…and the clone group sang their hits in another language. The group was The Indian Beatles.

The first send-’em-a-message action by iraq insurgents/terrorists in the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death has been transmitted…and received on the Internet: Insurgents signaled the fight is still on after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death, posting an Internet video Saturday showing the beheading of three alleged Shiite death squad members in revenge for killing Sunnis. The video — as grisly as any the al-Qaida in Iraq leader issued — was clearly designed to quash...

Yesterday we ran this post about a story about Virginia Senate candidate James Webb’s campaign having put out a cartoon that his Jewish opponent considered antisemitic. Drawing pictures of Jewish people with accentuated hooked noses, and also using the phrase “anti-Christ” is not usually something that would qualify you for an Anti-Defamation League Citizen Of The Year award. And yes, alas, since our post was done at a Starbucks in the middle of a multi-hundred-mile drive, the...

TMV in his other incarnation drove some 350 miles in two days and did five shows. His posts will resume after 7 a.m. PST. But keep checking back since our always independent cobloggers may have some things to say.

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz: ANN COULTER CHALLENGES PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO INSANE COMMENT CONTEST Conservative Pundit, Iranian Madman to Face Off on Live TV Conservative pundit Ann Coulter today challenged Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to what she called “an insane comment contest� on live TV to determine who is the insane comment champion of the world. Appearing on Fox News this morning, the sharp-tongued darling of the right wing said that while she respects...

Yes, Virginia, in Virginia you should file this one in your Reprehensible Department File: [Virginia] Senate candidate James H. Webb, President Reagan’s former Navy secretary, was criticized by his Jewish opponent Friday over a campaign flier that depicted the opponent with a hooked nose and cash spilling from his pockets. The flier was intended for distribution among labor groups. It was titled “Miller the Job Killer,” referring to Webb’s opponent for the Democratic nomination...

So the U.S. finally got one of the most wanted terrorists. The man who was seen taunting President George W. Bush on a video (didn’t he remember what happened to the last leader in Iraq named Saddam who taunted Bush?). The man who gleefully and mercilessly sawed off the heads of terrified, screaming victims and held the dripping-with-blood heads up so the “snuff video” could be played again and again on Internet sites (and linked to by weblogs seeking to increase their “hits.”) What...

It’s time for another poem by TMV’s favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet. The Gay Marriage Poem There’s something sacred about the union Of a married man and wife, Which is doubtless why such bondings Rarely lead to household strife; Were we ever to acknowledge Other pairings with no cavil, Then our present social order Would most certainly unravel. Everything would then unravel, There would be wild dissolution; There is only one solution, To amend the constitution! Nothing’s...

There was the news about Al Qaeda terrorist bigwig Abu Musab al-Zarqawi literally going out with a bang, courtesy of two heavy bombs dropped on his “safe house” by U.S. military airplane. And now there’s there’s this news from Haaretz and AP that proves once and for all that it hasn’t been a banner week for top officials of groups considered terrorist groups: The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) has vowed revenge for an Israel Air Force strike on a Palestinian militants’...

When Abu Musab al-Zarqawi would saw the head off a bound, terrified and screaming hostage, at the end of his display of almost humanless barbarity he would hold up the head and gleefully show the world. Now it’s the Bush administration, American intelligence agencies and American military who are figuratively holding up his head in light of the terrorist and insurgent leader’s death by bombing. If it isn’t The Number One Terrorist Guy…it’s getting closer: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,...

The clamor to oust Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wasn’t just limited to retired generals (who were later blasted and demonized by some talk show hosts as they defended the administration): apparently President George Bush The First was trying to find a way to have Rumself spend more time with his family, too. Sidney Blumenthal writes in Salon: Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld....

Due to an emergency, TMV’s own posts are delayed by two hours. He’ll be posting on some of the big stories of the day at that time — but in the meantime, check back and either see if our cobloggers have added some new posts OR join in the spirited discussions in comments. TMV WILL be posting…but the other events prevent him from doing so until a bit later.

Just a few weeks ago, many Democrats were cautiously optimistic that local school board member Francine Busby could win the House seat once held by disgraced and jailed Republican Randy “Duke” Cunningham. Now, in the wake of the news that former Housemember and GOPer Brian Bilbray has won the seat by some 5,000 votes, Democrats should look at the results — and be cautious. Here’s what happened: A former Republican congressman narrowly beat his Democratic rival early Wednesday...

We’ve said it many times over the past few months when people have emailed us and said “how can you call yourself a moderate” when we’ve criticized the Bush administration, so we’ll say it again: It’s getting to the point where you cannot be a moderate and support the Bush administration. And, according to the Pew Research Center, that’s precisely what’s happening in President George Bush’s part as well: As public approval of George W. Bush languishes...

…at Dilby News Monitor a site that you might first think is patterned after the Drudge Report — but when you explore it, you realize it gives you so much more. Unlike Drudge, Dilby isn’t pinned down to being widely perceived as in one political camp. It’s often all over the place. Like Drudge, it’s constantly updated. Indeed, the GOOD NEWS is that you can get what you’d get at Drudge — plus a whole lot more. News links? Got it. Streaming videos? Got it?...

Whether a third party is practical, viable and can do more than defeat one of the big parties by sucking away people that would vote for it are separate issues that can be debated later. But, for NOW, one thing is certain: there is LOTS of “buzz” in centrist circles across the country about finding ways to short-circuit polarization — even if this means looking at a third party alternative. One of the highest-profile groups is Unity08, which seeks to offer an alternative ticket....

It has big implications. Read this.

While TMV is hard at work interviewing aliens (OOPS! Wrong kind of aliens!) his blogging will be at an absolute minimum today. The reason: TMV in his other incarnation was on a variety show bill in San Diego yesterday and he’ll be on one today in San Bernardino, 110 miles east of his home. He will be gone most of the day and evening. But be sure to keep checking back because our always-independent bloggers may have some things to say. TMV may do a post or two early this morning but his posts...

You didn’t? Ann Coulter thinks so.

…like China’s Tiananmen massacre. Remember it by WATCHING HERE.

The idea behind the quest was an honorable one: a blog called Online Integrity would be the anchor and focal point for a nonpartisan, nonideological statement of principles about respecting privacy, signed onto by bloggers of varying viewpoints (this site signed onto it early and remains a firm supporter of the idea). What happened after that? And is it still a viable idea? The National Journal looks and and analyzes Online Integrity’s saga.

President Bush signaled to his followers — and the nation — once and for all something many Americans had already concluded: He is a divider, not a uniter. And even in this era of ultra-political polarization he’s willing to tilt to those who want to divide Americans rather than those who would unite them. Without batting an eyelash. Bush yesterday effectively gave a hand signal of support to his social conservative followers who often use protecting the sanctity of marriage as...

With various talk show radio hosts suggesting that universities are monolithic in thought and political perspective, it’s instructive to point readers to this delightful student film “Color Me Blind.” It’s by college student Will Drinker, who has done many fine films (and is probably destined for some great things when he leaves college). The setting: a college where a group of activists don’t see eye to eye with their latest group member — who they want to...

John Hawkins of the lively site Right Wing News has put together a list of the candidates a GOPer sees as the most “dangerous” candidates — candidates that are electable. Guess who he lists as the most electable? You probably guessed wrong (and he is probably right). Now READ THE LIST.

The always original The Talking Dog has another original interview up — this time with the author of a popular new political book. Here’s his intro: Eric Boehlert, a regular contributor to Salon and the Huffington Post, as well as to Rolling Stone, is the author of “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush”, an exigesis of documented instances in which the Mainstream Media (MSM) has defaulted on even the pretense of fairness and objectivity, as demonstrated most clearly...