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Open Thread: Post Solstice Days

by: Dean Barker

Tue Jun 22, 2010 at 08:24:32 AM EDT
Nothing like a cool, clear spring in summer (from Horace's Ode III.13):
te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae
nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile
         fessis vomere tauris
                praebes et pecori vago.
And with none of the graceful architecture and juxtaposition of the Latin order:
The cruel season of the blazing Dog Star
doesn't know how to touch you. You provide a pleasing cold
      to oxen tired from the plow
            and to the wandering flock.
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Quarterbacks aren't coaches, (0.00 / 0)
or,

the military is not a separate and fourth co-equal branch of government.

You don't like WH Afghan policy, General, then you should run for office and be voted on by the people.

birch, finch, beech

Shades of Douglas MacArthur n/t (0.00 / 0)

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Drama with a capital D (0.00 / 0)
Did Petraeus know that RS was getting cozy with his subordinate?

The US and NATO are going nowhere, my friends!

WASHINGTON - The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.


Whack-a-mole, anyone?
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I'd bet real money that story came from McChrystal's press office. (0.00 / 0)
On the other hand, I wouldn't invest in Afghan mining rights.
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funds (4.00 / 1)
so we'll issue credits to Caterpillar, Mining equipment co.s etc, so they can 'sell' to Afghans, then run the co.s for them, suck out the minerals....make some cash for Amurica...what's yer problem?

Annie 2012!
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that may no longer be true, Dean (4.00 / 2)
The military gets 58% of the discretionary budget. I'd say that makes them more than equal.  

member of the professional left  
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They don't like you calling it "discretionary" (0.00 / 0)

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And the GOP Limbaughization of the right (4.00 / 2)
proceeds apace.

Another sitting GOP rep loses his job:

Inglis had been targeted for defeat by the right, due his various heresies from core conservative doctrines: He has called for action on climate change, told Tea Partiers to "turn Glenn Beck off," and he called upon fellow South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson to apologize for yelling "You lie" at President Obama during that famous addresses to Congress in September 2009. Combine that with a general anti-incumbent, anti-Washington mood in the country, and you have one defeated Congressman.

Seriously, despite Jennifer Horn's lackluster campaign, despite the fact that undeclareds can vote in primaries, at this rate I woukd not be surprised to see Bass go down in September.

birch, finch, beech

"I shall return!" n/t (0.00 / 0)


Annie 2012!
Old soldiers never die - (4.00 / 1)
They just pose in their camos for pop culture zines.
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Beer summons? (0.00 / 0)
"Mr. President, General McChrystal drinks!"

"Find out what he drinks, and give it to my other generals."

"Bud Light Lime."

"Summons him to Washington at once."

Argh (0.00 / 0)
Summon, not summons, in the last line. Nothing like killing your own punchline.

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