Our famous linkfest offering you a buffet of varying ideas and posts from all over the blogo-you-know-what. Links do not necessarily express the viewpoint of TMV.
Democrats Have Nixed Having Their First Debate On Fox and pulled out of it (which is curious, given the thoughtful perspectives on the party frequently offered by such serious thinkers as Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly). Could THIS have been the final straw that caused the Demmies to pull out? As we noted in an earlier post, this could mean some Republicans will want their candidates to boycott an invitation by CNN or MSNBC (especially if Keith O was involved). Fox News’ Roger Ailes insists it’s all about candidates being willing to take tough questions. But the larger issue is Fox’s overt partisanship which is evident to a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce sitting on a shelf at Stop and Shop in New Haven, CT. Would Fox be as tough on GOPers as they would likely be on the Demmies? As some have pointed out, if they had originally co-hosted this with Air America in these polarized times it would have been a much wiser idea. (PS: Fox News clearly has some biased reports but not all of its reports and reporting are biased).
Who Won And Lost In This Broo-ha-ha? Daily Kos has some detailed thoughts HERE.
President Bush Is Now Shifting Gears — at least according to this report.
30 Years Ago Yesterday Iran Helped Liberate Jewish Hostages but it was a different world then as Kesher Talk points out.
It’s Truly A Horrible, Brutal War — The GOP vs GOP war in Massachusetts, that is.
Do You Know Who Nicolas Sarkozy Is? No, he isn’t the owner of those delis that you see in strip malls. He wants to be the next President of France. Pajamas Media has a great piece on this. A small smattering 4 U:
Sarkozy is the closest to a neoconservative, free market libertarian, pro-American, pro-Zionist, unapologetic nationalist, pro-globalization candidate who could make it onto the ballot in France. Though many Jewish voters will probably maintain their leftwing voting habits, a significant sector of the Jewish community loves him like a brother. Jewish people are prominent in French public life; some assert their identity proudly and others flash it as a permit to trash Israel, some soft pedal it to avoid charges of parochialism, some never mention it, some are Christian converts, many have Frenchified their names.
Read it all.
Egads…Now There’s Cosmetic Surgery On Everything as this adult-oriented link will prove.
So Is Pakistan A Safe Haven For Bin Laden? It doesn’t seem so any more. As Ed Morrissey notes here, the U.S. has now entered Pakistan in a bin Laden hunt. (There had been rumors after 911 that bin Laden was hiding in the United States, working at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles…)
And If You Want To Cap Your Weekend With A Nice Wine check out Professor Bainbridge here. On this note: I just finished a turbulent and very depressing 4 weeks but during this time I wrote for this weblog steadily and did three shows a day for the full 10 day run of the Riverside County Fair (the third booking with them in some 8 years). Today I rewarded myself by stopping at a winery in Escondido, the Belle Marie Winery. I was heading back to San Diego and did a quick tasting and bought a bottle of Maestro, a “composition of two great varietals, 80 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Nebbilio.” I drink my (medically recommended) glass of wine at night before retiring — even though I’m too young to retire.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.