Linkfest: Sunday Updates
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Time to clean out the aggregator:
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ITEM: The Bush Administration will no longer have political appointees select interns and entry-level Justice Department hires, amid revelations that positions were being squandered on students and graduates from sub-par Evangelical Christian institutions. Previous post here (last item).
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ITEM: On the other hand, the Bush Administration's "Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board," a hand-picked gaggle of apologists predestined to exonerate the executive branch of any wrongdoing in the NSA warrantless wiretapping program, has done just that — to absolutely no one's surprise. The farcical committee's charge was to ensure that privacy concerns are "considered" by the federal government. Not "guaranteed," not "respected," not even "acknowledged," but merely "considered." Mission Accomplished! Previous post here. (Via Threat Level.)
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ITEM: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has, as promised, introduced a gay marriage bill to the state legislature. The Senate majority leader, who can keep any and every item off the legislative agenda has, as I unboldly predicted, already declared the bill dead.
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ITEM: Moving from Albany to New York, the City Council has, as widely expected, overridden Mayor Bloomberg's vetoes of a ban on aluminum bats at high school baseball games and a restriction on so-called "pedicabs."
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ITEM: The latest idea by a Utah activist politician? Simply declare Satan illegal. ("Satan," of course, being completely synonymous with "illegal immigrants.") One of several previous Utah posts here. (Via Concurring Opinions.)
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ITEM: This week's "socialized medicine rations too" anecdote — Shouldn't a "right to health care" include a right to anti-blindness medication before the patient actually goes blind? Britain's NHS tells a 76-year old retired policeman: "No, you must go blind first." (Via John Ray.)
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ITEM: Yet another invitation to Guess What's in the White Box and win a $50 donation to your favorite nonreligious charity.
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ITEM: The Bush Administration will no longer have political appointees select interns and entry-level Justice Department hires, amid revelations that positions were being squandered on students and graduates from sub-par Evangelical Christian institutions. Previous post here (last item).
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ITEM: On the other hand, the Bush Administration's "Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board," a hand-picked gaggle of apologists predestined to exonerate the executive branch of any wrongdoing in the NSA warrantless wiretapping program, has done just that — to absolutely no one's surprise. The farcical committee's charge was to ensure that privacy concerns are "considered" by the federal government. Not "guaranteed," not "respected," not even "acknowledged," but merely "considered." Mission Accomplished! Previous post here. (Via Threat Level.)
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ITEM: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has, as promised, introduced a gay marriage bill to the state legislature. The Senate majority leader, who can keep any and every item off the legislative agenda has, as I unboldly predicted, already declared the bill dead.
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ITEM: Moving from Albany to New York, the City Council has, as widely expected, overridden Mayor Bloomberg's vetoes of a ban on aluminum bats at high school baseball games and a restriction on so-called "pedicabs."
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ITEM: The latest idea by a Utah activist politician? Simply declare Satan illegal. ("Satan," of course, being completely synonymous with "illegal immigrants.") One of several previous Utah posts here. (Via Concurring Opinions.)
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ITEM: This week's "socialized medicine rations too" anecdote — Shouldn't a "right to health care" include a right to anti-blindness medication before the patient actually goes blind? Britain's NHS tells a 76-year old retired policeman: "No, you must go blind first." (Via John Ray.)
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ITEM: Yet another invitation to Guess What's in the White Box and win a $50 donation to your favorite nonreligious charity.
Posted by Kip on
29 April 2007
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