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Arthur Schlesinger Jr. has died at the age of 89.
WTFBBQ?
The BBC really didn't have a reporter on the scene, so they had this woman superimposed over a slightly old feed from the scene, and now they are embarrassed to admit it? I mean, that's it, right?
Or I guess the video could be doctored.
The BBC's response is that of course there is no conspiracy, but unfortunately we've lost all our footage from that day so we can't say why we reported that WTC7 had fallen 20 minutes before it fell.
gravel for president?
You've probably seen it already, but: new Sy Hersh
libby blogging per nyt
this is making the rounds today. brutal oped assessment from a former reagan national security intelligence officer.
"The Republic Party" [YouTube] (via that Trios guy)
E. EDWARDS: There are not that many politicians who are actually very good at jokes. John spoke one time and I said I wouldn‘t even go because it was—he was supposed to be funny and I didn‘t think he could carry it off.
CROWD: (LAUGHTER)
MATTHEWS: I love it. You‘re great. Behind every great man, there‘s a woman trying to kill him.
CROWD: (LAUGHTER)
E. EDWARDS: He has great characteristics.
MATTHEWS: What is it? Does she do this? Does she bust your balls like this when you come home? When you get (INAUDIBLE), does she do that?
CROWD: (APPLAUSE)
E. EDWARDS: My children are watching this.
CROWD: (LAUGHTER)
MATTHEWS: What‘s this with the equal marriages? Why do people marry their equals? It used to be different? What happened to the Stepford wives, the good old days? What happened?
CROWD: (BOOING)
MATTHEWS: Oh, how P.C. How—why don‘t you hiss?
Oh, thank you. Finally, the freaking hiss. I needed it. It was the hiss. I needed that.