I’m sick. Think of stuff to talk about for me.

A fantastic video. I’m not a big fan of Hillary, since she tends to let words fall out of her mouth that should have stayed in her head, but damn this is just perfect. And it highlights what I consider to be the biggest problem with the redcoats.

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I want to highlight a particularly complex point that eludes our friends on Da Rite. “Torture radicalizes the enemy.” And that’s the biggest point. If you’re faced with an enemy who thinks they’ll be treated well if they’re caught, are they going to fight to the death? Perhaps, but there’s a greater chance that they’ll surrender. If they’re faced with torture? No chance in hell they’ll surrender.

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So at the same time the torture “compromise” was getting thrown around, somehow the wiretap bill managed to slip in under my radar. And, wonderfully, the House passed it.

The House voted on Thursday to give the president the formal power to order wiretaps on Americans without a court order for 90 days, even as a federal judge in Detroit once again declared the administration’s program of wiretapping without warrants to be illegal.

An amendment was proposed that would shorten the 90 day window to 7, which makes sense unless someone can tell me why the hell three months is necessary. Sadly, it was rejected. Glimmer of hope, however.

Even if the Senate acts this week, lawmakers agreed, there would not be time before the recess for House-Senate negotiators to reach an accord on a final plan, depriving the White House of the chance to sign a bill into law before Election Day.

Push this until after the election and that tells me there’s a chance this will get worked on with actual concern for what’s right instead of trying to push a “will this get me elected” agenda.

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