in an apartment with a 30-year-old dead woman's body, police said Wednesday.

Our new ambassador to Afghanistan

From Wikipedia on Ryan Crocker:
Regarding the politics of Iraq, he said, "In many respects, the debates currently occurring in Iraq are akin to those surrounding our civil rights movement or struggle over states rights." 

Is nothing sacred?

According to Jon Stewart,  Bill O'Reilly says there’s No War on Christmas.  I hope this is a joke.  As wars go, the War on Christmas is my absolute fave.  Ranks right up there with Truck Month.

May the circle be unbroken, redux

In re the trial balloon naming Whatsisname to replace Gates as Sec of Defense, this from the 3/29/11 Business Insider:
Officials say Panetta has emerged as the most likely nominee from a field of candidates that has reportedly included Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), former Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, and former Secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, a sometimes Obama confidante.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/trial-balloon-leon-panetta-to-replace-robert-gates-at-the-pentagon-2011-3#ixzz1J2EIyiDM

Colin Powell? Really? Chuck Hagel? Really?  Whatsisname? Obama’s ability to choose the worst person for the job is truly impressive.

Old soldiers never die but they sure can stink up the room

May the circle be unbroken....

Harry Reid just now on the budget impasse -- "Hope lies eternal."  I believe the expression is “Hope springs eternal.” But in Harry’s case recumbence is a better fit.

Interesting article from Al Jazeera on the  semantic games employed by the last and current administrations in order to justify permanent incarceration

Guantanamo is an evolutionary experiment

US detention centre can remain open as long as the "war on terror" continues, with no end in sight. Lisa Hajjar Last Modified: 29 Mar 2011 13:42

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