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My Afghan Twitter Firestorm

Kunduz Afghanistan Doctors without Borders Hospital Bombed by US October 2 2015 Saturday afternoon, I read about how the U.S. had bombed the only hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which was being...

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Wash. Post’s Wittiest Column Ends; Captured my Supreme Court Eviction

Washington Post’s Al Kamen announced yesterday that he is ending his “In the Loop” column.  Kamen has set the gold standard for irony and sarcasm for political and bureaucratic finagling since 1992....

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Dem Prez Candidates Vegas Whoop

Let the carping begin! Instead of having Sheryl Crow sing the National Anthem, the candidates should have been required to prove they knew all the words to the song. *Hearing “the land of the free”...

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Why I Write @Twitter

This is “National Day on Writing” – sponsored by the National Writing Project, National Council of Teachers of English, the New York Times Learning Network, and the Teaching Channel.  They  “invite you...

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Wash. Times: Obama’s Freedom & Fear Farce

Obama Fearmonger in Chief Wash. Times artwork by Linas Garsys Washington Times, December 10, 2015 Talking freedom but practicing fear by James Bovard The president employs scare tactics to diminish...

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FFF: Obama’s Cynicism Racketeering

Obama Cynicism Motto From the Future of Freedom Foundation – Obama’s Cynicism Racketeering by James Bovard Barack Obama captured the presidency in part because of his appeals to “hope and change.” But...

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Secret TSA Logo Revealed on Florida TV

From Adweek: “Fort Myers, Fla., NBC affiliate WBBH aired a graphic that was supposed to be from the Department of Homeland Security during Friday’s 5 p.m. show, but instead showed a happy eagle with...

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USA TODAY: Budget Bill Leaves No Boondoggle Behind

USA TODAY, December 17, 2015 BUDGET BILL LEAVES NO BOONDOGGLE BEHIND by James Bovard Republican congressional leaders are like a football coach who believes the secret to winning is to punt early and...

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My Raging Bitch Christmas

Happily, I did not have to work as a Santa Claus this year to pay for my beer.  I am indebted to Tom Blanton, the mastermind of the Project for a New American Revolution, for this hoppy reminder of my...

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Washingtonian Tags my WSJ Silent Shakespeare Piece as “Defining” D.C. in 2015

Along with Donald Trump, Gov. Chris Christie,  the Washington Redskins (with a name that liberals now hate),  and reviled pro-Confederate flag protestors, Washingtonian magazine credits me with one of...

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My Carping on Obama’s State of Union 2016 Speech

Obama warns of people who "use the Internet to poison the minds of individuals" – -Heck, but I enjoy sending out tweets! — James Bovard (@JimBovard) January 13, 2016 Obama says a prez with "gifts of...

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GOP Slugfest – Saudis, Cigars, Treason, & Tweets

Damned unfortunate that Fox Business News blocked Rand Paul from the debate tonight in South Carolina. Here are Twitter messages as the candidates wrangled [ok, so the photo is a few months old – Carly...

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Democratic Debate Hoots & Huckstering

Vice.com art work for Democratic Debate Tonight’s Democratic candidate debate was everything a cynic could have wished for.  Government retained its power to perform miracles, though no one explicitly...

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My Supreme Covert Failure

Grey Man jpeg from the Liberty Under Attack blog The Liberty Under Attack blog last week had an essay on “Blending In: The Art of the Grey Man” – “Given the fact that American dissidents are unjustly...

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Iowa GOP Barnbusting Debate!

OK, so sue me for a using a misleading blog headline.  What the hell – at least I don’t need to watch any more debates this month.  My live tweets as the show went on… and on…. Disappointed that...

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