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Tuesday July 03, 2012 · 7:18 PM PDT

2012/07/03 · 19:18

This is unbelievable. I don't remember seeing this covered anywhere on here, but if it was, I apologize for the redundancy. It's a five minute TV spot from March in which a candidate for Penn State's Board of Trustees pays a "tribute" to Joe Paterno. Oh, and this assclown actually won a spot on their board after this disgrace aired, btw.

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Saturday June 30, 2012 · 7:33 PM PDT

2012/06/30 · 19:33

On Monday, it's back to work, both at my job and for the Obama campaign (our local campaign has a meeting Monday night.) But before we fight our next battle, let's enjoy some first-class drama from some sad, angry, impotent lil' Freepers. (h/t:Freeper Madness)

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Friday June 29, 2012 · 3:44 PM PDT

2012/06/29 · 15:44

For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over oral arguments, it seems Solicitor General Donald Verrilli's legal strategy won the day yesterday. This article sums things up well.

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Saturday June 23, 2012 · 12:17 PM PDT

2012/06/23 · 12:17

Let me preface this diary by saying that I am, in general, a huge fan of Yale's famous Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar. His legal and Constitutional philosophies are closely in line with my own, and I find his measured, didactic style preferable to equally intelligent but more bombastic legal scholars (see: Dershowitz, Alan.) The hallmark of Amar's philosophy is that the view that the Constitution was ultimately written as a pragmatic document flexible enough to conform to changing times. Sure, I disagreed with his assertion that a right to privacy isn't implicit in the Bill of Rights, but given his support of recognition for privacy rights due their "normalization" in multiple state constitutions and statutes, that seemed mostly semantic.

But there was one issue that he was tragically misguided on, and it's time he admitted it.

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Friday June 08, 2012 · 8:54 PM PDT

2012/06/08 · 20:54

After participating in today's roxors-suxors battle over drones/idiotic cartoons on the front page, I got to thinking: why does Hillary Clinton so rarely show up in these conversations? After all, she's America's chief diplomat and a strong supporter of the administration's drone policy. Apparently, she and Leon Panetta were also primarily responsible for convincing Obama to authorize the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, against the advice of Eric Holder. I don't mean to bash Sec. Clinton; in fact, I think she's been excellent in her role as Secretary of State and would make a fine president as well. But it did make me wonder about her potential successors. After all, she's said that if Obama wins a second term, she does not plan on sticking around. So who will Obama replace her with? More below the squiggle.

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If he wins reelection, who will Obama appoint Sec. of State to replace Hillary Clinton?

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If he wins reelection, who will Obama appoint Sec. of State to replace Hillary Clinton?

John Kerry

9 votes

Susan Rice

7 votes

Thomas Donilan

0 votes

Someone else

6 votes

Fighting al Qaeda: A War, or a Law Enforcement Operation?

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Thursday June 07, 2012 · 11:24 AM PDT

2012/06/07 · 11:24

I'm sure this topic's been broached many times on DKos, but I'm fairly new here. The recent killing of al Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi has caused some disagreement in the diaries and comments sections, mainly about the role of unmanned drones in the War on Terror. I've noticed that those opposed to the strikes often assert that they create more terrorists than they kill. This raises an interesting question that has divided much of the American left since the war's beginning: should the U.S. treat al Qaeda as a warring military organization or as an international crime syndicate?

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Should the U.S. treat its fight against al Qaeda as a war or a law enforcement operation?

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Should the U.S. treat its fight against al Qaeda as a war or a law enforcement operation?

war

5 votes

law enforcement operation

6 votes

don't know/not sure

0 votes

Can I work for Obama?

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Monday May 14, 2012 · 7:16 PM PDT

2012/05/14 · 19:16

I'm a college student, and I've been kicking this idea around for a while. This is my first diary, so go easy.

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Should I volunteer on the Obama campign?

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Should I volunteer on the Obama campign?

Yes

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