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Merely Tweeted, “After SOTU Government Is Back To Picking Winners And Losers…” Edition
Posted on January 26, 2011Highlights, lowlights, links, and big government innovation from Thanksgiving through the SOTU, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: I for one am glad to know that government is back in the business of picking winners and losers, esp in the... -
“Robust Democracy,” “Contentious Debate,” Etc – Not So Much Hypocrisy As Chutzpa
Posted on January 26, 2011There have been suggestions that the left’s Strange New Respect for “the inevitability of robust debate in a democracy” is exactly as obnoxious as their hypocritical sermonizing about political civility. That’s a little bit unfair, and it denies due credit... -
Swiss Newspapers Now Making TV Commercials Mocking Obama’s Economic Policies
Posted on January 19, 2011This Sonntags Zeitung TV commercial from last December is a followup to a print ad they published in May 2009. The Swiss are entitled to a little smugness, insofar as they’re in the global top-5 for positive account balances while... -
The Night After – London’s Parliament Square In Ruins [Photos]
Posted on December 14, 2010I’ve titled this gallery “Metaphor,” showing as it does the ancient center of British civilization wrecked and draped in darkness less than 24 hours after petulant, self-entitled little brats rioted through London. It’s not that I ran out of daylight... -
Achmed The Dead Terrorist Holiday Greeting – “You Sure About This?”
Posted on December 14, 2010A wintertime followup to one of Mere Rhetoric’s all-time best trafficked posts, courtesy again of Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Mere Rhetoric posts with extended sociological analysis of how deliberative imperatives colonize technical rationality in the context of... -
Aww… AFP, British Press Sneer At UK Move “Placating” Israel On Universal Jurisdiction
Posted on December 9, 2010An alternative AFP headline could have been something like Britain Scales Back Controversial War Crimes Law, with a justifiable sub headline like Universal Jurisdiction Used To Target Israeli Diplomats, Undermine Relations And Counter-Terrorism Cooperation. But why miss a chance to... -
Merely Tweeted, “Ahmadinejad – As A Reminder…” Edition
Posted on December 2, 2010Highlights, lowlights, links, and a suspicions that outreach to Tehran might not be paying dividends, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: Ahmadinejad: As a reminder, Iran isn’t giving up on nuke program http://is.gd/gYrnA Analysts: you know, there’s a decent argument... -
Merely Tweeted, “Not Sure It’s A Good Idea For J Street…” Edition
Posted on December 1, 2010Highlights, lowlights, links, and another bonhomie-filled J Street post, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: Not sure it’s a good idea for J Street to dare Josh Block to “address what he actually disagrees with re J Street’s agenda” israel... -
Wikileaks – “I Will Make A Lot Of Peace In The Middle East” [Video]
Posted on November 30, 2010An accurate dramatization, per State Department cables published by Wikileaks, of how the Obama White House conducts its Middle East diplomacy. It’s not exactly like this, but it’s pretty much exactly like this ya know? You’ll be glad to... -
Merely Tweeted, “State – Yes Our UN Engagement Has Been An Abysmal Failure…” Edition
Posted on November 30, 2010Highlights, lowlights, links, and – if you count the UN’s NY headquarters – failed White House engagement on four continents, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: State: yes our UNHRC engagement has been an abysmal failure, but we’re going to...
