Paresh Nath, National Herald, India … [Read more...] about Protecting the Whales
The Mitt Romney Crisis Pregnancy Center
I can see it now...The Mitt Romney Crisis Pregnancy Center AP via Forbes: Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would likely donate his salary to charity if elected president, a financial freedom he described as a byproduct of a successful business career.ANDLater, speaking with reporters, Romney said he would likely accept the presidential salary of $400,000 annually … [Read more...] about The Mitt Romney Crisis Pregnancy Center
New Boss at the World Bank
BBC:President Bush chooses former top diplomat Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank, officials say. … [Read more...] about New Boss at the World Bank
Define Yourself
I'm wondering how you all define yourselves politically. Do you consider yourself to be a moderate, centrist, conservative, liberal, or neoconservative (etc.)? I'm curious like that. Or... do you consider yourself to be a conservative liberal (like yours truly)? … [Read more...] about Define Yourself
Days Go By
Another case of employment discrimination (in this case, pay disparity), not being taken seriously by the Supreme Court. Talk about a bogus interpretation of a filing deadline. How is a paycheck disparity resulting from gender discrimination not a unique instance of harm? But since this is a statutory case, I don't need to hear lectures on whether the decision was legally … [Read more...] about Days Go By
Mexican Audience Boos Miss USA During Miss Universe Pageant Won by Miss Japan
Mexicans don’t likey America no more: Booed mercilessly at the Miss Universe pageant by a Mexican audience angry at U.S. immigration policy, and seen by millions of TV viewers as she slipped and fell on the pageant stage, Miss USA Rachel Smith nonetheless managed to take the high road and offer her Spanish-speaking hosts an enthusiastic, “Buenas noches Mexico. Muchas … [Read more...] about Mexican Audience Boos Miss USA During Miss Universe Pageant Won by Miss Japan
The Giuliani Temperament
A fascinating article and video at the New York Times about Rudy Giuliani's temperament. The dyspeptic, “not afraid to suggest his opponents have really deep-seated psychological problems†Republican mayor of fact and legend has taken a holiday. What’s left on the presidential campaign trail is a commanding daddy of a candidate, a disciplined fellow who talks about … [Read more...] about The Giuliani Temperament
Minimum Wage Hike
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about Minimum Wage Hike
Potential Health Emergency
I've read about extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis before. Now we have a patient who has been quarantined because he flew from North America to Europe and back in violation of a no-fly order and the advice of the CDC. AP via Houston Chronicle:ATLANTA — A man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U.S. … [Read more...] about Potential Health Emergency
Whistling Past Dixie
Alabama finds terrorists in the strangest places. … [Read more...] about Whistling Past Dixie
A Theme Park Dick Cheney Will Love
When his new grandchild is old enough, the Vice President can take him to a new British theme park that reflects his world view--Dickens World, where tourists get a buzz from the Victorian squalor that the underprivileged deserve. This non-Halliburton environment is chock full of rat-infested sewers, ragged beggars, debtors’ prisons, child pickpockets--in short, a … [Read more...] about A Theme Park Dick Cheney Will Love
Social Conservatives Backing Rudy?
The Politico: Rudy Giuliani, whose positions on abortion and homosexuality mark him as the most socially liberal Republican presidential candidate in more than a generation, is so far winning the contest for the support of social conservatives, according to a new analysis of recent polls. Widespread perceptions that Giuliani is the most electable Republican in this year's … [Read more...] about Social Conservatives Backing Rudy?
Tense, Sober and In the End Chickenhearted
Write Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas in Newsweek: Appalled by the White House's heavy-handed attempt to coerce the gravely ill attorney general, virtually the entire top leadership of the Justice Department is threatening to resign. The group includes the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum and the chief of the Criminal Division, … [Read more...] about Tense, Sober and In the End Chickenhearted
Center of Attention
A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers. Dick Polman recaps the President's Memorial Day greetings since 2004, interspersed with a few (important) comments from others. While Michael J. Totten thinks negotiation with Syria is a lost cause ... Mohammad Jamal believes "bold and imaginative diplomacy" could succeed … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
If You Plant Ice You’re Gonna Harvest Wind
Of all the lies that President Bush has told, none is larger nor has been told with greater frequency than Iraq had to be invaded because it was a hotbed of terrorism. Despite the exertions of the White House and its right-wing lapdogs in the media and blogosphere to prove that canard in the five years since it replaced nonexistent WMD as the primary justification for the … [Read more...] about If You Plant Ice You’re Gonna Harvest Wind
Triangle of Death Hostage Search: Day 17
SERGEANT DORR'S SHRINE The trail for two U.S. soldiers still missing after a May 12 ambush appears to have gone cold. U.S. commanders say they are confident that they have in custody many of the people directly related to the attack in the Triangle of Death, but judging from reduced number of searchers three-plus weeks on, there are no fresh leads as to the whereabouts of … [Read more...] about Triangle of Death Hostage Search: Day 17
Cindy Sheehan Burns Out. For Now.
From the folks at the Daily Kos, Cindy Sheehan's entire letter http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/28/12530/1525 Some quotes from her letter: "I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day Morning. These are not spur of the moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year now." "This is my resignation letter as the "face" … [Read more...] about Cindy Sheehan Burns Out. For Now.
The Alabama Eleven: The Black G.I.s of Wereth Belgium, Memorial Day 2007
There are precious treasures from Alabama buried far away in Belgian soil. In WWII in Europe, there were over 260,000 African-American G.I.s who served there. Up until recently, (including the shameful and continuous mispronunciation of the word 'Tuskegee' by the staggeringly unprepared pol that President Bush allowed to give late award to a brace of elder black Tuskegee … [Read more...] about The Alabama Eleven: The Black G.I.s of Wereth Belgium, Memorial Day 2007
Why Soldiers Back Home Seldom Speak of War: Woman Veteran Nails It. Memorial Day 2007
You hear it a lot: Men and women soldiers went to war. When they came home, they would not often speak of what they'd done and seen. Many in media have tried to lionize entire generations of vets for ‘not speaking,’ remaining silent, ‘stiff upper lip...’ These were touted as signs of character. ** And they can be in certain instances. But for many vets who … [Read more...] about Why Soldiers Back Home Seldom Speak of War: Woman Veteran Nails It. Memorial Day 2007
Fake butReal and Accurate
Oops:
The genius investigators in the right-wing blogosphere -- who serve as our Watchdogs over the Corrupt "MSM" -- made a major, major discovery this weekend. Last Wednesday, former CIA agent Larry Johnson published a Memo (.pdf) sent from the U.S. Mission in Iraq which advised troops and other military personnel in Iraq of a "theater-wide delay in food delivery" which … [Read more...] about Fake butReal and Accurate