http://thecrossedpond.com "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:22:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I Know What I Am - Band of Skulls http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/13/music-video-the-weekend/ Or rather, Washington journalists. http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/12/reconciliation-for-dummies/ So, I've mentioned before that I'm not altogether on board with Rand Paul. However, his opponent, Trey Greyson, has decided to make the distinction more clear and the contrast more favorable to me...for Paul. Trey Grayson, Kentucky’s secretary of state, is trailing in polls behind physician Rand Paul (Ron Paul’s ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/12/ky-sen-its-about-foreign-policy-stupid/ So, contra Joe Wilson, there is specific language in the health care bill which would explicitly prohibit any coverage for illegal immigrants. Still not sure why a segment of Congress are so specifically concerned about that, but whatever---Obama made sure it was in there, and yesterday highlighted it to ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/12/immigration-reform-the-new-abortion/ Marc Ambinder shares a weird anecdote. Former Rep. Eric Massa's description of tickle fights in his office reminded me of my own brush with powerful men and their wandering hands. When I was a cub reporter for the Harvard Crimson, I attended a 1999 Democratic primary debate between Al ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/12/personal-space-violations-on-the-hill/ Sens. Dick Durbin and Jeff Sessions have reached a compromise that will allow Durbin's bill addressing the mandatory sentencing disparity between cocaine powder and crack rock to pass through the Judiciary Committee and head to the full Senate for a vote. The legally mandated disparity is currently 100 to ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/12/crack-vs-powder-disparity-bill-passes-to-senate/ Is back with new jews, jokes. The Ten Best from the first year here. http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/10/old-jews-telling-jokes/ Item 1: JERUSALEM — US Vice President Joe Biden said after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that Washington's commitment to Israel's security is "absolute, total, unvarnished." "The cornerstone of the relationship is our absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel's security," said Biden, who was in the region to ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/10/dueling-news-items-of-the-day/ That's the name of a bill being introduced by John McCain and Joe Lieberman, who surveyed the civil liberties landscape and determined that the problem with it is that we provide suspected terrorists with too many, i.e. any. The bill explicitly codifies into law a procedure which, based on ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/09/the-enemy-belligerent-interrogation-detention-and-prosecution-act-of-2010/ Normally I don't pass on things like this, but in this case I want to make an exception. A movement has started to get Pete Seeger nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. You can view it here (http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/), and sign the petition if you feel so inclined. Pete Seeger ... http://thecrossedpond.com/2010/03/09/music-video-of-the-nobel-peace-prize/