Posted Without Comment

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Scenes from Sudan: When the janjaweed militia attacked Fareeda, a village here in southeastern Chad near Darfur, an elderly man named Simih Yahya didn?t run because that would have meant leaving his frail wife behind. So the janjaweed grabbed Mr....[...]

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Why Many People Don't Understand Art

post from Ezra Klein on 25 November 2006 11:19:00 PM. © Ezra Klein

From the description of the lede essay in the latest New York Review of Books: Brice Marden established his reputation in the mid-1960s as a painter of severe monochromatic rectangles in a medium composed of beeswax, turpentine, and oil paint...[...]

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Open Thread and Diary Rescue

post from Daily Kos on 25 November 2006 11:18:10 PM. © Daily Kos

(Tonight’s diaries are brought to you courtesy of the Rescue Rangers. SusanG)

Tastier than warmed-over turkey, less soggy than Aunt May’s cornflake stuffing, able to leap through your system far better than yams, we’ve fixed a heapin’ helping of all the goodies you may have missed while otherwise occupied this holiday. Don’t think of them as leftovers. (ksh01)

Tonight’s rescue team is msobel, Avila, pico, buhdydharma, tlh lib, srkp23; ksh01 edits.

What's the MSM keeping you in the dark about? Plenty. Flirtin with Disaster has a sharp reminder of just how Inexcusable the news we don't get at home really is. (Avila)

In "Tort reform" - a/k/a another attack on democracy, Wandering mind spells out the players and whose getting played in the attack on plaintiffs’ rights. (msobel)

The Sumo of My Here and Now by ksh01 is an illustrated, personal account that many of us can relate to. What's a middle class American to do when the traditional middle class is no longer viable? (Avila)

Immigration was a heavily divisive issue among Republicans; will the Democrats fare any better? BlueStateLiberal takes us through the 110th congress freshmen stance on Immigration: who are the players and what's at stake? (pico)

One of the best diarists on the site (in my opinion), srkp23 writes of turning pain into peace in Two Grandmothers Gone. (buhdydharma)

In fstlicho's It's 1938 Again, a unique comparison is made to WWII by calling for the U.S. to give political refuge to Iraqi Christians, a fleeing population in danger of becoming the victims of genocide. (tlh lib)

Myths, fallacies, and stereotypes extinguished: in a rallying cry to the "New Democrats," Paradox13 tackles the tired perceptions of who Democrats are now to help see who we can be in the future in Breaking Down Democratic Stereotypes (buhdydharma) and, noting that 27 of the 29 new Democratic representatives defeated pro-"free trade" Republicans, gjohnsit’s The Free Trade Myth is a superbly researched, lucidly written analysis of the fallacies of "free" trade agreements and their devastating consequences. (srkp23)

Blue in Va rants on the evil duplicity of one of the worst new memes to emerge since Katrina, in Blame is no game - we called it Accountability before the criminals got in. It's hard to say which is worse: the feigned innocence, the trivialization of tragedy, or the hypocrisy. (pico)

No wealthy college student left behind? shirah's fascinating study of need-based scholarships, Rich Public Universities - Poor Education, is a critical analysis of the difficulties in finding quality education for economically disadvantaged students. (Avila)

Never Ask "What Might Have Been": SusanHu takes us through the ways pundits are attempting to spin anything out of the Iraq debacle, with predictably pathetic results. But is there even an Iraq left to spin? (pico)

Two of many excellent diaries on the war: our Kossack in Iraq, ivorybill, provides an unvarnished report of the chaotic state of the country and what individual Iraqis are doing to survive and help others in Iraq Diary - Civil Society; (msobel) in another, Stagarite gives us heartfelt and sober writing about the tragedy and national shame that Iraq has become by Iraq = Moral Failure. (buhdydharma)

The Birth Of An Orphan by KAMuston brings lively views from Down Under. Turns out they weren't only lying to us about Iraq. (msobel)

A little tough to swallow, but Cugel's post must not be ignored if we are to move forward, both as a nation, and as a human beings Iraq and the Duty of Loyalty! (buhdydharma)

In the lyrical Thanksgiving. Will Our Past, Our Present Be Prologue? Bcgntn muses on the concept of "evil," William S. Burroughs' Thanksgiving Prayer, and much more. Thoroughly enjoyable. (Avila)

noweasels brings Top Comments of the Day.

Add your favorites from the past 24 hours and use as an open thread.

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As We See It: Poison Thine Enemies Edition

post from The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks! on 25 November 2006 10:51:25 PM. © The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks!

Pootie Gives Shrub Advice on How to "Dispose" of His Political Problems No Shit Department: Bush Thinks Insurgents Want to Topple Iraqi Government Hop Heads Do Incredibly Moronic Things - Cabinet Posts May Be Offered What Rummy Has on His iPod Assassination, Er...Mission Accomplished!The Poobah is a featured contributor at Bring It On!And, sometimes dispenses wisdom at Less People Less Idiots Tech Tags: humor politics putin bush spy+assassination poison iraq insurgency drugs marijuana rumsfeld torture mission+accomplished crapweasels omnipotent+poobah

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Late Night

post from Eschaton on 25 November 2006 10:51:00 PM. © Eschaton

Rock on.

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 25 November 2006 10:33:37 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Mike Dugan on Dove Hunting.

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FDL Late Nite: Whore, n., 1. A prostitute. . .

post from Firedoglake on 25 November 2006 10:04:51 PM. © Firedoglake

2. A person considered sexually promiscuous [Ed. Note: literally, doubtful. See photo.] 3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. You know, sometimes I'm an old fashioned sort. I can[...]

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C &Ls Late Nite Music Club with CSN

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The Preview: Iraq Massacre

The plan:

Over the past two days, warnings have spread through messages delivered to the cellphones of Sunni Muslims. In Arabic, they read:
"Very big armed groups are being formed in Sadr City, backed up by the Interior Ministry, to kill great numbers of the citizens of Baghdad once the curfew is lifted. Spread the word among our people."
It signed off: "A reliable source."

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The Essential Emptiness of Broderism Revisited

I liked this from Stanley Fish on the emptiness of "bipartisanship:"

the phrase “common ground” is trickier than might first appear, for there are (at least) two kinds of common ground – one philosophical and one pragmatic – and the odds of success will change dramatically depending on which you are hoping to find. If you are seeking the philosophical version of common ground, you have entered a conversation that has been going on for thousands of years. The aim of that conversation is to identify the values or needs all men and women share simply by virtue of being human.
Countries, customs, economies and political systems differ greatly, but if there were something common to all of them – something cross-cultural or even trans-cultural – it could serve as the basis of cooperation even between those who disagree on almost everything. Even in the midst of conflict that appears to hold out no hope of resolution, the gridlock (one of our favorite words these days) could be broken if the warring parties reminded themselves that although they are divided on many issues, something basic unites them. Invoking “the welfare of the American people” (or some other facile piety) won’t do it, because what best promotes that welfare is precisely what people are arguing about. It has to be something at once deeper and more precise, something with an appeal so universal that merely to name it is enough to get combatants to lay down their swords and beat them into plowshares.

What Broder and Lieberman and Klein and Obama think is by merely invoking "common ground" and "bipartisanship" you have done something meaningful. Anyone not an idiot knows this is nonsense. Lieberman and Obama certainly know this. I doubt Broder does. Klein may not either. It is just political posturing. The essential emptiness of Broder-ism, Lieberman-ism and Obama-ism.