Monthly Archives: September 2013

and so, at long last, this happened

Posted on September 24, 2013 by thehandsomecamel

The father of the “Baby Girl” at the heart of last year’s famous Supreme Court case has turned her over to the couple who adopted her and had custody of her for the first two years of her life. Baby … Continue reading →

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government asked to consider declassifying some FISA opinions

Posted on September 13, 2013 by thehandsomecamel

Well, this is a bit of good news. A FISA court has responded to the ACLU’s action requesting disclosure of FISA opinions on the legality of certain NSA domestic surveillance activities. On Friday, Judge Dennis Saylor ruled that the American … Continue reading →

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the children, the adults, and Vladimir Putin

Posted on September 12, 2013 by thehandsomecamel

Eric has a post up over at SOTSOGM debating, point-by-point, the President’s Tuesday night speech laying out the, er, “case” for air strikes in Syria. I don’t agree with all of it, but I definitely agree with this point: “Think … Continue reading →

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“Doctor… always do the right thing.”

Posted on September 5, 2013 by thehandsomecamel

Things have been quiet here, because it’s been a busy, busy late summer. But since I hammered President Obama pretty hard a couple of years ago for failing to get congressional approval for his adventure in Libya, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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