WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?
You already know I’m a firm believer in Carl Jung’s theories. (Actually, how many times do the Republicans have to prove him right before they stop being theories?) So I really have to wonder what Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline has lurking in his own closet:
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 24 - Attorney [...]

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LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING
Attaturk has so much good stuff, it’s difficult to single out just one. But start with this.

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MIDDLIN’
I saw a funny cartoon the other day, something about, “You know you’re getting old not only because you have aches and pains, but because they’re weird little aches and pains.”
I started off this morning with another opthalmic migraine, which I’ve figured out has something to do with the angle of light that hits my [...]

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NOT SO FAST, FELLAS
Now that we know (whether he admits it or not) that Arlen’s not long for this world, we can expect all kinds of little surprises like this. Because despite being a complete political whore, Arlen also has a thread of idealism in there somewhere. Expect to see more of it:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 [...]

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IRONY
You see? You see? Already, here I am with the big head…
Over at Democratic Underground’s Blog Box, Bucky Rea congratulates the Koufax award winners today. Of course, the one he doesn’t mention is the blog deemed Most Deserving of Wider Recognition.
Which is kind of, well, ironic, don’t ya think?
If you want to point this out [...]

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I DO BELIEVE, I DO BELIEVE
Krugman:
The slime campaign has begun against AARP, which opposes Social Security privatization. There’s no hard evidence that the people involved - some of them also responsible for the “Swift Boat” election smear - are taking orders from the White House. So you’re free to believe that this is an independent [...]

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WHY DO BIRDS SUDDENLY APPEAR
From Political Wire:
First, we learn they wouldn’t quit. Now, the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire reports that many Bush aides are resisting transfers to other positions in the government. “Though Chief of Staff Card tried to move some subordinates out to agencies, lure of proximity to the White House inner circle [...]

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TODAY’S ROAD MUSIC
“Blue Moon with Heartache,” Rosanne Cash, “Seven Year Ache“:
Blue moon out my window, guess this means goodnightAnd you come in and start right in not treating me rightMisery’s a ball and all its companyI’ll play the victim for you honey, but not for free
I run into that heartache just like a wallAnd act [...]

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CASING CASEY
A lot of people, including Duncan and Matt, are arguing whether the Democrats should consider running anti-abortion candidates in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
I don’t know about Rhode Island, but I do know Pennsylvania. It’s been accurately described as “Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on the ends, and Alabama in the middle.” I say if the Dems [...]

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INTERESTING THOUGHT
I like this idea:
Patents are the key to huge drug-company profits. The industry will fight vociferously to protect them. In West Virginia, where the issue came up last summer, industry lawyers warned a legislative advisory council away from proposing such action on patents, claiming it would be unconstitutional. With virtually unlimited resources, the drug [...]

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DIVERSION
It’s hard to imagine what goes on the minds of animators. “Hey, I know - let’s have the Super Friends act out scenes from ‘Office Space’!”

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JUST WONDERING
What does it say that so many people didn’t believe the post about Prince Charles and Camilla being disinvited to the White House - and yet, so many immediately assumed my post about the casualty count from Iraq was accurate?
You accept that George Bush would bury American soldiers in mass graves, yet you have [...]

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FUND DRIVE
Only $200 to go. If you already gave, thanks again. If you didn’t, please consider helping out and click the Paypal or Amazon button.
Your help makes Suburban Guerrilla possible. I mean, it’s not as if I wouldn’t blog anyway, but I wouldn’t be able to give it the same kind of attention.
Or if you [...]

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GOING NORTH
Well, it’s back to North Jersey again - this time, through the snow, tra la. While I’m gone, here’s something interesting to read about the Bush tapes and their source.
UPDATE: Missed most of the snow. It was perfectly dry all the way up and most of the way back.

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It was a long night.
First of all, they pick you up in the Wampum stretch limo and take you to an undisclosed location somewhere in D.C. Imagine my surprise when they took off the blindfold and I realized it was, yes, John Ashcroft who anointed me with oil during the Koufax coronation ceremony, held in [...]

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ASHES, ASHES
You’ve read by now that Hunter Thompson wanted his ashes shot from a cannon?
Some years ago, I was planning my own funeral. (I was having surgery to remove tumors the doctor said were almost certainly malignant and fast-growing. They weren’t, obviously.)
Anyway, I was trying to figure out what to do with my ashes (did [...]

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PUZZLER OF THE DAY
This, if true, would certainly be ironic. They say an active ingredient in marijuana may actually prevent Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline.
I guess the next question is, how do we tell the difference?

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PENTAGON: NO MORE DOG-ON-MAN
A change:
The Pentagon is implementing new restrictions on detainee interrogations, officials said. For example, said Thomas Gandy, a senior Army intelligence official, military dogs will never be used in interrogations.
Gandy said requirements of the Geneva Convention “are well integrated into the techniques” permitted. He did not describe other limits.
On the other [...]

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COFFEE SNORT ALERT
Best Jeff Gannon joke yet, from the comments section over at Duncan’s. Someone wrote about the impending snowstorm:
5-6 inches is enough to shut DC down.
Commenter RCSanders wrote:
Oddly enough, apparently 8+ isn’t.

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THE QUEERS ARE COMING! THE QUEERS ARE COMING!
MoDo on USANext, the source of that “AARP=gay marriage” ad:
The USA Next group intends to combine the two ruthless success stories of the Bush re-election: the Swiftian tactic of amplifying its vicious and dishonest attacks through the media, and the Rovian tactic of hanging gay marriage like an [...]

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WAKE-UP CALL
Friedman:
The dollar is falling! The dollar is falling! But the Bush team has basically told the world that unless the markets make the falling dollar into a full-blown New York Stock Exchange crisis and trade war, it is not going to raise taxes, cut spending or reduce oil consumption in ways that could really [...]

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WAITING FOR COMPETENCE
Why, oh why do people believe Republicans are good for the economy?
Enter South Korea. On Monday, its central bank reported that it intended to diversify into other currencies and away from dollar-based assets. And why not? It holds about $69 billion in United States Treasury securities, or 4 percent of the total foreign [...]

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Looks like we’ll go to war in Iran based on the same kind of hard evidence we had for Iraq:
On Tuesday at a news conference at the European Union, Mr. Bush said bluntly, “This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous.” But then he immediately added, to some [...]

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SHOW THE LOVE
Hey, now you’re reading an award-winning blog. (I had no idea a site counter could go up that high.) So please hit the Amazon or Paypal button, even if it’s just $5.
If you appreciate the huge amounts of time and energy I put into doing this, and you’re astute enough to realize [...]

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KNOW THY ENEMY
I was too busy to read the entire file, so I was waiting for some nice person to deconstruct the copy of consultant Frank Luntz’s political playbook someone slipped to Kos. Think Progress did a good job, go take a look.

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UM, NEVER MIND
Via DK, this from Der Spiegel:
The much-touted American-style “town hall” meeting the White House has been planning with “normal Germans” of everyday walks of life will be missing during his visit to the Rhine River hamlet of Mainz this afternoon. A few weeks ago, the Bush administration had declared that the chat — [...]

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Of course, I found out by email.
I was on the phone with my friend Cos when I heard the familiar mail chime. I checked: It was a letter from The American Street’s Kevin Hayden, congratulating those Street contributors who won Koufax awards. From Wampum:
Most Deserving of Wider RecognitionThis is another of my favorite categories. Not [...]

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ALL UP WITH THE STRICTNESS
Okay, I’m off to North Jersey for a few hours. You kids behave until I get back, and if I come home and anyone tattletales, you’ll all get punished. Got it?
Can you tell I raised boys?

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GO, TEAM
CREW [Citizens for Ethics and Responsiblity in Washington] is suing the Social Security Administration:
CREW filed a FOIA with SSA on January 11, 2005 after learning that the Department of Education had paid pundit Armstrong Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. The Freedom of Information Act requires federal agencies to respond to [...]

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JUST SAYIN’ NO
Good fences make good neighbors:
OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin will deliver a firm No to Canadian participation in the U.S. missile defence plan and break a lengthy silence that fomented confusion on both sides of the border.
The announcement, first reported by a radio station and confirmed by federal officials Tuesday [...]

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