Monthly Archives: August 2012

The circus is back in town

The carnival barker is back with more nonsense about Barack Obama. In the wake of Mitt Romney’s continued refusal to disclose tax records that could shed light on his claims that his business career makes him fit to become President, … Continue reading

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Berg should be suspended

Conspiracy theorist1 and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania Philip J. Berg should be suspended from the practice of law in Pennsylvania for a year and a day, according to the hearing committee reviewing Berg’s  conduct reported on the Pennsylvania … Continue reading

Posted in Philip Berg, Sanctions | Tagged | 27 Comments

A Natural Born Citizen: the novel (reviewed)

No, this is not about Obama. Former newspaperman Don Rosebrock has written a suspense thriller about a hypothetical battle over the eligibility of a President. In this scenario, the vice president is sworn in to succeed  a president who dies … Continue reading

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Misteaks

I made two mistakes yesterday. First I installed DISQUS to replace this blog’s commenting system. It was a noble essay, but for several reasons it just didn’t work out. My apologies to the fans of DISQUS, something with obvious advantages, … Continue reading

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The freedom of birther

There is no such thing as Birthers — Comment at WorldNetDaily That commenter doesn’t like the term apparently. This article was prompted by two recent indents where birther-style remarks were trouble. The first is the video of US Representative Steve … Continue reading

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Comments: what just happened (canceled)

I set the dynamite charges and pushed the detonator. In a grand experiment, the commenting system has been replaced with a third-party one, DISQUS. DISQUS is widely used on media web sites to to implement a discussion community, sites such … Continue reading

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