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Westwood One Radio Network is owned by Infinity, a subsidiary of Viacom. Viacom’s other properties include CBS. CBS just refused to run issue advertisements during the Super Bowl.

Oddly, on the Westwood One pregame Super Bowl show, I just heard two advertisements for LDS Family Services. I didn’t find either of them objectionable; they were both pro-adoption ads designed to encourage people to give unwanted children up for adoption. I’m pretty sure they both counted as issue ads.

CBS is making up policies as it goes along.

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Suicide bombers killed or wounded 200 Kurds today in Arbil. The targets were the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party. No news yet on the affiliation of the bombers.

This represents a significant step towards civil war. The question is whether or not the Kurds get to run Kirkuk and Mosul, the big northern oil cities. The Kurds would like to be in charge of these important resources; the Sunnis tend to disagree.

We’re trying hard to get out of Iraq by the elections. If that becomes our main priority, we will almost certainly leave the country in a worse state than it was in when we showed up. Saddam was a monster; he is not the only monster.

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I fought the law, and the law won. The new Pepsi commercial, featuring illegal downloaders. The kid with the speaking role can’t act, but I like it anyhow.

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“I can’t refuse to read things because the author is an asshole. I hate people; I wouldn’t get to read anything.”