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07.21.14 | 4:17 pm
States Rights, Rick Perry Edition

Gov. Perry to deploy state national guard troops to the border – wants feds to reimburse Texas.

07.21.14 | 3:48 pm
Stoned, Drunk Guys Planned “Jackass” Like Stunt. Succeeded.

I mentioned a little earlier this crazy case of two friends trying to “test” a bullet proof vest in their basement – a genius idea that left one of them dead and the other in jail facing murder charges. We now have a bit more information on what went down – much of which could be summarized under the heading: leave testing out bullet proof vests to the professionals. If you must go DIY, make sure the shooter isn’t stoned.

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07.21.14 | 3:19 pm
Boom!

New England Journal of Medicine: 20 million Americans now covered through Obamacare.

07.21.14 | 12:56 pm
Shortcoming of NRA Logic

The NRA’s logic missed the tripartite reality: good people with guns, bad people with guns and stupid people with guns.

Man charged with killing friend in botched test of bulletproof vest.

07.21.14 | 12:10 pm
Stealth

How McConnell hides his position on 3 critical issues in his reelection fight.

07.21.14 | 11:01 am
More or Less

McConnell: “Every crazy liberal” is spending money to defeat me. Watch.

07.21.14 | 9:29 am
Today’s Most Tendentious Lead

Bloomberg (emphasis added): “Hillary Clinton has earned at least $12 million in 16 months since leaving the State Department, a windfall at odds with her party’s call to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor.”

07.20.14 | 11:27 am
Becoming a Festival of the Macabre

Separatist rebels this morning ordered recovery workers at gunpoint to hand over the bodies of the dead from the Malaysian jetliner, and packed them on a train headed for parts unknown.

07.19.14 | 11:14 pm
Summer Reading

We’ve got a summer reading suggestion list thread going in The Hive (sub req) and I thought I’d add my suggestions. As I sometimes admit, I never read any books about politics or almost anything contemporary. I only read history. So here are a dozen history titles I’ve read in recent years that I found engrossing and wonderful.

07.19.14 | 6:13 pm
Seeing the Big Picture on Russia and the Shootdown

I number of commentators have pointed to the as yet relatively sedate statements from European leaders to assert that the shootdown of the Malaysian passenger jet over eastern Ukraine really isn’t the sort game changing event I suggested it was. But I think it misses the bigger picture.

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