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In Iraq, No Clear Finish Line By / WaPo — Permalink The Bush administration has sent seemingly conflicting signals in recent days over the duration of the U.S. deployment to Iraq, openly discussing contingency plans to withdraw as many as 30,000 of 138,000 troops by spring, then cautioning against expectations of any early pullout. | |
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Digby: In a story called "No Clear Finish Line" Peter Baker examines the fact that the administration is really becoming stuck in its Iraq policy as the country turns against the war. Frederick Maryland: Iraq: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the ... As the Washington Post reports, President Bush yesterday tried to reframe... Steve Soto: As Bush said yesterday that he won't consider drawing down the troops, and as the Pentagon plans to actually increase... |
Michael @AmericaBlog: The Washington Post called the confusion a case of "seemingly mixed signals" and suggested Bush's people were no clearer than anyone else about what should be happening or when. James Joyner: Reporter Peter Baker adds to this with an op-ed (er, "Analysis") on page 1 of the same edition: In Iraq, No Clear Finish... Orrin Judd: LET GO, GEORGE: In Iraq, No Clear Finish Line: Timing Is Muddy For U.S. Pullout (Peter Baker, August 12, 2005,... |
Tabloid's Deal With Woman Shielded Schwarzenegger LAT — Permalink SACRAMENTO — Days after Arnold Schwarzenegger jumped into the race for governor and girded for questions about his past, a tabloid publisher wooing him for a business deal promised to pay a woman $20,000 to sign a confidentiality agreement about an alleged affair with the candidate. | |
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Joe Gandelman: This latest LA Times story won't help: "SACRAMENTO — Days after Arnold Schwarzenegger jumped into the race for... Chris Nolan: And today's story in the LATimes about how the tabloid that paid Schwarzenegger to 'edit' its magazines paid a woman for a story it never ran stinks well past high heaven. Cookie Jill: magazine shielding "imelda"(aka meal ticket) from more womanizing troubles the latimes is reporting |
DC Media Girl: More on payoffs — You know, I'm not easily shocked, but I admit that this revelation knocked me for a loop: SACRAMENTO... Ezra Klein: Last month's scandal where Arnold's second job as magazine publisher nicely intersected with his first job as... Kevin Roderick: Buying silence for Arnold — Arnold in 1967The L.A. Times has a story saying that American Media, the tabloid publisher... |
| Also: Kevin Drum, Susie Madrak, Taegan Goddard, Jim Romenesko | |
COMMISSION COVERUP? By / New York Post — Permalink IT'S starting to look as if the 9/11 Commission turned a blind eye to key questions that could embarrass one of its own members — Clinton-era Justice Department honcho Jamie Gorelick. This week brought the stunning revelation that elite military spies pinpointed Mohammed Atta and three... | |
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MarkInMexico: Did Gorelick and Reno set us up for 9/11? It's beginning to look that way. Michelle Malkin: Scott points to Deborah Orin's NYPost article, "Commission Cover-up?" putting the heat on Jamie Gorelick: "Commission... Betsy Newmark: Deborah Orin also points an accusing finger at Jamie Gorelick. "It gets worse. Gorelick's defenders might argue that hindsight is 20-20. |
Jeff Goldstein: And speaking of Gorelick, here's the New York Post's Deborah Orin, "Commission Cover-up?" Captain Ed: Deborah Orin reminds us of the problem in today's New York Post in her analysis of the deliberate omission of Able... Scott @PowerLine: You kidding me?" See also Deborah Orin's New York Post column: "Commission coverup?" |
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Lessons for an Exit Strategy By / WaPo — Permalink There have been conflicting reports about the timing of American troop withdrawals from Iraq. Gen. George Casey, commander of U.S. forces there, has announced that the United States intends to begin a "fairly substantial" withdrawal of U.S. forces after the projected December elections establish a constitutional government. | |
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Scott @PowerLine: On a related note, Henry Kissinger's Washington Post column provides a serious analysis of the difficult choices... James Joyner: Lessons for an Exit Strategy (WaPo, A19) "A review of withdrawal strategy therefore seems in order. Jo Fish: Henry the K, ladies man of the Nixxon administration has an interesting op-ed in the Post today. |
Justin Gardner: Kissinger On Iraq Troop Withdrawal — Somebody alert Christopher Hitchens…Henry Kissinger is talking about the Iraq war and how it relates to Vietnam. McQ: Kissinger on an Iraq Exit Strategy — Henry Kissinger has a detailed article in today's Washington Post in which he... Stephen Green: Required Reading — Kissinger. |
No backing down for jailed reporter By / Newsday — Permalink It's been more than five weeks in a federal prison for New York Times reporter Judith Miller and there's little sign of any stand-down in the confrontation that caused her to be jailed for refusing to reveal her confidential sources in the Valerie Plame/CIA leak case. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Judith Miller, Star Chambers and Shield Laws — "Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down ....Tom Petty" Judith Miller is staying put. Garrett M. Graff: Miller: Blogs Suck judith_millerblogs.jpgWor d from Judy Miller's jail cell today that she misses reading the internet. Jim Romenesko: What bothers NYT's Miller is that she can't read the Internet — Newsday | Reason.com "People are telling her about some... |
DC Media Girl: Very small pity party — So Judy Miller's getting frustrated in the slammer: "It's tough, but she is fine. Atrios: Waaaah — Miller: [snipped quote] What the hell does that mean? |
Intelligence? You Kidding Me? NRO — Permalink James Jesus Angleton on "Able Danger." At first I thought there was a short circuit in the ouija board, because there were sparks coming out of the thing, just when I thought I'd finally connected with my old friend, the late James Jesus Angleton, former head of CIA counterintelligence. | |
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Andy McCarthy: RE: ABLE DANGER — To pile on J-Pod's comments about the usability by law enforcement of intelligence gathered by the... Jan Haugland: The ghost of intelligence failures past — Michael Ledeen channels James Jesus Angleton (I mean, through his... Kathryn Jean Lopez: Michael Ledeen, natch, provides. |
Roger L. Simon: I think it was a someone named Angleton (?) talking in a distant voice about security matters with my guest who apparently believes in ghosts: JJA: It wasn't illegal, first of all. Scott @PowerLine: UPDATE: At NRO, Michael Ledeen adds an important qualification to the issue: "Intelligence? You kidding me?" |
Career Lawyer Gets Oversight of CIA Probe By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - David Margolis, a lawyer at the Justice Department for 40 years, was named Friday to oversee a special prosecutor's investigation of who in the Bush administration disclosed the name of an undercover CIA officer. Comey will be Lockheed Martin's new general counsel. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Comey himself made the designation today before he left...it will be David Margolis, who has been a Justice Department lawyer for 40 years. |
Joe @AmericaBlog: Career Lawyer, not Skull and Bones Pal, to head Plame Case — This is an interesting development. |
Liberals lag conservatives in political blog presence By / Washington Times — Permalink Liberal activist Web loggers have made major advances on the Internet, but they remain far behind their conservative adversaries among the top 250 political blogs, according to a study by a Democratic think tank. | |
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Chris Bowers: For example, I expect spin like this from the Washington Times: Click "Extended Entry" for the rest... Media :: Fri Aug... Nick Gillespie: "I'll trade you one Hugh Hewitt and a Michelle Malkin for a Daily Kos..." [snipped quote] Whole thing, by Wash Times' Donald Lambro, here. |
Paul @PowerLine: On a more optimistic note, the Washington Times cites a study by some liberal think tank showing that liberal bloggers remain well behind their conservative adversaries. |
Physics enlisted to help singles BBC — Permalink Successful couples are said to have chemistry, but a study by an Oxford graduate suggests that dating may actually have more to do with physics. Richard Ecob adapted a system for modelling atoms in radioactive decay to investigate how we look for partners. | |
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Plutonium Page: Today, I came across this article on the BBC News site: Physics enlisted to help singles I'm serious. |
Ann Althouse: The BBC has this: [snipped quote] I'm guessing Ecob is remaining in one place waiting another to come to him. |
Heat dashes Palestinian quest for longest sandwich Reuters — Permalink Palestinians abandoned a quest to build the world's longest sandwich on Wednesday after health officials told them their 750-meter construction risked rotting in the West Bank summer sun. | |
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Blackavar: Palestinian Sandwich Hopes Dashed — Hmmmm... According to Ha'aretz, "Heat Dashes Palestinian Quest for Longest Sandwich." |
JPod: WHAT A TRIUMPH FOR AN ABORNING NATION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN — Palestinians have to abandon their quest to build the world's biggest sandwich. |
Atta Boy, Democrats Investor's Business Daily — Permalink National Security: The knowledge that Mohammed Atta was affiliated with al-Qaida was known at least a year before Sept. 11, but political correctness and walls between agencies built by Democrats kept it a secret. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Investors Business Daily comes out with a pretty scorching editorial on the Commission covering up the information that... Ann Althouse: Here's the very harsh Investor's Business Daily editorial: [quote] [Curt Weldon, R-Pa. said] "They put stickies on the face of...[end quote] |
Steve Bainbridge: IBD on Gorelick — Investors Business Daily has a fierce editorial on the recent reports about 9/11 and who knew what... |
The Resurgence of Movement Politics By / The Nation — Permalink Progressives have spent the last four years in a state of shock, unable to believe what's going on in this country, and holding out hope that things will get better by themselves. | |
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RJ Eskow: in his latest nation piece, david describes the long-term ideological strategy that led to conservative victory, using... |
David Sirota: The Resurgence of Movement Politics — The Nation Magazine has published an essay of mine based on the speech I gave to the United Steelworkers earlier this week. |
Interview With Former President Bill Clinton; Fuel Truck Threat?; Canines Guarding America CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Wolf Blitzer and you're in THE SITUATION ROOM, where news and information from around the world arrive in one place simultaneously, on... | |
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DC Media Girl: Quite the little cheap shot artist — Not sure if you all caught this on CNN's Situation Room yesterday, but the... John Cole: Transcript here. And lightning bolts are going to come from the sky and strike me dead, but it sure would be nice if Jimmuh Cahtah was half as classy an ex-President as Clinton. |
Brian Stelter: I Try To Make News "And You Try To Avoid News," Blitzer Tells Clinton — From Bill Clinton's Situation Room interview... |
Stop the Roberts Bombing By / WaPo — Permalink Can we please come up with a better way of arguing about Supreme Court nominees? Fellow liberals, face it: The advertisement created by NARAL, the abortion rights group that opposes John Roberts's nomination to the Supreme Court, is outrageous. | |
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Captain Ed: E.J. Dionne: Stop The Insanity — E.J. Dionne tries to restore sanity to the Left after watching NARAL squander their... John Cole: Update *** EJ Dionne: Can we please come up with a better way of arguing about Supreme Court nominees? |
McQ: Why didn't NARAL? E J Dionne: "Can we please come up with a better way of arguing about Supreme Court nominees? Orrin Judd: Stop the Roberts Bombing (E. J. Dionne Jr., August 12, 2005, Washington Post) "Fellow liberals, face it: The... |
The new chauvinism By / Guardian — Permalink Out of the bombings a national consensus has emerged: what we need in Britain is a renewed sense of patriotism. The rightwing papers have been making their usual noises about old maids and warm beer, but in the past 10 days they've been joined by Jonathan... | |
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Ace: At Least He's Honest: Lefty George Monbiot Admits Contradiction Between Left-Liberalism and Patriotism — He doesn't... |
Iain Murray: BRITISH ENVIROMENTALISTS WEIGH IN — George "Moonbat" Monbiot, perhaps the environmental activist most detached from... |
NYC Officials Release 9/11 Oral Histories By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept. 11 and hours of radio transmissions, a vast mine of records that evoked anew the chaos and horror of the attack. | |
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Andrew Cochran: Newly Released NYFD 9-11 Attack Records Remind Us: NEVER FORGET & NEVER AGAIN (updated with links to tapes) The NYC Fire... |
TheAnchoress: 9/11 Transcripts, Read and Remember The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories... |
Pape-al Fallibility: It's Not All About Us By / TCS — Permalink Islamists have killed thousands of Westerners over the past couple of years — thousands in New York City alone. But they have killed far more of their own fellow Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, and too many other places to list. | |
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Michael J. Totten: It's Not All About Us — My new Tech Central Station column is up: [snipped quote] Read the rest... |
Michael Totten: IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US: My new Tech Central Station column is up: [snipped quote] Read the rest... |
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" makes a living cleaning fish tanks and occasionally prostituting himself. How much he charges I'm not sure, but the price is worth it if it keeps him off the streets and out of another movie. | |
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Gary Farber: I HAPPEN TO HAVE MARSHALL MCLUHAN STANDING RIGHT HERE. Roger throws down on Rob Schneider. [snipped quote] Zero stars. |
Stephen Green: Short & Sweet Movie Review — "Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks." I told you so. |
Mother who lost son in Iraq war camps out by Bush ranch By / Independent — Permalink President Bush said that he understood the grief of anti-war campaigners like the mother who lost a son in Iraq and is now leading a protest near his Texas ranch, but insisted it would be totally wrong to withdraw US troops now. | |
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Jon Henke: The NYTimes and The Independent have addressed it... [snipped quote] My heart goes out to this mother. Michael @AmericaBlog: Cindy Sheehan's Story Going International — The Independent in the UK is the latest international media outlet to tell... |
Dan @AndrewSullivan: As we all know now, the folks in this administration doesn't listen to members of their own party about the conduct of... |
Justice Department Losing Top Officials at Busy Time By / WaPo — Permalink The Justice Department's second-in-command, James B. Comey, is clearing out his desk today to take a job as Lockheed Martin Corp.'s general counsel. The department's sprawling criminal division has been without a permanent chief for three months. | |
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Susie Madrak: They actually appointed a career prosecutor to oversee Patrick Fitzgerald and the Plame investigation, instead of Bush's... |
Steve Soto: Bush Buddy Will Now Supervise Patrick Fitzgerald — Read the last paragraph on this piece in the Post about James... |
The New Ernie Pyles: Sgtlizzie and 67cshdocs By / WaPo — Permalink BAGHDAD — There were no reporters riding shotgun on the highway north of Baghdad when a roadside bomb sent Sgt. Elizabeth Le Bel's Humvee lurching into a concrete barrier. The Army released a three-sentence statement about the incident in which her driver, a fellow soldier, was killed. | |
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Blackfive: Colin G. sends this one - Jonathon Finer of the Washington Post wrote an article on MilBlogs. Finally, someone featured Sgt. Lizzie. Jim Romenesko: Today's Ernie Pyles are bloggers like "Sgtlizzie," "67cshdocs" — Washington Post At least 200 active-duty soldiers have blogs, reports Jonathan Finer. |
James Joyner: The New Ernie Pyles: Sgtlizzie and 67cshdocs [snipped quote] The policy seems quite reasonable. |
Police arrest armed man at U.N. garage CNN — Permalink What Is This? UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — A California man — allegedly armed with two guns, a large knife and over 200 rounds of ammunition — was arrested Thursday as he tried to enter a United Nations parking garage, authorities said. | |
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Lindsay Beyerstein: "They all look a certain way" II — Wabc_081205_un1_1 "Police arrest armed man at U.N. garage UNITED NATIONS (CNN) —... |
Montag: Yesterday: CNN.com: Man arrested with suspected explosive at airport Today: CNN.com: Police arrest armed man at U.N. garage Both found via Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise. |
Hot Chick Flick NRO — Permalink Looking beyond the "Same Ho. New Low." package. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo is completely ridiculous. But Deuce Bigalow is irresistible. | |
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Kathryn Jean Lopez: BUSH'S HOLOCAUST—OH YES, I FORGOT AGAIN — I was busy reading my "you are a disgrace" e-mails about Duece when I came... |
Warren Bell: ONE SENSES THE STEADYING HAND OF KARL ROVE — Who else could get the prominently Catholic, occasionally Mother... |
Shiites Call for Own State in South WaPo — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 11 — Waving posters of Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, thousands of chanting Shiite Muslims signaled approval for a call Thursday by their leaders for a separate Shiite federal state in central and southern Iraq. | |
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Frederick Maryland: To fully appreciate the magnitude of this development, permit The Post to paint a picture of this secessionary demand James Joyner: Shiites Call for Own State in South — Another complication has arisen in the efforts of the Iraqis to write a permanent... |
Captain Ed: Shi'ites invoking the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini demanded a secession of southern Iraq in order to form an... |
Blitzed Out By / Slate — Permalink CNN's new afternoon news show The Situation Room (not to be confused with MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson, which has just been banished to the attic of an 11 p.m. time slot) is the latest example of what CNN president Jonathan Klein describes as his network's "newfound dedication to being the newsy alternative." | |
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Brian Stelter: Situation Room: "Impressive Technical Achievement & Colossal Bore" sitaugust12.jpgThe highlights from Slate's Dana... Jim Romenesko: Boring "Situation Room" tries too hard to seem different — Slate That's what Dana Stevens says about the new CNN show, anchored by Wolf Blitzer. |
Garrett M. Graff: 'The Situation Room' Every Three Minutes — In her review of CNN's new "The Situation Room," Slate's television critic,... |
Antiwar Activists Decry Media's Role in Promoting Pentagon Event By / WaPo — Permalink Organizers of next month's planned antiwar demonstrations yesterday criticized media organizations, including The Washington Post, for co-sponsoring with the Department of Defense an event to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and to support the troops in Iraq. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Post Responds To 9/11 Criticism — The Post today takes the front page of the Style section to weigh in on yesterday's... Julian Sanchez: The Washington Post reports on flak the paper's been catching for co-sponsoring a Defense Department–run concert event called "Freedom Walk." |
Jim Romenesko: WP, other news orgs blasted for sponsoring Pentagon event — Washington Post Some say media support of the Pentagon's... |
Campbell not ruling out campaign for governor By / Rocky Mountain News — Permalink WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell said Thursday that he still is considering a possible run for Colorado governor in 2006, although it would take a lot to coax him out of a comfortable - and lucrative - retirement. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Nighthorse Campbell May Run for Governor — Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) said that he is considering a... |
Alexander K. McClure: 2006 Colorado Governor Race — Former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is contemplating running for Governor in Colorado next year. |
Romney to pay new visit to a primary state By / Boston Globe — Permalink Governor Mitt Romney will speak at a major gathering of Michigan Republicans next month, in his third trip since March to an early primary state that would be crucial for him if he runs for president in 2008. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Romney, McCain Head to Michigan — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) plans to speak at "a major gathering of Michigan... |
Orrin Judd: CHASING AFTER THE FRONT-RUNNER: Romney to pay new visit to a primary state (Scott S. Greenberger, August 12, 2005,... |
City Probe Began 19 Months Ago By / New York Sun — Permalink The Department of Investigation's probe into the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx began in January 2004, more than a year before the department labeled the nonprofit organization a "non-responsible" city contractor, terminating the club's city contracts. | |
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Captain Ed: In his report today, Lombino discovers that Air America lacks confidence in its creditor's legitimacy |
Michelle Malkin: The New York Sun reports that the city Department of Investigation began its probe 19 months ago—5 months before... |
'Sopranos' Adds Eight 'Bonus' Episodes AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES - When "The Sopranos" finally arrives next year for its sixth season, fans of the HBO mob drama will get more than they expected. Eight "bonus" episodes are planned in addition to the 12 previously announced for the series, set to return in March 2006 after nearly two years without a first-run episode, HBO said Thursday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Well, yes and no... [snipped quote] Is this surprsing? |
Justin @SouthernAppeal: The best news I've heard all morning: 'Sopranos' Adds Eight 'Bonus' Episodes |
Blindly battling over Roberts By / LAT — Permalink I'M HAVING a hard time figuring out who's less rational: the liberal activists campaigning to defeat John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination, or the conservative activists campaigning to support it. | |
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McQ: Just ask Dan Rather. UPDATE: Jonathan Chiat takes NARAL to task: "Roberts is widely regarded as extremely intelligent. Kathryn Jean Lopez: Jonathan Chait rarely disappoints. |
Orrin Judd: MORE: Blindly battling over Roberts (Jonathan Chait, August 12, 2005, LA Times) "Roberts is widely regarded as extremely intelligent. |
Content Like Air Kisses Business Week — Permalink Jason Binn's fast-growing empire of luxury magazines is either the future of publishing or a key signifier of an ultra-shallow society. Binn (born Binstock) is the 37-year-old CEO of Niche Media LLC. Niche publishes free glossies that target the upper crust of New York, Los Angeles, Aspen, and the Hamptons. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Fine, who himself has appeared twice in the Binn glossies, quasi-profiles Binn and his empire of super-lux magazines ranging from Boston to Aspen to L.A. |
Jim Romenesko: Additional items for August 12, 2005 > Hattiesburg reporter not allowed to protest closed meeting (HA) > Binn's... |
What's Wrong With Cutting and Running? By / MediaChannel.org — Permalink Everything that opponents of a pullout say would happen if the U.S. left Iraq is happening already, says retired Gen. William E. Odom, the head of the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration. So why stay? | |
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Brad Plumer: I started reading this after seeing Gen. William Odom's argument that a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq wouldn't damage American "credibility." |
Pessimist @LeftCoaster: No, it wasn't even your bungled invasion of Iraq, designed to make them the captive customer base of American corporations. |
Abortion Rights Group Withdraws Roberts Ad By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - After a week of protests by conservatives, an abortion rights group said Thursday night it is withdrawing a television advertisement linking Supreme Court nominee John Roberts to violent anti-abortion activists. | |
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Steve M.: I think it's just as well that NARAL has withdrawn its John Roberts ad. Avedon Carol: NARAL has now withdrawn it, saying the fuss was distracting from the message, but Professor B (via) has the debunking of the debunkers. Amanda Marcotte: NARAL pulls the ad — Nothing much to say about this other than it sucks horse dick. |
Barbara O'Brien: Facing a firestorm of indignation from across the political spectrum, NARAL has withdrawn the ad. McQ: NARAL withdraws its ad — In a move that may surprise some, NARAL withdrew its ad with the usual "it was misconstrued"... Ezra Klein: Soapbox Strategies — Looks like NARAL's pulling their ad. Fair 'nuff. I think, after Leahy rebuked them, that we can safely judge that one a flop. |
| Also: Pseudo-Adrienne, Hugh Hewitt, Captain Ed, Eugene Volokh, Chris Short, John @PowerLine, Jayson @PoliPundit | |
Saddam could be executed after first trial By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein could be executed after his first trial if he is convicted and sentenced to death for his alleged role in a 1982 Shiite massacre, even though he faces other charges, an official close to the proceedings said Thursday. | |
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John Cole: Saddam's Trials Via Memeorandum, we see this story that Saddam may be executed after his first trial: Saddam Hussein... Montag: Iraqis May Kill Saddam and Get it Over With — Even though prosecutors are working on "a dozen" other cases against... |
James Joyner: Saddam could be executed after first trial (AP) [snipped quote] It would be a shame if he weren't around for the other trials, which might have some cathartic effect. Jeralyn Merritt: Saddam Could Be Executed After First Trial — A source close to the offical proceedings involving Saddam Hussein's trial says he could be executed after the first trial. |
Abortion Smear WaPo — Permalink IN GENERAL, discussion of the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court has taken place on a civilized level. Democratic senators, by and large, have appropriately reserved judgment; disputes over documents, while pointed, have been polite. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: And today editorial writers across the nation are on a finger-wagging binge. Thus, I've concluded the ad was a stupid blunder on NARAL's part. Patterico: WaPo on NARAL Ad The Washington Post called that NARAL ad a smear today. Orrin Judd: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT: Abortion Smear (Washington Post, August 12, 2005) [snipped quote] Abortion Rights... |
Captain Ed: UPDATE II: The Washington Post editorial board underestimated the political cycle, too, but stakes out its normal... Pejman Yousefzadeh: "ABORTION SMEAR" — Quite properly, the Washington Post takes on NARAL: "IN GENERAL, discussion of the nomination of... |
Cleric Bakri barred from Britain BBC — Permalink Radical Islamic preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed has been excluded from the UK. The Home Office said Home Secretary Charles Clarke used existing powers to exclude Mr Mohammed as his presence was "not conducive to the public good". | |
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Scott Burgess: BREAKING: The Home Office has announced that Mr. Bakri will not be returning to the barn. |
Iain Murray: British Home Secretary Charles Clarke appears to have found a way to use existing powers (well, I never!) to keep Omar Bakri out of the country. |
Police in 'Muslim' ribbon gesture BBC — Permalink Police in Nottinghamshire are being given green ribbons to show solidarity with the Muslim community after a rise in racist attacks. The "Good Faith" ribbon is being backed by chief constable Steve Green. | |
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Scott Burgess: The Nottingham police force, in a move that will no doubt prove stunningly effective, strikes a simultaneous blow... |
Andrew Stuttaford: SOLVING THE PROBLEM — BBC: "Police in Nottinghamshire are being given green ribbons to show solidarity with the Muslim community after a rise in racist attacks. " |
Mrs. Miniver Is Dead By / TCS — Permalink I have sad news for my American friends: Mrs. Miniver is dead. The funeral was held some time ago, and there were not many mourners in attendance. For the benefit of TCS readers under the age of 40, I should explain that Mrs. M — played by Greer Garson... | |
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Callimachus: Remember when it was our enemies, and not our friends and ourselves, who bent their natural talents to creating... Roger L. Simon: Clive Mourns Mrs. Miniver — Clive Davis has a... superb as usual... piece today on Tech Central Station, Mrs. Miniver... Orrin Judd: OUR BATTY UNCLES, THEIR TOO SUCCESSFUL SONS: Mrs. Miniver Is Dead (Clive Davis, 08/12/2005, Tech Central Station)... |
Maimon Schwarzschild: America Unloved — Clive Davis is right, unfortunately, about British attitudes to the US, which are ambivalent (to put... Ann Althouse: Clive Davis on anti-Americanism in England. Ed Driscoll: Then: Churchill; Today: Chavs — Clive Davis writes that Mrs. Miniver is dead: [snipped quote] That last item is, of course, yet another biproduct of modern Hollywood. |
Parent-trap snares recruiters By / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Permalink Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a Marine recruiter in Pittsburgh, went to the home of a high school student who had expressed interest in joining the Marine Reserve to talk to his parents. It was a large home in a well-to-do suburb north of the city. | |
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Chuck Gutenson: Like the mother who recently claimed that, though she supports the war, "military service isn't for our son. Dan @AndrewSullivan: Cindy Sheehan, partisan or not, is free to form opinions about this war—a war that she being fought by"her kind of people"—and guess what else? Tom Tomorrow: Tom Tomorrow: Supporting the troops You've probably seen this already (via atrios): "Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a... |
Kevin: Filed under: Culture No comment yet, add yours? » Sacrifice for Thee, Not for Me Posted by Kevin Ah, true... Edward _: Fair Weather Patriots — By Edward Here's a story making the rounds. Michelle Pilecki: It's the local angle on a familiar national story — parents are preventing their kids from enlisting in the military... |
| Also: Cookie Jill, Atrios | |
U.S. Fraud Charge for Top Lobbyist By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 - Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist involved in ethics allegations facing Representative Tom DeLay, was indicted in Florida on Thursday on unrelated fraud charges involving his purchase of a fleet of gambling boats from a businessman who was slain amid bitter wrangling over the sale. | |
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Avedon Carol: Meanwhile, this morning's NYT says Abramoff has been indicted on fraud charges, and I think I just heard on the radio that he's been arrested. Roger Ailes: Grand Old Police Blotter: Jack S**t Edition — The long road to bring Jack Abramoff, the best bud of Texan Bugchaser Tom... |
John Cole: But don't worry about Tom- he has friends in low places: Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist involved... |
Abortion Rights Group Plans to Pull Ad on Roberts By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 - Under pressure to withdraw an advertisement that describes Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as "one whose ideology leads him to excuse violence against other Americans," an abortion rights advocacy group announced Thursday night that it would replace the advertisement, which had drawn widespread criticism as being false and misleading. | |
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John Cole: The NARAL Commercial is Fineâ That is why they are pulling it, pronto: Under pressure to withdraw an... |
Michael @AmericaBlog: NARAL Pulls Anti-Roberts Ad — Good idea. When even Jon Stewart is mocking your ad as misleading and inaccurate, it's time to cut bait and move on. |
Cable Can't Get Beyond the Pale By / WaPo — Permalink The pathological cable news obsession with young, attractive white women who unfortunately vanish continues unabated. Yes, the nation is still transfixed by Damsels in Distress — only now it's gotten worse: The media are suddenly obsessed with their own obsession. | |
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Jim Romenesko: Critic: Cable news has a pathological obsession with MWW — Washington Post Eugene Robinson wants somebody to stop the... |
Brian Stelter: Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson continues to write about "the pathological cable news obsession with young,... |
NARAL Withdraws Anti-Roberts Ad AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — After a week of protests by conservatives, an abortion-rights group said Thursday night it is withdrawing a television advertisement linking Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (search) to violent anti-abortion activists. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Abortion Group Begrudgingly Withdraws Controversial Roberts Ad — Whether it's a case of cutting their losses or eating... Brendan Nyhan: NARAL pulls Roberts ad — According to the Associated Press, NARAL is withdrawing its misleading and controversial ad... |
MarkInMexico: Main Page NARAL regrets "misconstrued" lie NARAL has announced that it will pull its anti-Judge John Roberts... |
Lucille Ball Tops List of Dead Celebs By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - Lucille Ball is America's most beloved dead star. The company that developed the "Q score" that broadcasters and advertisers quietly consult to measure a personality's popularity has done a survey that tests the reputation of performers who have gone on to that big soundstage in the sky. | |
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James Joyner: Lucille Ball Tops List of Dead Celebs (AP) [snipped quote] I'm a bit surprised that Red Skelton and Charles Schulz rank as high as they do. Jayson @PoliPundit: What About Steve McQueen? I found this puff piece to be quite interesting. Hell, I didn't realize we all "loved Lucy" *that* much. |
MarkInMexico: Main Page Dead Celebrity List The top ten most popular dead celebrities: Lucille Ball Bob Hope John Wayne Jimmy... |
What exactly did Rove tell the president? By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Among the many questions surrounding the investigation into who in the Bush administration leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer is whether President Bush's top political adviser told his boss the truth about his connection to the case. | |
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John Cole: Daily Plame Flame Thread I had to read every newspaper from east to west to find something new for you, so, all the... |
Admin @ThinkProgress: What exactly did Rove tell the president? |
FAMILY OF FALLEN SOLDIER PLEADS: PLEASE STOP, CINDY! Drudge Report — Permalink The family of American soldier Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, has broken its silence and spoken out against his mother Cindy Sheehan's anti-war vigil against George Bush held outside the president's Crawford, Texas ranch. | |
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McQ: And, according to the Drudge Report (and others), even her family have said "enough!" Justin Gardner: This from the Drudge Report: "The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. Paul @PowerLine: And I understand that the rest of the Sheehan family has made a point of repudiating her conduct. |
Rob @Wizbang: Update: Drudge is claiming to have an email from some other members of the Sheehan family: The following email was... Roger L. Simon: While the American media seems obsessed with the usual summer sideshows, Charles Johnson is providing a unique window... Captain Ed: It's worth noting that the rest of the family feels quite a bit differently about policy and her protests. |
| Also: Michelle Malkin, Barbara O'Brien, Gateway Pundit, Norman Lear, Nico @ThinkProgress, Mitch Berg, Spoons, MarkInMexico | |
9/11 Panel Decided to Omit a Reference to Atta AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — The Sept. 11 commission knew military intelligence officials had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a member of al-Qaida who might be part of U.S.-based terror cell more than a year before the terror attacks but decided not to include that in its final report, a spokesman acknowledged Thursday. | |
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Baldilocks: But the 9/11 Commission didn't see fit to put the fruit of AD's labor in its final report and now admits that it didn't. Betsy Newmark: What is so lame is the Commission's excuse that they didn't include this information in their report because it wasn't... Captain Ed: Rethinking Prague After Able Danger — The official line espoused (at least for the moment) by the 9/11 Commission for... |
Dan Darling: Able Danger — Unlike many other commentators, I'm going to restrain my partisanship in accusing former Clinton... Attaturk: Naturally information about Mohammed Atta that indicates that the Sept. 11 commission knew military intelligence... Paul @PowerLine: As AP reports, the Commission has confirmed that it "knew military intelligence officials had identified lead hijacker... |
| Also: John Podhoretz, Ann Althouse | |
The Strategic Class By / The Nation — Permalink The Nation — In July 2002, at the first Senate hearing on Iraq, then- Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Joe Biden pledged his allegiance to Bush's war. Ever since, the blunt-spoken Biden has seized every opportunity to dismiss antiwar critics within... | |
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AaronBurrFan @BOPNews: This is very similar to Ari Berman's excellent article, The Strategic Class, which details the corporate hierarchy of thought leaders in the policy world. Ari Berman: For more on this, read The Strategic Class David Sirota: The Strategic Class & the Iraq War — Ari Berman is one of the best young writers out there, and his new article in the Nation magazine shows why. |
Sam Rosenfeld: Ari Berman's new piece on the curious durability of the liberal hawk pundits and the Democratic establishment's Iraq War... Laura Rozen: The Nation's Ari Berman has at the national security Democrats, for their not unambivalent support of the Iraq war:... Steve Clemons: Lastly, I haven't read this piece yet but know I have at least one zinger quote in this intriguing article, "The Strategic Class," by The Nation's Ari Berman. |
| Also: Atrios | |
Cindy Sheehan's Crowd New York Sun — Permalink It's easy to see why Cindy Sheehan, the 48-year-old mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, has become the new face of the anti-war movement, featured in a New York Times editorial on Tuesday and a Maureen Dowd column yesterday morning. | |
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Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: That's why I decided to look more closely at this story from the New York Sun: [snipped quote] This story has been cited... Michelle Malkin: Update II: The New York Sun editorializes on Cindy Sheehan's Crowd... "It's easy to see why Cindy Sheehan, the... MarkInMexico: Main Page Communists, traitors, mentally ill flock to Cindy Sheehan The New York Sun does some digging to determine who the prime backers of Cindy Sheehan are. |
TheAnchoress: The second reason I'm writing about Mrs. Sheehan is because this article from the NY Sun does raise the eyebrows about... Gateway Pundit: Why instead does the media see the importance of the Cindy Sheehan story? Why does Cindy's story get headlines at the New York Times? James Joyner: A New York Sun editorial casts some doubt on their provenance, though. |
| Also: Orrin Judd | |
Abramoff Indicted in Fraud Case By / WaPo — Permalink MIAMI, Aug. 11 — Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday as part of a wide-ranging fraud case stemming from the purchase of a Florida casino cruise line from a businessman later murdered in Fort Lauderdale, the U.S. attorney announced. | |
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Ryan Chiachiere: From: Auction House How is Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) tied to yesterday's indictment of Jack Abramoff on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy? Zoe Kentucky: Only the Beginning... Jack Abramoff has been indicted and arrested. Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Therefore, I am singing glad hosannas at the following pieces of news: First: [quote] "Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was...[end quote] |
Mark Kleiman: Abramoff goes down in flames — I'm used to news stories that read like items from The Onion, but this one reads like the plot of a Ross Thomas or Richard Condon novel. Plutonium Page: Awesome site. Update [2005-8-11 16:26:18 by Hunter]: It's official: Abramoff indicted Jeralyn Merritt: Josh Marshall has been following the case. Washington Post report here. |
| Also: Ramesh Ponnuru, Nico @ThinkProgress | |
GOP Paying Legal Bills of Bush Official By / AP — Permalink Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. | |
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Joe Gandelman: GOP Picks Up Tab For Accused Bush Official — A former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats... John Cole: Election Hijinks This is cute: Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has... Scott Shields: GOP Paying Legal Bills of Bush Official "Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party... |
Josh Marshall: And now, finally, we have proof that all along the RNC has continued to pay Tobin's legal bills — already totalling more than $700,000 before the man has even gone to trial. Cookie Jill: no employee, associate or any person representing the republican party who engages in these kinds of acts will remain in... Bgreer: Addendum: "But don't worry. If you engage in fraud and suppression, we'll still gladly pay your $700,000 legal fees!" |
| Also: Susie Madrak, Hilzoy @ObsidianWings, Matt Singer, Tarek @LiquidList | |
The Art of Telling Parties Apart By / WaPo — Permalink Forget tax cuts, the abortion issue and whether they wear the American flag as a lapel pin. We have, it appears, a new way of distinguishing Republicans from Democrats, at least in the federal city. | |
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Dwight Meredith: The Post reports: "Goeglein recalled a dinner party that he and his wife recently attended in Northwest. Roy @Alicublog: Well, here's another whining s**t of an pampered artist who — though he makes a good living in a field where, by his... Jesse Taylor: The phat-ass Republican comedic stylings of Mark Helprin will you rocking that ass off your couch with laughter! |
Brad DeLong: The Washington Post's Sam Coates snarks out: The Art of Telling Parties Apart: We have, it appears, a new way of... Joey Tartakovsky: In today's Washington Post, Claremont Institute senior fellow Mark Helprin offers his theory about the link between... Digby: Here we have Karl Rove's special Christian blowjob purveyor, Tim Goeglein, making the assertion that liberals choose... |
| Also: Sam Rosenfeld, Kate @OTB | |
'Able Danger' Intel Could Rewrite 9/11 History Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — The federal commission that probed the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was told twice about "Able Danger," a military intelligence unit that had identified Mohamed Atta and other hijackers a year before the attacks, a congressman close to the investigation said Wednesday. | |
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Natasha @PacificViews: Never Got The Hang Of Thursdays — Even FOX News reporters are now asking if 9-11 commission staffers withheld... Andy McCarthy: For now, this from Congressman Curt Weldon's letter to the Commission sums things up well: "The commission's refusal to... Tom Maguire: Let's advance the Times story, which told us that the 9/11 staffers now remember hearing Atta's name only at the second... |
Paul @PowerLine: That position became "inoperative" after Rep. Curt Weldon exposed it as false. Captain Ed: UPDATE II: Weldon sent a letter expressing his unhappiness with the earlier denials coming from the Commission, and he... Ace: Curt Weldon calls them on the carpet on this lie— they were briefed twice by AD team members. |
Washington lobbyist Abramoff charged By / AP — Permalink MIAMI (AP) - Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a key figure in investigations involving House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on fraud charges arising from a 2000 deal to buy casino boats. | |
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Scott Shields: Fraud Indictment Expected for Abramoff "Federal prosecutors are seeking bank fraud charges against lobbyist Jack... Betsy Newmark: Jack Abramoff has been indicted. He sounds like a major sleaze out to gather as much money as he could using his political connections. Orrin Judd: BOOK 'IM: Washington lobbyist Abramoff charged (CURT ANDERSON, 8/11/05, Associated Press) [snipped quote] One of the... |
Susie Madrak: So much yesterday I didn't get to… Check out this, this and this. Well, yeah, but nobody got a blowjob so it's okay. Matt Singer: Scott Shields reports on the GOP "hitting the trifecta" for corruption today, noting the Abramoff indictment the GOP... |
FEC Finds Misreporting by DeLay Committee By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — A political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may have improperly spent unregulated "soft money" on get-out-the-vote and fundraising activities, the Federal Election Commission says. A DeLay attorney said Thursday the money has been reimbursed. | |
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John Cole: Again: A political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may have improperly spent unregulated "soft... Plutonium Page: And, coincidentally, there's more news about DeLay today. What a corrupt S.O.B. |
Scott Shields: FEC Finds Misreporting by DeLay Committee "A federal audit of a fundraising committee founded by House Majority Leader... Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Second: [quote] "A political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may have improperly spent unregulated "soft...[end quote] |
CORRECTED - Bush to mother who lost son in Iraq: 'I grieve' By / Reuters — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 11 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday said he sympathized with a mother who lost a son in Iraq and who has been leading a protest vigil near his ranch but that he would not pull U.S. troops from Iraq prematurely. | |
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Michelle Malkin: Read the whole thing. *** Update III: More info on the Sheehan family's dissenters here. President Bush responds. |
Tbogg: Sincere-ing is hard work... Posted by Picasa President Casey Killer speaks: President George W. Bush on Thursday said he... |
Texas Becomes a Majority-Minority State By / AP — Permalink EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Texas has become the fourth state to have a non-white majority population, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday, a trend driven by a surging number of Hispanics moving to the state. | |
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Cernig: Well, it has now come to pass. Good. The hispanic-americans I know work damn hard - often at heavy, dirty manual jobs. James Joyner: Texas Now a Majority-Minority State (AP) "Texas has become the fourth state to have a non-white majority population,... MarkInMexico: Main Page History repeats Texas Becomes a Majority-Minority State just like Massachusetts in the early 1700's and South Dakota in the late 1800's, eh? |
La Shawn Barber: (Source) Frey, with his PC-speak, understates the "issue" to the point of comedy. Scott Sala: Technorati Tags: vendy+awards street+vendor+awards NYC+street+vendors — Minority Report So tell me how minorities in the majority are still called minorities? |
Boxer threatens to slow Senate activity over court pick By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday she will vote against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts unless he supports rights she considers essential - - including abortion and privacy — and slow Senate business to a crawl if he doesn't answer her questions. | |
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Fafnir: keep it personal — Well it looks like everybody's tryin to figure out what John Roberts believes about stuff before they vote for him, which I think is just wrong. James Joyner: Boxer threatens to slow Senate activity over court pick / She'll vote 'no' unless Roberts backs right to abortion (SF... Kathryn Jean Lopez: Here's more from Boxer,via the San Fran Chronicle: [snipped quote] Nevermind that he has already answered questions and will undoubtedly continue to. |
Betsy Newmark: Barbara Boxer is now ready to do the work of NARAL concerning Judge Roberts nomination to the Supreme Court. Steve Bainbridge: I expect this sort of nonsense from people like Barbara Boxer, who recently echoed NARAL's false claim that SCOTUS... Taegan Goddard: Boxer Threatens Senate Slowdown — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said "she will vote against Supreme Court nominee John... |
| Also: Orrin Judd | |
Briefing Book Baloney By / WaPo — Permalink A quarter of a century has passed since 44 states said "No, thanks" to Jimmy Carter's offer to serve a second term, yet he still evidently thinks his loss is explained not by foreign policy debacles, such as invading Iran with eight helicopters, and a misery index — inflation plus unemployment — of 22, almost triple today's index. | |
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MarkInMexico: Main Page Lust in his heart, man-eating rabbits, briefing books George Will calls Jimmy Carter for what he has become, a serial liar and an embarrassment to America. Captain Ed: Will responds to Carter's assertion that Will stole the briefing book himself in a must-read column appearing in today's... Garrett M. Graff: George Will devotes his column today to correcting the false accusations cast about by that notorious "recidivist fibber," former President Jimmy Carter. |
Betsy Newmark: George Will is ticked at Jimmy Carter. David Cohen: AWFUL LUCKY — Briefing Book Baloney (George F. Will, Washington Post, 8/11/05) [snipped quote] It is hard to remember,... Roger Ailes: George Will's Profiles In Morality — [snipped quote] Yes, it's okay if you're only an accessory after the fact. |
| Also: Paul @PowerLine, Stephen Green, Jonah Goldberg | |
One day after smearing protester Cindy Sheehan, O'Reilly claimed he and Malkin were "respectful" to her Media Matters for America — Permalink On the August 10 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer e-mail, which accused him and right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin of "savaging" Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, by claiming that the viewer was distorting the show's coverage. | |
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Arianna Huffington: The lowlights included Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin tag-teaming up to push the idea that Sheehan's "story hasn't checked out". Tom Tomorrow: Here's what Bill considers "respectful": [snipped quote] She's a treasonous radical who hates America, but apart from that we respect her point of view. |
Natasha @PacificViews: Self-appointed superpatriots O'Reilly and Malkin in their latest duet performance of smearing a dead soldier's mother... Atrios: Respectful — Uh-huh. Poor Veronica Malkin. I imagine she's so ashamed of her mother right now. |
Four Amendments & a Funeral By / Rolling Stone — Permalink It was a fairy-tale political season for George W. Bush, and it seemed like no one in the world noticed. Amid bombs in London, bloodshed in Iraq, a missing blonde in Aruba and a scandal curling up on the doorstep of Karl Rove, Bush's Republican Party quietly celebrated a massacre on Capitol Hill. | |
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David Sirota: David Sirota: Rolling Stone on the Courageous Fight Inside the U.S. House of Horrors — Rolling Stone magazine today... Taegan Goddard: A Month on Capitol Hill — If reading about the pork-laden transportion bill President Bush signed yesterday didn't make... |
Matt Singer: Now Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi looks at another Vermonter, Independent Bernie Sanders who splits his time between being... Armando @DailyKos: "Our" Congress — David Sirota on the Rolling Stone expose of "our" Congress at work: "Rolling Stone magazine today... |
"Sterile Irrelevance" NRO — Permalink Most media criticism is smug and detached. On Monday, I had an article in the New York Post arguing that the press was not adequately placing the recent spike in U.S. casualties into strategic context. | |
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Scott @PowerLine: In "Sterile irrelevance" Mac sizes up the impact of current criticisms of the war: "It is hard to conduct military... Jesse Taylor: A Right Way, A Wrong Way, A Hard Way, Just Go Away — There's a right way to criticize the war in Iraq. |
Cori Dauber: Another Aspect of Context — Everything else in this piece aside, here's an interesting argument about the strategic context for the recent spike in casualties. Betsy Newmark: Mackubin Thomas Owens has a good essay about the right and wrong way to criticize the war in Iraq. |
Atta Intelligence Omitted From Report By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission knew military intelligence officials had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a member of al-Qaida who might be part of U.S.-based terror cell more than a year before the terror attacks but decided not to include that in its final report, a spokesman acknowledged Thursday. | |
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TheAnchoress: The two stories that are getting the most blog-play today, throughout the so-called blogosphere are the stories about... Jayson @PoliPundit: Censorship by the 9/11 Commission. Hmm, I'd say it's pretty clear now as to why Sandy Berger decided to stuff those documents down his pants and sneak off into the night . |
Captain Ed: The AP reports that the Commission's spokesperson, Al Felzenberg, now admits that the Commission knew full well that the... |
FEC Finds Misreporting by DeLay Committe By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — A federal audit of a political fundraising committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay found that it failed to report more than $300,000 in debts owed to vendors and incorrectly paid for some committee activities with money from another DeLay-connected political committee. | |
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Kevin: Tom Delay's PAC caught cooking the books to the tune of 300,000 dollars: "A political committee founded by House... Richard TPD: Go directly to jail — One bad Republican down, and more on the horizon. Delay must be sweating bullets. |
Charles Kuffner: FEC Finds Misreporting by DeLay Committee "A political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may have... Josh Marshall: FEC Audit finds $300,000 of misreporting on the books of Rep. Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. |
MORE HEADS ROLL IN RADIO LOAN SCANDAL New York Post — Permalink The Bronx social-services organization that made a controversial loan to the Air America radio network has been rocked by more high-level staff departures, sources said. Just days after the executive director abruptly resigned following Post reports that the club had provided $875,000... | |
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Barbara O'Brien: The righties continue to consider any new allegations of fiscal impropriety at Gloria Wise as proof that Al Franken... Brian Maloney: Thursday Air America Scandal Updates — Air Enron Roundup Plus, Liberals Reveal Hannity's Personal Information (*** New... TheAnchoress: But so far, apparently, no one from NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office has not yet contacted Air America. |
Michelle Malkin: AIR ENRON: HEADS ROLL, VICTIMS SHAFTED — DarleenClickAAR1.jpg The New York Post reports this morning on a drastic... Captain Ed: The New York Post reports this morning that high-level executive departures have rocked Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in... Paul @Wizbang: Easy Done. New York Daily News- August 11, 2005 [snipped quote] from Air America, said spokesman Jim Grossman. |
Iraq Shi'ites hammer home autonomy demands By / Reuters — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Shi'ite Islamist leaders hammered home demands for an autonomous federal state for their people across oil-rich southern Iraq on Thursday, four days before a deadline for agreeing a new constitution. | |
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MarkInMexico: Reuters is reporting on renewed calls for a semi-autonomous Shiite region in the oil rich south of Iraq. Juan Cole: Federalism Issue Bedevils Constitution — Infighting Undermines Municipal Governments Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of... Dr. Steven Taylor: Iraqi Constitution Update — Here's a lengthy and interesting piece on the constitution-writing process from Reuters: Iraq Shi'ites hammer home autonomy demands. |
Cernig: Autonomy Dangers for Iraq — The leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq is calling for an... Steve Soto: He is trying to keep SCIRI from not only securing their hold on Baghdad to the severe consternation of the Sunnis, but... |
Cindy Sheehan Just Wants to See Her President: Margaret Carlson Bloomberg — Permalink Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) — I didn't think Cindy Sheehan, the mother waiting on that dusty Texas road for a chance to ask President George W. Bush why her son died in Iraq, was having much impact. | |
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TheAnchoress: What she is doing still does not make sense, no matter how much the sob-sister violin players in the press would like to pretend that it does. |
Tom Burka: Spokespersons said Bush was so busy clearing the brush that he could not meet with Cindy Sheehan, who has been camping... |
Governor cashing in on Rolling Stones By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Here's the ticket: a private evening rockin' the night away with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during the kickoff of the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang'' U.S. tour on Aug. 21 at Boston's Fenway Park. | |
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Tbogg: The mosh pits just seem so...listless. (Added): Meanwhile, Arnold's not boycotting. Attaturk: Not content with Ohio coin money, Schwartzenegger is out to raise money by whatever means necessary. |
Marie @LeftCoaster: For a mere $10,000 you attend a pre-concert reception and watch The Stones from a primo seat. SF Gate |