Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Scalia, Prosecutors and Actual Innocence : Dispatches from the Culture Wars – “For Scalia (and Thomas too), the actual guilt or innocence of a defendant has no bearing on any constitutional value. Nor does either of them seem to care whether those who are charged with enforcing the Bill of Rights and the law in an impartial manner actually do so, as long as it hasn’t been proven that they did so with ‘malice in their heart.'” There is of necessity a difference between the law and justice — but we should always be looking to close that gap, not widen it.
- Michele Bachmann Lies About Her Own Family History To Sound More Iowan – Trivial? Perhaps. But if someone is willing to lie, or exaggerate (or even not thoroughly research) facts they spread to garner support, what does that say about them if they attain power? (Plus, there’s the whole opportunistic shift from “I’m a Minnesotan” to “I’m an Iowan” thing.)
- missing the point – “Essentially, Ryan’s plan defines a cap, tied to income, on what the feds will contribute toward any individual’s health insurance costs in a year. That will certainly insulate the federal government from the risk of runaway health care costs. But it does so by shifting that risk to the consumer of health care.” Let them eat cake!
- Inhofe, Beck, And Pat Robertson Defend Brutal Ivory Coast Dictator – Because, you know, he’s not one of THEM.
- Update on Bahrain – Bahrain, sadly, is overseen by a government the US wants to keep as a “friend,” so we will, very sadly, stay silent about all of this.
- Paul Ryan Does Wall Street’s Bidding In Budget – It’s not just about demolishing Medicare, but all sorts of other things that the GOP’s corporate owners loathe. Like measures put in after the last financial meltdown. Because, y’know, with bonuses back up, who’s worried about that stuff any more?
- YES – As George put it, if that were so, then no, it wouldn’t be worth it. “What’s a lot more revealing is the mindset of anyone who thinks it would.”
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