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Jeeves: "Life is like that, sir." Bertie: "True, Jeeves. What have we here?" I asked, inspecting the tray. Jeeves:"Kippered herrings, sir." Bertie:"And I shouldn't wonder" I said, for I was in a thoughtful mood, "if even herrings haven't troubles of their own." Jeeves: "Quite possibly, sir." Bertie: "I mean, apart from getting kippered." Jeeves: "Yes, sir."

A very strange story, that 6,000-word front-page New York Times piece on how, every Tuesday, Barack Obama shuffles “baseball cards” with the pictures and bios of suspected terrorists from around the world and chooses who shall die by drone strike. He even reserves for himself the decision of whether to proceed when the probability of killing family members or bystanders is significant. The article could have been titled “Barack Obama: Drone Warrior.” Great detail on how Obama personally runs the assassination campaign. On-the-record quotes from the highest officials. This was no leak. This was a White House press release. snip...