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“Transnational Legal Process”

Yeah, I’d never heard of it either.

I, for one, welcome our new transnational overlords.

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“Game Changer”

The editorial board at the New York Times spiked a story linking President Obama’s campaign to the controversial ACORN political organization, according to this report from a Philadelphia newspaper.

All the news that fits the narrative.

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“National Toilets”

The new Cold War in space:

A Russian cosmonaut has complained he is no longer allowed to use a US toilet as well as a US exercise bike.

Gennady Padalka, 50, told Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper the lack of sharing was lowering the crew’s morale.

If you build it, they will go.

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GTIP

G Tolerance Improvement Program.

Those were days.

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No Notion

It may very well be true that GM CEO Rick Wagoner deserved to lose his job. He’s been at the helm for 9 years, as his company’s competitive position went from bad to worse.

But who has ever heard of a US president firing a private citizen from his employment? And when do the [...]

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Willfully Blind

Eight policeman and a civvie dead in the latest spasm of violence in Pakistan. Government figures ruminate about “foreign powers,” when all along the know – they must know – that the actors here were vipers nursed at the state’s bosom.

And a local poll blames the Pakistan government’s participation in the “war on [...]

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This Must Be One of Those “Where You Sit” Things

Back when Bu$hitler was atop the Reichstag government, Democratic partisans gnashed their teeth and rent their clothing at the unwillingness of Republicans in Congress to buck his insane policies designed to toss transgendered babies from disadvantaged backgrounds into the snow, while simultaneously  pursuing an overseas campaign of ruthless, imperial domination over enchantingly diverse brown [...]

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Blown Tire

Broken plane.

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Say, who’s going to pay for that arresting gear engine, anyway?

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Skipping a Step

In any airborne emergency, praying always comes last:

A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot.

The 2005 crash at sea off Sicily left survivors swimming for [...]

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In Other News

The pinstripe set is going gaga at the opportunities inherent to diplomatic engagement with Iran over shared interests in Afghanistan:

The Russian initiative brought together Patrick Moon, the US diplomat in charge of south and central Asia, and Mehdi Akhundzadeh, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, as well as a British diplomat who has been acting [...]

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