May 23, 2009 08:00 AM
Mike's Blog Roundup
Jesus' General: Torture's Harvest
The Grey Matter: Further proof that financial institutions own congress
Dissenting Justice: Obama on National Security: I am doing the right things. I have not broken campaign promises
Daniel W. Drezner: One of the handful of conservative voices with whom I often, merely disagree (rather than consider insane)
Bitter Lawyer: 11 famous law school dropouts
Afronerd: The great Jody Watley pays a visit to Afronerd radio tomorrow at 7PM ET
I wish I was a law school dropout. Sallie Mae is a bitch.
Funniest thing about this bunch of weasels, they lose by destroying the economies of the world, but they do it anyway. Reminds me of the old joke about the scorpion.
(Asks frog to ferry him over a stream, fatally stings frog, as they are sinking, explains "I can't help it, I'm a scorpion.")
Here's a great article in today's NYT by Paul Krugman entitled, "Blue Double Cross":
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/opinion/22k...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Former South Korean President Noh Mu-Hyun is dead by suicide after jumping off a rocky mountainside near Pusan, South Korea. (I thought catholics weren't allowed to do that.)
In a strange twist, it's very similar to the 1987 suicide of Republican Budd Dwyer, though without the publicity. Both were accused of taking kickbacks and abuse of office, then committed suicide rather than face a certain prison sentence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Dwyer
Do not look at the video linked to on the page to a video. No, that's not an insinuation that you should look. It's revolting.
(Moderators: People would have found that wikipedia page on their own. I'm posting for the content, not the link to the video.)
After Jesus' General's explanation, it all makes sense...
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