Links and Minifeatures 01 06 Friday

Holy Orwellian Doublespeak, Batman! US agents shot at, tension mounts on Mexico border. So of course, Vicente Fox has to go on the offensive about how the Eeevil Americans are actually enforcing their border.



But East Asia has always been the enemy.



HT Ogre.

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Kesher Talk has some reporting upon Arab tributes to Ariel Sharon. When some of your enemies say things like this about you, you did good.



As the only Israeli with the right credentials to get the people of Israel lined up behind a credible peace plan, he will be missed.



We may not see his like again.



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neo-neocon may finally have solved the mystery of why the "Bush Lied!" meme won't go away no matter how thoroughly refuted. What they really mean is "I was fooled into believing him!" Well, Timmie, sometimes people make mistakes.



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I apologize for not doing more on the "big" stories. I just can't generate any desire to write on them.



The wiretapping brouhaha is stupid. Politically, rationally, and friends of liberty-wise. The only angle I see in it is "get the Elephants!" I started an article, and cannot generate the desire to finish it. One gets tired of telling people they're being stupid, emotionally immature, and narrow-minded. I'd rather find something good to say (on something else) if I can.



On the Alito confirmation, I have been completely unimpressed with anything the opposition to his confirmation has come up with. If they want to convince me he shouldn't be confirmed, talk about what he's done in his fifteen years as a judge. Otherwise, they should shut up, because they're not helping themselves for future confirmations.