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Welcome to edition #5 of the Carnival of Politics - a recap of the best from the past week. This edition is available at our website here

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Six Degrees of Global Warming?
5 Votes, submitted in
Jeffrey Stingerstein has submitted Six Degrees of Global Warming?

Senate Bill 420
4 Votes, submitted in Other
By Patrick Appel A bit of David Samuels's article in the New Yorker on medical marijuana in California: The limited legal protections afforded to pot growers and dispensary owners have turned marijuana cultivation and distribution in California into a classic...

Obama’s trip: “Tour of Duty” by Marie Jon'
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Presumptive Democrat nominee Barack Obama’s trip to Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe is all part and parcel of a full blown media event that most intuitive Americans will view as contrived and overdone; an event to compensate for Sen. Obama’s lack of experience ...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

An idea to fix mortgage origination
5 Votes, submitted in
Chris Harris has submitted An idea to fix mortgage origination

Energy Hotfix: Al Gore#8217;s Challenge to Americans | Hotfix America
5 Votes, submitted in
A critique and endorsement of Al Gore's challenge.

The Politics of Showmanship by Alan Caruba
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
For political theatre, there is no denying that the speech Sen. Barack Obama delivered in Berlin drew a huge, adoring crowd and was filled with the kind of talk intended to impress, not just Berliners, not just Europe, not just America, but the entire world that a new leader has appeared on the scene to work miracles.

Friday, July 25, 2008

An Old, Old Story
5 Votes, submitted in Other
by hilzoy Isaac Chotiner at The Plank found -- well, read it for yourself: "A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Obama the Messiah with Disciples (pic)
5 Votes, submitted in
Well the discussion inspired me to arrange the picture below of the Last Supper starring Obama and his entourage of unpaid propagandists.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

McCain meeting with Jindal Wed
6 Votes, submitted in Elections
McCain meeting with Jindal Wed

Monday, July 21, 2008

Who Needs NATO? by Alan Caruba
5 Votes, submitted in World
What I know about NATO, the North American Treaty Organization, you could put in a bug’s ear. Well, that’s not quite true. I do know the treaty was signed April 4, 1949. It was the result of Cold War fears that the Soviet Union represented a military threat to Europe.

Party Drugs
5 Votes, submitted in Other
by hilzoy Irin News reports on a little-known side effect of the market for Ecstasy: "The production of sassafras oil, which is used to make the recreational drug ecstasy, in southwest Cambodia, is destroying trees, the livelihoods of local inhabitants...