tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-7413 2009-11-23T10:27:40-05:00 Not An Obama Approved Pundit. But The Day Is Young! TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875ca65f9970c 2009-11-23T10:27:40-05:00 2009-11-23T10:28:54-05:00 Tom Maguire Now its Der Spiegel making with the Carter comparisons. Meanwhile, Obama's determination to hug every thug in the world in order to prove he is not George Bush has opened a new problem: Brazil Elbows U.S. on the Diplomatic Stage... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875ca11ce970c 2009-11-23T09:03:22-05:00 2009-11-23T09:04:39-05:00 Tom Maguire The Politico points out some of the landmines ahead. Robert Samuelson explains that in the political scuffle between youth and experience, bet on the AARP. Mickey Kaus fears neither asteroids nor Ezra Klein. Finally, legalize and tax. It's a gamechanger. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875c78113970c 2009-11-22T19:48:40-05:00 2009-11-22T19:48:40-05:00 Tom Maguire Hey, it's only a matter of detecting loose nukes - what's a teensy snafu? Nuclear Bomb Detectors Stopped by Material Shortage By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875c5a5c9970c 2009-11-22T09:54:01-05:00 2009-11-22T11:23:59-05:00 Tom Maguire Gretchen Morgenson of the Times lauds the truth-telling in the recent Special Inspector General's report on the AIG bailout. Let's start with her inspirational Big Finish: Probing, in-depth analyses of regulatory responses to the financial meltdown are worth their weight... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875c593d7970c 2009-11-22T09:23:23-05:00 2009-11-22T09:23:23-05:00 Tom Maguire What else can you call it? Good commentary by Abe Greenwald at Commentary. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20120a6c3c813970b 2009-11-22T09:03:57-05:00 2009-11-22T09:24:46-05:00 Tom Maguire The WaPo contributes to public mis-understanding of the global warming debate while covering the hacked emails story: In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875c42dcb970c 2009-11-22T06:06:00-05:00 2009-11-22T06:06:00-05:00 Tom Maguire It's the traditional Sunday morning open thread. Here is a poser that stumped me at a social event last night - come up with a President who has double consonants in his first and last names. The judges did not... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875c434c6970c 2009-11-21T23:17:03-05:00 2009-11-21T23:52:14-05:00 Tom Maguire Ann Althouse, topless. Or untoppable. Or unstoppable. It's a three-way with Sarah Palin and Andrew Sullivan. And I'm lying. WEIRD LIES: Per Sully, Sarah Palin told the Republican National Convention that "we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20120a6bff693970b 2009-11-21T07:25:40-05:00 2009-11-21T07:25:40-05:00 Tom Maguire Hacked emails from a British university put global warming researchers in a bad light. The Times front-pages it (OK, Saturday, below the fold, but still...); the Captain has lots. Here is the BBC: making no mention of the climate fraud... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20120a6bee5ca970b 2009-11-21T06:26:00-05:00 2009-11-21T06:26:00-05:00 Tom Maguire Here we go. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875bfa301970c 2009-11-20T18:06:07-05:00 2009-11-20T22:25:07-05:00 Tom Maguire They were the best defense terrorists could buy on a pro bono basis! And now they are all working at the Justice Department and need to recuse themselves from the upcoming terrorist trials (or at least, ought to.) Will there... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20120a6bda585970b 2009-11-20T17:18:03-05:00 2009-11-20T18:44:05-05:00 Tom Maguire Nate Silver goes out on a limb and opines that Presidential popularity is tied to perceptions about the economy. Yes, he knows as well as the rest of us that this is a chestnut, since his post it titled "It's... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2012875bf3691970c 2009-11-20T16:56:33-05:00 2009-11-20T16:56:33-05:00 Tom Maguire Keith Hennesey details Obama's violations of his No new middle-class taxes" pledge, including the Reid hike of the Medicare payroll tax that I flagged Wednesday. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20120a6bb3a5b970b 2009-11-20T10:49:34-05:00 2009-11-20T11:51:49-05:00 Tom Maguire David Brooks comes out in defense of embattled Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner; former Enron advisor and current populist Paul Krugman argues that Geithner was a key player in the Wall Street bailouts that squandered the public trust. Krugman's focus is...