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GOP Chairman Walks Out of Meeting By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman walked off with the gavel, leaving Democrats shouting into turned-off microphones at a raucous hearing Friday on the Patriot Act. | |
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Ace: Read the rest here. Can you really blame him for shutting down the hearing? This was the *11th* hearing held on the Patriot Act reauthorization. . . since April. Lambert @Corrente: We paid for this microphone, Senator Sensenbrenner! Jeralyn Merritt: Sensenbrenner Cuts Mikes During Patriot Act Hearing — Update: Sensenbrenner storms out of hearing, gavel in hand. |
Gateway Pundit: "Shouting into Turned-Off Microphones" — The Republican chairman walked off with the gavel, leaving Democrats shouting... John Cole: The comments at Sadly, No are nothing compared to the House of Representatives: [snipped quote] Silliness abounds. Tom @ScaredMonkeys: Patriot Act Hearing has the Democrats Screaming Into the Wind — From Gateway Pundit: [snipped quote] Looks like this would have been fun to watch. |
Public Broadcasting Targeted By House By / WaPo — Permalink A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular children's educational programs as "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," "Arthur" and "Postcards From Buster." | |
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Joe Gandelman: GOP Dominated House Committee Seeks To Starve Big Bird — Now they're going after Big Bird as what's seemingly shaping... Riggsveda @Corrente: When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Stick It To The Kids tvsmash The Washington Post reports that yesterday the House... Cookie Jill: congress goes after cookie monster in yet another move to sock it to programs that enrich the lives of the americans...congress is aiming for america's favorite pre-school teacher. |
Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: Let it be the parents' job to ensure that their kids don't see Deadwood and let it be the Democrats job to prevent the... Lindsay Beyerstein: But we've got to save PBS first: "Public Broadcasting Targeted By House: Panel Seeks to End CPB's Funding Within 2... Skippy: let's open up the ol' skippy mailbag... reader and contributor rose sends us this washpost article about the house... |
| Also: Oliver Willis, Steve Bainbridge | |
Gallup: Public Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Falls to All-Time Low Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline in Gallup's annual survey of "public confidence in major institutions" in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year. | |
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Captain Ed: One small example of this last problem comes in the reporting of the poll itself in today's on-line Editor & Publisher. Red @ScaredMonkeys: Even at an all time low. [snipped quote] No blogger would have ever sen this coming would they? Roger L. Simon: What We All Knew — According to Gallup, public confidence in the media is at an all-time low. |
Will Collier: UPDATE: Nah, I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with any mythical media bias. Alexander K. McClure: Gallup on the Media — According to a new Gallup Poll: "Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to... |
Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable WaPo — Permalink BAIJI, Iraq — An hour before dawn, the sky still clouded by a dust storm, the soldiers of the Iraqi army's Charlie Company began their mission with a ballad to ousted president Saddam Hussein. "We have lived in humiliation since you left," one sang in Arabic, out of earshot of his U.S. counterparts. | |
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Steve Soto: Amar Mana, 27, an Iraqi army private On a day when the Washington Post runs a Page One story on the improbability of... Billmon: Saddam's Song — The lyrics aren't so hot, but it's got an interesting beat, even if you can't dance to it: "An hour... Hugh Hewitt: Today the Washington Post declares Iraq's army nearly impossible to build, branding the effort "Mission Improbable." |
The Poorman: [Mark R. Levin] With all the good news coming out of Iraq, you would think that the MSM would stop their constant drumbeat of doom and gloom. Steve M.: The long article in today's Washington Post about the hapless Iraqi military starts off with a bang: Iraqi soldiers... Avedon Carol: What's really astonishing about the article Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable is not the depressing story it tells. |
| Also: Cori Dauber, James Joyner, John Hawkins, Juan Cole, Ed Cone, Gregory Djerejian, Randall Parker, John Cole, Kevin Drum, Attaturk, Armando @DailyKos, Atrios | |
2,200 Journalists Await Jackson Verdict By / AP — Permalink SANTA MARIA, Calif. - About 2,200 members of the media have received credentials to cover Michael Jackson's trial — more than the O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson murder trials combined and enough to form a vast, humming tent city outside the modest courthouse. | |
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James Joyner: 2,200 Journalists Await Jackson Verdict (AP) [snipped quote] What's odd about this is that, in my perception at least,... Magpie @PacificViews: While a picture is as good as 1000 words ... ... well-chosen numbers can speak at least as loudly: [snipped quote] Via Random Walks. |
Jeralyn Merritt: There are 2,200 journalists on site. |
Dean's Appearance Has Media in a Sweat By / WaPo — Permalink It was a scalding day on Capitol Hill yesterday, and that includes tempers. Things got particularly hot during a photo op in the office of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) after the minority leader and his Senate deputies completed a 17-minute meeting with the hot-tongued Howard Dean. | |
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Oliver Willis: Dean's Appearance Has Media in a Sweat After several seconds, a booming voice cut through the noise. Mitch Townsend: The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy is Alive and Well — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D NM) and Minority Whip Richard... Captain Ed: However, Mark Leibovich of the Washington Post takes up Durbin's banner and attempts to make him sound reasonable: "It... |
Attaturk: History doesn't really change — By alternative universe Washington Post, June 1933, Berlin: It was a scalding day at the Reichstag yesterday, and that includes tempers. Avedon Carol: Mark Leibovich tells you everything you need to know about why newspaper sales are down in Dean's Appearance Has Media... Brendan Nyhan: Brian Wilson is one classy reporter — Here's what passes for journalism at Fox News — from a Washington Post account... |
| Also: Shawn @LiquidList, Michelle Malkin, David Sirota, Kevin Drum, Taegan Goddard, James Joyner, Brian Stelter, Jim Romenesko | |
Beyond Brakes, Amtrak's Woes Hit the Cafe Car By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - Riders on Amtrak may think that the $3.25 hot dog and the $1.50 bag of chips in the cafe car are no bargain. Neither does Amtrak. It is spending just over $2 for each dollar of food it sells on its trains, according to auditors. | |
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McQ: The Amtrack Business Model — Or, how to piddle away taxpayer money without even trying: "Riders on Amtrak may think... Justin @SouthernAppeal: Woe is Amtrak: Beyond Brakes, Amtrak's Woes Hit the Cafe Car [snipped quote] — Two questions: (1) How can you consistently be this inept at running a corporation? |
Matthew Yglesias: I don't really know what to make about this Amtrak food-service issue except that they'd better not eliminate the cheese-and-cracker snack. K. J. Lopez: More Amtrak woes—this time the cafe car, also a liability. Excuse me a sec. M y knee jerks. Privatize it all. |
Women should embrace the blogosphere By / Townhall.com — Permalink No discussion of women bloggers would be complete without some gross generalizations and politically incorrect observations — both of which I plan to include here. The first time I read one of the many posts that have been written on various blogs about a shortage of female political bloggers, my first thought was to ask, "What shortage?" | |
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Betsy Newmark: Lorie Byrd of Polipundit has an inaugural column today at Townhall explaining why women should not be afraid of blogging and should "embrace the blogosphere." La Shawn Barber: Women Should Embrace The Blogosphere — Blogger Lorie Byrd has written a great article for Townhall.com. Check it out. |
TheAnchoress: Lorie Byrd is spreading her wings Not only is she blogging at mulitple sites (she clearly can multi-task), but she's... Lorie Byrd: Women Should Embrace The Blogosphere — Check out my article at Townhall.com about women and the blogosphere. |
Curt Weldon's Deep Throat By / American Prospect — Permalink Countdown to Terror, Representative Curt Weldon's sensationalistic new book about his personal struggle to combat the Iranian terrorism threat despite the alleged resistance of the CIA, is based entirely on the Pennsylvania Republican's freelance communications with a secret source he code-named "Ali." | |
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Kevin Drum: RIGHT WING LOONS...Pennsylvania congress-loon Curt Weldon gets letters: [snipped quote] Before you jump out of your... Jesse Walker: Congressman Kook — In The American Prospect, Laura Rozen unravels the extracurricular spycraft of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Penn.) |
Praktike: One minute he's contradicting Dick Cheney's overly optimistic assessments of Iraq, and the next he's playing at amateur intelligence analyst and spy novel author. |
Barbara Boxer, Bully City Journal — Permalink Some things in the United States Senate seem so rote that they're not worth much further analysis. Hillary Clinton will make (calculating) "moderate" maneuvers, John McCain will be feisty about something (campaign finance reform, steroids in baseball, Tom... | |
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Betsy Newmark: Katherine Ernst looks at Barbara Boxer's attacks on conservatives who come before her and contrasts it with how John Ashcroft, a Boxer target, spoke in a similar situation. K. J. Lopez: BARBARA BOXER, "BULLY" — From City Journal |
Steve Bainbridge: Barbara Boxer = Bully — Katherine Ernst gives Senator Babs a well-deserved spanking. |
Durbin blames 'right wing' By / Washington Times — Permalink The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate yesterday blamed "the right wing" and elements of the press "in service to it" for repeating Howard Dean's remarks about Republicans and inflating them out of proportion. | |
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McQ: VRWC - Version 2.0 — The word that immediately came to mind when I read this was "laughable". Hugh Hewitt: The Dems' #2 in the Senate, the usually forgettable Dick Durbin, did however manage to blame the press and the... K. J. Lopez: On top of Dick Durbin's little echo of Howard Dean's "White Christian" nonsense yesterday on the Senate floor during the... |
Paul @PowerLine: Ingrates — Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin has blamed "the right wing" and elements of the press "in service to it"... Captain Ed: After some disarray on how to handle their out-of-control party chairman, leading Democrats have finally arrived at a strategy to unite behind Howard Dean and his overactive mouth. |
(White) Women We Love By / WaPo — Permalink Someday historians will look back at America in the decade bracketing the turn of the 21st century and identify the era's major themes: Religious fundamentalism. Terrorism. War in Iraq. Economic dislocation. Bioengineering. Information technology. Nuclear proliferation. | |
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Scott Sala: White Chicks Ruling Tragedy TV — Via Robert George is an op-ed in WaPo by Gene Robinson about the whiteness of all the... La Shawn Barber: Always a treat. Update: Controversial stuff! Read "(White) Women We Love." (reg. req.) . |
Kevin Drum: DAMSELS IN DISTRESS....In the Washington Post today, Eugene Robinson is the latest to note the media's ongoing obsession with damsels in distress. Cori Dauber: Blaming the Victim Again — Yet another opinion piece on the media rage for missing women writing as if these women were somehow chosen by national ballot. |
From Thomas, Original Views By / WaPo — Permalink Justice Thomas: "Dope is cool." Justice Scalia: "Let the cancer patients suffer." If the headline writers characterized Supreme Court decisions the way many senators and most activists and lobbying groups do, that is how they would have characterized the Supreme Court decision this week on the use of medical marijuana in California. | |
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McQ: Today, Charles Krauthammer has a great article making precisely the same point I made as he discusses Justice Thomas's... Betsy Newmark: Charles Krauthammer puts his finger on what we should be really debating when we debate these judicial nominations: how they think and decide. |
John Hawkins: What The Debate Over Judges Is Really About — Charles Krauthammer puts his finger on what we should be really debating... John Cole: The Hammer on Thomas — Great piece by Krauthammer: [snipped quote] And while we are at it, it dovetails nicely with this... |
Roadside Bomb Kills Five Marines in Iraq By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb killed five U.S. Marines during combat operations in western Iraq, and the bodies of 21 Iraqis were found scattered in separate locations near a town close to the Syrian border considered an insurgent hotbed, officials and witnesses said Friday. | |
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Edward _: Uncomfortably Numb — I remember when a headline like this made me angry and sad...now it just makes me numb: "Roadside... |
Jeff Quinton: UPDATE AP "Five U.S. Marines were killed by a roadside bomb in western Iraq, the military said Friday. |
Insurer Pushes Pill-Splitting Savings By / AP — Permalink MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The nation's second-largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, is giving away away pill-splitters and offering half-price on drugs for those who split double-strength pills, cutting the patient's insurance copayment in half. | |
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William J. Dyer: But when I read this story — about giant United Healthcare urging its insureds to "save money" by literally cutting... |
Cookie Jill: give me a double please — [snipped quote] what do you think the odds are that big pharma's going to double the price of double-strength pills? |
Va. Gov. Takes Steps Towards Presidential Run By / WaPo — Permalink RICHMOND, June 10 — Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) is forming a federal political action committee and has hired a former top aide to Vice President Al Gore to advise him on national politics, the governor's top political aide in Virginia said. | |
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James Joyner: Va. Gov. Takes Steps Towards Presidential Run (WaPo) [snipped quote] What's interesting is that Warner's predecessor, Allen, is involved in both options. John J. Miller: WARNER WARNING — My governor wants to be your president. He raised my taxes. He'd probably try to raise yours, too. |
Ezra Klein: Warner 08? Looks like VA governor Mark Warner will be running for president. Think Evan Bayh, but from the South and touting a background in the tech industry. |
Kaptur alerts colleagues of unfolding scandal By / Toledo Blade — Permalink WASHINGTON - As the word spread Tuesday night that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation had lost $215 million in a high-risk investment, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur alerted her colleagues to the mounting concerns in her home state. | |
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The Poorman: WOODEN NICKELS [Jonah Goldberg] Everybody is crying about the $225 million dollars in public money that the Ohio... |
Jerome Armstrong: National Democrats from Ohio are also speaking out. Republicans :: Fri Jun 10th, 2005 at 12:16:35 PM EDT :: 11 Comments |
Envy Them? No. Tax Them? Oh Yeah. By / LAT — Permalink There are certainly subjects that liberals refuse to discuss without resorting to hysteria and name-calling. (Ask Harvard President Lawrence Summers, who has spent much of the year groveling abjectly for having delicately suggested the possibility that maybe inherent differences play a role in the paucity of female scientists.) | |
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McQ: UPDATE: Jonathan Chait joins the chorus in today's LA Times: "In recent weeks, three of the nation's leading newspapers have taken on this topic. DJ Drummond: In a column for the LA Times ("93% fact free since 1991") titled "Envy Them? No. Tax Them? |
Barbara O'Brien: Update: Jonathan Chait writes about the same stuff in the LA Times. | bar.jpg |
As Africans Join Iraqi Insurgency, U.S. Counters With Military Training in Their Lands By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - A growing number of Islamic militants from northern and sub-Saharan Africa are fighting American and Iraqi forces in Iraq, fueling the insurgency with foot soldiers and some financing, American military officials say. | |
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Faiz @ThinkProgress: In reality, the Iraq war is spawning a new generation of foreign insurgent fighters who are taking the skills and... |
Billmon: A small vanguard of veterans are also returning home to countries like Morocco and Algeria, poised to use skills they... |
Saddam lawyers 'left in the dark' BBC — Permalink Saddam Hussein's lawyers say they have not yet been given any details of the case against him. Iraq's government has said the former leader could go on trial within months over alleged crimes against humanity. | |
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Gateway Pundit: Poor "Wittle" Dictator — Saddam Hussein's lawyers are making complaints today that they have not been given details of the case against their client. Dr. Steven Taylor: Saddam Trial Update — Via the BBC: Saddam lawyers 'left in the dark' [snipped quote] Indeed, while it is certainly the... |
Jeff Goldstein: Saddam's lawyers say they are being kept in the dark — From the BBC: [snipped quote] Well, leaving aside the dubious... |
Losing Our Country By / NYT — Permalink Baby boomers like me grew up in a relatively equal society. In the 1960's America was a place in which very few people were extremely wealthy, many blue-collar workers earned wages that placed them comfortably in the middle class, and working families could expect steadily rising living standards and a reasonable degree of economic security. | |
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The Poorman: Today, he whines and moans that Republican economic policies are impoverishing the middle class for the benefit of the ultra-rich. Tom Maguire: Tiptoe Through The Minefield — Paul Krugman returns to the subject of income inequality with today's column. Matt Singer: At a time when we're pretty much watching our nation's middle-class disappear, is it appropriate for the official youth... |
Barbara O'Brien: Today Paul Krugman writes, [snipped quote] The professor says that the middle class America us old folks remember ... Jon Henke: Krugman — In today's NYTime column, Paul Krugman returns to the "robber baron" complaint—believing , inexplicably,... Steve Antler: "I'll have more to say on this another day, but for now just let me point out..." Ironic that the glory days Paul... |
| Also: Brad DeLong, Attaturk, Armando @DailyKos | |
U.S. Has 'Credible' Word of Syrian Plot to Kill Lebanese By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - The United States has received "credible information" that Syrian operatives in Lebanon plan to try to assassinate senior Lebanese political leaders and that Syrian military intelligence forces are returning to Lebanon to create "an environment of intimidation," a senior administration official said Thursday. | |
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Jan Haugland: Syria plots to kill Lebanese According to a senior administration official, US intelligence has received "credible... Captain Ed: A "senior administration official" told at least two media outlets yesterday that the US has credible intelligence of... |
Steve Soto: Yet Steven Weisman of the Times reports that the intelligence community hasn't even seen this information and hasn't even had the chance to verify it. K. J. Lopez: SYRIA'S CEDAR HIT LIST NYT: [quote] WASHINGTON, June 9 - The United States has received "credible information" that Syrian...[end quote] |
I'm Trying To Learn Arabic By / Slate — Permalink When I walked into Arabic class last week, Karam, my teacher, cheerily asked me how I was doing. I said, "Tamaam, hamdulillah," which means, "Fine, thanks be to God." But I was lying. I'd just spent a full day at work and was sitting down at a desk for two hours of mind-bending grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. | |
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Phillip Carter: Linguistic Lag — Robert Lane Greene has an interesting column in Slate on the difficulties one encounters when trying to learn Arabic. Ogged @Unfogged: But Arabic is really killing me. Lots of entertaining details for all the language mavens in these here parts. |
Jan Haugland: Yeah right Robert Lane Greene has successfully convinced me to not even attempt learning Arabic. |
Affidavit Changed in Terrorism Accusation LAT — Permalink SACRAMENTO — Attorneys for a Central Valley father and son arrested in connection with a broad FBI terrorism probe plan to challenge the government case in court today over significantly differing versions of the affidavit used to charge the two men. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: The LAT story has the details (albeit they are somewhat confused): "Federal prosecutors blamed the problem on confusion... Jeralyn Merritt: Affidavit Changed in Lodi Terror Case — The most sensationalized details in the charges against the Lodi, CA terror... |
Roger Ailes: To Live and Lie In Lodi — The Bush FBI claims incompetence, which is certainly possible, but that doesn't explain why... |
Jacko Prosecutors Celebrate Early By / Fox News — Permalink The prosecutors in Michael Jackson's child molestation and conspiracy trial apparently feel they've already won their case. On Wednesday night, the whole lot of them — DA Tom Sneddon, Ron Zonen, Gordon Auchincloss, their wives and families — all celebrated at the Hitching Post restaurant in Casmalia. | |
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Mitch Berg: I was reading this piece, in which the Michael Jackson prosecution team began celebrating a verdict that has not yet been delivered. |
Paul @Wizbang: In a story about the Jackson prosecution team celebrating early: Said one observer, "This group was happy. |
Poll: Bush's Job Approval Dips to New Low By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - As the war in Iraq drags on, President Bush's job approval and the public's confidence in the direction he's taking the nation are at their lowest levels since The Associated Press-Ipsos poll began in December 2003. | |
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Oliver Willis: George Bush Is An Unpopular President — Repeat after me, news media: George Bush is an unpopular president. Gerry @DalyThoughts: Poll: Bush's Job Approval Dips to New Low AP/IPSOS: [snipped quote] More on this poll a bit later today. |
Taegan Goddard: Bush Approval Drops to New Low — "As the war in Iraq drags on, President Bush's job approval and the public's... |
Bush stops in Ohio, sidesteps coin case By / Toledo Blade — Permalink COLUMBUS - President Bush yesterday traveled to Ohio to talk about terrorism, but he arrived in the midst of the biggest statewide scandal in years and to a crowd of angry "Coingate" protesters. | |
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Kos @DailyKos: Such as these guys: "Toni Brandon, 33, said she hadn't read or heard any news about Mr. Noe or the Bureau of Workers' Compensation scandal. |
Jerome Armstrong: Noe evil — Some examples of the signs that met Bush in Ohio: "Mr. President, Give back all of my money," "What ethics?"... |
Dean's Zeal Is Looking Like Zealotry, Some Fear By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — When Howard Dean was chosen to head their party, Democrats looked forward to the benefits of his bristling energy and zest for political combat. But at a private meeting Thursday on Capitol Hill, a number of worried Senate Democrats warned Dean that he had been going overboard and needed to choose his words more carefully. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Howard Dean got roughed up by his party yesterday, and a Richard Simon story in the Los Angeles Times has the take-home quotes. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ON HAVING HAD ENOUGH — It appears that Democrats are tired of Howard Dean's antics and are quite willing to tell him so. |
Roger L. Simon: "The Dean's December" — I chose this title to honor my friend Adam Bellow's lovely meditation on his relationship with... |
Kerried Away By / WaPo — Permalink Democrats have to end their addiction to the Kerry alibi. They may be publicly castigating their national chairman, Howard Dean. But wherever two or more Democrats are gathered privately, their instinct is to blame John Kerry first. | |
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Ezra Klein: It's Not You, It's Us — EJ Dionne's column on the Kerry critics, the many Democrats who happily bash Kerry now that the election is over, rings a bit too true. Barbara O'Brien: But money seems to be the only thing the insiders respond to. Hmm. Update: See E.J. Dionne, "Kerried Away." |
Avedon Carol: E. J. Dionne, who has been off the reservation for a long time already, now goes after the conventional wisdom - or... |
A Different Timpanist By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - On the day in 1973 that the Supreme Court made abortion legal, the Pryor family of Mobile, Ala., discussed it at the dinner table. Laura Pryor recalls that she and her husband, both teachers in Roman Catholic schools, were "very upset." | |
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Orrin Judd: ORDINARY IS AS THE GANG DOES: A Different Timpanist (SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, 6/10/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Of course,... K. J. Lopez: REAL GEEK SUCCESS STORIES — From a NYTimes profile of Bill Pryor: [snipped quote] (As one who was caught watching... |
Michael DeBow: There's a very fair-minded profile of Judge Pryor in today's New York Times! |
Army bonuses may rise to $40K USA Today — Permalink The Army wants to double the top cash bonus for new recruits to $40,000 in an effort to stem a continued recruiting shortfall in the midst of the Iraq war. Congress must approve both plans. | |
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Jeff Quinton: Enlistment bonuses to increase — USA Today [snipped quote] The article doesn't mention whether enlistment bonuses will... |
Kos @DailyKos: While the Pentagon remains publicly confident that they'll be able to meet their recruitment targets this summer, their actions give away the truth. |
Dean's Remarks Draw Fire From Both Sides of Aisle By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - Just four months into his tenure as chairman of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean has found himself on unforgiving - if familiar - terrain. | |
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McQ: The Alternate Explanation for Dean's Rehtoric — It's provided by Anne Kornblut in the NY Times: "Past chairmen of both... Taegan Goddard: Dean Gets Public Support, Private Scolding — While the Boston Globe reports Senate Democrats "staged a public display... |
Barbara O'Brien: Like I Care What Ben Nelson Thinks — Anne Kornblut writes in today's New York Times: "Just four months into his tenure... |
Poll: Bush Job Approval Dips to New Low By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - When it comes to public approval, President Bush and Congress are playing "how low can you go." Bush's approval mark is 43 percent, while Congress checks in at 31 percent, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll found. Both are the lowest levels yet for the survey, started in December 2003. | |
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Steve Soto: As Senate and House Republicans make noises about abandoning Bush on private accounts for Social Security, an AP/Ipsos... Mott Street: AP Poll - Bush at Lowest Approval Levels Ever — Update [2005-6-10 6:6:24 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando. hey... |
McQ: Approval rating perspectives — You might look at this and say ... [snipped quote] ... yeah, but he's still kicking Jaques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder's asses. Atrios: Red Alert — AP Poll: "WASHINGTON - As the war in Iraq drags on, President Bush's job approval and the public's... |
Missing: My Father By / NYT — Permalink MY father, Saul Bellow died in April. Today, June 10, would have been his 90th birthday. Since his death I think about him constantly. Yet in a strange and disconcerting way, he is no more gone today than he was a few months ago, or at any other time in my life. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: ADAM BELLOW has thoughts on the death of his father. |
K. J. Lopez: A FATHER AND SON — Adam Bellow has a brutally honest piece in the New York Times today marking what would be his father's 90th birthday. |
Five Bidders Offering $40-$50 Million for Fast Co. and Inc. By / Mediaweek — Permalink Among the five prospective buyers offering between $40 million to $50 million for G+J USA Publishing’s Fast Company and Inc. is a G+J management group comprised of CEO Russell Denson, Inc. vp, publisher Lee Jones and editor John Koten, as well as Ed Sussman, managing director of the two titles’ Web sites. | |
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Jim Romenesko: Five bidders offer $40-$50 million for Fast Company and Inc. Mediaweek The bidders are Boston-based venture capital firm... |
Rex Hammock: According to MediaWeek: [snipped quote] The is in the ballpark of what I predicted in some comments I made on the weblog, BusinessPundit a while back. |
How the Left Hijacked the September 11th Memorial By / Front Page Magazine — Permalink Imagine the following scenario. A gaggle of leftist ideologues, most of them vocally hostile to the U.S.-led War on Terror and some of them inclined to believe that the U.S. itself poses the greatest threat to world peace, is tasked with creating a memorial to the victims of 9-11 terrorism and a tribute to freedom. | |
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Michelle Malkin: TAKE BACK THE MEMORIAL: MORE VOICES RAISED — The New York Times remains silent, but the New York Post weighs in:... Forkum: FrontPageMagazine has another good overview of the issue by Jacob Laksin, How the Left Hijacked the September 11th... |
Barbara O'Brien: Update, Friday: More crapola about how "the Left" is trying to "hijack" Ground Zero. |
Healey said to win Romney pledge By / Boston Globe — Permalink Governor Mitt Romney has promised to endorse Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey in the 2006 gubernatorial race if he decides to run for president, a top Republican Party official and a Healey adviser said. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Romney Would Back Healy for Governor — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) "has promised to endorse" Lt. Gov. Kerry... |
K. J. Lopez: Boston Globe: "Governor Mitt Romney has promised to endorse Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey in the 2006 gubernatorial... |
True Test of Senate Compromise Lies Ahead By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - With the confirmation Thursday of William H. Pryor Jr. and two other less contentious Bush administration nominees to federal appeals courts, the Senate completed the easy phase of its tenuous compromise on judicial candidates. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Award for the worst write-up of the state of the McCain Caucus' judges "deal" will have to go to New York Times' Carl... |
Orrin Judd: LUCY, YOU PROMISED: True Test of Senate Compromise Lies Ahead (CARL HULSE, 6/10/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] The GOP got... |
GOP Leaders Weigh Raising Soc. Sec. Age By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Struggling to breathe life into President Bush's call for sweeping Social Security legislation, Senate Republicans are considering raising the retirement age and holding down future benefits for highly paid workers. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: The Associated Press reports on the latest twists in the campaign against Social Security: [snipped quote] Grassley is... Josh Marshall: According to this article by David Espo of the Associated Press, a group of senate Republicans met privately on Thursday... |
Justin @SouthernAppeal: GOP Leaders Weigh Raising Soc. Sec. |
Syria to ease state of emergency BBC — Permalink Syria's ruling Baath party has voted to ease a state of emergency that has been in force for more than 40 years. The four-day congress also decided to allow new political parties to be formed, but parties based on religion or ethnicity are expected to be banned. | |
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Natasha @PacificViews: Syria's government has decided to relax a 40 year state of emergency. An Iranian journalist has disappeared after being let out of jail for medical treatment. Praktike: The BBC mostly reported it straight, but Nicholas Blandford was there and he reported on Bashar's bland opening speech,... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: CRACKS IN THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE — Increasingly and irrevocably, Syria is being forced to remove its authoritarian restrictions—restri ctions that have existed for decades. Marc @USSNeverdock: Syria - State of Emergency Lifted — Sort of. [snipped quote] As usual, the BBC fail to give credit where credit is due. |
Pre-9/11 Missteps By FBI Detailed By / WaPo — Permalink The inability to detect the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking plot amounts to a "significant failure" by the FBI and was caused in large part by "widespread and longstanding deficiencies" in the way the agency handled terrorism and intelligence cases, according to a report released yesterday. | |
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Cori Dauber: One More Time — A blazing headline from the Post suggests yet another report detailing FBI failures before 9/11 — but it doesn't sound as if there's much new here at all. |
Joe Gandelman: The Washington Post reports: [quote] The inability to detect the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking plot amounts to a "significant...[end quote] |
U.S. and Britain Agree on Relief for Poor Nations NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 - The United States and Britain have reached an agreement on how the billions of dollars that the world's poorest nations owe to international lenders can be erased, removing the last impediment to an accord long sought by the richest nations, a senior official involved in the negotiations said Thursday. | |
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Donald Luskin: Not a penny more...It's no surprise... From a Times front-pager the very next day, Wednesday, June 9: The United... Orrin Judd: LIMITS OF INDEBTEDNESS: U.S. and Britain Agree on Relief for Poor Nations (ELIZABETH BECKER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON,... |
John Cole: A Good First Start — At first glance this appears to be a good thing: [snipped quote] I would rather just see aid in the form of, well aid, than more future loans. |
Reid: No documents, no Bolton CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Democrats will not allow a vote on President Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador unless the White House hands over records of communications intercepts Bolton sought from the secretive National Security Agency, Minority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. | |
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Steve Clemons: As reported by CNN: [snipped quote] Cheney's wing of the White House could still potentially get Bolton to the United... Avian @DailyKos: CNN is reporting that Minority Senate Leader Harry Reid has issued an ultimatum to President Bush: Produce the documents we requested, or no Bolton. |
Joe Gandelman: A Leader Who Continues To Confound Some And Surprise Most — I'll bet you the left side of John Bolton's moustache and... Taegan Goddard: The ball is in his court," Reid, told CNN. "If they want John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, give us this information. |
Free to Choose By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Little did I know when I published an article in 1955 on "The Role of Government in Education" that it would lead to my becoming an activist for a major reform in the organization of schooling, and indeed that my wife and I would be led to establish a foundation to promote parental choice. | |
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James Joyner: Milton Friedman on School Vouchers — Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman had an interesting article, "Free to Choose," in yesterday's OpinionJournal. Joanne Jacobs: Voucher time — Fifty years after Milton Friedman proposed funding education through vouchers, the idea is starting to catch on, he writes in the Wall Street Journal. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ON SCHOOL CHOICE — The great and good Milton Friedman has an op-ed discussing the history of school choice and laying the groundwork for future activism in this area. |
Betsy Newmark: Milton Friedman writes about why he has supported school choice for fifty years and the opposition from entrenched education interests. Donald Luskin: This morning's is the history of his intellectual and moral involvement in the school choice movement — how it was his... |
Trouble on the Left Fox News — Permalink This evening's "Talking Points Memo": trouble on the left. Our pal, Howard Dean (search), is at it again. If you remember last week, he said most Republicans don't work. Well, Monday in San Francisco, he put GOPers into another category. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: The Dems may have a polarization problem, but IMO it's not the problem they think they have, or the problem Bill O'Reilly thinks they have. Tom @ScaredMonkeys: Bill O'Reilly is being vilified after his show last night insinuating that the drug lords are so influential in Aruba... |
Arianna Huffington: Arianna Huffington: Crossing Swords with O'Reilly over Gitmo — I paid a visit to The O'Reilly Factor last night in New... |
American Anarchist By / Reason — Permalink I came home Monday to a blinking red light on the answering machine, a message from an old girlfriend I hadn't spoken to in years. Her voice sounded shaky, haggard; she said she had news, that I should call her to talk. | |
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Patrick: Via Jim Henley, an affecting eulogy that braids its way through the multiverse of American demimondes in surprising ways. |
Jim Henley: Comments () » June 9, 2005 Go Read Jesse Walker's moving eulogy for an anarchist friend. |
My right to offend a fool By / Guardian — Permalink A mandate is a wonderful thing, even if this government's rests on just 22% of the electorate. A bad bill already twice rejected with a big rebellion on Labour benches was tabled again yesterday, regardless of the strength of opposition to it. | |
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Norm Geras: Religion and victimization — Polly Toynbee hits the nail on the head on the incitement to religious hatred bill. |
Harry @HarrysPlace: The shadow — Excellent piece from Polly Toynbee on the 'religious hatred' bill |
Senator Obama Says Dean Using 'Religion to Divide' Townhall.com — Permalink Washington (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) criticized Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean Wednesday night for using "religion to divide." Obama told reporters gathered at the Rock the Vote awards dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., that Dean needs to tone down his rhetoric. | |
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Eriposte @LeftCoaster: (This Townhall.com article mentions an additional Obama quote criticizing Dean). |
Orrin Judd: The only Democrats who don't like him are the ones who aren't in safe Blue seats and those with national ambitions,... |
Nerds make better lovers By / NY Daily News — Permalink Ready for a real relationship? Ditch the pretty boys and grab yourself a geek Christina Aguilera recently traded in piercings for petticoats, apparently making the usual Marilyn Monroe morph. You see, Aguilera's fiance, like Monroe's husband, playwright Arthur Miller, is kind of a geek. | |
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Ace: [Dave at Garfield Ridge] Thanks to reader Compos Mentis for forwarding this NY Daily News story. Jesse Walker: The New York Daily News is reporting that "nerds make better lovers." Kehaar: Big news for the blogosphere — New York Daily News - Nerds make better lovers. This story is making it's way across the blogosphere. |
Chris Lawrence: Something wrong with these examples — Now, ordinarily I'd be highly supportive of evidence supporting my fundamental... K. J. Lopez: "NERDS MAKE BETTER LOVERS" FALSE ADVERTISING? Does David Arquette really qualify as a "geek"? Pejman Yousefzadeh: HOPE — This is the most delightful thing that I have read in a long time. For obvious reasons: [snipped quote] Have I mentioned that I am a tremendous geek? |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds | |
Senate Approves Pryor for Appeals Court By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled Senate on Thursday approved former Alabama Attorney General William Pryor and Michigan nominees David McKeague and Richard Griffin for seats on the U.S. Appeals Court, completing an unprecedented run of long-delayed judicial confirmations. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Pryor Approved For Appeals Court In New Senate Compromise Era — The compromise piece together by Senate moderates seems... Red @ScaredMonkeys: The Democratic rant against Judge Pryor went on further. Scott Elliott: William Pryor has now been confirmed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. |
Captain Ed: William Pryor, who had already started serving on the court due to a recess appointment, won confirmation by a 53-45... James Joyner: Senate Approves Pryor for Appeals Court (AP) [snipped quote] While this was a foregone conclusion after the Gang of 14's deal, it's a good outcome. Jeralyn Merritt: William Pryor Confirmed as 11th Circuit Judge — The Senate today confirmed William Pryor as a Judge on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. |
| Also: Steve Soto, Orrin Judd, Michael DeBow | |
A Fitting Place at Ground Zero Opinion Journal — Permalink Robert Bove - Brooklyn, N.Y. My suggestion for Mr. Tofel and his supporters is to show some real courage and build their "International Freedom Center" in Damascus or Teheran. The effort might help him define freedom—and pronto. Aaron Ammerman - Arlington, Va. | |
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Charles Johnson: IFC Responds to Ground Zero Memorial Outrage — The president of the International Freedom Center, Richard Tofel, tries... Jeff Jarvis: Using the innocents, continued : Following Debra Burlingame's devastating attack on the International Freedom Center's... Forkum: In A Fitting Place at Ground Zero, Richard J. Tofel throws around a lot of quotes from Bush to Lincoln about "freedom"... |
Kevin Aylward: Today the president of the International Freedom Center, Richard Tofel, responds.A year ago tomorrow, a new institution... Michelle Malkin: BATTLE AT GROUND ZERO: THE IFC RESPONDS — Dick Tofel, president of the International Freedom Center, has a smooth piece... Barbara O'Brien: In a nutshell: The majority chose to build an International Freedom Center (IFC) to complement the memorial and serve as... |
| Also: Steve Bainbridge | |
Analysts missed Chinese buildup By / Washington Times — Permalink A highly classified intelligence report produced for the new director of national intelligence concludes that U.S. spy agencies failed to recognize several key military developments in China in the past decade, The Washington Times has learned. | |
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Praktike: Panda-Hugger Round-up — So the Reverend Moon's Bill Gertz is apparently beating the drums over some BS allegations that... John @PowerLine: They were talking about Bill Gertz's article in the Washington Times this morning about a classified intelligence report... Orrin Judd: WHERE'S THE YELLOWCAKE (via Luciferous): Analysts missed Chinese buildup (Bill Gertz, June 9, 2005, THE WASHINGTON... |
Richard TPD: But be wary — it's the Reverend Moon's Washington Times doing the reporting. Larry Kudlow: Another Intel Failure — From the always excellent Bill Gertz of the Washington Times: according to a new report, US... Glenn Reynolds: MORE INTELLIGENCE PROBLEMS: [snipped quote] "Excessive secrecy" on China's part? |
The Ninth Circuit's Revenge By / NRO — Permalink The Ninth Circuit finally got its revenge on the Supreme Court justices who seemed to delight in reversing it. In Gonzales v. Raich, it gave the conservatives a choice: Uphold the Ninth Circuit's ruling favoring individuals engaged in the wholly intrastate... | |
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James Joyner: Clarence Thomas: The Last Originalist — Randy Barnett argues in an NRO piece that this week's decision in Reich (the... Randy Barnett: My column on Gonzales v. Raich, The Ninth Circuit's Revenge, is now up on National Review Online. Pejman Yousefzadeh: Professor Barnett has a Raich roundup article here that you should check out. Key passage: [snipped quote] Good questions. |
Orin Kerr: Justice Kennedy's Vote in Raich: In his National Review piece on Raich, co-blogger Randy suggests that Justice Kennedy's... Ann Althouse: Here's Randy Barnett's piece on the medical marijuana case. Glenn Reynolds: RANDY BARNETT ON THE RAICH CASE: [snipped quote] As I've written elsewhere, stuff like this is why it's hard for me to... |
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Did Kerry really release Navy records? By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink A front page story in the Boston Globe claimed that: "Senator John F. Kerry, ending at least two years of refusal, has waived privacy restrictions and authorized the release of his full military and medical records." In another Globe story Kerry had promised "The truth in its entirety will come out." | |
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Patterico: He also has some real questions about whether Kerry has really released all his records. Dr. Steven Taylor: From the Chicago Sun-Times: Did Kerry really release Navy records? [quote] "There is nothing magic about signing a SF 180," said former Naval Judge Advocate General Mark Sullivan.[end quote] Tom Maguire: Thomas Lipscomb of the Chicago Sun-Times digs into what ought not to be a mystery - just how did Kerry fill out his Form 180, and what records were released? |
Captain Ed: Lipscomb reminds his readers that the SF-180 is not a magic bullet, and that the scope of release depends on how the... Charles Johnson: Thomas Lipscomb looks at John F. Kerry's much-ballyhooed release of records—and discovers that like so much to do... Marc @USSNeverdock: But as THOMAS H. LIPSCOMB points out it depends on how you fill out Form 180. This last part is telling. |
| Also: JD @SouthernAppeal, Scott @PowerLine, Joe Gandelman, PoliPundit | |
Whose Asian Century? By / WaPo — Permalink China prepares to head a great manufacturing empire. But empires unravel, usually from within. The forces that will determine which nations will dominate the 21st century may yet favor India's emerging reach for global power status more than China's determined grasp for that prize. | |
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Jan Haugland: Jim Hoagland suggests that India may well eclipse China. Ezra Klein: Anyway, read the op-ed, it's thought provoking stuff. Dale Franks: But, as Jim Hoagland writes in the Washington Post today, some of our assumptions about the Asian Century may be wrong. |
DJ Drummond: Mr. Hoagland's article, titled "Whose Asian Century?", examines the race between China and India for economic dominance in Asia. Orrin Judd: THE ANTI-FRIEDMAN: Whose Asian Century? (Jim Hoagland, June 9, 2005, Washington Post) [snipped quote] Makes for interesting comparison to Tom Friedman's piece yesterday. Rich Lowry: INDIA, NOT CHINA... ....might be Asia's rising power, according to Jim Hoagland. |
Transcript: President Bush on 'Your World' Fox News — Permalink This is a partial transcript from "Your World with Neil Cavuto," June 8, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Mr. President, welcome to FOX. It's great to have you. GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you, Neil. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: A Slow, Fat Softball neilcavuto.jpgLast night saw two competing A-List media parties in Washington—Roll Call's 50th... Michelle Malkin: Here is the full transcript. This is the relevant portion (with a few of my comments in brackets): [snipped quote] Ugh. Jeffrey Dubner: Here's what Bush said: [snipped quote] It takes some pretty wishful thinking to turn this into the headline, "Bush considers closing Guantanamo prison." |
Attaturk: Wow, as an interviewer Neal Cavuto could suck the chrome off a Buick. Ace: Here's the entire exchange from his interview with Cavuto: [Additional comments by Dave at Garfield Ridge] "CAVUTO:... K. J. Lopez: Neil Cavuto asked that of the president. I know the few times I've met the president I have been in total groupie mode, so I shouldn't talk. |
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Taft's office told in October about $225 million loss; e-mail from Conrad said firm overleveraged account By / Toledo Blade — Permalink COLUMBUS — Gov. Bob Taft's office learned seven months ago — not this week — that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation had lost $225 million in a high-risk investment. | |
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Ted @CrookedTimber: Then, when I saw that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation had agreed to turn their long-bond fund into a... Angry Bear: Risky Scheme — Now I finally understood what Al Gore meant by "risky scheme" — Ted Barlow of Crooked Timber on the... Jesse Taylor: He's a walking sack. [snipped quote] I suppose it's possible that he still maintained neuter status, and he just never read the e-mail, as his office contends. |
Attaturk: For reknowned coin-investor, GOP-Money Man, Thomas Noe: They used to tell me I was building a dream Or so I read on the... Atrios: Resign — I don't know if the state of Ohio has an mechanism to remove a sitting governor, but I think it's about time for him to resign. Cookie Jill: "- toledo blade" but the gov claims he didn't find out about it until he read the newspaper...and he won't talk to anyone. |
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Syria's secular and Islamist opposition unite against Baathists By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink DAMASCUS, SYRIA - It's often said here that the secular activists represent the head of the opposition movement and the Islamists the heart. So long as the two stayed apart, they were little threat to the Syrian government. | |
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Greg Piper: Syria faces a perfect storm of Islamists and secularists — Cross-posted at The Smoking Room Could the greatest threat... Orrin Judd: A BABY HAS A WAY OF BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER: Syria's secular and Islamist opposition unite against Baathists: The... |
Praktike: And Blandford thinks that the secular opposition may be getting its act together by linking up with the Islamists, which... |
Canadian Court Chips Away at National Health Care By / NYT — Permalink TORONTO, June 9 - The Canadian Supreme Court struck down a Quebec law banning private medical insurance today, dealing an acute blow to the publicly financed national health care system. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: When I read that "Canadian Court Chips Away at National Health Care" I started getting pretty nervous and thanked my... James Joyner: Canadian Court Chips Away at National Health Care — Canadian Court Chips Away at National Health Care (NYT | RSS) [snipped quote] Interesting. |
Ezra Klein: So here's my chance. The Quebec courts were right to strike the law banning all forms of private insurance in the country. Jonathan H. Adler: I don't know much about the Canadian legal system (or health care policy), but this report makes it sound like a big deal. |
Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery in Liberalism By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 8 - Janice Rogers Brown, the African-American daughter of Alabama sharecroppers who was confirmed Wednesday to the federal appeals court here, often invokes slavery in describing what she sees as the perils of liberalism. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: Janice Rogers Brown — The NYT has a write-up of newly confirmed Appeals Court Judge, Janice Rogers Brown: Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery in Liberalism. Barbara O'Brien: , David Kirkpatrick writes in the New York Times, "Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery in Liberalism. Orrin Judd: ORDINARY EXTREMIST: Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery in Liberalism (DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, 6/09/05, NY Times) |
Steve M.: And we learn that whereas Howard Dean apparently went beyond the pale when he called the GOP "pretty much a white... Jesse Taylor: Reading the belated Janice Rogers Brown profile in today's New York Times, and this passage struck me: "Her family was... Lindsay Beyerstein: Rogers Brown says democracy is slavery — Why is the New York Times providing cover for a zealot like Janice Rogers... |
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Indirect U.S. Talks With Iraq Rebels Reported By / LAT — Permalink BAGHDAD — The U.S. Embassy has held indirect talks with members of violent Iraqi insurgent groups, a U.S. official said Wednesday, edging back from a long-standing position not to negotiate with terrorists or those who have American or Iraqi blood on their hands. | |
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Justin Raimondo: The Los Angeles Times account of talks with the insurgency quotes a U.S. official in Baghdad as saying: "We really are... Bill Roggio: The Los Angles Times and the Washington Times both report high level negotiations are occurring between the domestic elements of the insurgency and the US military. |
Juan Cole: Borzou Daragani in the LA Times reports on back channel contacts between the US Embassy in Baghdad and the Sunni Arab guerrilla movements. |
The Media's False Modesty By / NRO — Permalink You gotta admire the liberal media's modesty. For the last three years, it has been promoting the story that the Bush administration has a policy of torturing terror detainees. | |
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Ed Driscoll: Today, Heather MacDonald explains how that echo chamber works: [snipped quote] Read the rest; MacDonald believes the... Glenn Reynolds: FALSE MODESTY? Well, the real kind is out of the question. |
Scott @PowerLine: A deserved tribute — At NRO yesterday, Heather Mac Donald paid deserved tribute to the media on a subject that both... |
Democratic leaders stand up for Dean Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — A round of criticism from fellow Democrats and major donors about Howard Dean's four-month tenure as Democratic National Committee chairman has prompted Senate leaders to rise to his defense at a public event planned for today. | |
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Tom Maguire: Harold Ford Missed The "Get Behind Dean" Memo — Dems are rallying behind Dean, but Harold Ford of TN missed the memo. Hugh Hewitt: From the Boston Globe's reporting: "Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, blasted Dean for the same remark in a speech on the Senate floor. Chris Andersen: Now we hear from the real leaders: [snipped quote] The article could do a better job of pointing out that the stories... |
Red @ScaredMonkeys: Now it appears that because the division is beginning to occur in a public way, The Democratic Party is going to show a pseudo show of unity that frankly no one is buying. Barbara O'Brien: I 'spect the Dems might find out the Beast has lost some teeth. Update: "Democratic Leaders Stand Up for Dean." Avedon Carol: Democratic leaders stand up for Dean: A round of criticism from fellow Democrats and major donors about Howard Dean's... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Orrin Judd, Pudentilla, Kathryn Jean Lopez | |
Bush lied about war? Nope, no news there! By / Salon — Permalink Halfway through Sunday's "Meet the Press," host Tim Russert, interviewing Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, asked about a secret, top-level British government memorandum. | |
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Norbizness: Damn not-straight: "The fact that it took five weeks for more than a handful of Washington reporters to focus on the... Billmon: Downing Street Redux — Eric Boehlert at Salon did a more thorough and concise job than I did of flaying the corporate... Jeralyn Merritt: Eric Boehlert asks what took so long in bringing the Downing Street Memo to the media's attention? [snipped quote] [link via Atrios. |
Atrios: Famous — This is pretty stunning: The memo was leaked this year to the Times of London, which printed it on May 1. Echidne: More on the Downing Street Memo — The Salon has a good article on the idiotic situation we find ourselves in right now... |
Senate Confirms William Pryor By / WaPo — Permalink For the third time in 15 days, the Senate confirmed a conservative appellate court nominee who had long been stymied by Democratic filibusters, giving President Bush another victory today from a bipartisan accord that averted a partisan showdown. | |
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Red @ScaredMonkeys: Pryor's confirmation although certain as ordained by the previous filibuster compromise (agreed to by the 7 dwarves x 2)... Nathan Hallford: MSM Coverage: You can read about Judge Pryor's confirmation in both the Washington Post and New York Times. |
Paul @PowerLine: This one is sweet too — The Senate has confirmed William Pryor by a vote of 53-45. Three Republicans defected — Senators Collins, Snowe, and Chafee. |
Militants Display Pictures of Torn Qurans By / AP — Permalink JERUSALEM - The militant Islamic Jihad on Wednesday presented pictures of torn copies of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, claimed they were taken inside an Israeli prison and said soldiers were responsible for the desecration. They show two Qurans with torn pages. | |
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Christopher Kanis: Israel accused of desecrating Korans — Militants Display Pictures of Torn Qurans "The militant Islamic Jihad on... John @PowerLine: It worked for the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, so now Palestinian prisoners are claiming that Israeli soldiers... Steve Antler: Yet another Israeli atrocity... This was done just before the prisoners' blood was drained so they could make matzos for next Passover. |
Jan Haugland: Terrorists allege Israeli 'Quran abuse' — The US media's self-flagellation over alleged "Quran abuse" has given terrorists a brand new propaganda weapon against Israel. Omri Ceren: No Seriously, We Believe You — Showing that it only takes them a couple of months to pick up on new ways to start... K. J. Lopez: THE LIKES OF HAMAS have definitely made it hard for me to get too outraged over this. |
DoD assumes responsibility for releasing recruiting stats By / Army Times — Permalink The Army and Marine Corps, as they struggle with recruiting shortfalls, will no longer announce their monthly recruiting numbers at the beginning of each month. Instead, the Defense Department will approve the release of recruiting statistics for all four services. | |
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Von @ObsidianWings: Fortunately, the Department of Defense has a solution: It's going to stop releasing recruitment figures. Kos @DailyKos: You stop reporting them until the Pentagon can massage the numbers. |
John Cole: Last night, it was reported that the Army is going to miss its recruiting goals for the fourth month in a row, this time... Zoe Kentucky: I Feel a Draft — This is not good. [snipped quote] That's the answer to the problem of too-low recruitment numbers— be able to sit on the numbers or just stop talking about them. |
US arrests renew terror concerns By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink LOS ANGELES - The arrest this week of two rural California men, after one acknowledged he attended an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan to "learn to kill Americans," has revived questions about the hidden presence of potential terrorists on the home front. | |
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Smash: This is the question that every American should be asking, the day after five men were detained and questioned as part... |
Joe Gandelman: As The Christian Science Monitor puts it: "The arrest this week of two rural California men, after one acknowledged he... |
No to Hillary By / Townhall.com — Permalink LOS ANGELES — Back east, well-placed Democrats have agreed that the party's 2008 nomination is all wrapped up better than three years in advance. They say that the prize is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's for the asking, and that she is sure to ask. | |
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TheAnchoress: UPDATE: Bob Novak takes a random sampling and suggests Hillary does not have it all sewn up in Collyfornia. Tom @ScaredMonkeys: An Excerpt from Novak: [snipped quote] While all this sounds good, I think that when push comes to shove, these Californians will be waving the Hillary banner long and hard. Orrin Judd: THE NORTH ATLANTIC PARTY: No to Hillary (Robert Novak, June 9, 2005, Townhall) [snipped quote] And John McCain could certainly beat her in CA. |
Betsy Newmark: Robert Novak says that there are those Democrats on the west coast who oppose the seeming coronation of Hillary Clinton as the 2008 nominee. Michelle Malkin: NOVAK: THE HILLARY '08 EXPRESS HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD — Bob Novak visits California and finds "surprising and... |
Iraq President Averts Political Crisis By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's president averted a crisis Thursday by promising Sunni Arabs a big say in drafting the constitution — clearing the way for them to join a Shiite-dominated panel now working around the clock in a cavernous, dusty auditorium. | |
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James Joyner: Sunnis Join Iraq Constitutional Convention — Iraq President Averts Political Crisis (AP) "Iraq's president averted a... |
Hugh Hewitt: This afternoon a wire report arrives, headlined "Iraq President Averts Political Crisis." Ta da, more progress. |
Schools need to go back to basics Townhall.com — Permalink HAWKSHEAD, England - At the grammar school where the romantic poet William Wordsworth studied in the late 18th century, one can still learn lessons that might, indeed should, be applied in English and American schools. | |
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Hunter @DailyKos: I Wandered Lonely As Your Editor — Oh for the love of mittens... via Pandagon, Man of Enlightenment Cal Thomas: "At... |
Amanda Marcotte: Naked longing for the 19th century from Townhall — Under the guise of criticizing America's educational system, Cal... |
Dean focusing on Democrats' agenda despite flap over comments AFP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former presidential contender Howard Dean insisted he is focused on advancing his Democratic Party's political agenda, despite a firestorm over his recent incendiary, anti-Republican comments. That is the business of these senators and that's what I'm here to help. | |
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Kevin Aylward: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defending DNC Chairman Howard Dean moments after disassociating herself from his recent dimwittery. |
Ace: Pelosi on Dean [John from WuzzaDem] Let me start by apologizing for that mental image.. Moving on: According to to House... |
The boyo bellows on Steyn Online — Permalink Tom Jones turned 65 on June 7th 2005 and there were celebrations across Wales and beyond. Here's what I wrote in The Sunday Telegraph and The National Post about old indestructible pants for his 60th birthday - and amazingly, five years on, Tom's pretty much carrying on as usual: | |
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Michael DeBow: Tom Jones turned 65 this week, prompting Mark Steyn to post the column he wrote in 2000 on the occasion of the singer's 60th birthday. K. J. Lopez: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, TOM JONES from Mark Steyn |
LeanLeft: Mark Steyn has a hilarious piece (recycled from the same occasion 5 years ago) on Tom Jones's 65th (!) birthday, this week. |
2005 EPpy Award Winners Announced in New Orleans Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW ORLEANS The 2005 EPpy Award winners are: Finalists: OCRegister.com, Get Out! Winner: wtopnews.com (WTOP Radio, Washington, D.C.) | |
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Kevin Roderick: • The Orange County Register won an EPpy Award from Editor & Publisher for the best Internet community service effort by a media outlet with less than one million circulation. |
Jim Romenesko: Check out the winners of the 2005 EPpy Awards — Editor & Publisher NYTimes.com won for Best Overall... |