Velvet Howler » domestic wiretapping http://velvethowler.com So much more than you wanted. Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Crimes and Misdemeanors http://velvethowler.com/2008/07/26/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:05 +0000 Bryan http://www.velvethowler.com/?p=1148 Slate. The who’s-who of torturers, crooks and liars is about what you’d expect. (Via Matthew Yglesias.) ]]> Check out this great interactive venn diagram of Bush administration criminals over at Slate. The who’s-who of torturers, crooks and liars is about what you’d expect. (Via Matthew Yglesias.)

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But can he claim it with certainty? Can he rule out that he’s a brain in a vat?
That kind of behavior does not give philosophers a good reputation.
]]> Matthew Yglesias asks Kevin Drum how he knows that the Bush administration isn’t using their domestic wiretapping program in a manner any different from that of the Nixon administration. Not surprisingly, there’s evidence that this has happened. (Via Edge of the American West.)

I also thought this was a great comment on EotAW:

But can he claim it with certainty? Can he rule out that he’s a brain in a vat?

That kind of behavior does not give philosophers a good reputation.

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