The GOP and San Franciscophobia
17 JulWith Ineptitude on Full Display, the Party’s Over for Republicans
by Garrison Keillor
Leonard Pitts latest – King George?
15 JulCourt ruling a blow to pride of King George
With apologies to the makers of the 1994 film, it’s never been ”the madness of King George” that troubled me.
No, it was the arrogance, a hubris so awesome and awful you tended to forget George is not, in fact, a king but a president. One might have been forgiven for forgetting, since President George W. Bush has governed pretty much as a King George would have: by fiat and decree.
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When Iraqis are texting from Baghdad to see if you’re OK, you know it’s not good.
15 JulFear and Shopping in Beirut
Annia Ciezadlo in The Nation
The first warplanes sheared through the sky at about 3:30 am Friday, just as the call to prayer wavered out from the mosque, the faint, pre-recorded voice of the muezzin drowned in the rising growl of their engines. The bombings began soon after, and the anti-aircraft guns kicked in at about 4 am; we didn’t get to sleep until dawn. I woke up at 9, when a text message bleeped into my cell phone. It was from a friend in Baghdad, who wrote “I hope U R OK and fine. We all here in Iraq feel worried about U.” I was glad to hear from him, but it his message didn’t make me feel any better: When Iraqis are texting from Baghdad to see if you’re OK, you know it’s not good.
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Tom Delay forced to remain on TX-22 ballot
15 JulChained to the Ballot
NY Times Editorial
The former House majority leader Tom DeLay, master practitioner of tooth-and-claw politics, finds himself in a predicament. He’s been cast adrift somewhere between Texas and Virginia after a court struck down his parting Congressional gambit.
Immigration – why are Hispanic immigrants so demonized?
11 JulImmigration and the Curse of the Black Legend
by Tony Horwitz
(NY Times Op-Ed piece, registration required, bugmenot)
Very interesting piece examining the current “immigration problem” in light of the history of Anglos in North America. Anyone remember which Europeans actually settled first in North America? Click for the answer.
End Social Decay?
11 JulLegitimacy, Good Faith and Citizenship
To “end social delay, build trust”. Link courtesy of, and quote from, velvetpage. Fascinating take on altruism and government, and the link between the two.
Jung Personality Type
11 JulINFJ
Strength of the preferences %
| Introverted | Intuitive | Feeling | Judging |
| 67 | 25 | 12 | 1 |
INFJ type description by D.Keirsey
INFJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
distinctively expressed introvert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
slightly expressed feeling personality
slightly expressed judging personality
An Aging Trans Woman 