TPM Reader LF considers the debate we should really be having about the Benghazi attack …
There is one other really important point about the nonsense surrounding Benghazi–it has made it absolutely impossible to have the real foreign policy discussion that we need to have. The reality is that, whatever the particular cause in Libya, the real cause of what happened is that in Libya we adopted an aggressive, forward-leaning foreign policy.
What should we make of the NYT’s blockbuster weekend report on the September 11 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi? According to the Times, there’s no evidence that al Qaeda was involved in the attack and there’s substantial evidence that the fabled anti-Muslim video actually played some role in fomenting the attack.
If the ducks had simply moved out of the way, this New Hampshire lawmaker wouldn’t have been forced to run them over with his BMW.
Pretty shocking live CCTV video of that that suicide bombing at a rail station in southern Russia. Video after the jump …
In case you missed the official announcement of this year’s Golden Dukes winners live on Hardball on Thursday night, you can see it again now. Video after the jump …
Our Toronto Welcoming Committee list is growing – twenty members so far. So if you want to be part of the welcoming committee to greet the official TPM Delegation which is arriving in your city to bestow the Golden Duke award on your illustrious Mayor. See here for details on how to get involved.
Sen. Ted Cruz is still a dual US-Canadian. But he has “retained counsel” to help him renounce his citizenship and hopes to be 100% American by the end of 2014.
As you have heard, we are sending a delegation to your city to personally deliver the Golden Duke Award your Mayor won in the 2013 Golden Duke Awards. It’s a delegation from TPM and the Golden Duke Awards Association not from all of America. But in a broader sense, sure, we are representing all of America. I And we’ve heard from some members of our Toronto readership that you’d like to welcome our delegation when we arrive in your country, teach us your local customs, see what the actual Golden Duke statuette looks like in person and perhaps help us meet your leader to give him his award.
Hrrmmm. Port Authority in no big hurry to produce documents in the Bridge scandal investigation.