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Month: June 2006

Another Reprobate Joints The Pantheon

June 30, 2006Burt Likko

Salim Hamdan was Osama bin Laden’s driver. Now, he’s joined a long list of rather unlikely and unlikeable people whose names stand for significant Constitutional rights and principles of liberty. Leon Chaplinsky called the local sheriff a “damned racketeer.” Paul… Continue Reading →

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War in Israel

June 30, 2006Burt Likko 1 Comment

It’s some scary stuff going on in Israel. I don’t think the Israelis expect to get their man back. I don’t think Hamas ought to be thinking about getting their ministers back any time soon. I rather suspect that the… Continue Reading →

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Happy Birthday to the Wife!

June 30, 2006Burt Likko 2 Comments

It’s The Wife’s birthday today. She got her favorite food cooked by me (lemon crepes) and got her birthday present (a craft kit) and got to indulge in some shopping. This morning she took an unusual interest in what I… Continue Reading →

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Too Much Even For Tennessee

June 29, 2006Burt Likko

In a shocking display of the results of democracy in action back in the Volunteeer State, a small-town mayor in Middle Tennessee has apparently made an unbelievable ass of himself. As you might expect, the Smoking Gun is there with… Continue Reading →

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Big Day Tomorrow

June 29, 2006Burt Likko

The U.S. Supreme Court will announce its decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld tomorrow. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality of military tribunals. Tea leaf readers are predicting a 6-3 decision written by Justice Stevens, which sounds not so… Continue Reading →

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More World Cup Fun

June 29, 2006Burt Likko

So tonight after having dinner with our friends, we got home and while I’m scanning the net for things to blog, and The Wife notices that a lot of the players on the Italy team are good-looking. After browsing around… Continue Reading →

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Bad News for Gli Azzurri

June 28, 2006Burt Likko 1 Comment

Once again, Italy will be without star defenseman Allesandro Nesta for Friday’s quarterfinal match against Ukraine. Nesta, who plays professionally for AC Milan, is considered by many of the experts to be one of the best players in the world.… Continue Reading →

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Hysteria

June 25, 2006Burt Likko

This is getting truly amazing. No one in recent history ever accused the New York Times of being conversative. But as I wrote in the previous post, I’m hard-pressed to see what exactly it is that that the NYT did… Continue Reading →

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Another Strange Play

June 25, 2006Burt Likko

Vice-President Cheney is offended that the media is reporting on yet another surveillance program. This one monitors financial transactions in an effort to find out where terrorists are getting their money from and to prevent them from having the use… Continue Reading →

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Dumb-Assery Spreads

June 23, 2006Burt Likko

Apparently, this guy is not one of my Loyal Readers, or he just doesn’t learn. We covered this territory some time ago in this blog — the liquor you are about to drink and fire are not friends. Like the… Continue Reading →

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