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Officer Says Pentagon Barred Sharing Pre-9/11 Qaeda Data With F.B.I. By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 - A military intelligence team repeatedly contacted the F.B.I. in 2000 to warn about the existence of an American-based terrorist cell that included the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a veteran Army intelligence officer who said he had now decided to risk his career by discussing the information publicly. | |
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MarkInMexico: Now comes Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer to confirm that view. John Podhoretz: He's now gone public on cable television and in this interview with the New York Times. John @PowerLine: Now he's done just that: "[Lt. Col. Anthony] Shaffer said in an interview that the small, highly classified... |
Captain Ed: Able Danger: Tony Schaffer Speaks — The New York Times has a late report tonight on the Able Danger story, as one of... Laura Rozen: That official is DIA civilian and Army reservist Ltn. Col. Tony Shaffer. Glenn Reynolds: But doesn't this advance the story? |
| Also: Kevin Drum | |
Roberts scoffed at equal-pay theory USA Today — Permalink As an assistant White House counsel in 1984, John Roberts scoffed at the notion that men and women should earn equal pay in jobs of comparable importance, and he belittled three female Republican members of Congress who promoted that idea to the Reagan administration. | |
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Tbogg: From a recently released John Roberts memo from 1984: Roberts said the women's letter "contends that more is required... Amanda Marcotte: Our genial candidate all but called them Communists for daring to even suggest that women's work should be valued like men's. MarkInMexico: Main Page MSM lashes out at Roberts The liberal lefty MSM has done it again. Not satisfied with one hatchet job, it is repeated here. |
Justin Gardner: Recently a memo was discovered that exposed Roberts' views about unequal wages between the sexes. That's right. Jo Fish: Now we come to find out that ol'French Fry thinks women are worth 60% of a man. Huh? Kos @DailyKos: Heck, even NARAL's ad was proven wrong with yesterday's document dump: "One of Monday's documents might undercut the... |
| Also: Jayson @PoliPundit, Cookie Jill, Michael @AmericaBlog | |
Bush Salts His Summer With Eclectic Reading List By / LAT — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas — Gas prices are climbing, motorists are fuming and President Bush is at his ranch with a book about the history of salt. There could be a connection. | |
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TheAnchoress: Hee-hee…I don't know why but so many stories are striking my funny bone today. This one cracked me up. Glenn Reynolds: But if you really want to worry, then you should note what InstaPundit reader Joseph Beaulieu did — a report that one... Kathryn Jean Lopez: ' " You'd have to be suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome to react like Mark Kurlansky did upon learning the... |
Ken Masugi: Bush's Books — President Bush's reading during his five-week vacation includes: Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History;... Clayton Cramer: The article interviewed the author of one of the books, and the arrogance of the Bush-haters just leaps out at you Ann Althouse: ' " So said an anti-Bush author, mucking up the publicity opportunity presented by the news that President Bush is reading his book. |
| Also: Tarek @LiquidList | |
Crosses vandalized at antiwar mom's Texas camp site By / Reuters — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan tried to calm tensions on Tuesday with area residents upset by her vigil but expressed outrage after a pickup truck driver ran over crosses at her campsite near U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch. | |
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Skippy: reuters tells us mr. northern was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. Michelle Malkin: Some nutball drove his truck through an anti-war display of crosses down at Camp Cindy Sheehan. |
V @LeftInTheWest: Ironic, Isn't It — Sheehan says, [snipped quote] I think that she understates the point. TheAnchoress: This is a very stupid and adolescent thing to do. It is ALWAYS a stupid and adolescent thing to do. |
Nominee Roberts, in '84, called equal pay for women 'radical' By / Newsday — Permalink WASHINGTON — As a Reagan White House attorney in 1984, John G. Roberts criticized three Republican congresswomen for supporting the "radical" idea of "comparable worth" to create pay equality between men and women. | |
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Greg @BeggingToDiffer: ROBERTS IN 1984: EQUAL PAY SOCIALISM "RADICAL" — This Newsday article introduces itself with the following provocative... Steve Bainbridge: Radical Roberts — Mark in Mexico does a very good job of fisking the news coverage of the memo John Roberts wrote back... Steve M.: ... —Newsday This detail is also buried in the middle of a Washington Post story on the latest Roberts document dump. |
Natasha @PacificViews: Roberts thought equal pay for women was a "radical" concept, practically socialist: [quote] "I honestly find it troubling that...[end quote] MarkInMexico: Not satisfied with one hatchet job, it is repeated here. First, USA Today says that Judge "Roberts scoffed at equal-pay theory". Susie Madrak: Rolling Over Oh, what's the big honkin' deal, ladies? |
| Also: Kevin Drum | |
Worm strikes down Windows 2000 systems CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — A fast-moving computer worm Tuesday shut down computer systems using Microsoft operating software, causing computer systems to crash across the United States and reportedly in Germany and Asia. | |
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Brian Stelter: World News Tonight Affected By Worm — ABC News started to experience computer problems around 1:30pm, according to CNN.com. Roger L. Simon: Pajamas Media NOT involved... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Founders Charles Johnson and Roger L. Simon have denied any... |
James Joyner: Worm strikes down Windows 2000 systems (CNN) [snipped quote] As usual, the legacy media are way behind. Dr. Steven Taylor: Yet Another Commercial for Macs/Linux — Via CNN: Worm strikes down Windows 2000 systems [snipped quote] Ouch. |
Leahy Lambastes Roberts' 'Radical' Stands By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), who will lead the Democratic questioning at John Roberts' confirmation hearings, criticized the Supreme Court nominee Tuesday as an "eager, aggressive advocate" for policies of the Republican far right wing. | |
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Amanda Marcotte: And now there's another story out about Roberts and his affection for freaky anti-choice groups. Jayson @PoliPundit: Idle Time, Idle Minds — MediaCrat Senator, Pat Leahy, and a few other media drones. |
Steve Bainbridge: They're Called Elections — Senator Pat Leahy and People for the American Way - also known as left-liberal types whose... |
Bill Clinton's Plan for World Domination By / New York Magazine — Permalink There's a tangible, almost merciful way that the postpresidency agrees with Bill Clinton. Here in Africa, where he'll be spending the next seven days, he's relaxed, smiling, pink. | |
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Jon Henke: But when Clinton says this... "I desperately wish, that I had been president when the FBI and CIA finally confirmed,... Joe Gandelman: UPDATE: You can read the whole original New York Magazine article by CLICKING HERE. Note the stunning photos on top of Clinton. Captain Ed: Bill Clinton Rewrites History On Al-Qaeda — Bill Clinton tells New York magazine that he desperately wishes that the... |
Cori Dauber: Rewriting History — I saw this item on Memorandum, so I went to the New York magazine interview with Bill Clinton and... John Podhoretz: CLINTON CONSIDERS DUBYA "EXTRAORDINARY" — Some very interesting stuff in a very long New York magazine piece by the... |
Sheehan plays 'Hardball' with Matthews MSNBC — Permalink With Cindy Sheehan's protest outside of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, in its ninth day on Monday, Hardball's Chris Matthews talked with the California mother who lost a son in Iraq and is demanding to meet with President Bush. | |
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Sebastian Holsclaw: You can look at what she says—it discredits her without anything else needed: [snipped quote] Well, that is rather easy to answer. |
Michelle Malkin: This is from Mrs. Sheehan's appearance on Hardball (yeah, I know) last night. I will let it speak for itself. |
Va. Laptop Sale Turns Into a Stampede By / AP — Permalink RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: At least they weren't Dells Cheap computers cause the stampede of the stupid: A rush to purchase $50 used laptops... MarkInMexico: Main Page Steel Cage Match Turns Violent Oh, wait. You say this was not a WWF steel cage match? It was a laptop computer sale? |
La Shawn Barber: Human Greed… …rolling all over the pavement. Update (8:54 p.m.): If you posted a comment and don't see it, it's caught in the moderation queue. |
DeWine challenged by former AK president bizjournals — Permalink Former AK Steel Corp. President John Hritz plans to challenge U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, for the Senate seat he has held for a decade. Hritz said he has formed an exploratory committee to look into the feasibility of running against DeWine, who is from Cedarville, for the Republican nomination in May 2006 primary election. | |
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Scott Shields: Update: (Chris) Well, DeWine has a challenger now. Wingnut millionaire John Hirtz will challenge him in the primary. Kathryn Jean Lopez: WILL DEALER DEWINE face a serious primary challenge? |
Kos @DailyKos: OH-Sen: DeWine to face primary challenger — Already facing low poll numbers, an ethically challenged Ohio Republican... Gerry Daly: The Dayton Business Journal reports, [snipped quote] Hirtz would run to the right of DeWine. |
A Bad Week For Protesting Mom CBS News — Permalink (CBS/AP) Cindy Sheehan — the mother who's camped out near Crawford, Texas, demanding to speak with President Bush about her GI son who died in Iraq — is continuing her vigil but the makeshift memorial erected at her campsite has taken a hit. | |
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Captain Ed: Almost every news service has done the same, including this CBS story which uses it to generate sympathy for Sheehan. Jonah Goldberg: I'd bet CBS/AP will fix this soon, but the original text of this Sheehan story reads: "Sheehan has vowed to continue... TChris: An anti-Sheehan protestor drove his pickup truck through the crosses. So much for free speech in Crawford. |
Skippy: in the meantime, cbs is reporting that camp casey will be moving to a new location, thanks to a friendly landowner... Joe @AmericaBlog: Here's the coverage from CBS/AP: "Cindy Sheehan — the mother who's camped out near Crawford, Texas, demanding to speak... |
Post Drops Plan to Promote Pentagon Event By / WaPo — Permalink The Washington Post announced yesterday that it will back out of a controversial co-sponsorship of a Pentagon-organized event next month to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and support the troops in Iraq. | |
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Steve Soto: I wonder if Mr. Cohen raised his voice in protest at the idea his paper was going to sponsor a war rally as just one... Jim Romenesko: Washington Post drops sponsorship of Pentagon event — Washington Post The Post has told the Defense Department that it... Kerry Howley: Whole freedom about-face here. Freedom Walk registration requirements and prohibited items list here. |
Garrett M. Graff: Post Drops Walk Sponsorship — In a surprising move (at least, to us), the Post has backed out of its decision to sponsor the Pentagon's upcoming 9/11 memorial walk. John @AmericaBlog: More media sponsors of pro-Bush Pentagon march to abuse memories of 9/11 victims — Washington Post: [snipped quote] Those are local DC media oulets. Attaturk: Somebody got called out — Kudos to a number of progressive bloggers (not me really) for putting the pressure on the... |
Roberts Unlikely To Face Big Fight WaPo — Permalink Democrats have decided that unless there is an unexpected development in the weeks ahead, they will not launch a major fight to block the Supreme Court nomination of John G. Roberts Jr., according to legislators, Senate aides and party strategists. | |
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John Cole: Roberts Confirmation ALL But Guaranteed The Democrats aren't even going to mount an opposition: Democrats have... Jeralyn Merritt: Harry Reid: Roberts' Speculation Premature and Laughable — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued this statement... Captain Ed: Faced with a bulletproof candidate and reeling from the fallout of the disgraced smear campaign from one of their most... |
Adam C: According to this morning's Washington Post, Roberts is practically a shoe-in barring any new revelations. Susie Madrak: Meanwhile, the Democrats have signaled their intention to roll over on his nomination (good dogs!) . Betsy Newmark: This story in the Washington Post says that their plan is to subject Roberts to tough questions in his nomination... |
| Also: Brendan Nyhan, Nathan Hallford, Ed Kilgore, Ian Welsh, Gerry Daly, Joe @AmericaBlog, Taegan Goddard, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Justin Gardner, David Sirota | |
Wash. Post drops sponsorship of Pentagon event Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Post dropped its sponsorship on Monday of a walk organized by the Pentagon to remember victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks and to support U.S. troops, saying it was possible the event would become "politicized." | |
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John Hawkins: After a barrage of criticism from within and without, the WAPO decided not to co-sponsor this "controversial" event Jayson @PoliPundit: Conundrum of Duplicity — I didn't know whether to laugh or cry upon reading this piece, from Reuters, about Bob... |
Glenn Reynolds: Like this: [snipped quote] The press views the war as a political story, not a matter of patriotism. |
Gaza: Tomorrow's Iraq By / WaPo — Permalink It is the solemn obligation of a columnist to connect the dots. So let's call one dot Iraq and another the Gaza Strip, and note that while they are far different in history and circumstance, they are both places where Western democracies, the United States and Israel, are being defeated by a common enemy, terrorism. | |
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Steve Soto: Richard Cohen's comments today in his column Read how easily Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen dismisses the... |
Ted Belman: Terror is winning — Gaza: Tomorrow's Iraq By Richard Cohen, Washington Post It is the solemn obligation of a columnist to connect the dots. |
Little urgency at ABC, CBS, to name successors USA Today — Permalink ABC announced Monday that it has dropped Peter Jennings' name from World News Tonight, one week after the veteran anchor died of lung cancer at 67. "Of all people," ABC News president David Westin said in a staff memo, "Peter insisted on accuracy. | |
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Terry Heaton: When the formula doesn't work — Peter Johnson at USAToday tells us that neither ABC nor CBS are in a hurry to replace... James Joyner: Little urgency at ABC, CBS, to name successors (USA Today) [snipped quote] Bingo. Fox News figured that out years ago. |
Brian Stelter: Heyward On CBS Evening News Revamp: "We're Making Good Progress" — Producers at CBS News have been "working on a number... Jim Romenesko: ABC drops Jennings' name from "World News Tonight" — USA Today ABC News president David Westin says: "Of all people, Peter insisted on accuracy. |
U.S. lawmakers call for more American troops in Iraq By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top U.S. lawmakers on Sunday called for more American troops to be sent to Iraq, but the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that was "very unlikely." Sens. | |
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Billmon: For reasons known only to himself, however, Joe Biden is still basing his campaign strategy on the assumption that the... |
Susie Madrak: While the entire piece is worth reading, I especially loved this bit: For reasons known only to himself, however, Joe... |
Young Roberts To King of Pop: Request Denied WaPo — Permalink Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.'s legal philosophy may be shrouded in ambiguity, but when it comes to the King of Pop, Roberts shows no judicial restraint whatsoever. | |
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Cookie Jill: [quote]the request came to the attention of roberts, who wrote on Sept. 21 to fielding: "i hate to sound like one of mr...[end quote] Hugh Hewitt: Dana Milbank gets the ball rolling with this piece on young Justice-to-be Roberts' views on Michael Jackson. |
Captain Ed: John Roberts To Michael Jackson: Beat It — Hugh Hewitt points out this hilarious Dana Milbank article in today's... Dr. Steven Taylor: John Roberts Demonstrates Good Judgement (and a Wide-Ranging Vocabulary) Via WaPo, a most amusing glimpse into the mind... |
Small town may face big bill from Wiccan AP — Permalink GREAT FALLS, South Carolina (AP) — A small South Carolina town is facing a hefty legal bill after losing a battle over whether it should stop using Jesus Christ's name in prayers before council meetings. | |
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Amanda Marcotte: Sadly, no lessons were learned and the fundies are probably scurrying off to blame witchcraft — Good news through... |
Cernig: Now, via CNN, comes a report of a little bit of precedent that might aid Simpson's lawsuit. |
Goody Two Shoes By / Slate — Permalink Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day. Listen to the podcast audio version of this story here, or sign up to get Slate's free daily podcasts. One fun game that Supreme Court reporters like to play when they're out on maternity leave is called "Who... | |
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Orin Kerr: Lithwick on Thomas: In a Slate piece on John Roberts, Dahlia Lithwick contrasts her vision of Roberts with her vision of... |
Ann Althouse: UPDATE: An entry from Dahlia Lithwick: "I am enormously confident, however, that John Roberts has never smoked pot. |
Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden NewsMax.com — Permalink Ex-president Bill Clinton now says he would have taken out Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks - if only the FBI and CIA had been able to prove the al-Qaida mastermind was behind the attack on the U.S.S. Cole. | |
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MarkInMexico: Now I understand the timing and political significance of Clinton's statement yesterday that he would have ordered a hit... Betsy Newmark: For example, now he's mouthing off that he would have really, truly gone after Bin Laden if he'd just had the proof that OBL was behind the bombing of the Cole. Leopold Stotch: Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden (NewsMax) [snipped quote] The unmitigated gall of this man is unbelievable. h/t: Ace |
Joe Gandelman: Bill Clinton Says He Wish He Had Confirmation To Have Attacked Bin Laden — From the "if only I had" department we get... Ace: "Chutzpah of the Year Award: Bill Clinton Claims He Would Have Attacked Bin Ladin Before 9/11, Had He Been President" — But wait, wasn't he, in fact, President before 9/11? |
Agency predicts smaller federal budget deficit AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit picture turned brighter Monday as the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released new estimates showing that the level of red ink for the current fiscal year would drop to $331 billion. | |
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Dwight Meredith: The AP story begins: [snipped quote] The CBO report is here (pdf). The report is good news, of course. |
Kenneth Baer: Defining Deviancy Down — From: Early Returns In newspapers across the country today, the Bush Administration is being... |
Memos reveal Roberts' conservative views San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Washington — As a senior legal adviser to President Ronald Reagan, John Roberts concluded that a controversial memorial service for aborted fetuses, organized by a group of California doctors who opposed Roe vs. Wade, was "an entirely appropriate means of calling attention to the abortion tragedy." | |
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Natasha @PacificViews: There's the fetus memorial service (Emphasis mine in all quoted articles): "... Roberts' memo about the memorial... |
Magpie @PacificViews: In a memo to White House counsel Fred Fielding (then his boss), Roberts expressed some pretty neanderthal notions about whether women should receive equal pay for equal work. |
Limbaugh wistful about Brits' ability to expel extremists: "We'd get rid of Michael Moore" and "half the Democratic Party" Media Matters for America — Permalink Referencing a recent speech by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer that discussed the Supreme Court's citation of judicial decisions from other nations, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh stated that he'd like to import a law that would deport "anybody who speaks out against this country." | |
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Joe Gandelman: Let's Deport The Whole Caboodle Of 'Em — It truly is wonderful when someone who has a huge radio audience helps enrich the quality of our debate in this country. Digby: Via media Matters, here's Rush: "We just had Stephen Breyer saying, oh, yeah, totally appropriate, we must import what... Atrios: Maybe Madagascar Would Be Nice — Limbaugh's plan for us. |
Arthur Silber: Here's our version, courtesy of Rush Limbaugh on his radio show on August 11: "We just had Stephen Breyer saying, oh,... The Poor Man: Oh, yeah baby, it's the world's only overweight junkie, Rush Limbaugh: We just had Stephen Breyer saying, oh, yeah,... |
Roberts Once Wrote of 'Abortion Tragedy' By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - As a young lawyer in the Reagan White House, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts concluded that a group's memorial service for aborted fetuses was "an entirely appropriate means of calling attention to the abortion tragedy." | |
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Joe @AmericaBlog: And it sure sounds from his days in the Reagan administration that he is a pretty damn strong opponent of a woman's... Jayson @PoliPundit: John Roberts. You know, watching the MediaCrats during that upcoming confirmation hearing could turn out to be more fun - in a train wreck sense - than I originally had thought. |
Steve Bainbridge: Tragedy — The AP reports: "As a young lawyer in the Reagan White House, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts concluded... |
Crosses vandalized at antiwar mom's campsite Reuters — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas - A pickup truck ran over wooden crosses erected at anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan's campsite on Monday night in the latest sign of tension over the peace vigil outside vacationing President Bush's Texas ranch. | |
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Skippy: msnbc: a pickup truck ran over wooden crosses erected at antiwar protester cindy sheehan's campsite on monday night in... |
Attaturk: Sweetheart of the Rodeo — Feel the love in the case of the driven over crosses outside Rancho de CooCoo Bananas: "Larry... |
At least 17 Spanish troops die in Afghan crash By / Reuters — Permalink KABUL (Reuters) - At least 17 Spanish troops with the NATO-led peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan were killed on Tuesday in a helicopter crash during an exercise near the western city of Herat, a Spanish Defense Ministry spokesman said. | |
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FrancoAlemán: Will be updating this entry with any new information regarding the cause of the accident. UPDATE. Reuters has more. Dr. Steven Taylor: Spanish Troops Die in Afghan Helicopter Crash — Via Reuters: At least 17 Spanish troops die in Afghan crash [snipped quote] A shame. |
MarkInMexico: Main Page Spain to pull out of Afghanistan That's an anticipatory headline. |
Iraqis Extend Deadline for Constitution LAT — Permalink BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials facing a midnight deadline and intense pressure from the Bush administration failed Monday to finish writing a new constitution, stumbling on long-standing differences over the division of power and oil money, the role of religion and the status of women. | |
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Arianna Huffington: The latest setback: the administration's desperate effort to dress up a budding theocracy in democracy's clothes hit a... |
Taegan Goddard: Quote of the Day — [snipped quote] — Iraq Minister of Planning Barham Salih, quoted in the Los Angeles Times. |
Inherit the Wind By / TNR — Permalink The appeal of "intelligent design" to the American right is obvious. For religious conservatives, the theory promises to uncover God's fingerprints on the building blocks of life. For conservative intellectuals in general, it offers hope that Darwinism will yet join Marxism and Freudianism in the dustbin of pseudoscience. | |
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Chris Mooney: But now we encounter a piece that I'm decidedly more mixy about: Ross Douthat's argument that ID "hurts conservatives"... |
Liz Cox Barrett: If you're willing to part with some personal information, you can read Ross Douthat's free online explanation of "how... |
Democratic bloggers aim to reshape campaigns MSNBC — Permalink What's this? But to win the open seat in Iowa's first congressional district next year, for example, one needs to know very place-specific details: Which are the reliably Democratic precincts in the city of Waterloo? How much will the United Auto Workers spend on get-out-the-vote efforts? | |
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Chris Bowers: It would appear that we are already on that one: "Brigham said his new PAC hired the field director and other staffers... |
Brendan Nyhan: Tom Curry has a story on MSNBC.com that opens with this lead: Democratic bloggers say they are beginning to transform... |
Border-control Democrats and President Bush Washington Times — Permalink Democratic hopefuls for 2008 are sensing how vulnerable President Bush is on border control. The latest sign: New Mexico's politically shrewd governor, Bill Richardson, has made a partial about-face on the issue — at least in words — and is throwing money and attention at his state's southern border. | |
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Michelle Malkin: BORDER WARS — A few weeks ago, I spoke to conservatives at the Young America's Foundation annual student conference about immigration and national security. |
Clayton Cramer: Democrats Tiptoeing Up To The Border Control Issue — The Washington Times has an editorial pointing out that even an... |
'No-fly list' keeps infants off planes AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the United States because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list." | |
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Daniel Solove: Babies on the No Fly List — Daniel Solove According to the AP: [snipped quote] It would be nice to see some sanity in TSA's security procedures. |
RJ Eskow: from cnn: [snipped quote] i can see putting their names on the "no-cry list," especially for long flights. and I can... |
Memo Cited 'Abortion Tragedy' WaPo — Permalink As a senior legal adviser to President Reagan, John G. Roberts Jr. concluded that a controversial memorial service for aborted fetuses, organized by a group of California doctors who opposed Roe v. Wade , was "an entirely appropriate means of calling attention to the abortion tragedy." | |
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Judd @ThinkProgress: Roberts, then accused the three female member of congress of embracing Marxist dogma: [snipped quote] Roberts problems with women demanding equal treatment are longstanding. |
Hugh Hewitt: Memo Cited 'Abortion Tragedy' — That's the headline on this morning's Washington Post story about another old Roberts' memo from his White House days. |
Meeting with the families US News — Permalink Many Bush-haters have been attacking Bush for not attending servicemen's funerals and for refusing to meet with Cindy Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq and who is camping out outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. | |
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Lorie Byrd: Michael Barone's Excellent Question — Michael Barone asks how much attention a WWII-era Cindy Sheehan would have gotten camped outside of Hyde Park or Warm Springs. |
Glenn Reynolds: He also asks: "How much coverage would the press have given a World War II-era Cindy Sheehan who camped outside Hyde... |
Unfree Under Islam By / Opinion Journal — Permalink In every society where family affairs are regulated according to instructions derived from the Shariah or Islamic law, women are disadvantaged. The injustices these women are exposed to in the name of Islam vary from extreme cruelty (forced marriages;... | |
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James Joyner: Unfree Under Islam - Shariah endangers women's rights, from Iraq to Canada. |
Roger L. Simon: Ms. Ali's article in this morning's Wall Street Journal is another example of her courage. |
Evolution: Just teach it USA Today — Permalink In the beginning, creationists tried to ban the teaching of evolution altogether. Most famously, 80 years ago, John Scopes was tried for breaking a Tennessee law outlawing such instruction. | |
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Michael @AmericaBlog: The other half is given to the real scientists. Fine. |
Chris Mooney: Now, they've done much better by publishing a pro-evolution op-ed by Glenn Branch and Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education. |
Atlanta Lawmakers Approve Panhandling Ban By / AP — Permalink ATLANTA - Protesters yelled "Shame!" and "Crybaby!" as city council members approved a ban on panhandling near tourist attractions, but the mayor is expected to sign the legislation. | |
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James Joyner: Atlanta Lawmakers Approve Panhandling Ban (AP) [snipped quote] One can scarcely imagine the constitutional grounds upon which this would be overturned by the courts. |
Jayson @PoliPundit: States' Rights in Georgia. |
Despite Setback, Bush Optimistic on Iraqi Charter WaPo — Permalink The failure to draft a new Iraqi constitution by yesterday's deadline represents another blow to President Bush's attempts to show progress that would pave the way for U.S. troop withdrawals, some analysts said yesterday, but U.S. officials called it a temporary setback and hailed Iraqi leaders for staying at the negotiating table. | |
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Digby: We are witnessing this happening before our eyes once again: "Some specialists said the administration is fixated on... |
Derek Chollet: That said, I have to say that I am of two minds about this: part of me agrees with Noah Feldman, who today says that the... |
'The Terrorists and the Media' By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Conservative activist and commentator L. Brent Bozell III recently wrote about an encounter with a veteran: My son's friend Todd Jones just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. At a celebratory gathering at his parents' home, we chatted a while, and I asked him what he thought were the biggest problems facing the military. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Good news from Iraq, 16 August 2005 — Note: As always, also available from "The Opinion Journal" and Chrenkoff. |
FrancoAlemán: He's done another roundup of good news from Iraq (it's the 33rd!) which, besides the usual loads of information,... |
Neighbors say, 'We've had enough' By / Boston Herald — Permalink Marine of the Year Daniel Cotnoir remains a hero in the eyes of some Lawrence residents, despite being charged with attempted murder for shooting into a crowd early Saturday. | |
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MarkInMexico: Main Page Neighbors: Marine-of-the-year is man-of-the-hour Daniel Cotnoir, the Marine-of-the-year who is jailed for... |
Jay Tea: The Boston Herald decided to get radical, and actually do some reporting. |
Murdoch Taps Fox Channel Chief For Broader Role By / WSJ — Permalink News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch chose Fox News Channel Chairman Roger Ailes to oversee the company's big television-station group, expanding Mr. Ailes's influence beyond the successful cable channel he has built for the past decade. | |
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Brian Stelter: > Wall Street Journal: "Although the television-station unit's revenue and market share increased last year, its growth... |
Jim Romenesko: Additional items for August 16, 2005 > Ailes tapped to oversee News Corp.'s big television-station group (WSJ) > Make... |
Statement on Freedom Walk DefenseLINK — Permalink It is unfortunate that the Washington Post has made this decision not to support the "Freedom Walk," but we welcome their donation to the Pentagon Memorial Fund. This is a commemorative event to honor the memory of the victims who died in the attack on the Pentagon and to highlight the yet to be constructed Pentagon Memorial. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: The DoD says, "It is unfortunate that the Washington Post has made this decision not to support the 'Freedom Walk,' but we welcome their donation to the Pentagon Memorial Fund." |
Jim Romenesko: > "It is unfortunate that the WP has made this decision"(Defense Dept.) > Earlier: WP union calls on paper to drop sponsorship of DoD event (E&P) |
Assault on the Middle Class; Gang Crackdown; Crash Probe CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening, everybody. Tonight, record gasoline prices across the country. Middle class Americans under assault as major oil companies are making record profits. | |
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MarkInMexico: Full transcript also here. Abrams said that the possibility existed that Miller might be charged with criminal contempt of court by either prosecutor Fitzgerald or Judge Hogan. Arianna Huffington: Arianna Huffington: Preemptive PR: The Times Makes the Case for Judy... Again — Here is the opening exchange from... |
Jim Romenesko: Huffington is mean to Miller because of her WMD reporting — "Lou Dobbs Tonight" | Huffington Post That's what Judith Miller's lawyer, Floyd Abrams, tells Lou Dobbs. |
Clarke threatens to expel more 'preachers of hate' Guardian — Permalink A new wave of expulsions of foreign-born "preachers of hate" who foment terrorism is likely to emerge within days, the home secretary indicated last night. | |
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Scott Burgess: Sarko for Home Secretary — Despite the positive headline, there's a distressing suggestion in today's Guardian (Clarke threatens to expel more 'preachers of hate'). |
Stephen Pollard: I disappear for two weeks and the world turns on its axis. They'll be deporting Islamofascists next. |
Man fires shotgun near Bush ranch, protesters MSNBC — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas - A man fired a shotgun into the air as about 60 anti-war protesters held a religious service on the road to President Bush's ranch. Sheriff's deputies and Secret Service agents in the area of the demonstration site Sunday rushed to the home of Larry Mattlage after the shots were fired but did not arrest him. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: Propane and Propane Accessories — Okay, I got this one from TBogg too, but the last line of this quote needs to be seen to be believed. |
Tbogg: You gotta love'em: Guns: A man fired a shotgun into the air as about 60 anti-war protesters held a religious service on the road to President Bush's ranch. |
Husband of peace vigil mom files for divorce MSNBC — Permalink FAIRFIELD, Calif. - The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents. Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: Bush Supporters vs. The Troops — Not that you need a reminder, but there's something really sick about the fact that... |
Tbogg: "This is Texas." and trucks When Sheehan arrived in Crawford on Aug. 6, her small group started marching to Bush's... |
Immigration taboos By / Townhall.com — Permalink Immigration has joined the long list of subjects on which it is taboo to talk sense in plain English. At the heart of much confusion about immigration is the notion that we "need" immigrants — legal or illegal — to do work that Americans won't do. | |
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Michelle Malkin: Thomas Sowell ponders immigration taboos. *** More perspectives on the Dems' outflanking manuevers: - Lawrence Auster responds to John Fund. Greg Ransom: Sowell rips President Bush on immigration and "jobs Americans won't do" — Thomas Sowell is far too polited to finger... |
John Hawkins: "Bali Bomb-Maker Dies In Shoot-Out (Applause)" Domestic "Cindy Sheehan's Husband Files For Divorce" "Forecasters See... |
158 Likely Dead in Venezuela Plane Crash By / AP — Permalink CARACAS, Venezuela - A commercial airliner with at least 158 people aboard crashed in western Venezuela early Tuesday after reporting engine trouble. A top government official said it was unlikely anyone survived. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: Plane Crashes in Venezuela with 152 Aboard — Via the AP: Plane Crashes in Venezuela; 152 Aboard. No real details at this time. |
La Shawn Barber: Other bloggers: Pajama Hadin, Political Musings, The Moderate Voice… Sources: 121 Killed in Plane Crash in Greece,... |
Is Bush Out of Control? By / Capitol Hill Blue — Permalink Buy beleaguered, overworked White House aides enough drinks and they tell a sordid tale of an administration under siege, beset by bitter staff infighting and led by a man whose mood swings suggest paranoia bordering on schizophrenia. | |
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Avedon Carol: Also via TalkLeft, a White House tale that might worry you if you thought it made any difference: They describe a... Jeralyn Merritt: Bush's Mood Swings — Capitol Hill Blue has a pretty scary commentary on Bush. It begins: [snipped quote] It goes downhill (for Bush) from there. |
Steve Soto: Great Timing - Newsweek Says That Bush Really Cries And Cares About Dead Soldiers — Well, it's clear to see what the... |
Bush makes history - a five-year streak without saying 'no' By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink WASHINGTON - Like pardons and executive orders, vetoes are among the cherished privileges of the Oval Office. Ike liked them. So did presidents Truman and Cleveland - and both Roosevelts. But apparently not George W. Bush. | |
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Ken Masugi: Bush's Veto Streak — President Bush has accumulated a record that might not be so admirable— five years without a veto (Josh Burek, CSM). James Joyner: Bush makes history - a five-year streak without saying 'no' (CSM) [snipped quote] I would like to have seen President Bush veto several spending bills to help reign in spending. Mipe @ThinkProgress: President Bush doesn't know |
Joseph Britt: By contrast Bill Clinton vetoed 37 bills in eight years, Ronald Reagan 78 in eight years, Bush's father 44 in four years... Jesse Taylor: This Is Your Host, Roger Lodge — Bush makes history by going five years through the presidency and never vetoing anything. Betsy Newmark: This is an amazing record for Bush to hold. And not a good one, in my opinion. |
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Judge orders California cleric deported CNN — Permalink SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) — A federal judge Monday ordered a Muslim cleric deported to Pakistan after his June arrest on immigration charges during a federal terrorism investigation. | |
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LauraW: Lodi Imam being deported -don't let the screen door hit ya. I don't know about you people, but this made my day. |
James Joyner: Judge orders California cleric deported (CNN) [snipped quote] Of course, it would be wrong to suspect the attendees of the mosque of being anything but loyal Americans. |
Husband of 'Peace Mom' Files for Divorce AP — Permalink FAIRFIELD, Calif. - The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents. Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. | |
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Michelle Malkin: THE SHEEHAN SAGA: DIVORCE, AIR SCAMERICA & PUSHING BACK — The Associated Press is reporting this evening: [snipped quote] The Smoking Gun has posted the petition here. |
James Joyner: Husband of 'Peace Mom' Files for Divorce (AP) [snipped quote] The death of a child is a huge strain on any marriage. |
Yahoo's Brilliant Solution By / Fortune — Permalink Julie Roehm has more than $2 billion to spend this year, and the way she's been spending it worries executives at News Corp., the Washington Post Co., and virtually every other media company on the planet. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Where the Ad Dollars are Going — Online advertising is surging. (HT: Glenn). |
Glenn Reynolds: CHANGE IN THE WEATHER: [snipped quote] Something's happening here. |
Roger Ailes to Take Over Fox TV Stations AP — Permalink NEW YORK — Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News Channel, has been named chairman of News Corp.'s group of television stations, a post recently vacated by the sudden departure last month of Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's eldest son. | |
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Brian Stelter: > The Associated Press calls Ailes "a former Republican party operative" in the second graf... > August 2: WSJ: Roger... |
Jonah Goldberg: GOOD FOR AILES — He got a promotion. Not only does he deserve it, but even if he didn't the news would annoy all of the right people. |
Cindy Sheehan's Sinister Piffle By / Slate — Permalink Here is an unambivalent statement: "The moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute." And, now, here's another: Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. | |
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Mark Leon Goldberg: For another rendition of this claim, see Christopher Hitchens paraphrasing what Sheehan reportedly told ABC's Nightline on March 15. Saint Paul l: Christopher Hitchens has more on Sheehan's political analysis, calling it "sinister piffle." Dale Franks: A Question for Sheehan Supporters — Christopher Hitchens asks an interesting question to Cindy Sheehan's supporters. |
Chris Nolan: She has lost a son and while a lot of others don't think that gives her moral authority of any sort, it does. Chris Bertram: Now I see that Christopher Hitchens has joined in and that his invective against Sheehan has been endorsed by Norman Geras . James Joyner: Cindy Sheehan's Sinister Piffle - What's wrong with her Crawford protest (Slate) [snipped quote] One can empathize with Sheehan's grief and even forgive her histrionics. |
| Also: John Hawkins, Frederick Maryland, Michelle Malkin, Jo Fish, Judith Weiss, Erick @RedState, Norm Geras, Bill @INDCJournal, Ann Althouse, Steve M., Jeff Goldstein, Roger L. Simon, Rich Lowry | |
Babies Caught Up in 'No-Fly' Confusion By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list." | |
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Avedon Carol: Just how stupid is the no-fly list? Stupid enough that babies are dangerous terrorists. Joe Gandelman: File this in Your Tax Dollars At Work Department: "Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports... Justin Gardner: This is extremely silly. [snipped quote] You'd think the airport employees could simply use common sense and let these kids through. |
Jan Haugland: Infants on 'no-fly' lists — Homeland insecurity: Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout... Jeralyn Merritt: Babies on the No-Fly List — How do the ticket agents keep a straight face when stopping parents from boarding a plane... Cookie Jill: well...diapers can contain a toxic substance this is proof...we've lost our freaking minds infants have been stopped... |
Earth punctured by tiny cosmic missiles By / Telegraph — Permalink FORGET dangers from giant meteors: Earth is facing another threat from outer space. Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles. | |
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Donald Sensing: Chuck emailed a link to a 2002 story about the earth being hit by "strangelets" and wondered whether such an object... Clayton Cramer: Strangelet Collisions & The Unexplained — This is one of those bizarre stories that makes you wonder if this is some... Kathryn Jean Lopez: BRING ME SOME STAR TREK — Easier to face than this: "Earth is facing another threat from outer space. |
Jan Haugland: Strange things falling from the sky — Large meteors don't hit Earth often enough to really scare anyone, so how about... Ezra Klein: It's fairly trite to hear that "common sense is a poor guide to understanding reality", but articles like this one... Glenn Reynolds: STRANGE, INDEED: [snipped quote] (Via The Corner). |
Iraqi Parliament OKs Constitution Delay By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament agreed to a seven-day extension for leaders to complete a draft constitution, after politicians failed to meet a midnight Monday deadline for agreement on the charter. | |
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Cernig: Imagine if the Founding Fathers had tried this: Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish framers of the charter had reached a tentative... Robert Mayer: Given that a few very important issues remain unresolved, however, the assembly voted to change the TAL charter to allow themselves an extra week to work on the draft. |
Gateway Pundit: Iraq Agrees to Delay Constitution Deadline IRAQ AGREES TO DELAY DEADLINE FOR CONSTITUTION, VIDEO HERE Just 20 minutes... James Joyner: Update: Iraqi Parliament OKs Constitution Delay (AP) "Iraq's parliament agreed to a seven-day extension for leaders to... |
Big-Government Conservatives WaPo — Permalink THREE TIMES in the past quarter-century, conservative leaders have promised to restrain wasteful government spending. President Ronald Reagan tried it and showed he was at least half-serious by vetoing the pork-laden 1987 transportation bill. | |
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Avedon Carol: Conservatives are starting to notice that we are best by Big-Government Conservatives. But Just for the Record, they don't know the half of it. Leopold Stotch: The Washington Post Becomes Conservative — In what has to be the most cynical and dishonest editorial I've ever read in... Nick Gillespie: But they do so today, attacking "big government conservatives" who spend spend spend while talking a good game about cuts cuts cuts. |
John Cole: Big Government Conservatives The truth hurts: THREE TIMES in the past quarter-century, conservative leaders have promised to restrain wasteful government spending. Dale Franks: Big-Government Conservatism — The editors of the Washington Post are looking askance at the "party of small government". Ezra Klein: You, Sir, Are No Ronald Reagan — From WaPo's editorial: "Back in 1987, when Mr. Reagan applied his veto to what was... |
Inside Politics By / Washington Times — Permalink Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman who was the hero of his party's anti-war wing before his gaffe-prone 2004 presidential candidacy crashed and burned in Iowa, still doesn't think the Iraqis are better off with dictator Saddam Hussein out of power and in prison. | |
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Avedon Carol: But Just for the Record, they don't know the half of it. Howard Dean is right, and The Washington Times is wrong. McQ: More "wisdom" from Howard Dean — Good grief: [snipped quote] Yeah, Howard, I understand the women of Iraq were really into those 'rape rooms'. Captain Ed: Saddam Treated Women Better: Howard Dean — Howard Dean gave his opponents another reason to look forward to his... |
John Hawkins: Daily News For August 16, 2005 — Foreign "Iraq Constitution Deadline Extended One Week" "Gas Prices Around The World. Gateway Pundit: Howard Dean Comes Unglued, Again HOWARD DEAN SAYS: - "WE CREATED A TERRORIST DANGER FOR THE US WHERE ONE DID NOT EXIST... Clayton Cramer: Gov. Dean Opens His Mouth Again, And Removes All Doubt* Look, I agree that there is a real possibility that because of... |
| Also: Kathryn Jean Lopez | |
Abortion Pill Investigated in Four California Deaths LAT — Permalink The FDA warns patients as federal, state and L.A. County agencies try to trace deadly infections. Health officials are investigating whether there are any links in the cases of four California women — at least two in Los Angeles County — who have died... | |
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Bill @INDCJournal: Fortunately, the LA Times article that she selectively excerpted includes some needed perspective: "About 460,000 women... Hugh Hewitt: RU-486 and the FDA — Ru-486 is strongly implicated in four deaths, and the pill is still on the market, unaccompanied by at least a warning? Orrin Judd: RU EXPERIENCED: Abortion Pill Investigated in Four California Deaths: The FDA warns patients as federal, state and L.A. County agencies try to trace deadly infections. |
Tim Graham: TACO TERROR — The Los Angeles Times reports that state and federal officials are investigating the deaths of (now) four... Michelle Malkin: THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF CHOICE — The Los Angeles Times reports: "Health officials are investigating whether there are... |
'Ugliest' Dog Is a Thing of Beauty to His Owner By / LAT — Permalink SANTA BARBARA — Some may call it a tale of beauty and the beast. But Sam, a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested, and a three-time champ in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, is the dog of Susie Lockheed's dreams. | |
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Betsy Newmark: If the day's news is too much for you and getting you down, read this story about a woman and her dog, the three-time winner of the world's ugliest dog contest. Ann Althouse: The ugliest dog in the world. Enlarge the photo for the full Tales-From-the-Crypt scary effect. (Via Drudge.) Michael J. Totten: In the meantime, check out the world's ugliest dog. Freaky. UPDATE: Here's another picture of the monster. |
Bill @INDCJournal: Now that's a face (and body) that only a mother could love. Money quote: "There's something quite noble about Sam. Attaturk: I apologize, as this is a f**king family blog, for the nipple shot. Photo via LA Times. |
Durbin offered proof of column By / Washington Times — Permalink A law professor who used Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin as a source for a column last month about federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr. — a column that Mr. Durbin later disputed — has a taped phone message that he says proves the accuracy of his reporting. | |
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Michelle Malkin: Law professor Jonathan Turley, one of the most personable and mild-mannered people I've met in Washington, lays the... Betsy Newmark: Here's a big uh-oh for Dick Durbin. Remember the story about Dick Durbin asking John Roberts about conflicts between his faith and decisions he might have to make on the bench? Pejman Yousefzadeh: TANGLED WEBS — Quite the fascinating development in the confirmation fight over Judge Roberts: [snipped quote] Durbin... |
John Podhoretz: The Washington Times has an account of an August 4 letter from Turley to Durbin claiming Turley has a phone message,... Scott @PowerLine: Today Hurt returns to the story to report that Turley has written Durbin offering documentary proof of the fact that... Ace: (Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!) Some commented "That's why you should always have a tape running." Apparently Mr. Turley did. |
| Also: Hugh Hewitt | |
Shotgun Blast Jars Bush Protesters By / LAT — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush might have made his peace with the antiwar encampment outside his Texas ranch, but his next-door neighbor has taken up arms. | |
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Oliver Willis: Right Wing Psycho — You gotta love how the "MSM" has ignored this incident President Bush might have made his peace... James Joyner: Shotgun Blast Jars Bush Protesters (LAT) [snipped quote] At least now the protestors can't be accused of never having heard a shot fired in anger. Joe @AmericaBlog: Shotgun Hospitality for Camp Casey — Gotta love this. |
Patterico: Today's only story is about a frustrated neighbor who jarred protestors by firing a shotgun on his own property. Jesse Taylor: Red State, Blue State — Really, all I have to say is that if someone walked outside in Boston or Milwaukee and fired a... |
Editors Ponder How to Present a Broad Picture of Iraq By / NYT — Permalink Rosemary Goudreau, the editorial page editor of The Tampa Tribune, has received the same e-mail message a dozen times over the last year. "Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq?" the anonymous polemic asks, in part. | |
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Rob @Wizbang: New York Times - Rosemary Goudreau, the editorial page editor of The Tampa Tribune, has received the same e-mail message a dozen times over the last year. Jeff Jarvis: The real story in Iraq Kit Seelye reports on a rather curious meeting of newspapers editors asking the Associated... |
Scott @PowerLine: Reader Mark Pittard also directs us to yesterday's New York Times story by Katharine Q. Seelye: "Editors ponder how to present a broad picture of Iraq." |
Permanent U.S. Bases in Iraq? Experts See a Political Minefield By / LAT — Permalink President Bush and his top advisors have never said the United States wants to establish permanent military bases in Iraq. But they have never ruled out the possibility either. Larry Diamond, a former consultant to the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq, thinks so. | |
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Dale Franks: Staying in Iraq? Ronald Brownstein asks an interesting question in today's Los Angeles Times. Lambert @Corrente: Iraq clusterf**k: So, is the "noble cause" permanent bases in Iraq? |
Laura Rozen: Ron Brownstein pokes around the question of permanent US military bases in Iraq: "...Leaks from the Pentagon have deepened the uncertainty. |
Iraq Leaders Agree on Draft Constitution By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi politicians agreed Monday on a draft constitution but decided to put off two key issues — women's rights and whether Kurds might someday secede — so the document could be submitted to parliament by a midnight deadline, two Shiite officials said. | |
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James Joyner: Iraq Leaders Agree on Draft Constitution — The Iraqi constitutional committee has submitted a document to the... |
Dr. Steven Taylor: I Spoke too Soon, it Seems — Right after my post below, I note that James Joyner links to an AP story that states Iraq... |
Israel Begins Withdrawal From Gaza Strip By / AP — Permalink NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - On the first day of Israel's Gaza pullout, soldiers handed out eviction notices to sobbing Jewish settlers and helped some pack, but troops also scuffled with protesters who barricaded their communities with burning tires and locked arms. | |
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Michael J. Totten: Gaza Withdraws from Tel Aviv Far-right Israelis are furious, but almost everyone else in the world should be relieved... Judith Weiss: The Gaza disengagement has been conspicuous by its absence from this blog for several months. |
Roger L. Simon: "The blood of martyrs has led to liberation!" ... quote unquote an Hamas banner hailing the Israeli evacuation from Gaza. |
Troubles Follow Bush By / WaPo — Permalink Just about now, President Bush is probably wishing he'd built a secret back way out of his ranch. And maybe something similar for Iraq as well. Cindy Sheehan and her growing band of followers are camped out for the duration along the only road leading out of Bush's sprawling Crawford estate. | |
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Magpie @PacificViews: Here's how Dubya responded to a question from the press, asking whether he'd take some time during the current week (in... |
Lambert @Corrente: Still, "s**t magnet" is a reasonable translation of Froomkin's headline today: "Troubles Follow Bush." Eh? |
Time to Get Out of Iraq Townhall.com — Permalink In previous columns I have been adamant that we must remain in Iraq. There was, foremost, the need to respond to global terrorism. For much of Clinton's term, for example, terrorists were allowed to attack American interests without fear of serious repercussion. | |
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John Cole: Disgruntled White House Employees Lash Out Someone at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue better cut Armstrong Williams a check,... Steve M.: REFUSING THE KOOL-AID — Former rent-a-hack Armstrong Williams now says we should get the hell out of Iraq. |
DC Media Girl: Armstrong Williams has gone off the reservation in a big way: When President George W Bush unleashed hell on Iraq he no doubt had in mind visions of global rebuilding. |
Conservatives rally for court nominees By / WaPo — Permalink NASHVILLE — Prominent conservative political and religious leaders called last night for Senate approval of Supreme Court nominees who will vote to end the constitutional right to abortion, against recognition of same-sex marriage, and for fewer restrictions on religious expression in public places. | |
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Norbizness: Oily, ethically challenged mammon-worshipper Tom DeLay also got the opportunity to deflect attention away from his... |
Mipe @ThinkProgress: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: After denouncing America's judicial system as "judicial supremacy, judicial autocracy,"... |
New Homeland Security Work Rules Blocked By / WaPo — Permalink The Department of Homeland Security, after more than two years of work on new workplace rules, may have to scrap the plan after a federal judge questioned whether it protects union and employee rights. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: That's why today's news that a federal judge has struck the new DHS rules down is so significant. Orrin Judd: TAXPAYERS VS TAX-EATERS: New Homeland Security Work Rules Blocked (Stephen Barr, August 15, 2005, Washington Post)... |
Ezra Klein: Might As Well Just Scrap the Thing — District Judge Rosemary M. Collyers just exploded the union-busting new workplace... |
I still fight oppression By / Observer — Permalink Looking back on how his generation covered up the crimes of communism in the 1930s, WH Auden explained that he and his friends weren't true communists but fellow travellers. At home they defended civil liberties and stood up for freedom of speech. | |
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Joe Katzman: As nifty addenda, N-K News offers the world's first Stalinist RSS feed (The New Statesman probably has too many... |
Ed Driscoll: Leaving The Left — Nick Cohen of England's Guardian explains why he's leaving the left: [snipped quote] Read the... |
Bell kicks off gubernatorial campaign AP — Permalink AUSTIN — Democrat Chris Bell on Sunday formally kicked off his campaign for governor, focusing on failed attempts to reform school finance and saying his patience for Gov. Rick Perry has run out. | |
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Damon McCullar: Here's what the print media had to say about the event: Austin American Statesman, The Dallas Morning News, The El Paso... |
Charles Kuffner: See for yourself: Chron Express News Statesman Morning News El Paso Times Other papers carried the AP wire story. |
JITTERY GOPERS SEEK ALTERNATIVE TO 'LIBERAL' JEANINE By / New York Post — Permalink JEANINE PIRRO'S gaffe- marred announcement and her emphasis on liberal social positions has led to new unrest in some quarters of the state GOP, party insiders said yesterday. "A lot of people were unhappy with her boatload of mistakes, and they're starting to take another look at... | |
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Larry Kudlow: Frederick Dicker writes that, in addition, Jeanine Pirro's own support of abortion rights and stem-cell resreach have... Kathryn Jean Lopez: WELD FOR GOVERNOR — According to the NYPost today: "Former Mass. Gov. William Weld has told state GOP Chairman... |
Kos @DailyKos: NY-Sen: NY conservatives looking for new Hillary foe — That was quick. |
Standing on the Shoulders of Perjury Law By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — When Al Qaeda operative Wadih El-Hage blamed false testimony he had given to a federal grand jury on confusion and jet lag, then-assistant U.S. Atty. Patrick J. Fitzgerald was not impressed. | |
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Steve Soto: From this Los Angeles Times story today we learn that this is standard operating procedure for Fitzgerald, and it appears he has been quite successful in doing it. Orrin Judd: IT'S NOT THE NON-CRIME, IT'S THE COVER-UP: Standing on the Shoulders of Perjury Law (Richard B. Schmitt, August 15,... |
Jim Romenesko: No surprise that Fitzgerald is considering perjury charges — Los Angeles Times Richard B. Schmitt says CIA leak... |
POP GOES THE WEASEL AS AL PIRRO FINALLY TREATS LOVE CHILD RIGHT By / New York Post — Permalink CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Westchester County DA Jeanine Pirro began prepping for her Senate run against Hillary Rodham Clinton, her controversial hubby got busy mending fences with a potential political liability — his love child. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Unfair Game: Albert Pirro's Daughter — The New York Post takes a cheap shot at Jeanine Pirro today by blaring on its... |
Larry Kudlow: Pirro's Problems — This is an ugly story. It seems that Jeanine Pirro's husband has an illegitimate daughter. |
Father of fallen Marine attends homecoming AP — Permalink CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (AP) — John Prazynski stood in the sea of welcome home signs and wondered why he was there. Prazynski's son, Lance Cpl. Taylor Prazynski, wasn't going to be among the 900 Marines from the 3rd Battalion who arrived home Sunday. | |
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Roger L. Simon: Today's mystery question... Which parent will get more attention from the mainstream media... A or B? |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: A FATHER HONORS HIS SON "CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (AP) — John Prazynski stood in the sea of welcome home signs and wondered why he was there. |
Facing Deadline, Iraqis Consider Bypassing Sunnis on Constitution By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 15 - Iraqi leaders remained deadlocked over major issues in the country's new constitution, raising the possibility they would fail to meet today's deadline and push the country toward a political crisis.With several questions unresolved,... | |
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Billmon: A Day Late and a Dinar Short — As expected, the various hagglers in the Iraq political bazaar were unable to close the... |
Stirling Newberry: This is obviously a definition of keeping to schedule that Amtrak could learn from, if you are behind just don't stop at all those little stations. |