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Nick Coleman: 'Blog of the Year' goes to extremes Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink The end of the year is a time to bury the hatchet, so congratulations to Powerline, the Twin Cities blog that last week was named Time magazine's "Blog of the Year!" Now let me get a new hatchet. These guys pretend to be family watchdogs but they are Rottweilers in sheep's clothing. | |
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Eugene Volokh: Weak Attack on Blog by Journalist: The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Nick Coleman has a pretty poor attack on the PowerLine... Bruce Sanborn: Nick Coleman's Star Tribune column shows that demagoguery remains part of politics. Roger L. Simon: The opinion meister lets the proverbial cat out of the bag in his year end column (tedious registraton required). |
Jay Rosen: Well, yeah, but you can't lecture. Nick Coleman: 'Blog of the Year' goes to extremes. It's about Powerline. Deacon: Nick Coleman's idea of the purpose of journalism — Evan Coyne Maloney spots something of significance amidst the... Avedon Carol: Nick Coleman in The Star Tribune doesn't hide his disgust: [snipped quote] This is as honest a piece as you'll see in the... |
| Also: Mitch Berg, Glenn Reynolds, McQ, The Big Trunk, Captain Ed, Betsy Newmark, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Hindrocket, Mindles H. Dreck, Charles Johnson, Chad The Elder | |
Ramsey Clarke to defend Saddam Aljazeera — Permalink Former US attorney-general Ramsey Clark is to join Saddam Hussein's defence team, a spokesman for the ousted Iraqi president's lawyers says. Ziad Khasawna said on Wednesday that Clark, who held the office of attorney-general under US president Lyndon Johnson, had "honoured and inspired" the legal team by agreeing to help defend Saddam. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Sadaam's Bad Choice — Sadaam Hussein will hang in the morning...guaranteed...du e to this: "Former US attorney-general... Tully @Centerfield: Ramsey Clarke to Defend Saddam — Ramsey Clarke to defend Saddam What more is there to say? KJL: RAMSEY CLARKE to Saddam's defense. |
Charles Johnson: Ramsey Clarke to Defend Saddam — Former US attorney general Ramsey Clarke, best friend of dictators and mass murderers... Jonathan Gewirtz: No Surprise — Former US Attorney General (and current anti-American publicity-hound) Ramsey Clark has joined Saddam Hussein's legal defense team. |
FBI Probes Laser Beam Directed at Cockpit AP — Permalink CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that was directed into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8,500 feet. The beam appeared Monday when the plane was about 15 miles from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the FBI said. | |
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Michelle Malkin: ANOTHER LASER BEAM MYSTERY — This story out of Cleveland is disturbing. And it's not the first report of a laser tracking a commercial plane in American skies. Donald Sensing: Humor so subtle — Michelle Malkin reports briefly on the story of a commercial airliner being laser tracked at 8,500 feet for several seconds on Monday. |
Wind Rider: Lightshow — I'd seen articles like this before, but it kind of clicked when I spotted this item, pointing to these gadgets. |
'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies ABCNEWS — Permalink NEW YORK Dec 29, 2004 — "Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at age 69, a representative of the show said. Orbach announced last month he had been diagnosed with the disease. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Jerrry Orbach Leaves Us — Orbach2 Veteran character actor Jerry Orbach, best known for his role in Law & Order has died of prostate cancer at age 69. Jane Galt: Say it ain't so! Jerry Orbach, longtime mainstay of Law and Order, has died. Mitch Berg: Start Canvassing — Jerry Orbach, dead at 69. |
Jeff Quinton: Jerry Orbach dies of Cancer AP [snipped quote] Some of the best ensemble casts for L&O have all included Jerry Orbach in my opinion. James Joyner: 'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies 'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies (ABC-AP) [snipped quote] A shame. |
Nations pledge aid after Asia disaster Reuters — Permalink LONDON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Aid teams are beginning to reach Asia's tsunami devastated villages and resorts where more than 68,000 people have been killed as an international humanitarian relief campaign swings into gear. | |
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Ezra Klein: Though advancing America's interest amid the tsunami's devastation isn't the best thing to do, there was an obvious way... McQ: The result? 2 million Euros. He had to cut his vacation short for that? And France? Well how does a $140,000 sound? Tim Blair: That French figure seems impossibly low, but it checks out here and here (100,000 euros = $A177,000 = $US135,400). |
Captain Ed: Thanks to Reuters Foundation AlertNet, those figures are now available to us (via Instapundit): Australia: $26M, plus... Glenn Reynolds: Meanwhile, Tim Blair notes that France has sent $177,000: "That French figure seems impossibly low, but it checks out here and here (100,000 euros = $A177,000 = $US135,400). |
Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence WaPo — Permalink The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. | |
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Charles Johnson: The Washington Post's opening paragraph: The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment yesterday to... Ed Driscoll: Now, The Washington Post invents another biased angle: "Bush's decision at first to remain cloistered on his Texas ranch... McQ: The predictable criticism of Bush continues — It amazes me that people somehow think that because Bush didn't "speak in... |
Betsy Newmark: Now the Washington Post has an article saying that Bush has been criticized for not showing a public face to express sympathy for the victims of the disaster. Susan Madrak: [quote]Sure, sure, we're gonna see him today, when he holds a "teleconference" and make a "brief appearance" from the ranch,...[end quote] Avedon Carol: I'm not writing about the tsunami, it's all too horrifying, but if the deaths of tens of thousands aren't enough to make these people care, what the hell ever can? |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds, Steve @BeggingToDiffer, Rimjob @DailyKos, Kos @DailyKos, Juan Cole, Kevin Aylward, Captain Ed, Steve Gilliard, Barbara O'Brien, Tresy @Corrente, David Cohen, Cookie Jill, Christopher Kanis, Lambert @Corrente | |
Readers Want to Lock Up Al Neuharth (and Me, Too) By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink Unless you've been living in a bubble the past few months, surely you know that the partisan divide in this country has grown wider with each passing minute and that growing numbers of Americans hate or at least distrust the press. | |
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Tbogg: That must have been some mandate... Atrios has the link to The Shrill-Americans, but here is my favorite from the... Atrios: More love from the right — And I thought the left was shrill. |
Radley Balko: The Brainwashed Masses — Lovely responses to USA Today founder Al Neuharth's call for withdrawal from Iraq. |
Not a fair fight American Thinker — Permalink Oh Boy! Just when you thought the legacy media might have wised-up in the wake Dan Rather's career crash, along comes Nick Coleman, the worst columnist at the Worst Major Daily Newspaper in America. The old adage is that when you find yourself in a hole, you should stop digging. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: STILL MORE: Thomas Lifson says it's a case of career suicide by blogger: "We have an extended holiday weekend coming... Mitch Berg: Thomas Lifson has an intrigueing premise about Nick Coleman: "... I do see an analogy to a well-known practice of some of those bent on extinguishing their own lives. |
McQ: UPDATE: Here's Powerline's response. UPDATE II: Thomas Lifson has an intriguing take on the Coleman article. |
Susan Sontag By / Slate — Permalink Between the word "public" and the word "intellectual" there falls, or ought to fall, a shadow. The life of the cultivated mind should be private, reticent, discreet: Most of its celebrations will occur with no audience, because there can be no applause for... | |
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Avedon Carol: Christopher Hitchens on Susan Sontag in Slate isn't bad, although he is still in denial about what 9/11 most emphatically was. Greg Ransom: More on Sontag here, here and here. UPDATE: Christopher Hitchens remembers "An Intellectual Hero". |
Virginia Postrel: But his appreciative obit does balance Kimball's jaundiced view. Ed Cone: Susan Sontag eulogized by Christopher Hitchens. |
Jerry Orbach dead at 69 CNN — Permalink (CNN) — Actor Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role as New York police detective Lennie Briscoe on "Law & Order," has died. He was 69. Orbach died of prostate cancer Tuesday night, a spokesman for the program confirmed Wednesday. | |
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Norbizness: Lennie Briscoe, 1893-2004 — I don't remember that episode. Eszter Hargittai: Jerry Orbach dies — Jerry Orbach, star of Law & Order for many seasons, died last night of prostate cancer. |
Avedon Carol: Jerry Orbach is dead at 69. We'll miss you, Lennie. Ogged @Unfogged: What An End To A Year — Susan Sontag, though her true prominence was before my time, and Jerry Orbach, who I watch just... |
Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 76,700 ABCNEWS — Permalink Pyres of victims who were killed by tidal waves burn on the beach at Alappad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. More than 55,000 people have been killed across south and southeast Asia following a massive earthquake close to Indonesia on Sunday, which triggered devastating tsunamis. | |
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Avedon Carol: The Guardian Newsblog says bloggers got out ahead on the story of the tsunami because the news orgs were standing down during this normally slow news period. James Joyner: Tsunami Death Toll Could Top 100,000 — Death Toll Rises to 76,700 Tsunami Victims in Asia; Red Cross Says Dead Could Exceed 100,000 (ABC) [snipped quote] Mindboggling. |
Joe Gandelman: The death toll is now: 76,000 and climbing....and officials now believe it'll EXCEED 100,000 by the time the searches have ended. Skippy: tsunami death toll tops 76,000 the asspress tells us the red cross thinks it could get even worse: [snipped quote] this is rapidly turning into the worst disaster in human history. |
Susan Sontag: An Obituary By / Front Page Magazine — Permalink When a friend called me yesterday morning with the news that Susan Sontag had died at the age 71, just about the first thing I thought was, "well, we'll have a huge, hagiographical, front-page obituary tomorrow in The New York Times." Check to see if I am correct. | |
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McQ: Quotes shamelessly lifted from a wickedly good Sontag "obit" by Roger Kimball. Virginia Postrel: Professor Postrel, whose job conveniently provides health insurance for his self-employed spouse, suggests that the... |
Simon @BOPNews: I think it's worth keeping the debate alive, after the fire and brim of the right ("a lifelong devotion to the... Dave Huber: They "don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world;" wrote that "America is a cancerous... |
A Unified Theory of the Old Media Collapse By / Weekly Standard — Permalink IF OLD MEDIA—the "legacy media" of the big papers and old networks plus the newsweeklies—was a city and not simply a set of gasping institutions, it would look like Stalingrad circa 1944. Parts of most of the virtual buildings are still standing, but the devastation is pretty complete. | |
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Jay Rosen: Hugh Hewett at the Weekly Standard: A Unified Theory of the Old Media Collapse: (Dec. 28) "By the time the new... Captain Ed: Why The MSM Has Run Aground — Hugh Hewitt writes a companion piece to his new book in today's Weekly Standard column,... Ed Driscoll: Stimulus And Response — On Monday, Tech Central Station posted my top ten list of Blogosphere moments of 2004: "The... |
Steven @AndrewSullivan: (The phrase belongs to Hugh Hewitt, who applies it to the "old media." Betsy Newmark: Hugh Hewitt writes up his Theory of Asymmetrical Tolerance in the Weekly Standard. Greg Ransom: HUGH HEWITT — "A Unified Theory of the Old Media Collapse." |
| Also: The Big Trunk, Hugh Hewitt | |
House Ethics Panel Chief May Be Replaced By / WaPo — Permalink House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is leaning toward removing the House ethics committee chairman, who admonished House Majority Leader Tom DeLay this fall and has said he will treat DeLay like any other member, several Republican aides said yesterday. | |
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Gary Farber: They might want to remove staunch Republican conservatives from power! Honest politicans like Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) might be in trouble under the Democrats. Byron LaMasters: Via the Stakeholder is today's Washington Post story: [snipped quote] Democrats have a great opportunity to assert ourselves as the party of reform. |
Charles Kuffner: The DeLay Rule wasn't lenient enough — The Stakeholder points to this WaPo article which shows just how seriously the House Republican leadership takes its ethics. Roger Ailes: The Vermin Guarding The Bughouse — The Washington Post reports on Republican politics as usual: [snipped quote] Yes, Smith has the procedure down cold. |
Irate Over 'Stingy' Remark, U.S. Adds $20 Million to Disaster Aid By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - Rejecting a United Nations official's suggestion that it had been a "stingy" aid donor, the Bush administration on Tuesday announced another $20 million in relief for victims of the Asian earthquake and tsunamis and dispatched an aircraft carrier and other ships to the region for possible relief operations. | |
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RCox: New York Times Holiday Fun: Lying with Headlines — The headline goblins at The New York Times have been particularly... Simon @BOPNews: Budgets in the news US tsunami disaster relief: $35 million. (source NYT) Bush inauguration party: $40 million. (source NYT via Free Republic) from edge of nowhere. |
Matthew Yglesias: On the intergovernmental level, which is typically most important for longer-term recovery rather than immediate relief,... |
Lawmaker's wife to go on active duty in the Legislature By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink AUSTIN - As Melissa Noriega prepares to serve as a surrogate in the Legislature for her husband, state Rep. Rick Noriega, the toughest thing is knowing she will have to leave her 7-year-old son behind in Houston. | |
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Byron LaMasters: The Houston Chronicle reports: "Melissa Noriega, 50, is a special projects manager for the Houston Independent School District. |
Charles Kuffner: Melissa Noriega — Meet Melissa Noriega, wife of State Rep. Rick Noriega (D, Houston), who will be filling in for her husband while he is on active military duty in Afghanistan. |
C.I.A. Deputy for Analysis Is Being Removed By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency's analytical branch is being forced to step down, former intelligence officials say, opening a major new chapter in a shakeup under Porter J. Goss, the agency's chief. | |
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Hindrocket: CIA Housecleaning Continues — Now it's the agency's deputy director for intelligence, Jami Miscik, who has been forced out by Porter Goss. Glenn Reynolds: THEY'RE ACTUALLY FIRING PEOPLE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE AT THE CIA: [snipped quote] This should have been done three years... |
James Joyner: C.I.A. 's Chief Analyst Fired — C.I.A. Deputy for Analysis Is Being Removed (NYT) [snipped quote] I missed this move when it occured Monday. |
One man's retirement math: Social Security wins By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink At the heart of President Bush's plan to sell Social Security private accounts is a simple notion: You're always better off investing your retirement money than letting the government do it. | |
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Michael Froomkin: Social Security Outperforms Dow Jones (Sometimes) Via of all places the increasingly irrelevant Wonkette, this item from... Avedon Carol: Smart Investor — David Francis at The Christian Science Monitor writes about a San Diego man who did the math: [snipped quote] But it's all about timing. |
Lambert @Corrente: Someone does the math: Social Security outperformed the market — Heh. [snipped quote] Astonishing? |
Tsunami death toll nears 68,000 CNN — Permalink BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CNN) — The latest death toll from the Asian tsunami has increased to nearly 68,000 as relief workers and supplies begin to reach some of the most devastated areas. | |
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Talking Dog: Words are pretty much inadequate to describe the after effects of the monstrous earthquake and tsunami that has killed... Kevin Raybould: According to the latest news, the USA is going to give 35 million dollars in aid. |
Susan Madrak: "Meanwhile, the sea keeps vomiting up the dead. The bodies will yield disease. And this long holiday season of suffering goes on." |
Blue: The Next Orange? By / Opinion Journal — Permalink UNITED NATIONS—The advance of liberty and its attendant institutions can be a rough business, provoking stiff resistance by those who find their interests most threatened: the dictators, cronies and retinues of careerocrats who have already have made their compromises of conscience. | |
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Jayson @PoliPundit: Regime Change Begins at Home — The great Claudia Rosett says the leadership of the UN(ron) needs to be swept aside. Betsy Newmark: Claudia Rossett calls for regime change....at the United Nations. |
KJL: THE U.N. needs regime change. |
New York Gang Member Faces Trial as Terrorist By / Reuters — Permalink NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every time Lourdes Morales watches the TV news and sees a story on terrorism, she weeps. Family members have stopped trying to console her, but they, too, cannot understand why Edgar Morales, the family's youngest son, will see the new year arrive in prison where he is waiting to be tried as a terrorist. | |
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Joe Carter: In New York they are all considered terrorists groups. Atrios: Everything's Terrorism Now — Yes, prosecute the bad guys and this guy (if guilty) is a bad guy, but here's where we're... |
Steve Gilliard: New York Gang Member Faces Trial as Terrorist By Maria Castro [snipped quote] If the judge lets the charge stand at trial, it is likely to be tossed on appeal. |
Bush Vows More Aid for Victims of Tsunami By / Reuters — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush said on Wednesday a $35 million U.S. pledge for victims of the Asian tsunami was only the beginning and any suggestions America was stingy were "misguided and ill-informed." It was Bush's first public statement since the tsunami struck on Sunday. | |
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Betsy Newmark: This helpful translation service will help you read Reuters' report on Bush's announcement that, contrary to the... |
Ed Driscoll: More Bias In Tsunami Reporting — First there was the "it's global warming's fault" story in Reuters. |
Death toll reaches 100,000 By / This Is London — Permalink The death toll in the tsunami disaster soared past 100,000 today - and is set to climb higher. A total of 50 Britons are now confirmed dead and at least 100 are unaccounted for after tidal waves swept away resorts in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and around the Indian Ocean. | |
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Ace: The Tsunami — I find it hard to post about disasters like this, claiming more than 60,000, perhaps even 100,000,, more than half of them children. Jonah Goldberg: WORDS FAIL — The death toll is heading past 100,000. |
Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: At first I thought Drudge was inflating the death toll, but every time I think that, it continues higher. 100,000 is the latest figure. |
President Discusses Support for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims White House — Permalink For more information on US Humanitarian Assistance and how you can help . . . THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Laura and I and the American people are shocked and we are saddened by the terrible loss of life from the recent earthquake and the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. | |
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Gary Farber: Hearing this, you emerge from your house, and indignantly announce: [snipped quote] Meanwhile, at least five of your... |
Chris Mooney: "I Am Not a Geologist, As You Know" — From Bush's press conference today: [snipped quote] Dear George W. Bush: The nation does not expect you to be a geologist. |
Jerry Orbach, Star of 'Law and Order,' Dies at 69 NYT — Permalink Jerry Orbach - who won fame on the New York stage as one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television as a New York detective on NBC's "Law & Order" - died on Tuesday night. He was 69. | |
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Medium Lobster: Just days after the death of Susan Sontag, whom all right-thinking Americans will remember and denounce for the crime of... |
Ogged @Unfogged: Damn. Update: NYT Obit for Orbach. |
Group holds fast to Kerry cause with Beacon Hill vigil By / Boston Globe — Permalink The election is long over. A new year is starting, and even most of the more ardent liberals are moving on. But in Louisburg Square this week, one determined group isn't quite ready to let go. About a half dozen supporters of John Kerry are holding vigil in front of his house, still hoping for a Kerry presidency. | |
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Tim Blair: KERRY FANS RALLY AT ONE OF HIS FIVE HOUSES — Wonkette on the now-concluded Ohio recount: [snipped quote] Presumably... |
Jayson @PoliPundit: The Inmates Still Want to Run the Asylum — If you're one of those apathetic, fickle conservatives that often deigns to... |
Charter Schools: Lessons in Limits By / WaPo — Permalink In the past five months, three major reports have been released showing that charter schools performed more poorly than public schools on the same tests. The most recent of them, issued this month by the Education Department, presented a re-analysis of data... | |
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Joanne Jacobs: Education professor vs. free market — Amy Stuart Wells, an education professor at Teachers College of Columbia, trashes... |
Betsy Newmark: The opponents of charter schools are at it again. My daughter gives a great defense of charter schools here, at her blog A Constrained Vision. |
Jerry Orbach, Star of 'Law & Order,' Dies AP — Permalink NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jerry Orbach, who played a sardonic, seen-it-all cop on TV's ''Law & Order'' and scored on Broadway as a song-and-dance man, has died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said Wednesday. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Jerry Orbach — I just learned that Jerry Orbach died last night, of prostate cancer. Very sad. |
Beth Plocharczyk: Adieu, Jerry Orbach — Actor Jerry Orbach, of Law and Order fame, is dead. |
In a Clueless Party By / WaPo — Permalink Thirty-two years ago, in the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago, I believe I witnessed the destruction — actually, the self-destruction — of the Democratic Party. I was attending a rally for George McGovern. The place was packed. | |
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Jesse Taylor: The Future: F**k Warren Beatty — I was reading over this Michael Gecan column in today's Washington Post and was... Will Collier: Weak Strategery — An insightful WaPo op-ed today from liberal activist Michael Gecan. Greg Ransom: "I WITNESSED the destruction of the Democrat Party. Quotable: "These two tendencies .. betray the central problem at the heart of the Democratic Party's political culture. |
Avedon Carol: Elsewhere at the Post: Michael Gecan writes a thin piece about being In a Clueless Party. Betsy Newmark: A Democratic supporter puts his finger on one of the problems in how the Democrats conducted their campaign this year. Orrin Judd: WATCHING THEMSELVES GAVOTTE: In a Clueless Party (Michael Gecan, December 29, 2004, Washington Post) [snipped quote] Less... |
Woman, 55, Gives Birth to Grandchildren WaPo — Permalink RICHMOND, Dec. 28 — Tina Cade gave birth to her daughter 29 years ago. On Tuesday, at 55, she gave birth to her daughter's three children. Just hours after the births of two boys and a girl by Caesarean section at 12:22, 12:23 and 12:24 p.m., the proud... | |
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Joe Carter: But when women start giving birth to their own grandchildren I think it's safe to say that the moral boundary has definitely been stretched too far. |
KJL: WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO HER GRANDKIDS — Infertility is so terribly painful, so it's so hard to criticize the lengths... |
Sontag's Life Is Testament To Democratic Meritocracy By / LAT — Permalink Shortly after Susan Sontag died Tuesday in New York, an obituary on the BBC's World Service described her as "the high priestess of the American avant-garde." So she was, in part. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: That having been said, the column he offers up today on the passing of Susan Sontag should live on in journalism schools... |
Kevin Roderick: (Sontag's contribution to the literature of the San Fernando Valley is noted at America's Suburb.com) * Wednesday in... |
Experts: Tsunami Kills Few Animals By / AP — Permalink YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka - Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami — indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground. | |
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McQ: Interesting. Do animals have a "sixth sense" when it comes to this sort of thing? |
Radley Balko: Interesting: [snipped quote] I'm sure scientists are looking into animals' ability to sniff out natural disasters. |
Baghdad Bomb Kills 28 in 'Trap' for Police Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 28 people were killed in Baghdad overnight when insurgents blew up a house that police were raiding, flattening neighboring homes. The police were lured into a trap, the Interior Ministry said. But neighbors said officers responded to a genuine call. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Baghdad 'House Bomb' Kills 28 During Police Raid By Waleed Ibrahim [snipped quote] This was practice for the Americans... |
Atrios: Iraq — The light at the end of the tunnel is just around the corner. |
Susan Sontag dies: Your tributes BBC — Permalink Susan Sontag, the celebrated American author, has died aged 71. Her work included the best selling historical novel The Volcano Lover and the essays On Photography and Illness as Metaphor. The feminist writer died in New York after suffering from leukaemia for some time. | |
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Tim Blair: BBC posters mourn the yawning vacuum left by this departed admirer of courage: [snipped quote] James Wolcott pens a 50-word tribute: "One by one the lights go out. John Derbyshire: SUSAN SONTAG — You'll need a barf bag close at hand when reading these weepy tributes. |
Tbogg: The Derb: SUSAN SONTAG [John Derbyshire] You'll need a barf bag close at hand when reading these weepy tributes. |
Tsunami toll hits 68,000 By / Reuters — Permalink GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Stricken countries on the Indian Ocean are work swiftly to bury thousands of bodies as experts warn disease could kill as many people as the 68,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami. | |
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Juan Cole: The known death toll from the tsunami keeps rising so rapidly that a daily weblog cannot hope to keep up with it. |
Mary @LeftCoaster: Now there are articles saying 68,000 died and that disease could double that number. Don't forget to donate if you can. |
Former US president Clinton urges coordinated aid effort for south Asia AFP — Permalink LONDON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton urged a coordinated effort to provide relief to the countries stricken by the tidal wave that killed tens of thousands across South Asia. "It is really important that somebody take the lead in this," he told BBC Radio 4's Today program. | |
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Rimjob @DailyKos: [quote]"It's kind of freaky," a senior career official said... [end quote] Update [2004-12-29 2:30:48 by Rimjob]: Here's an AFP article... |
Dave Johnson: Sue me. Meanwhile, Clinton is filling the leadership vacuum while Bush clears brush in Crawford. |
Sounding the Alarm on a Tsunami Is Complex and Expensive By / NYT — Permalink If only people had been warned. An hour's notice for those living and vacationing along the coastlines of the Indian Ocean might have saved thousands of lives. But predictions, and acting on them, are not simple, geoscience experts say. | |
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Kevin Raybould: The cost of the inauguration is expected to be 30 to 40 million dollars before the cost of security.(link via Atrios)... |
Armando @DailyKos: This piece is offered for consideration, I don't know enough to offer an opinion: "If only people had been warned. |
USS Lincoln to help with tsunami relief efforts By / Seattle Times — Permalink The Everett-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is headed to the Indian Ocean to help with tsunami relief efforts. The carrier has been at port in Hong Kong. It has been in Asia since leaving Everett in June to fill in for the USS Kitty Hawk, which is undergoing renovations. | |
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Wind Rider: Each day, in the case of the Nimitz class ships. Ships like the Abraham Lincoln, currently enroute to the affected area. Captain Ed: He redirected a carrier group to the Indian Ocean (USS Lincoln), and he sent the USS Bonhomme Richard and 5,000 sailors to Sri Lanka (via Instapundit). |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: STINGINESS? Glenn Reynolds: Well, here's some more stinginess: "The Everett-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is headed to the Indian Ocean to help with tsunami relief efforts." |
Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say By / WaPo — Permalink Of all the clues that Osama bin Laden is after a nuclear weapon, perhaps the most significant came in intelligence reports indicating that he received fresh approval last year from a Saudi cleric for the use of a doomsday bomb against the United States. | |
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Captain Ed: The Washington Post starts a three-part series today on the threat of nuclear terrorism which concludes that the threat of a chemical or biological attack is more likely. |
Armed Liberal: WaPo on Nukes — Check out the first part of the Washington Post's series on the challenges terrorists face in acquiring nuclear weapons. |
A Great Natural Disaster Opinion Journal — Permalink The world's thoughts are with the victims of the tsunamis that swept across South Asia Sunday, killing at least 23,000 and leaving millions homeless. In the coming weeks and months, the priority must be to render the survivors every possible assistance. | |
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Dean Esmay: But here it is: In an interview with the Independent newspaper in Britain, Stephen Tindale, executive director of... |
Michelle Malkin: Similarly, the Wall Street Journal argued today: "Rich countries suffer fewer fatalities from natural disasters because... |
Vatican raps Israel for 'denying disaster' Jerusalem Post — Permalink The Vatican newspaper has denounced what it called a decision by the IDF to deny emergency help to disaster victims in Sri Lanka. Calling for "a radical and dramatic change of perspective" among people "too often preoccupied with making war," L'Osservatore Romano singled out Israeli military leaders for declining a request for emergency medical help. | |
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Captain Ed: Vatican's Anti-Israel's Bias Slips Out — The Vatican embarrasses itself today in its newspaper, mistakenly scolding... Joseph Alexander Norland: Three tsunami stories, one lesson — Story #1: The divine truth from the heirs of Pius XII JPost, 2004_12_28, reports:... |
Tom Paine: Here's the problem. That isn't what happened. Sri Lanka refused to allow the Israel delegation in. |
How can religious people explain something like this? By / Guardian — Permalink The modern era flatters itself that human beings can now know and shape almost everything about the world. But an event like the Indonesian earthquake exposes much of this for the hubris that it is. | |
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Tom Paine: I thought it was appropriate to dig it out and give it another airing, after reading a self-satisfied dig at religion in... |
Ross @AndrewSullivan: Various intelligent folks wrestle with the issue. THE APU APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY: Another take on democracies at war. |
Susan Sontag, Writer and Social Critic, Dies at 71 By / NYT — Permalink Susan Sontag, the internationally renowned novelist, essayist and critic whose impassioned advocacy of the avant-garde and equally impassioned political pronouncements made her one of the most lionized presences - and one of the most polarizing - in 20th-century letters, died today in New York. | |
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Virginia Postrel: As a self-employed writer, however, I was struck by this passage in the NYT's long obit: [snipped quote] How do you earn a living like that? James Panero: Posted[snipped quote] — Dear Roger, Here is your answer Wait, what about Chip?... Kevin Roderick: From the news story on the New York Times website: [snipped quote] Her death was announced by her son David Rieff, the... |
Gary Farber: Strangely, though, I'd not at all been expecting Susan Sontag's death. Ezra Klein: But this obituary (or is it a eulogy?) of her deserves to be read, both for those of us unfamiliar with her work (like... Orrin Judd: THOSE METAPHORS WILL GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT: Susan Sontag, Writer and Social Critic, Dies at 71 (MARGALIT FOX,... |
| Also: Henry Farrell, Ross @AndrewSullivan | |
Asia Disaster Yields Its Dead, Toll at 59,000 By / Reuters — Permalink GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The sea and wreckage of coastal towns around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's tsunami close to 60,000. | |
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Bill Hobbs: Tsunami — The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunami has topped 59,000, and could double as disease and starvation take their toll on the decimated region. Joe Carter: Sixty Thousand tsunami.jpg The tsunami that struck nations from Indonesia to Sri Lanka, and across to Africa has claimed almost 60,000 lives. Jeff Jarvis: They always do. The latest says 59,000 died in the tsunami. |
Kevin Aylward: Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit...Unbelievable... The AP notes (in an article revising the death... Baldilocks: Casualties Rising — Up to 60,000 now. Scott Ott of Scrappleface has an uncharacteristically serious post containing more vehicles for Asian Disaster Relief. Glenn Reynolds: TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL at 59,000 now. |
Sri Lanka rejects Israel rescuers BBC — Permalink Israel has cancelled plans to send a 150-person rescue mission to Sri Lanka after the devastated island objected to the military composition of the team. The delegation - including 60 soldiers - had been due to set off on Tuesday to help after Sunday's tsunami disaster. | |
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Emperor Darth Misha I: But why, oh why, oh WHY is it that every time we're overcome by sorrow and compassion for our fellow human beings in need, we're confronted with outrageous s**t like this? Betsy Newmark: Sri Lanka turned down an aid flight from Israel because they were going to send some military people with experience in setting up field hospitals. KJL: ANTI-SEMITISM TRUMPS AID? Sri Lanka refuses help from Israel. |
Damian Penny: Sadly, the government of Sri Lanka has decided not all help is acceptable: Israel has cancelled plans to send a... Deacon: Via Tom von Gremp UPDATE: A small team of Israelis will accompany a convoy carrying emergency supplies to Sir Lanka, according to the BBC. |
Iraq 2004 Looks Like Vietnam 1966 Slate — Permalink Soldiers have long been subjected to invidious generational comparison. It's a military rite of passage for new recruits to hear from old hands that everything from boot camp to combat was tougher before they arrived. | |
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McQ: So when I came across this article in Slate by Phillip Carter and Owen West, I was prepared to do a "Clift" on it. Joe Carter: Body Count Inflation: Why Iraq '04 Does Not Compare to Vietnam '66 "Soldiers have long been subjected to invidious... Phillip Carter: After controlling for advances in military medicine and troop size, the casualty appear far more similar than previously... |
Jonah Goldberg: I don't know where these guys from Slate fall into that picture, they seem like smart and decent enough folks. Deacon: Back to the (adjusted) future — Writing for Slate, Phillip Carter and Owen West argue that, in terms of casualties, Iraq in 2004 looks like Vietnam in 1966. Kevin Drum: A comparison of two specific battles illustrates what they're talking about: [snipped quote] In the past, I've felt that... |
| Also: James Joyner | |
U.N. official slams U.S. as 'stingy' over aid By / Washington Times — Permalink The Bush administration yesterday pledged $15 million to Asian nations hit by a tsunami that has killed more than 22,500 people, although the United Nations' humanitarian-aid chief called the donation "stingy." | |
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Kevin Raybould: That is more than the original 15 million dollars that Bush offered before the head of UN humanitarian aid shamed him into offering more. Barbara O'Brien: President Bush has shamed our nation by pledging only $15 million for disaster aid. His upcoming coronation is expected to cost more than twice that. Captain Ed: That met with some disapproval yesterday, as the UN's emergency relief coordinator called America "stingy": [quote] "The...[end quote] |
Cookie Jill: let's face it...we ARE cheap. (sorry skippy...had to "yell" there...) eric alterman has a great post up over at msnbc:... Ace: Shock: Norwegian UN Official Wants the US to Raise Its Taxes — This is just that Drudge-linked piece about our... Betsy Newmark: Today, it's a UN official calling the United States and the EU stingy in their humanitarian aid and calling on them to raise taxes so they can give more aid. |
| Also: Charles Johnson, Jeralyn Merritt, Jayson @PoliPundit, Atrios, Glenn Reynolds, Jonah Goldberg | |
A Rigorous Intellectual Dressed in Glamour By / NYT — Permalink Susan Sontag, who died yesterday at 71, was one of the few intellectuals with whom Americans have ever been on a first-name basis. It wasn't intimacy that gave her this status; it was that like Marilyn and like Judy, she was so much a star that she didn't need a surname. | |
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Michelle Malkin: And then compare it with the rest of the mainstream media's deifications: A Rigorous Intellectual Dressed in Glamour... |
Gary Farber: Hmm. After writing the above, I find that Charles McGrath makes the same point. Clearly this means I am qualified to edit the NY Times Book Review. |
Author Susan Sontag Dies By / LAT — Permalink Susan Sontag, one of America's most influential intellectuals, internationally renowned for the passionate engagement and breadth of her critical intelligence and her ardent activism in the cause of human rights, died today of leukemia. She was 71. | |
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Tim Cavanaugh: Susan Sontag, R.I.P. The popular and often controversial thinker and novelist is dead of leukemia at age 71. JD @SouthernAppeal: But just reading this obit in Newsday tells me I haven't missed much. Ann Althouse: From an early obituary for Susan Sontag, who has just died of leukemia: [snipped quote] I have never heard of anyone loving reading that much. |
Captain Ed: UPDATE: In a deeper look at Sontag's life, the Los Angeles Times' Steve Wasserman includes this corker from Sontag Kevin Roderick: The L.A. Times online obituary by her good friend, Book Editor Steve Wasserman, calls Sontag [snipped quote] She was... Lorie Byrd: Not being up on "America's most influential intellectuals," I don't even know if I was aware who Susan Sontag was until... |
Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of the Disaster By / NYT — Permalink For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. The so-called blogosphere, with its personal journals published on the Web, has become best known as a forum for bruising political discussion and media criticism. | |
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Bill Hobbs: Blogs are playing a very important role in both disseminating information (and pictures and video) from the tsunami zone and in organizing fund-raising for relief efforts. Orin Kerr: Meanwhile, the New York Times finds a connection to the blogosphere (part of a trend I noted here) with this piece on blogs that offer first-hand coverage of the tragedy. Ann Althouse: Blogging from the disaster zone. The NYT has a link-rich article about people blogging from the tsunami disaster zone. |
Ed Driscoll: The New York Times writes: [snipped quote] They're absolutely right. And as the Professor writes, "Nice to see people noticing". Jeralyn Merritt: The New York Times reports on blogs providing live coverage from the disaster areas. [link via Instapundit. ] Ed Cone: Tsunami news/relief blog. NYT on blog coverage, with links. Overall Times coverage, print and web, reminds us why newspapers matter. |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds | |
UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not 'Stingy' By / Reuters — Permalink UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy. | |
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Dave Johnson: Bully — By now you've heard about this: UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not 'Stingy'. Here's my take on it. Captain Ed: Egeland must have gotten a memo from above, because he's backtracking as fast as he can: "The international response to... |
James Joyner: UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not 'Stingy' — UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not 'Stingy' (Reuters)... Charles Johnson: UN Official Backs Down — UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland has had a sudden change of heart: UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not 'Stingy'. |
Donations to tsunami relief 'generous,' U.N. says CNN — Permalink UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — The United Nations' emergency relief coordinator said Tuesday that the international response to the tsunami catastrophe in southern Asia has been "very generous" despite earlier comments in which he called some nations "stingy." | |
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Kevin Aylward: Via BBC NEWS, CNN, CNN (again)) "It is beyond me why we are so stingy. Really. Jeralyn Merritt: U.S. Increases Aid to $35 Million — Now we're talking...the U.S. has increased its offer of $15 million in aid to the Tsunami victims to $35 million. |
Captain Ed: How, exactly, can one misinterpret the word "stingy"? CNN also reports on Egeland's retreat. Jesse Taylor: Indian jail inmates and guards donate to victims. U.S. to increase aid by $20 million. |
Bush's inauguration to reflect nation at war By / MSNBC — Permalink The war on terror will take center stage at next month's second inauguration for President Bush in Washington, D.C. "This year's theme will be "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service," said Jeanne Phillips chairwoman 55th presidential committee speaking to the media for the first time on Wednesday about the theme and schedule for this year's festivities. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Atrios points out his inauguration is going to cost $30 to $40 million, exclusive of security costs which will be unprecedented. |
Atrios: Context, context... "The war on terror will take center stage at next month's second inauguration for President Bush in Washington, D.C. |
Ohio Recount Ends, Shows Vote Closer By / AP — Permalink TOLEDO, Ohio - Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving about 300 votes off President Bush 's six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term. | |
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C. D. Harris: The Same Old Tiresome Crap — Now that the silliness in Ohio is finally over (well, for the sane people, anyway*) the... Charles Johnson: Read all about it! President Bush wins second term! Ohio Recount Ends, Shows Vote Closer. (Hat tip: buzhopper.) |
Captain Ed: A Cost Of $5000 Per Vote — Ohio has officially finished the recount demanded by the Green and Libertarian parties and encouraged by the Democrats and the Kerry campaign. Jonah Goldberg: TYRANNY AVERTED! Thank goodness the left has been pushing the Ohio recount so hard! |
In Thailand, Confusion and Waiting Follow Chaos By / WaPo — Permalink KHAOLAK, Thailand, Dec. 28—All through the night, they huddled in the jungle covering the rise above this beach resort, fearing another lethal surge of water below. Thousands of people, many seriously injured, waited for help. When dawn came, they heard the buzz of a helicopter. | |
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Kevin Aylward: Update: The Washington Post mentioned the same article in the Bangkok newspaper, the Nation. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Unconfirmed Report: Thai Government Purposely Delayed Notice — The Washington Post mentions this unconfirmed report... |
Navy SEALs Sue AP Over Alleged Abuse Photos By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Six Navy SEALs and two of their wives filed a lawsuit against The Associated Press and one of its reporters today for allegedly revealing their identities in photos published in early December, according to a press release from the plaintiffs. | |
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Tbogg: Citing the ongoing investigation, a spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado on Monday declined... |
Charles Johnson: Navy SEALs Sue Associated Press — Six Navy SEALs are suing the Associated Press for publishing personal photographs... |
Sri Lanka rejects Israel relief delegation Al Bawaba — Permalink A 150-member Israeli aid delegation canceled its mission to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, after the country - one of the hardest hit in the Asian tsunami disaster - refused to accept the Israeli team, Israel military officials said. | |
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Judith Weiss: . . . UPDATE: More point-scoring from one of the leading developers of suicide bombing as a political tactic. Jan Haugland: Sri Lanka refuses Israeli aid It was hardly a surprise that Iran refused to receive aid from Israel after last year's earthquake in Bam. |
Deacon: As inevitable as the attempt to blame the natural disaster in Asia on human greed and stupidity (see below) is the... David Gerstman: But they're willing to accept aid. That's quite progressive of them. Israelly Cool! has more on the Israeli response. |
A Third of the Dead in Undersea Quake Are Said to Be Children By / NYT — Permalink COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 - Survivors of the gigantic undersea earthquake on Sunday that swallowed coastlines from Indonesia to Africa - which officials now describe as one of the worst natural disasters in recent history - recovered bodies today, hurriedly... | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The New York Times' Seth Mydens writes, in an article titled "A Third of the Dead are Said to be Children": "Images from around the region presented a tableau of unrelenting grief. Orin Kerr: Earthquake Death Tolls and the Blogosphere: Estimates of the number of dead from the enormous earthquake in Asia have reached 44,000 this afternoon, and continue to climb. |
Ann Althouse: The NYT reports: "The deaths from the disaster - which climbed today to more than 35,000 and many unaccounted for as... Armando @DailyKos: The number of deaths makes you tremble: "Survivors of the gigantic undersea earthquake on Sunday that swallowed... |
A NEW DIVIDE New York Post — Permalink IT will surely be difficult for many people of good will to reconcile the awfulness of the daily news coming out of Iraq — deaths of and injuries to American soldiers and committed Iraqis who want nothing more than to bring freedom and democracy to a forlorn and battered country — with the astonishing new poll released by the Military Times yesterday. | |
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Kos @DailyKos: The last refuge of the war supporter — From winger NY Post columnist John Podhoretz: "Democratic Party bottom-feeders... McQ: I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop — John Podhoretz asks the question I've been wondering about for some time:... |
Charles Johnson: A New Divide — John Podhoretz points out that the soldiers serving in the US military are more committed and motivated... Betsy Newmark: John Podhoretz contrasts how the military views the war and how the American public at large views it. |
Heading for Trouble, TV Let Things Slide By / WaPo — Permalink Advocates and opinionators are always warning of "slippery slopes." It's a cliche but one that has a nice alliterative allure. It's too early to say how many slopes we started, or continued, slipping down in 2004, but it was definitely a slopeful year. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Tom Shales has a rather incoherent article in the Washington Post warning that the consolidation of the media is somehow leading to right-wingers taking over the media. Saint Paul: Hope Springs Eternal — Washington Post Media Critic Tom Shales pulls his head out of the sand long enough to present... |
Charles Johnson: Tom Shales: "No Forging Has Yet Been Proved" — Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales can't possibly believe the fraudulent CBS memos might be genuine, can he? |
No Telly in the House? Expect an Official Warning By / NYT — Permalink MILTON, England - In Paul Oldham's bathroom is a cartoon that sums up his attitude toward the role of television in modern life. It shows a couple slumped together in their living room, staring at a beaten-up old supermarket carton. | |
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Jan Haugland: Non-TV addicts under siege — People who don't have a TV in Britain suffer the same fate as we do here in Norway:... Ann Althouse: Look at all the effort the British government goes through to check on citizens who claim they have no TV and therefore... |
Chris Lawrence: Britain's older poll tax — Jane Galt is amazed to discover Britain's television police, responsible for ensuring the... Jane Galt: Department of Ridiculous Government Departments — Meet Britain's Television police. |
Agencies Planning Aid to Tsunami Victims AP — Permalink The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia. U.S. organizations are members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies. | |
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Armando @DailyKos: Update [2004-12-28 19:18:17 by Armando]: More Donation Links. |
Skippy: tsunami death toll climbs the asspress tells us the death toll in the indonesian earthquake/tsunami has topped 52,000:... |
When technology became cool again Salon — Permalink It seems strange to contemplate now, but around this time last year just about everyone in the political establishment believed that Howard Dean would handily win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, thanks mainly to his deft use of what experts were calling a powerful new political tool — blogs. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Firefox and Open Source — King of Open Source An open-source slam dunk [snipped quote] Here's the problem: Linux advocates are eager to define Open Source as Linux. |
Joe Carter: In an article on technology in 2004, Salon writer Andrew Leonard makes a peculiar claim about the influence of blogs |
Iraq Sunnis fear bombs not bin Laden on poll day By / Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Plagued by violence and fearing reprisals, many of Iraq's Sunni Muslims say they had resolved to stay at home on election day long before Osama bin Laden said anyone who voted was a infidel. | |
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Nick Gillespie: Whatever one's attitude toward the invasion of Iraq—which I personally opposed—here's hoping the speaker above is... Jesse Taylor: Flag-Waving For Fascism — I agree totally with Roger Simon (who will CRUSH YOU WITH HIS FIST) that this Reuters article is like, totally, totally in the corner of fascism. |
Roger L. Simon: Talk About Fogeys - Reuter Cheerleads for Fascism — Almost jumping for joy, here's a piece of propaganda from Reuters quoting only Sunnis who aren't voting. |
Be prepared for the next disaster The Age — Permalink Mankind refuses to learn even basic lessons from huge natural disasters, writes John Schauble. The enormity of the tragedy that struck the coastlines of southern Asia on Sunday will take months, if not years, to unfold. | |
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Tim Blair: On general disaster issues, The Age's John Schauble believes he has a solution: "Predicting the occurrence of... Jeff Jarvis: For perspective, this is rising almost to the number of all people killed in natural disasters last year, which itself... |
James Joyner: Humanity and Natural Disasters — Be prepared for the next disaster (John Schauble, The Age) "The enormity of the... |
Author and Activist Susan Sontag Dies By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK (AP) - Susan Sontag, a leading intellectual and activist of the past half century who introduced the concept of "camp" to mainstream culture and also influenced the way many thought about art, illness and photography, died Tuesday. She was 71. | |
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Captain Ed: Goodbye, Ms. Sontag, And Good Riddance — The execrable Susan Sontag died today at the age of 71 of an undisclosed illness. |
Greg Ransom: ONE of the most over-rated "intellectuals" in American history is dead at age 71. |
Ecstasy to be tested on terminal cancer patients AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but can it ease the debilitating anxiety that cancer patients feel as they face their final days? | |
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Judd Nelson: I help the Food and Drug Administration with their study of "X" — Here's a story saying the "Food and Drug... |
Jeff Goldstein: I help the Food and Drug Administration with their study — Here's a story saying the "Food and Drug Administration has... |