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by Ugh President Obama is expected to announce a plan Thursday to keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan into 2017, ending his ambitions to bring home most American forces from that war-torn country before he leaves office. … Obama will also slow the pace of the reduction of American forces and plans to maintain the … Read more

by Ugh Not sure if any of the other front pagers were going to put one up, so here ya' go!   I can't decide if the GOP shindigaramalamadingdongfarcescapade in the House right now is entertaining, boring, or a harbinger of the end of the Republic.  Maybe Steve King (R-"We're too embarrassed to claim him") … Read more

by Ugh Does the rest of the world point and laugh, scratch their head in puzzlement, or silently rage at the hypocrisy of it all when the U.S. government makes completely un-self aware statements like this? Washington quickly criticized the airstrikes [in Syria by Russia] — warning that they bring added risks to Syria — … Read more

by Ugh As I'm sure you've heard, it appears that somewhere in the Volkswagen management structure a decision was made that it would be "good for the bottom line" to program its cars to cheat on the U.S. emissions test.  It now appears that VW has done this in more than just in the U.S., … Read more

by Ugh I keep meaning to put up a post about public defenders in the U.S. criminal justice system but can't find the time.  So, here's a link to Slate with a John Oliver bit on public defenders, and here's a recent Op-Ed in the WaPo by a public defender in New Orleans.  A taste: … Read more

by Ugh It seems Scott Walker is an incredibly bad candidate and all foam/no beer to boot.  We have Trump running circles around him and the rest of the, uh, distinguished gentlemen (and Ms. Fiorina) with nothing more than his hair and "BLARGH! I STRONG!" as a campaign.  Jeebus. So, despite my earlier thought that … Read more

by Ugh And so it begins.  Predictions?  Thoughts?  Winners/losers?  Will Donald's hairpiece walk off the stage?  Who will make the most outrageous statement?  Who helped most/least? My prediction:  Mr. Trump "wins" hands down.  Jeb Bush's popularity goes down.  Scott Walker will say the most insane thing and his popularity will soar because of it. Anyway, … Read more

by Ugh Because, gosh, there just isn't any evidence.  We're looking forward, not back.   Ex-CIA boss admits to BBC Panorama that it tortured The CIA tortured terror suspects in its programme of "enhanced interrogation", the agency's former executive director, Buzzy Krongard, has admitted to the BBC's Panorama programme. … I asked Buzzy Krongard, the … Read more

by Ugh Just when you thought it was safe to go take a peek at the GOP Primary Presidential candidates after Trump's, uh, comments about immigrants, we have former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) saying this about his Commander-in-Chief/Leader of the Free WorldTM: He would take the Israelis and basically march them to the door … Read more

by Ugh First let me say that I of course have no idea what actually happened to Sandra Bland in prison after being pulled over for failing to signal a lane change.  To me it seems that it should simply not be physically possible to hang oneself in a prison cell, but I'm guessing that's … Read more