Usually there are lots of posts on TMV, but there may be fewer today: in my own case, I will be unable to post. This morning, in the middle of a post, my office computer went totally down. We think it may be the hard drive which either means I'll need to replace the hard drive or the computer. This happened on a day when I have a major event and, even though a lot of it was … [Read more...] about Note To TMV Readers
Monk In Burma Threatened By Than Shwe
Giuliani Fundraiser Was Behind Collapsed Effort To Change California’s Electoral College Process
So who was behind the GOP effort that recently collapsed to pass an initiative that would make California's votes be distributed via proportional representation rather than the more traditional winner-take-all method? According to the Los Angeles Times, it was a prominent backer and bank-roller of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: A close friend and major fundraiser … [Read more...] about Giuliani Fundraiser Was Behind Collapsed Effort To Change California’s Electoral College Process
Rush Limbaugh And Media Matters Exchange New Charges
Rush Limbaugh has responded to the furor surrounding his comment suggesting that those in the military who don't support Iraq policy are "phony soldiers" charging that his comments were and are twisted out of shape by Media Matters and his critics. (SPECIAL UPDATE: Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty reports that Senator John McCain has condemned Limbaugh's remarks, although with … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh And Media Matters Exchange New Charges
Hate-Crimes Bill & ENDA
San Francisco Chronicle: Senate OKs hate-crimes bill protecting gays, lesbians (09-28) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Even as the Senate passed a hate crimes bill sought for a decade by gays and lesbians, House Democratic leaders decided Thursday to strip transgender people from another long-languishing civil rights bill, generating dismay in the gay community and furious but … [Read more...] about Hate-Crimes Bill & ENDA
12-Year-Old Will Battle Bush For Democrats On Children’s Health Care Issue
If the Democrats win big in 2008 partially due to the furor over President George Bush's impending veto of a bill to fund children's health care, they can thank the "little people." Kids like a 12-year-old boy who the Democrats have picked to give the Democrats' answer to the President's weekly radio address tomorrow. And expect this to be the opening volley in young … [Read more...] about 12-Year-Old Will Battle Bush For Democrats On Children’s Health Care Issue
The Wages of Sincerity
Those who worry about the flood of illegal immigrants can take comfort in the story of Pedro Zapeta. U. S. Customs is on the job. Zapeta came here from Guatemala, worked as a dishwasher for 11 years and lived frugally to make enough money to buy land in his mountain village and build a home for his mother and sisters. He was not educated enough to send money home or put it … [Read more...] about The Wages of Sincerity
Celebrating Rumi’s 800th Birthday
Today is an important day in many parts of the world: Whenever people say that Islam is hostile to opposing views and violent in its nature, I always wonder whether those people actually ever took the time to read the Koran, to talk about it, to read other Islamic literature, to take a long and hard look at the history of this second largest religion of the world, and … [Read more...] about Celebrating Rumi’s 800th Birthday
Sometimes Even We’re Under The Weather
In response to some emails, yours-truly is not posting much today due to having to stay in bed due to illness. But I may post on an issue or two later in the day or evening. Some big issues swirling on the Internet, the blogosphere and news are not being touched on here today due to various people's schedules and my own inability to post. But keep checking back and stay … [Read more...] about Sometimes Even We’re Under The Weather
Prez & Pentagon: Light Years Apart
As I noted earlier this month, George Bush has broken the United States Army because of his reckless and never ending adventure in Iraq, and it's not going to be fixed anytime soon. General George C. Casey confirmed that this week in an extraordinary appearance before Congress. It was extraordinary because the new Army chief of staff wasn't called up to Capitol Hill because … [Read more...] about Prez & Pentagon: Light Years Apart
U.S. Political Consultant Bob Shrum Proves Controversial As Gordon Brown Advisor
Bob Shrum, the longtime political consultant who is a great analyst and talking head but whose record in winning big U.S. elections is not stellar, has now become enmeshed in another controversy -- in Great Britain. Shrum has been under fire for his influence on Prime Minister Gordon Brown and in a new controversy a newspaper suggests that some of Brown's speech phrases even … [Read more...] about U.S. Political Consultant Bob Shrum Proves Controversial As Gordon Brown Advisor
Party of Lincoln, Lincoln, Bo, Bincoln . . .
. . . Banana, Fanna, Foe, Fincoln. Feem Fie, Moe, Mincoln. More here, Dear. … [Read more...] about Party of Lincoln, Lincoln, Bo, Bincoln . . .
US Auto Industry
Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about US Auto Industry
Nuclear Power In the United States: Finally Ready For Its Second Act
Something happened this week in the American power industry that has not occurred in at least 30 years: Applications were filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build new nuclear reactors. The last application was made in 1977, two years before the infamous partial meltdown at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (One report says it was 1973.) Nuclear … [Read more...] about Nuclear Power In the United States: Finally Ready For Its Second Act
Burma: Cyber Treasure of Burma, Identifying Thugs by Face Photos (UPDATED)
It may be the worst news yet for the Burmese military cabal which continues to refuse to relinquish power despite democratic elections voting them out of power in 1990... The first bad news for the cabal: It can no longer keep its thuggery a worldwide secret... tiny electronic eyes with seven thousand-league reach, are upon them Equally bad news for the cabal: the … [Read more...] about Burma: Cyber Treasure of Burma, Identifying Thugs by Face Photos (UPDATED)
Bill Clinton On MoveOn Ad Controversy
Dear Mr. Clinton: Next time please tell us what you REALLY think: … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton On MoveOn Ad Controversy
This Just In!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Ahmadinejad Invites U.N. Inspectors to Search for Homosexuals Permits Use of Advanced Gaydar Just days after asserting that there are no homosexuals in Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today invited United Nations inspectors into his country to search for homosexuals. “We have nothing to hide,†Mr. … [Read more...] about This Just In!!
Myanmar crackdown
Tab, The Calgary Sun … [Read more...] about Myanmar crackdown
Ripken Diplomacy
Our illustrious public diplomacy guru at the State Department, Karen Hughes, is at it again. This time, she plans on sending Cal Ripken Jr. around the world (first stop: China) to act as a cultural liaison for the United States. The video sort of tells it all, but I have a few comments which I'll include below. Honestly, it's not that this latest initiative is that absurd, … [Read more...] about Ripken Diplomacy
Has Rush Limbaugh Dug His Own Grave?
If he really said this, he's gone. During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers." He made the comment while discussing with a caller a conversation he had with a previous caller, "Mike from Chicago," who said he "used to be military," and "believe[s] that … [Read more...] about Has Rush Limbaugh Dug His Own Grave?