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“I love gridlock” says one of the De Facto leaders of the American Taliban … … ..

Think Progress » Coburn: ‘I love gridlock’ because it means ‘we’re not passing things.’ 2010

HT: Bradford at TelicThoughts who inspired this thread: De Facto Intelligent Design in Biology [...]

De Facto Intelligent Design in Biology 2010

I quake at the idea of Hillary being Prez and Bill being the De Facto VP, running the country, nor can I imagine this Lot quietly accepting being cut out of the Power.

A Brief Statement of Policy 2008

Making an Ipso Facto law, in direct violation of the US Constitution, will not be supported by the people regardless of how badly they think this guy needs to get out of office. —

Fitzgerald Asks for More Time on Blagojevich Indictment - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

They have got the lower echelons exactly where they want them, salvitating over X-Facto and other crap.

Bankers' bonuses: More light, more heat | Editorial 2010

For anyone who feels like reading along, that argument can be found in Chapter 2 under the heading “The Dominant Protection Association” (pp 15-18), in Chapter 5 under the heading “The De Facto Monopoly” (pp 108-109) and in Chapter 6 under the heading “Stopping the Process?”

Understanding Nozick Perfectly Well, Thank You 2008

So to try Khadr for war crimes now is a violation of the Ex Post Facto clause of the U.S.

Daphne Eviatar: Obama's First Military Commission Trial: A Child Soldier 2010

He told him Rachel was at this location but really he had Dent there, Batman said he was going after Rachel, and the cops were going for Dent, Ipso Facto, Rachel Died and Harvey Lived!

Contest: Where Could The Dark Knight Go Next? « FirstShowing.net 2008

De Facto, we have already nationalized most banks, given that even relatively solid banks like Wells Fargo would be 35% owned by the government if all the TARP money was converted into common equity today.

Alan Schram: Saving the Banks 2009

Mr. Tribe says most retroactive taxes -- on economic activity that's already occurred -- avoid butting up against the Constitution's Ex Post Facto clause, largely because the clause "applies exclusively to criminal punishment."

Laws May Not Hinder Effort to Tax AIG Bonuses 2009