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Posted at 7:25pm on Sep. 7, 2005 Legal question on gay marriage
By TheJeff
I'm hoping someone with a legal background can clarify this for me.
It is often stated that people needn't fear that one state (eg, California) allows gay marriage, since there would be no mandate that another state (eg, Utah) would be forced to recognize any such marriage.
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Posted at 5:10pm on Sep. 6, 2005 The Shameful Status of LA Leadership
By TheJeff
This is obviously a tough time for New Orleans, Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast. But one thing is already crystal clear: With a few exceptions, their political "leadership" is completely lacking in leadership qualities.
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Posted at 7:21pm on Aug. 31, 2005 Can we take them in?
By TheJeff
It appears that we have a situation where literally hundreds of thousands of people from the Gulf are going to be displaced for months. Where are they going to stay?
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Posted at 7:25pm on Aug. 18, 2005 Faith in Physics
By TheJeff
I'm sure the Onion's piece about "intelligent falling" has been discussed here. I participate in another forum, and thought this might be of interest.
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Posted at 3:00pm on Jul. 28, 2005 Flirting with Hitchens
By TheJeff
I don't remember the first time I saw Christopher Hitchens on TV, but I'm sure that whenever it was, I was impressed.
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Posted at 11:04am on Jul. 28, 2005 Plame/Wilson and the Bush Doctrine
By TheJeff
I believe there are lasting implications to the Plame/Wilson situation as it relates to the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes on terrorists.
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Posted at 1:20pm on Jul. 5, 2005 Realism on Global Warming
By TheJeff
A recent article by Robert Samuelson presented a compelling view on global warming.
(The article is at www.washingtonpost.com. Registration is required).
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Posted at 3:16pm on Jun. 24, 2005 Rove vs Durbin : Broken comparison
By TheJeff
There is simply no comparison between the Rove and Durbin dust ups.
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Posted at 3:01pm on Jun. 24, 2005 Rove Exposes Democratic Cowardice
By TheJeff
I'm getting pretty fed up with weak-kneed Democrats.
Rove gave them a good one right in the jaw. Nothing wrong with that. This is politics. You have to expect to play rough.
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Posted at 2:29pm on Jun. 1, 2005 Where are the missing mermaids?
By TheJeff
Just a point of idle curiosity here. You might have seen this story about Peruvian doctors who performed corrective surgery on a girl born with "mermaid syndrome" (sirenomelia).
Interesting stuff, and we can all be thankful that they are able to treat her.
But what struck me was the quote: sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome," which occurs in one out of every 70,000 births...There are only three known cases of children with the affliction alive in the world today.
Something doesn't add up. Either sirenomelia is almost always immediately fatal (which isn't mentioned in the article), or there are a lot of people who are unaccounted for. With around 6.5 billion people world wide, you would expect on the order of 90,000 sirenomeliacs. Instead we have three?
Anyone know how to explain the discrepancy?
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Posted at 12:17am on Apr. 25, 2005 A serious challenge to the Red State community
By TheJeff
Unlike our more provocative friend, I am genuinely interested in intelligent dialog on the question of why Republicans and Republicans and Democrats are Democrats.
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Posted at 5:35pm on Apr. 15, 2005 Poop for Peace
By TheJeff
Funniest thing I've read in months...
Amazingly, I think these people are serious!
Too funny.
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Posted at 1:53am on Mar. 23, 2005 Schiavo is why we have Roe
By TheJeff
The Schiavo case demonstrates why we have Roe. These are brutally tough decisions. The messy politics we are watching unfold show us that. Who would want to be in the position of any of the principals involved?
I think this is why we have Roe v. Wade. It saves us, individually and collectively, from having to wrestle with these tough decisions.
I'm not saying I like it that way, just that that is the way it is.
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Posted at 2:54am on Mar. 18, 2005 Steroid Hearings
By TheJeff
I watched the hearings off and on today (web streaming is a great thing).
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Posted at 2:42pm on Mar. 16, 2005 The Fundamentally non-Conservative nature of PRA's
By TheJeff
The central logic behind PRA's is pretty simple: On the basis of reduced future government liability, borrow money to invest into individually controlled retirement accounts.
It occurs to me how "non-Conservative" that logic really is.
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