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Mon admiration pour mes héros, Kaliayev et Dora, est entière. J'ai seulement voulu montrer que l'action elle-même avait des limites. Il n'est de bonne et de juste action que celle qui reconnaît ces limites et qui, s'il lui faut les franchir, accept au moins la mort. Notre monde nous montre aujourd'hui une face répugnante, justement parce qu'il est fabriqué des hommes qui s'accordent le droit de franchir ces limites, et d'abord de tuer les autres, sans mourir eux-mêmes. C'est ainsi que la justice aujourd'hui sert d'alibi, partout dans le monde, aux assassins de toute justice. . . .
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Contributed by Ken Silverstein
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Politico reports that former Senator Bob Dole "sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a 'miserable creature'." Dole, said the story, used his "trademark biting wit to portray McClellan as a classic Washington opportunist," writing in his email, "[Y]our type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed, cashes in." . . .
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Contributed by Ken Silverstein
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Not long after the 9/11 attacks, lobbyist Howard Marlowe sought help for the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). A letter to Congress his firm helped prepare said that the economic fallout from the attacks paled "in comparison with the unspeakable human losses of that day," but said that urgent action was nonetheless required-specifically, lavishing money on wealthy beach communities. "Many national leaders have stated that increased tourism is imperative to the recovery of our economic strength," the letter claimed. . . .
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Contributed by Wyatt Mason
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Joseph O'Neill's new novel Netherland has been fêted for its many uncommon and careful virtues. The novel is barely underway before O'Neill steamrolls the reader with descriptive writing so vivid and original that one feels compelled to ration out one's reading in small helpings, to savor the writing's fineness. New York City at night, observed from the Chelsea Hotel, is a feast of seeing and hearing. . . .
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Contributed by Ken Silverstein
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Congressman Henry Waxman of California has been the mastermind behind congressional investigations into steroid use among baseball players. However, based on this promotional clip from the new movie Bigger Stronger Faster, use of the word "mastermind" is probably ill-advised. Enjoy. . . .
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