A servicewoman with the Air Force filed a rape complaint against three men, but then refused to testify after being subjected to "harsh interrogation" by defense attorneys without her own representation present (a violation of military policy). So the Air Force decided to charge her with "committing indecent acts" instead. They even had the foresight to grant the three men … [Read more...] about Letting the Big Fish Go To Catch The Little One
Harry Reid
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about Harry Reid
Monkeying Around With Airline Security
A man tried to smuggle a monkey into the United States and when he was discovered officials went ape: The monkey flew coach. A fist-sized monkey and the man who smuggled him from Peru to New York were forced to part ways at the gate last night. Sight of the tiny marmoset shocked passengers aboard a LaGuardia-bound jetliner when he scooted out from under the man's hat … [Read more...] about Monkeying Around With Airline Security
Betting On The 2008 Elections
One of TMV's favorite weblog writers, law professor Steven Bainbridge, has some thoughts HERE. … [Read more...] about Betting On The 2008 Elections
Memo to Murray: Shut Your Yap Hole
When TV camera crews and reporters beat a path to your door, it’s usually not because you just won a big lottery prize or landed in the Guinness Book of Records. It's because something really bad has happened, and that’s why we're having to put up with a right-wing blowhard by the name of Robert Murray these days. Murray is the owner of the mine in Crandall Canyon, … [Read more...] about Memo to Murray: Shut Your Yap Hole
Original Net Reporting: An Interview With Pete Hamill
TMV frequent Guest Reviewer Dan Schneider has a fascinating, in depth interview with journalist Pete Hamill on his own website. Here's THE LINK TO IT and how it starts: DS: Pete Hamill, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for The Dan Schneider Interview series. The very purpose of this series is to combat what I call the ‘deliteracy’ of current and common … [Read more...] about Original Net Reporting: An Interview With Pete Hamill
B. Bonds’ Rendezvous With Immortality
With one mighty swing of the bat, Barry Bonds last night broke the most hallowed record in the 131-year history of major-league baseball by hitting his 756th career home run. Mark Spitz's seven Olympic gold medals, Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories and Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game all were extraordinary, but don’t compare. Just as Hank Aaron was both … [Read more...] about B. Bonds’ Rendezvous With Immortality
Check it Out
As you all have learned by now, I try to keep track of the blogosphere and try to find (discover) new blogs just about every single day. Many blogs are created every day, the far majority of those blogs are useless, but some really add something to the blogosphere and deserve a bigger audience. That is why, when I find such a blog, I do not just add it to my blogroll (or … [Read more...] about Check it Out
A Romantic Evening in Ä°stanbul
Imagine the following: you are greatly in love with a young woman who is 20 years old (you are 23). You love each other to death and know that the only thing you want to do with the rest of your life… is to spend it together. Imagine that you both believe that the two of you were made for each other. Imagine that the girl is Turkish and you are Dutch. Imagine that the love … [Read more...] about A Romantic Evening in Ä°stanbul
As Basra Goes So Goes Iraq
British troops rush to scene of chopper crash Today’s Iraq war cold shower is brought to you by the British. Despite its years-long efforts to stabilize Basra in southern Iraq, the Royal Army is watching Shiite militias fill the power vacuum being created as its troops draw down by escalating their rivalries in a violent effort to control the region's rich oil … [Read more...] about As Basra Goes So Goes Iraq
Attack of the Fifty Foot Terrorists
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune … [Read more...] about Attack of the Fifty Foot Terrorists
Clinton, Obama Lead Feisty Pack At Democratic Debate (UPDATED)
The Democrats held another debate -- and more than ever one thing was clear: The front-runners Senator Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (seen above in a photo taken in much friendlier times) are increasingly seen as....being positioned as...and gaining the stature of...well, front-runners. They are solidifying their status. There may be an occasional stumble, but both … [Read more...] about Clinton, Obama Lead Feisty Pack At Democratic Debate (UPDATED)
Barry Bonds With the Ball
MSNBC: SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball’s new home run king. Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s storied record in the fifth inning, hitting a 3-2 pitch from Washington’s Mike Bacsik 435 feet to right-center field. … [Read more...] about Barry Bonds With the Ball
Goodnight George
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about Goodnight George
Minneapolis Bridge Victims’ Funerals: It’s ALL FUN-erals ALL THE TIME To Pastor Fred Phelps
Pastor Fred and his crew of self-styled Baptists who like to show up at funerals of gays, military and disaster victims, carrying signs saying God Hates You, and bellowing over bullhorns about how happy God is to murder human beings. He's back. Again. They say decent Christians never speak out against others who hold themselves out to be 'the one and only true Christians" … [Read more...] about Minneapolis Bridge Victims’ Funerals: It’s ALL FUN-erals ALL THE TIME To Pastor Fred Phelps
Another Debate? Open Thread
I have missed the last couple of debates for various reasons and don't pay Time Warner Cable for MSNBC so I may not see this one either. The New York Times: Labor Sets the Stage for a Democratic Forum CHICAGO — Labor groups are ready to hand out 10,000 rain ponchos, but hope their members won’t have to use them tonight when the Democratic candidates and thousands of … [Read more...] about Another Debate? Open Thread
The New Republic Can’t Confirm Weekly Standard Report Of Beauchamp Recant
This one is surely now to stack up as a case for the nation's journalism schools. We ran this extensive post earlier about a report in The Weekly Standard that Scott Thomas Beauchamp had recanted his controversial articles written about the U.S. military in Iraq under a pen name. If you re-read it, you'll note that we added our own journalistic "hedges" since we were … [Read more...] about The New Republic Can’t Confirm Weekly Standard Report Of Beauchamp Recant
Major Crackdown in Iran Indicates Regime Is Feeling the Heat
Although it's not getting much play in the American press, there is a major crackdown on opposition groups being carried out by the Iranian government. In fact, there have been more executions in the past few weeks in Iran than at any time in over two decades. Ahmadinejad's government has justified this wave of repression by alleging that the country is under siege from … [Read more...] about Major Crackdown in Iran Indicates Regime Is Feeling the Heat
Cost of War Reaches $450 Billion
According to the National Priorities Project, the War in Iraq has now cost American taxpayers $450 billion. That stands in stark contrast to the $100 billion to $200 billion pricetag estimated by President Bush's chief economic advisor in September 2002 or the $50 billion to 60$ billion estimate offered by the White House Office of Management and Budget Director in December … [Read more...] about Cost of War Reaches $450 Billion
I’m Voting For Fred Thompson ‘Cause His Wife Has Nice You Know Whats
Stories like this one from The Los Angeles Times make me want to throw up, tear my eyes out or something: "In this long, hot campaign season, intimations of sexuality are sprouting like wildflowers along the road to the White House. Not that the commingling of sex and politics is anything new, but for what seems to be the first time in memory, voters are being confronted … [Read more...] about I’m Voting For Fred Thompson ‘Cause His Wife Has Nice You Know Whats