I truly have to wonder what is up with, what’s happened to and just what the hell is going on at the ADL when I read stuff like this.
TPM Reader JW chimes in on the stem cell decision …
I don’t know much about stem cells, but I know a lot about administrative law (which I’m gearing up to teach again this semester), and I’ve read the opinion. It’s true that if this ruling holds up, then it changes the legal terrain dramatically — Lamberth is saying that no government money can support stem cell research until Congress enacts a budget without the Dickey-Wicker language. But there are two big caveats in order here. Quickly:
It’s very dangerous and full of Arabs. Otherwise, have a great time.
We’re making calls to determine what the implications are of this preliminary injunction halting federal funding of stem cell research, particularly the legal implications. But I wanted to get input from our reader-experts, too.
It’s only a preliminary injunction, but the judge in the case, Royce Lamberth, strongly telegraphs where this is heading: he doesn’t buy the government’s argument at all. But here’s the thing, it’s not just the argument of the government’s lawyers in this case. It’s the same argument NIH has been making for more than a decade. It comes down to whether the 1996 federal law banning the government from funding research that involves the destruction of human embryos applies to research done on stem cells derived from embryos. Read More
Federal judge in Washington issues preliminary injunction stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research under Obama administration’s new guidelines.
When I type “ground” into Google, the first suggested search term is “ground zero mosque.” It comes ahead of “ground beef recipes,” “groundhog” and, perhaps most tellingly, “ground zero” itself. Read More
Like TPM Reader JB, it occurs to me that the sudden and single-minded focus on Muslims has let the country’s collective guard down against Mexicans trying to invade the US and take over our ranches.
In today’s postcards from the edge we meet the (non-Muslim) black guy who happened to be walking by the anti-mosque protest near the old Burlington Coat Factory outlet down town yesterday. Good times were had by all.
Rand Paul and Ron Paul come out on different sides of the Cordoba House/Mosque controversy. Quick hint: the one who calls the controversy “all about hate and Islamaphobia” isn’t the one running for Senate from Kentucky.
Pics of Rod Blagojevich with Batman and punk-core porn models at a comics convention in Chicago over the weekend.