In Passing

In Passing

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ROR “ We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are ... Michelle Obama announces 'obesity' a threat to national security... White House: Obama Critics Helping Al Qaeda Unions bash Democrats, warn of political fallout Labor groups are furious with the Democrats they helped put in office — and are threatening to stay home this fall (blah-blah-blah) ... Ted Kennedy's seat voting against confirmation of  union thug Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board was just the latest blow, but the frustrations have been building for months. What's today's  "telling blow” to the “arrogant global powers? ... a major German newspaper, the Süddeutschen Zeitung, reported on Thursday that Iran has developed an atomic bomb with the help of a scientist from the former Soviet Union.  Zugzwang:  (tsktsväng) Democrats’ 2010 Dilemma I first encountered the word Zugzwang in a 1985 New York Times Magazine column by the late William Safire.  It’s a chess term that means “compelled to move, but imperiled by doing so.” The word’s political implications are profound. [Watch - Zugzwang is the new Zeitgeist  (tstgst, zt-)] Biden: I’ve been really impressed with the success we've had “I am very optimistic about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration,” Biden said. [ASIDE: The Soviet Union invented baseball too. Or was that the "sun people?" Ahem. ] At first, it sounds like Taps, but it's Silenzio, composed by Nino Rossi in 1965.  Doesn't matter, this young lady plays it beautifully (H/T Tom Mann) Sweet Tea for GOP in Alabama According to a  Gallup poll released last week, Alabama is already the most conservative state in the union, but it's not yet conservative enough for grassroots activists like Don Odom. Wells Fargo rejects Richfield man's 30-year-old certificates A retired miner and rancher in southern Idaho, who found long-lost certificates of deposits estimated to be worth more than a half-million dollars, was informed by the bank holding the CDs that they aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.  Their position: Prove that we haven't already redeemed them!" Marvel admits to 'mistake' in controversial Captain America comic It looks like Marvel Comics' Captain America is throwing his mighty shield at the Tea Party Movement. Warner Todd Huston wrote on his Publius forum blog that the super-powered soldier who fought the Nazis in WWII observes with disdain Americans who are seemingly compared to Tea Party Movement protesters of today: ”