Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Josh Richman's blog over at the Contra Costa Times has an interesting little tidbit. "Didja know Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress were still on the United States' list of organizations considered to be terrorists?" he asks his readers. 

Well, Majority Report readers, didja know Kim Jong-il and the North Korean government will no longer be on the United States' list of organizations considered to be terrorists? Apparently, by blowing up a reactor cooling tower and handing over some paperwork to the Bush Administration, the hermit state has proved to the Bush Administration it does not promote terrorism abroad. 

"I think this represents the definitive collapse of the Bush Doctrine and I'm sure they're popping champagne corks in Pyongyang." said ultra-hawk and former Bush-appointee to the U.N. John Bolton. 

While Bolton is convinced North Korea is just waiting to unleash it's arsenal of drunk-on-champagne, nuclear-powered super-soldiers upon the world, it may be time to look at the politicized nature of the terrorist-sponsoring organizations list.

Speaking of weapons of destruction, the Supreme Court's decision to rule D.C.'s hand gun ban unconstitutional has ramifications in the San Francisco Bay Area, as Gavin Newsom prepares for a legal shootout with the NRA over the city's gun regulations.

Meanwhile, Senator John McCain takes another maverick stance, supporting the move to end marriage equality in California, "just like we did in my home state of Arizona..." Will the Log Cabin Republicans choose to be self-hating or simply self-deluding in this year's endorsement pitch? Stay tuned!

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