Federal judge in Mass. drops Sullivan's pot charge

A reluctant federal judge in Massachusetts has dropped a marijuana possession charge against author and blogger Andrew Sullivan.

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I don't for a minute buy cannabis "fatalities". It's impossible to kill yourself with pot. The press reports "cannabis-related" deaths which is surreal. David McCandless, who devised the graph and runs Informationisbeautiful, adds:

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In her Sunday Times column, Maureen Dowd gave up on her resistance to linking racism and the opposition.

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Correctly Political: Why I Despise Andrew Sullivan

While many ordinary gentlemen respect and admire Andrew Sullivan, despite occasional or even regular disagreements, I don't. I despise the man--ironically, I despise him more and more as his views become more and more in accord with my own.

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But why are we supposed to rely on the testimony of Dr Fukino, whom I believe entirely. It is not my job as a journalist or yours as a citizen to take public officials on trust. They are not to be trusted, whoever they are. It is our job to demand all the evidence we want or need.

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My Email Exchange with Andrew Sullivan on Israel and Max Blumenthal

Ever since Andrew Sullivan did a turn on Israel during the recent Gaza conflict (which, by the way, appears to have met its immediate goal, despite all the know-it-all naysayers who said it would fail in even that), I have been trying to get a grasp on just how far he turned.

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We know what happens when movements or parties continue to stagger forward after running out of ideas: They become zombies.

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There's an internet fight going on about how to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. In Corner #1, we have the Cap-and-Trade Kids, advocating limits on the amount of gases emitted. In Corner #2, we have the Pigou Clubbers, arguing for a carbon tax.

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Christopher Hitchens and Andrew Sullivan on Tim Russert . Forbes magazine called him as one of the "25 most influential liberals in U.S. media (2009). (Warning: Do not watch this video if controversial politicial views-- or militant atheism-- upset you!)

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One of the disadvantages of relying on a torture-regime for the facts about the torture they have been practising is that they have an interest in lying.

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CONSIDER the erotic potential between blogger and commenters. The blogger is boss, a salon host with wit and whip. Certainly a blogger thrives on commenters — who wants to declaim to an empty e-room? But let's be clear: blogger, sovereign; commenters, courtiers.

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Andrew Sullivan examines his likely domestic and foreign policies and weighs their chances of success.

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Sullivan sums it up brilliantly: how Israel's neocons are f**ing themselves over.

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Confronting the tension over gay marriage between two loyal Dem constituencies, blacks and gays.

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Just the YouTube video folks. Andrew Sullivan didn't provide much in the way of commentary. Click through and have a look.

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Who knew?

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As Dish readers know, there are only three public photographs that I could find of Sarah Palin pregnant with Trig (the McCain campaign insisted there were "loads" and then was forced to retract). But we now have another.

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Sullivan v Dreher

Andrew Sullivan reacts to Rod Dreher. Nobody said this marriage debate would be easy. I guess it goes to the heart of the question of modernity. Dreher sees it intrinsically bound to the failures of our modern culture.

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I was looking for one that discusses Obama's choice for chief of staff. This is a new one, hopefully not seeded too many times already. Some excerpts:

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For the record, I still despise Sullivan as much or more than I have for the twenty-odd years I've been reading him.

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A new poll released Thursday (Sept. 11) finds that nearly six in 10 white Southern evangelicals believe torture is justified, but their views can shift when they consider the Christian principle of the golden rule.

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Andrew Sullivan:

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Sullivan takes a thorough and very readable look at Obama and McCain as the campaign reaches a riviting intensity. Factual, but entertaining writing.

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Last week John McCain came alive. He's a mercurial fellow – sometimes obviously bored, more often careening around his surroundings like a white, scarred and bowed Tasmanian devil, occasionally bursting with temper, often joking, very occasionally mild and funny.

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My rage at Bush has not caused me to accuse the man of war crimes. Bush's war crimes are what caused my rage. I started this war not as a Bush-hater, but as a Bush-defender. I started it dismissing the first rumors of torture at Gitmo as enemy propaganda.

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I gotta say I've been feeling the same thing the past week or so. Don't know that I could bring myself to tune out until August, but it's an interesting thought... In retrospect, this primary campaign became a total mini-series of adrenaline and drama rushes.

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