Indefinite Detention? But I Have Soccer Practice at 4: U.S. Politics 2012

of what use is a summer without a debt ceiling fight?

Can't the Dems just give in to, say, three or four debt ceiling battles in a row in advance, to save us some time? This brinksmanship seems like a formality, right down to the "oh, this will bite the Republicans in the butt" Pollyannas.

Sorry, we need to give the inside-the-beltway columnists something to talk about. Combining 3 or 4 cave-ins into one, would prevent that

Could point, and that would be bad for the extensive pundit economy and bring down the US with it.

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“Any sudden tax hike would hurt our economy, so this fall - before the election - the House of Representatives will vote to stop the largest tax increase in American history.”

If they really believed this they would let it happen to give a boost to Mitt.

*ACTUAL SIGNIFICANT NEWS*

Fed judge enjoins enforcement of NDAA's indefinite detention provisions

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/singleton/

nice

that's pretty righteous

But meanwhile a Congressional hawkish Dem says

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/carl-levin-wants-preserve-indefinite-detention-option-us-citizens

major-league asshole

Fed judge enjoins enforcement of NDAA's indefinite detention provisions

Roberts court will totally strike this down, unfortunately

Left unexplained is why mandatory military detention is needed at all. Umar Abdulmutallab, who inspired the mandatory military custody provision after he set himself on fire trying to blow up a plane, would not have been granted bail in a federal court. If the evidence is that strong that someone is a terrorist, there's no need to put them in military custody. Levin fails to offer even a single argument for why military custody would be preferable to civilian custody. Instead, his argument is a moral one: We're at war with these people, so we'll treat them like warriors.

OTM, the lack of logic here is so enraging. courts handle dangerous, murderous people ALL THE FUCKING TIME, it's what they're designed to do.

it's official, white people in the US no longer the majority

worth celebrating

we had a good run

self-hate is awesome, guys!

nonwhites, now it's up to you to continue fucking things up

just copy our mindset and make it your own

i'm not sure if i'm white or not. i'll throw a party but not attend.

White man Bill Clinton and other Dems plan to celebrate by cutting entitlements for less-rich people of all colors:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/runaway-train-on-entitlement-cuts.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/democrats-talk-about-cutting-entitlements-republicans-dont-talk-about-raising-taxes/2012/05/16/gIQAfU28TU_blog.html

before clinton does anything else he needs to unbutton his goddamn coat when he sits down

gabbneb is dead, long live gabbnebism.

but at least he wants to let gays get married ... thereby securing a fat contribution check from David Geffen.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/republicans-ndaa-detention-terrorist

Paging Greenwald

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/world/world-leaders-at-us-meeting-urge-growth-not-austerity.html

In a tense meeting here at this storied presidential retreat, it seemed at times as if it was Ms. Merkel — who herself faces stiff opposition at home to more bailouts of its neighbors by German taxpayers — against the world. Things did not seem to get off to a good start either on Friday night, as Mr. Obama greeted his guests for dinner in a rustic wood cabin.

“How’ve you been?” Mr. Obama asked Ms. Merkel.

She shrugged and pursed her lips.

“Well, you have a few things on your mind,” Mr. Obama said consolingly.

"We all do", Ms. Merkel replied.

When Mr. Obama inquired about the wellbeing of her husband, Joachim Sauer, Ms. Merkel would only shake her head in silence.

Mr. Obama then made a conversation mistake by accidentally asking "And how have you been?" again in desperation.

But Ms. Merkel did not respond, choosing instead to look at a spot about 20 feet above and to the left of Mr. Obama's head.

I've done that so many times, man

mumblecore diplomacy

while hiding out in Maryland away from scary protesters

camp david:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2n6oog.jpg

probably needs a shoulder rub

I repeat myself so many times in making small talk. it's so embarassing

misspelling embarrassing is also embarrassing

Hey, that bit about Obama embarrassing himself has been removed from the latest version.

MoveOn.gov

xpost well i may have made some editorial changes to add a little pizazz to the story

i would be a great journalist.

I'm staring at a spot twenty feet and to the left of my middle finger. from your head.

loooool

Sorry. Guess I should have thrown a more obvious indicator in there! "conversation mistake" is straight up Tim and Eric, though.

Newark Mayor Booker, another liberal hero in the making, loathes attacks on Bain Capital.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/cory-booker-im-very-uncomfortable-with-attacks-on-private-equity.php

Throw another on the shitpile.

yeah, disgusting.

"Stop attacking private equity." poor innocent private equity.

what the fuck, Cory Booker

like even Obama knows better than that

"i would like more rich people to move to newark" ...?

idk, pretty stupid. i'm more pissed that he's equating attacks on bain with "attacks on rev. wright," on some "both sides" shit.

frantic, nonsensical backtracking from Booker on his twitter account

Cory Booker ‏@CoryBooker
Right! Claim that he's "job creator" is wrong. That must b the point RT @dawn9476: Mitt running on business record @Bain. Thus its fair game
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Citizens United style superPac democaracy at work:

Through mid-May, outside groups had spent more than $124 million in this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, double the rate four years earlier.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_05/super_pacs_dont_have_spouses037457.php

or democracy

Conflating Bain with all private equity is a pretty big step.

otoh, he's the mayor of effing Newark