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Election protest shows why Dems don't count By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Thought for the day, from a gloomy party member on the Democratic Underground Web site: ''Reality sucks. That's the problem. We want another reality.'' Well, they're doing a grand job of creating their alternative universe. | |
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Avedon Carol: In The Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Steyn reminds us that right-wingers are too stupid to understand any of the words that... PoliPundit: The Protest — Mark Steyn on the Democrat's protesting the electoral vote certification: "A Democrat chum said to me on... Orrin Judd: Election protest shows why Dems don't count (MARK STEYN, January 9, 2005, Chicago Sun-Times) [snipped quote] Until they... |
Charles Johnson: MSM to Dems: How's Waterloo Going? A great one from Mark Steyn: Election protest shows why Dems don't count. Betsy Newmark: Mark Steyn says that the Democrats need to find a new tired old record to play. Vanderleun: Tinfoil Brigade — Dems, Print Out And Carry In Wallet and/or Purse Mark Steyn's little election tutorial for demented... |
| Also: Ed Driscoll, The Big Trunk, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Exit Polls: Abbas Wins Palestinian Vote By / AP — Permalink RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Abbas won at least 66 percent of the vote in the Palestinian presidential election Sunday, according to two exit polls. Such a margin of victory would give Abbas a clear mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and reform the corruption-riddled Palestinian Authority . | |
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Chris Bowers: Abbas Wins — It wasn't even close: [snipped quote] I can't say that I know much about the politics in the region, but I... Orrin Judd: ARAB DEMOCRACY IS BORN: Exit Polls: Abbas Wins Palestinian Vote (MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, 1/09/05, Associated Press)... |
Joe Gandelman: Palestinians Have Elected A New Yasser Arafat — The Palestinian presidential elections are over with Mahmoud Abbas... Armando @DailyKos: Exit Poll: Abbas Wins Palestinian Vote — As expected, it appears Abbas wins convincingly. |
MOORE A MAN OF THE PEOPLE'S New York Post — Permalink Lefty filmmaker Michael Moore has been tipped he's going to win the People's Choice Award tonight, Tom O'Neil reports at goldderby.com. Tinseltown has been buzzing about organized campaigns on behalf of Moore's Bush-bashing "Fahrenheit 9/11," which goes... | |
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Charles Johnson: Moore to Win People's Choice — The New York Post says Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is going to win the 'favorite movie' category of tonight's People's Choice awards. Joe Gandelman: The People's Choice Awards are tonight and this if the first time they used online voting — and who do you think has been told he's going to win? |
Ace: Makes sense to me. [snipped quote] I've never watched these awards in my life, and tonight will not be the night I start. |
DNC Chair Candidates Focus on South ABCNEWS — Permalink Tim Roemer, left, former congressman from Indiana, shakes hands with former presidential candidate Howard Dean, as former Denver mayor Wellington Webb, second from right, and former Ohio state chair David Leland, far right, get up to leave after they and other... | |
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Michael In Chicago: Here is the ABC article on the event, and here is the first part of a three part series from someone who attended—Chris I must be sick. |
Taegan Goddard: And ABC News reports on the attempts by 6 candidates for DNC Chairman to woo southern support over the weekend. |
History Is Likely to Link Bush to Mideast Elections By / WaPo — Permalink He fretted about turnout the other day because, as he put it, that is what politicians do. Never mind that his name will not be on the ballot. For President Bush, back-to-back elections in the Middle East starting today represent a milestone that, for better or worse, will help shape the legacy of his presidency. | |
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Steve Soto: Yet Iraq's Shias are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iran, and wise hands like Scowcroft and Diamond (who worked in Iraq... Orrin Judd: IT's MORE LIKE THE FINAL: History Is Likely to Link Bush to Mideast Elections (Peter Baker, January 9, 2005, Washington... |
James Joyner: WaPo's Peter Baker, echoing comments that would be made on many of the Sunday talking heads shows, sees a much broader... |
Applying Brakes to Benefits Gets Wide G.O.P. Backing By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - In his budget request to Congress, President Bush will try to impose firm, enforceable limits on the growth of federal benefit programs, and the chairmen of the Senate and House Budget Committees say they strongly supported that effort. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: SECOND TERM FISCAL PRIORITIES — Captain Ed notes this article which says that President Bush is set to cap entitlement spending and government growth as a whole. Nathan Newman: Poor in Crosshairs of Bush Budget — Bush's first term was four years of fiscal irresponsibility, as highlighted by this... |
Captain Ed: Bush To Get Serious On Curbing Federal Growth — The New York Times and other news outlets report this morning that... Orrin Judd: THIRD RAIL IN ONE HAND, FOURTH IN THE OTHER: Applying Brakes to Benefits Gets Wide G.O.P. Backing (ROBERT PEAR, 1/09/05,... |
'The Salvador Option' Newsweek — Permalink Jan. 8 - What to do about the deepening quagmire of Iraq? The Pentagon's latest approach is being called "the Salvador option"—and the fact that it is being discussed at all is a measure of just how worried Donald Rumsfeld really is. | |
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Mark Kleiman: Eventually, an administration willing to embrace torture to fight terror was going to embrace terror as well: especially... Joe Gandelman: U.S. Considering Assassination And/Or Kidnapping Teams In Iraq — The Iraq war has sparked many dilemmas for... Avedon Carol: There's a dismaying story in Newsweek that says: What to do about the deepening quagmire of Iraq? |
Randy Paul: Well, some things never change as Kevin Drum links to a post by Glenn Reynolds concerning this article in Newsweek about... Kriston @GrammarPolice: Where Negroponte Goes . . . . . . death squads are sure to follow: [snipped quote] Courtesy of The Poor Man. Kevin Drum: Newsweek reports that the Pentagon is considering something called "The Salvador Option": [snipped quote] Glenn's complaint? |
| Also: Cookie Jill, Hilzoy @ObsidianWings, Glenn Reynolds, Lambert @Corrente, Dave Huber, Mathew Gross, The Poor Man, Jeralyn Merritt | |
Transcript for Jan. 9 MSNBC — Permalink PLEASE CREDIT ANY QUOTES OR EXCERPTS FROM THIS NBC TELEVISION PROGRAM TO "NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS." This is a rush transcript provided for the information and convenience of the press. Accuracy is not guaranteed. In case of doubt, please check with: | |
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Atrios: High Comedy — The Meet the Press gang discussing ethics in journalism: MR. RUSSERT: Let me turn back home. |
Roger Ailes: On today's Republican Roundtable aka Press the Meat, Al Hunt suggested there are more Bush employees masquerading as journalists. |
Mark Steyn: Coalition of the giving The Australian — Permalink WE have Agence France Presse to thank for both the most striking headline and photograph of the tsunami devastation. The headline was "Tsunami Devastates DiCaprio", and for a moment I couldn't quite place the island: DiCaprio? One of the lesser known Maldives? | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: And in the opinion pieces' stakes, as always, you can't beat Mark Steyn and David Frum. |
Glenn Reynolds: MARK STEYN: [snipped quote] Not surprising. |
Footballer's 'fascist salute' row By / BBC — Permalink Italian police and magistrates are examining photos and video to decide whether one of the country's best-known footballers gave a fascist salute. Paolo di Canio appeared to make the gesture after his team Lazio beat local rivals Roma by 3-1. | |
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Deacon: So it ain't so, Paolo — Italian soccer star Paolo Di Canio has caused a stir by giving what looks like a fascist salute after scoring a goal against his team's arch-rival, Roma. |
KJL: BUT WAS HE WEARING A CHE SHIRT? An Italian sports star appears to give a fascist salute. Happens to play for Mussolini's favorite team. |
UN's top priority remains getting aid to tsunami victims it has not yet reached United Nations — Permalink Nearly two weeks after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the United Nations relief operation has not yet reached all areas and the number one priority remains getting assistance to people in need, above all in Indonesia which is "the heart of the crisis," a top emergency official said today. | |
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Bill Hobbs: Tsunami Relief: Where is the Left? |
Diplomad: The correct response is put out a press release in New York claiming to be doing all sorts of things that others, e.g.,... |
Palestinians Extend Voting by Two Hours By / AP — Permalink RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians held their first presidential election in nine years on Sunday, choosing a successor to longtime leader Yasser Arafat in a vote that many hoped would revitalize the Mideast peace process. | |
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Captain Ed: Despite the high hopes of many involved in the peace process, the Palestinians themselves have demonstrated a curious... |
Charles Johnson: Confusion Reigns in Sham Election — The Associated Press says that voter turnout in the Palestinian areas is so heavy that voting has been extended. |
After a breakdown on the policy freeway, Mayor Bill White's Safe Clear wrecker plan needs a tow truck Houston Chronicle — Permalink The plan to clear disabled vehicles from Houston's freeways has a worthy goal: reduced congestion and fewer accidents. However, the plan's implementation has not gone the way mayoral adviser David Saperstein envisioned when he presented the program to City Council. | |
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Charles Kuffner: Since then, White has been pummelled for problems with the Safe Clear mandatory towing program and for lack of action cleaning up the HPD crime lab. |
Jack Cluth: Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener — CITY HALL BLOWOUT: After a breakdown on the policy freeway, Mayor Bill White's Safe... |
How a Vote Could Derail Democracy By / NYT — Permalink IRAQ is about to reach a point of no return. If, as President Bush insists, it goes ahead with elections for the new transitional government on Jan. 30, Iraq may score a huge moral and political victory for democracy over violence and terrorism. | |
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Cori Dauber: It's too late — A Times oped suggests that there are real concerns on the part of Sunni leaders that could be... |
Ann Althouse: I wrote that post before I reached the Op-Ed page, where I see now that is a piece written by Larry Diamond, the same... |
Pundit's role in education 'propaganda' draws ire; column cut USA Today — Permalink WASHINGTON — Revelations that the Bush administration paid pundit Armstrong Williams $240,000 to promote its education policies to black audiences drew a quick rebuke from lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday and prompted Tribune Media Services to cut its ties with the syndicated commentator. | |
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Jon Henke: Payola at the Highest Levels — Dale has already addressed one aspect of the Armstrong Williams/Payola scandal. Roger Ailes: "Per your request, I provide the following information: (1) The call letters of the station: According to Mr. Williams'..." |
Lambert @Corrente: (Josh Marshall; Chicago Tribune; USA Today) Of course you do. |
This disaster exposes the myth of the UN's moral authority By / Telegraph — Permalink The helicopters are taking off and landing now in the tsunami-shattered villages and towns. The sick are being taken for treatment. Clean water is being delivered. Food is arriving. Soon the work of reconstruction will begin. | |
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Jan Haugland: The UN's role in modern mythology — David Frum in The Telegraph writes that the tsunami disaster exposes the myth of the UN's moral authority. Tim Blair: It's easy if you try, writes David Frum: "The helicopters are taking off and landing now in the tsunami-shattered villages and towns. Glenn Reynolds: DAVID FRUM NOTICES the United Nations' lack of moral authority, and, for that matter, utility: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: SLOUCHING TOWARDS IRRELEVANCE — David Frum scathingly details the failure of the United Nations to respond to the... Betsy Newmark: David Frum explores the oxymoronic idea of the United Nations' moral authority. |
DR Congo sex abuse claims upheld By / BBC — Permalink A United Nations inquiry has found that UN peacekeepers working in DR Congo sexually abused girls as young as 13. The report by the UN watchdog, the Office of Internal Oversight Services, investigated abuse allegations in the north-east Congolese town of Bunia. | |
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Cliff May: BUT DON'T FORGET: THE UN HAS MORAL AUTHORITY — UN peacekeepers working in the Congo sexually abused girls as young as 13. |
Charles Johnson: UN Sex Abuse in Congo — The UN's catalog of infamy continues to grow: Congo sex abuse claims upheld. |
Let's Not Count on Projections By / WaPo — Permalink On Nov. 21, 1963, speaking in San Antonio the day before he was murdered in Dallas, President John F. Kennedy explained the importance of the space program by citing a story by the Irish novelist Frank O'Connor. | |
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Avedon Carol: I don't see this up at Memeorandum yet but I'm sure it's a meme someone hopes will catch on and I do see it at... |
Greg Ransom: GEORGE WILL has a good one on Social Security. Quotable: "it has been said that economists use decimal points only to prove that they have a sense of humor." |
TV Host Says U.S. Paid Him to Back Policy By / NYT — Permalink Armstrong Williams, a prominent conservative commentator who was a protégé of Senator Strom Thurmond and Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court, acknowledged yesterday that he was paid $240,000 by the Department of Education to promote its initiatives on his syndicated television program and to other African-Americans in the news media. | |
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Jon Henke: This isn't a case of poor ethics. This is not simply "stupid ... unseemly, and ...tacky" as Jonah Goldberg describes it. Michelle Malkin: And Wizbang's Kevin Aylward writes Williams' professional obituary: "In the last paragraph of the [New York] Times... Joanne Jacobs: Update: The General Accounting Office decided recently the government can't distribute videos promoting its policies without identification, reports the New York Times. |
Kevin Aylward: The information he gathers will be especially interesting since this New York Times article implies that practice of... Josh Marshall: The Times today has an article running-down the Armstrong Williams flap. Steve M.: The New York Times says that "the arrangement ... started in late 2003" — long after NCLB was signed into law (January... |
| Also: Tom Tomorrow, Ann Althouse, Rickheller @Centerfield, KJL | |
U.S. Is Haunted by Initial Plan for Iraq Voting By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - In its struggle to transfer sovereignty back to Iraq last spring, the Bush administration made some tough decisions about the makeup of the political system and how Iraqi elections could occur quickly and fairly. | |
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Steve Soto: Yet Larry Diamond of the Hoover Institution, who served under Paul Bremer and was on the ground in Iraq, thinks along... Ann Althouse: The NYT writes that the "U.S. Is Haunted by Initial Plan for Iraq Voting": [snipped quote] Considering the endless... Matthew Yglesias: And even this choice has turned out to be a mistake. I do, however, have some sympathy for how this mistake came about. |
Steve Clemons: The New York Times' Steve Weisman mentions Scowcroft's Thursday remarks in his article today, "U.S. Is Haunted by Initial Plan for Iraq Voting." Orrin Judd: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE: U.S. Is Haunted by Initial Plan for Iraq Voting (STEVEN R. WEISMAN, January 9, 2005, NY Times)... |
It's Time to Spray DDT By / NYT — Permalink If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives. It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries. | |
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Captain Ed: Well, kudos to Nicholas Kristof, because in his very next column, he answers my challenge. Glenn Reynolds: So I should mention this column by Nick Kristof in which he calls for a return to DDT: [snipped quote] Indeed. Juan Non-Volokh: Fight Malaria with DDT: Nicholas Kristof writes in today's NYT that it is "Time to Spray DDT." |
Betsy Newmark: Nicholas Kristof is brave enought to say that the U.S. and other donor countries need to start helping malaria-infected parts of the world by spraying some DDT. Michelle Malkin: BRING BACK DDT — Bravo for New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who calls today for DDT to be sprayed in malaria-ravaged countries. Orrin Judd: It's Time to Spray DDT (NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, 1/08/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Quite good except for repeating the... |
| Also: Steve Antler, Greg Ransom | |
Washington Week in Revue By / NYT — Permalink AS the 109th Congress convened this week, the news media once again turned their attention to Washington. Here are some stories they may have missed. Alberto Gonzales, the White House lawyer nominated for the post of attorney general, has told colleagues that he fears further harsh treatment in the Senate. | |
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Avedon Carol: Oh, right, one story I forgot to mention earlier, but Mary didn't: My former colleague at the late, lamented Daily News... Mary @PacificViews: Blogger Makes Good — Tom Burka of Opinions You Should Have has a great NY Times OpEd. [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. Tom Burka: "Waves happen," Mr. Rumsfeld told survivors. This and other stories here. |
Jeralyn Merritt: The Sunday Funnies — Quite a coup for blogger Tom Burka of Opinions You Should Have who has a satirical op-ed on... Dave Johnson: Blogger Tom Burka, in NY Times, The New York Times > Opinion >Washington Week in Revue. |
Fighting the Wrong War By / Weekly Standard — Permalink He has, in fact, consistently and vociferously opposed congressional attempts to offer such aid. In February 2003, he declared, "we will come back and ask for an end-strength increase at any moment that we believe it is in the interests of the armed forces. | |
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Kevin Drum: NOT ENOUGH TROOPS IN IRAQ?....Fred Kagan takes a swipe at Donald Rumsfeld this week in the current issue of the Weekly Standard. McQ: Rumsfeld, Iraq and the future — Frederick Kagan has an article in the Weekly Standard which bears reading. Andrew Sullivan: WHY RUMSFELD MUST GO: Fred Kagan sums it up eloquently. |
Donald Sensing: Next comes Frederick W. Kagan's Weekly Standard essay, "Fighting the Wrong War." Brad @ShrillBlog: Frederick Kagan of the Weekly Standard Succumbs to Shrill Unholy Madness! |
Newt Gingrich Considers Presidential Run AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich (search) is taking steps toward a potential presidential bid in 2008 with a book criticizing President Bush's policies on Iraq and a tour of early campaign states. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Newt Gingrich is putting out feelers, and not the kind Bill Clinton put out in the Oval Office: "WASHINGTON — Newt... Juan Non-Volokh: Gingrich for President?!? Despite my conservative and libertarian leanings, this strikes me as a supremely bad idea. |
Avedon Carol: Via Memeorandum I see Newt Gingrich hinting at a presidential run, and even the wingers don't seem too happy about the idea. Jonah Goldberg: GINGRICH FOR PRESIDENT? I'm exhausted already. |
Atheist sues to ban hand on Bible By / Washington Times — Permalink The California lawyer who tried to have the phrase "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance now wants to legally prevent President Bush from placing his hand on a Bible while being sworn in at his inauguration. | |
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Avedon Carol: Memewatch — Let's see what's being talked up at Memeorandum: According to The Washington Times, that twerp Michael... Damian Penny: Newdow's at it again — Michael Newdow, the guy who sued to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, has... KJL: NEWDOW, THE PLEDGE GUY, IS BACK — He's suing to keep Bush's hand off a Bible on Jan. 20 (Not in the way that would make Barbara Boxer and co. most proud though). |
Joe Gandelman: Just when you think he MIGHT be satisfied that he got all the publicity and public repudiation that he craved, the... Jan Haugland: I'm an atheist, and I think this is going too far: The California lawyer who tried to have the phrase "under God"... Jayson @PoliPundit: Idle Time, Idle Minds — Does the entire far left of the country's political spectrum need medication and psychotherapy? |
U.S. paid pundit to push program By / Chicago Tribune — Permalink WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department, which promotes President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act as its hallmark education reform, acknowledged Friday that it paid $240,000 in taxpayer money to a syndicated newspaper columnist and television commentator to promote the program. | |
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Kevin Aylward: In the last paragraph of the Times story Armstrong Williams has this to say, [snipped quote] Apparently given that... Jeff Jarvis: Williams — a syndicated columnist dropped by Tribune Media Services because of this — also has a TV show. |
Joanne Jacobs: When the story came out, Tribune Media Services dropped Williams as a syndicated columnist. |
Let Congress Lead By / NYT — Permalink Here are five observations about the politics of Social Security reform: First, many Republicans will be loathe to back a bill that has no Democratic support. They don't want to transform a big, popular program without bipartisan cover. | |
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Avedon Carol: The ever-appalling David Brooks has another inane article in which he tries to convey the false belief that the only... The Poor Man: And I'm going to start now: Wanker. [UPDATE: And "honky". I know we've already got a word for "honky", but people forget sometimes. |
Tom Maguire: If A Problem Is Too Complicated, Make It Bigger — Shorter David Brooks on Social Security â" Bush should punt it to Congress and let them fail. Orrin Judd: FROM NEOCON TO NEOCONOMIST: Let Congress Lead: Social Security reform plus tax reform would go a long way toward getting to an ownership society. |
Newt Gingrich Open to Presidential Run By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Newt Gingrich is taking steps toward a potential presidential bid in 2008 with a book criticizing President Bush's policies on Iraq and a tour of early campaign states. | |
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Rickheller @Centerfield: While after eight years of Republican rule, I won't be inclined to support a Republican candidate for President in 2008,... Lambert @Corrente: Wingers will eat their own — Great news! [snipped quote] Um, what about the Bush mandate? UPDATE Oh, wait, Gingrish is just self-shilling his new book. |
Taegan Goddard: Gingrich Considers Presidential Bid — Newt Gingrich "is taking steps toward a potential presidential bid in 2008 with a... |
The revenge of the Labour voter By / Guardian — Permalink One morning in 1985, I came down to breakfast to find a Labour party membership form sitting next to my cereal bowl. I had just turned 15, which marked the point at which I could formally pledge allegiance to parliamentary socialism; not wasting any time, my dad showed me where to sign and asked for my subs. | |
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Harry @HarrysPlace: John Harris writes a painfully long offering in the Guardian with multiple suggestions on who anti-war Labour voters... Orrin Judd: The revenge of the Labour voter: What with Iraq, privatisations, top-up fees, it might be a wrench to vote Labour this year. |
Joe Gandelman: Some on the left in Great Britain even suggest punishing Tony Blair for his stance on the Iraq war — by voting Liberal Democrat. |
Rossi files suit for a new vote By / Seattle Post-Intelligencer — Permalink Republican Dino Rossi formally contested the November election yesterday, claiming that errors, negligence and misconduct have made it impossible to know who really won the closest governor's race in U.S. history. | |
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Magpie @PacificViews: As Democrat Christine Gregoire is set to be sworn in as Washington's governor on Wednesday, Republican Dino Rossi has... |
KJL: DINO ROSSI WENT TO COURT YESTERDAY to contest the election where dead people voted, among other things. |
CRUDE AWAKENING FOR U.N. SLICKSTERS By / New York Post — Permalink WASHINGTON — Iraqi officials have recently implicated more U.N. staffers in bribe taking during the oil-for-food program in a development that could dramatically escalate pressure on the world body, The Post has learned. | |
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Charles Johnson: UN Corruption Exposed — At the New York Post, new revelations of massive bribery in the United Nations' Oil-For-Food... Acidman: Gimme a break. Want corruption and bribery? The UN has it. Want blithering idiocy? The UN has its supporters. Betsy Newmark: More bad news for the UN. [snipped quote] I'm just shocked, shocked to hear that there is corruption at the UN. |
Jan Haugland: UNSCAM update: UN staff took oil-for-food bribes — More accusations against UN staff: Iraqi officials have recently... FrancoAlemán: AND THESE GUYS think they have the only moral outsanting to lead and take control of the billions in aid for the tsunami? |
VIPs hinder aid effort The Age — Permalink Australian Trooper Danny Heller, of A Squadron 5/5th Aviation Wing, views the devastation of Lhoong, 75 kilometres south-west of Banda Aceh, from an Iroquois helicopter. The helicopter had just done an aid drop. | |
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Tim Blair: Low in this piece about VIPs delaying supply arrivals are some interesting details: [quote] "This is Australia's largest...[end quote] |
Jeff Jarvis: First-class tragedy : Australia's The Age says visits of VIPs are interfering with tsunami relief: "World leaders... |
Was Lincoln Gay? By / NYT — Permalink THIS book is already getting noticed. In ''The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln,'' C. A. Tripp contends that Lincoln had erotic attractions and attachments to men throughout his life, from his youth to his presidency. | |
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Taegan Goddard: A New York Times review of The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln by C. A. Tripp notes the book contends the 16th... Ann Althouse: (And Richard Brookhiser doesn't think much of the new Lincoln-was-gay book.) |
Rick Brookhiser: MR. LINCOLN — My review of the new Lincoln was gay book appears in the New York Times Book Review this weekend. |
For Unemployed, Wait for New Work Grows Longer By / NYT — Permalink When Fabiola Quitiaquez lost her job in New York City last May, she moved to the Atlanta area, confident that she would easily find work there. "I thought maybe it would take two or three months," she said. | |
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Steve M.: Weekly wages climbed slightly faster, because workers put in more hours on average, but both measures of pay lagged... |
Susan Madrak: WALKING ON THIN ICE — Another record for the Bush administration: "Even as overall unemployment dropped last year, the... |
Enviro Wackos Rejoice Over Tsunami Devastation NewsMax.com — Permalink For most observers the South Asian tsunami disaster appears to be one of the most devastating tragedies in modern history. But some environmentalists are actually celebrating the tidal wave that killed nearly 200,000 people, saying it rid the coastal area of development and other forms of human contamination. | |
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Ace: What else can explain them claiming to want to help the poor people of the world, and yet cheerleading natural disasters? |
Michelle Malkin: What a selfish pig. (Hat tip: Newsmax) |
The Sympathy Gap; Victims of Natural Disasters Vs. Victims of Unnatural Disasters By / The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies — Permalink When more than 100,000 people have been killed, and thousands of others are in danger, the international community has a moral obligation to do what it can to limit the damage and reduce the suffering of survivors. So why is it that the international community so rarely even tries? | |
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FrancoAlemán: CLIFF MAY nails it: "When more than 100,000 people have been killed, and thousands of others are in danger, the... |
Cliff May: Why is there so much empathy, so much support for the victims of acts of God, and so little empathy, so little support for the victims of acts of man? |
Mr. Abbas's Campaign WaPo — Permalink PALESTINIAN presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas has been a strong and courageous opponent of violence against Israel and a supporter of Palestinian compromises to move toward a two-state solution. He was the first political leader to speak out publicly against suicide bombings and the use of arms against Israelis. | |
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Cliff May: WISHFUL THINKING — According to a Washington Post editorial this morning, "Palestinian Candidate Mahmoud Abbas has been... |
David Gerstman: Co-opt-eration — The Washington Post finally decided to address "Mr. Abbas's Campaign": "PALESTINIAN presidential... |
Kerry Meets Syrian President, Says He Is Hopeful Strained U.S.-Syrian Ties Can Be Improved By / AP — Permalink DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry met Saturday with Syria's president and said he was hopeful that strained U.S. -Syrian relations could be improved, provided Washington seized "a moment of opportunity" currently available in the Middle East. | |
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B.C: Kerry Visits Syria; Gets Post-Election Endorsement — Senator Backstabbing Traitor (D-MA) visited Syria The Ba'athist... |
Jonah Goldberg: WHY.... Is John Kerry meeting with the president of Syria? |
Militants Kidnap 3 Senior Iraqi Officials By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants abducted three senior Iraqi officials, beheaded a man who worked for the U.S. military and killed at least four others, officials said Saturday, a day after a U.S. general warned that insurgents may be planning "horrific" attacks ahead of Jan. 30 elections. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Make up your own jokes! [quote] "[BUSH] I know it's hard but it's hard for a reason," (via AP)[end quote] KJL: IN IRAQ — The bad guys continue to try to stall the elections: [snipped quote] It will get worse. But don't delay. |
Steven Taylor: More Violence in Iraq — Via the NYT: Militants Kidnap Three Iraq Officials [snipped quote] I fear the same: that this is... |
U.S. Said to Hold More Foreigners in Iraq Fighting NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - After raids in recent months that captured hundreds of insurgents in Iraq, the United States has significantly increased the number of prisoners it says are foreign fighters, a group the Bush administration contends are not protected by the Geneva Conventions, American officials said. | |
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Digby: David Low "A veteran interrogator at Guantánamo told The New York Times in a recent interview that it became... Steven Taylor: Foreign Fighters in Iraq — Via the NYT: Captured Insurgents: U.S. Said to Hold More Foreigners in Iraq Fighting... |
Cori Dauber: The very first paragraph of this mornings lead article, headlined (in both online and print editions) "U.S. Said to Hold... |
Proposed law aims to protect janitors By / Boston Globe — Permalink Margarita Restrepo's husband lost his job as a janitor when the business where he worked changed hands and decided it wanted a different company to vacuum the floors and empty the trash. With just one hour's warning, he lost his job, his health insurance, and was left without any job prospects. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: What is the Social Function of the Board of Directors — One of the longest standing debates in corporate law is the... Nathan Newman: In Massachusetts, state legislators are proposing a law that would require companies that change hands to keep janitors... |
Jay Tea: Screw it; I'm gonna move to Massachusetts and become a janitor — Yesterday, the Boston Glob reported on a hearing over a new law being proposed in Massachusetts. |
Wolfowitz Says He Will Keep Job At Pentagon WaPo — Permalink Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz sought yesterday to dampen speculation that he is leaving, saying he had been asked to stay on and intends to do so. A leading proponent in the administration of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Wolfowitz has been a lightning rod for critics of the American involvement there. | |
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Kevin Drum: WOLFOWITZ FOREVER....Despite rumors to the contrary, Paul Wolfowitz will be staying on as Deputy Secretary of Defense. |
James Martin Capozzola: (0) DISCUSSION | SHARING THE LOVE The Neoconservatives' Infatuation with Rumsfeld Proving Midge "Beach Boys" Decter... |
Palestinian Ballot Presents Quandary for Hamas By / NYT — Permalink GAZA, Jan. 7 - The boys from Hamas were busy ripping down the placards to put up a message of their own, under the snapping green flags of Islam. But their message was not about Sunday's presidential election; it was a commemoration of a Hamas hero, Yahya... | |
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Charles Johnson: NYT Whitewashes Fatah — In this article, the New York Times describes the origin and goals of the Palestinian Fatah gang: Palestinian Ballot Presents Quandary for Hamas. |
Orrin Judd: REROUTING OF THE STREAM: Palestinian Ballot Presents Quandary for Hamas (STEVEN ERLANGER, 1/08/05, NY Times)... |
Rolling back bad taste Des Moines Register — Permalink A 65-year-old Wal-Mart greeter has been fired for greeting customers with a computer-generated photograph of himself wearing nothing but a Wal-Mart sack. Dean Wooten was fired in September from his job as a greeter at the Muscatine Wal-Mart store where he had worked for seven years, state records show. | |
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Jack Cluth: Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener — Rolling back bad taste: A Wal-Mart worker showed a photo of himself wearing only a sack. |
Joe Gandelman: Some People Don't Qualify To Be Rocket Scientists.... .....or even to work at Walmart's. |
Administration Paid Commentator By / WaPo — Permalink The Education Department paid commentator Armstrong Williams $241,000 to help promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind law on the air, an arrangement that Williams acknowledged yesterday involved "bad judgment" on his part. | |
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Josh Marshall: Now that Armstrong — Williams has recognized that his acceptance of a quarter million dollars to shill for the No Child... James Martin Capozzola: (0) DISCUSSION | THAT LIBERAL MEDIA Conservative Pundit on the Take The detestable Howard Kurtz comes through today... |
Captain Ed: Paying Journalists For Coverage Stinks — The blogosphere buzzed yesterday with the revelation that pundit Armstrong... Taegan Goddard: And one television network dropped his program pending an investigation," the Washington Post reports. |
Armstrong Williams Column Axed by TMS By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Tribune Media Services (TMS) today terminated its contract with columnist Armstrong Williams, effective immediately. But Williams told E&P tonight that he plans to continue his feature via self-syndication. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: As by now you must have heard, Williams accepted $240,000 from the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind education-reform law on his TV and radio shows. Atrios: Williams Column Axed by TMS — Link: NEW YORK Tribune Media Services (TMS) today terminated its contract with columnist Armstrong Williams, effective immediately. Taegan Goddard: The Bush administration defended the contract as "advertising." Editor and Publisher has more. |
SLZoll: This was my favorite part of the Editor & Publisher story on the matter: How many of his nearly 50 newspaper clients does he think will keep the feature? John Hawkins: Williams, who had his columns dropped by Tribune Media Services over this, said that, "This has been a great lesson for me. |
Bush Paints His Goals As 'Crises' By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush had great success in his first term by defining crises that demanded decisive responses. Now, as he begins a second term, Bush is returning to the same tactic to accomplish three longtime conservative goals. | |
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Steve Soto: Post Nails Bush For Crisis Mentality In Pursuing Political Goals — Jim VandeHei of the Washington Post runs a... Kevin Drum: CRISIS MANAGEMENT...This would have made an excellent blog post, but instead it's an excellent article by Jim VandeHei... |
Taegan Goddard: The Crisis Tactic — President Bush "had great success in his first term by generating a sense of crisis that demanded... |
Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Tsunami: It was a Punishment from Allah for Celebrating Christmas and Other Sins; It was Caused by the U.S., Israel, India MEMRI — Permalink Following practically all international events of importance, conspiracy theories are raised in the Arab and Muslim worlds. This occurred most recently following the Asian tsunami. Some of these conspiracy theories focused, as they often do, on allegations that it was a plot by the U.S. and Israel. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Wasn't like that in my family: Sheikh Fawzan Al-Fawzan, a professor at the Al-Imam University in Saudi Arabia confuses... |
Cori Dauber: If these governments had any intention of giving substantial sums of money, they wouldn't give over their airwaves and... |
Jobs Picture Shows Some Signs of Life By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - Employment climbed at a steady if not spectacular pace in December, suggesting the economy is on a solid footing but that employers in many industries are still cautious about hiring. | |
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Steve M.: OK, first the good news: Jobs Picture Shows Some Signs of Life ...The Labor Department reported on Friday that the... |
Jason Van Steenwyk: And how do the numbskulls at the New York Times cover it? |