Around The “Sphere

NOTE: This is a Terri Schiavo free zone. Our periodic linkfest looking at some posts from all over the Internet. Posts represent DIFFERING views and do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Moderate Voice or its independent-minded guest bloggers.

ADVICE TO THE GOP from the ever-knowing Bull Moose (one of our favorite weblogs) on Tom DeLay is a must read. A small taste:

The Moose begs the elephant to stick with their ethically-challenged Majority Leader. Although President Bush is the official chief Republican, Tom DeLay is a far better symbol of the party. He is the embodiment of the corrupt crony corporatism that is the modern GOP. DeLay is the poster boy for the sleazo-cons that rule the roost on Capitol Hill.

The New Republic notes that Tom DeLay has become the Republican version of former Democratic Majority Leader and Speaker Jim Wright. And it was Gingrich’s assault on Wright’s ethics that eventually led to the 1994 Republican revolution.

And he offers this final parting advice for DeLay:”…beware of the Ides of Rove. He might just bail out on you just like he did to your Old Trent. “Et tu, Karl?”

THE MOST POPULAR BOOK IN TURKEY is this…and it’s disturbing.



ONE OF THE U.S.’s KEY ALLIES REPORTEDLY HAS A MEDIA THAT SOME SAY IS NOT ONLY ‘UNDEMOCRATIC’ BUT PERHAPS ANTI-SEMETIC AS WELL…and the country is Japan. Rory O’Connor looks at these issues in detail.



IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DDT AND MALARIA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD? Oxblog examines the possibilities.



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