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Leo was born just before 4pm on Friday. He weighs in at 8lb. 9oz., for his 21 inches.

He gave us trouble during Lara's contractions, and had to be delivered by C-Section. The cord was around his neck.

He's a big healthy boy:

I applaud Eric Holder for starting an investigation into the CIA's torture of detainees.

Regardless of whether or not the CIA's rules were legal, they certainly overstepped the line in the sand drawn for them by John Yoo et al.

If what these agents did was so necessary, then they should be able to convince a federal judge of it. I disagree with Alan Dershowitz here. Keep torture illegal. Allow a judge and/or jury to decide if the agent's actions were justified. It's a very //Jack Bauer// approach.

http://retrozone.tumblr.com/post/159460697/nevver-what-day-is-it

The chatter about Julie & Julia has made me ask "Who is Nora Ephron"?

Could you guess she wrote "My Blue Heaven"?

http://www.onlyagame.org/2009/07/music-on-only-a-game-7252009/

I didn't catch all of Only A Game this weekend. I did catch Il Duce

Anyone else find it strange that the very "dissonance" that some Republican senators are so confused about is exactly the thing they say they want: a judge who is able to separate personal biases from application of the law.

Unless her plan has been to spend 17 years in the judiciary hewing a mainstream record in the hopes of making it to the SCOTUS so as to blossom as a fire-breathing Latina liberal.

Which seems more plausible?

Did I use "hewing" correctly?

They said it.

To paraphrase pchippy: W. has the best baseball to governing quotient.

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/134314.html

The 6.5% solution!

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