Justifying Marijuana Laws
The mental gymnastics people go through to justify their position on marijuana legalization are exhausting.
Quote of the Day: It Proves I’m Right Edition
“I’m terribly surprised that everyone everywhere on the political spectrum (here and there) is using Tuesday’s results as confirmation of the assumptions they’ve held all along.” – Josh Marshall
Daalder: Afghanistan Process Will Take Years
Ivo Daalder, the US Ambassador to NATO, says that we are “seeing the corner and can peek around it in Afghanistan” and that a province-by-province handover of security responsibilities to the host government will “start in the first half of 2011.” But the final handover is not expected until “the end of 2014” and NATO forces will remain in an advisory capacity indefinitely. “The process will take years,” he emphasized.
Pentagon to Gays: Please Stay in the Closet
The Pentagon has advised gay soldiers not to come out in the wake of a court order ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. This is a very pro-gay move.
O’Donnell Leads Castle in Only Poll
A Public Policy Survey poll taken over the weekend — apparently the only survey taken thus far — has eccentric Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell leading Mike Castle 47-43 in the race for the Republican nomination for Delaware Senate contest that will be decided Tuesday.
Birthright Citizenship Review
Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.
