Paresh Nath, National Herald, India … [Read more...] about Run off for French Presidency
Gordon Brown Liability for Labor
It seems that Gordon Brown "is becoming a growing electoral liability to the Labor Party." He is, in the polls, falling further and further behind David Cameron. The poll points to Labour's worst local election performance in two decades, with the party poised to lose hundreds of seats in England and Wales. Labour is also facing a catastrophic loss of power to the nationalists … [Read more...] about Gordon Brown Liability for Labor
Tag-clouding the Democratic ‘Debate’
I did not watch the Democratic presidential wannabe gabfest last night because (a.) It was meaningless to me, (b.) It had no meaning for me, and (c.) I'm jealous of John Edwards' haircut. But Andrew Sullivan hipped his readers to a neat tag-clouding exercise by Janet Harris. Tag-clouding, in this case off of Hilary Rodham Clinton's remarks, is weighting words based on the … [Read more...] about Tag-clouding the Democratic ‘Debate’
The Chocolate War
Washington Post: Lines Drawn Over Cocoa Butter Proposed FDA change in what can be defined as chocolate has purists up in arms.NPR: An Argument Against 'Healthy' ChocolateThe Food and Drug Administration considers changing the ingredients in one favorite diet buster: chocolate. A recent proposal by the FDA that would allow manufacturers to replace the cocoa butter found in … [Read more...] about The Chocolate War
That’s My Country
Yes Chris, we take global warming very seriously: It's the new climate change dilemma: finding alternatives for oil and gas without doing more harm than good. In the rush to develop biofuels, forests are burned in Asia to clear land for palm oil, and swaths of the Amazon are stripped of diverse vegetation for soya and sugar plantations for ethanol. On Friday, a Dutch … [Read more...] about That’s My Country
Iraq – Out – No!
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com … [Read more...] about Iraq – Out – No!
Prince Harry: For King or For Country?
The lie that the U.K. is drawing down its forces in Basra and will be out of Iraq altogether in the not too distant future because the area has been stabilized has had an unexpectedly serious consequence that has a name: Henry Charles Albert David Wales, who is better known as Harry Prince of Wales. Prince Harry, the dashingly handsome (handsomely dashing?) 22-year-old … [Read more...] about Prince Harry: For King or For Country?
Bangladesh’s Interim Government Gives Two ‘Begums’ A Reprieve
Restrictions imposed on two former Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Begum (lady) Khaleda Zia and Begum Sheikh Hasina Wazed, have been removed, says The Independent. "Last weekend, Sheikh Hasina, who ran Bangladesh as prime minister between 1996-2001, found herself marooned in London after the caretaker government issued a note to all airlines forbidding them from allowing her … [Read more...] about Bangladesh’s Interim Government Gives Two ‘Begums’ A Reprieve
A New Crime Wave
Just watch this (WARNING: Some adult language): … [Read more...] about A New Crime Wave
McCain Solid As IROCK
Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons UPDATE: Meanwhile, the question arises: is McCain facing a media payback? … [Read more...] about McCain Solid As IROCK
Unexciting Democratic Primary Debate Shows Promising and Unpromising Candidates
NOTE: This was put up under the wrong byline but we'll leave it as it is. JOE GANDELMAN If you tuned in to tonight's Democratic candidates debate and expected fireworks, you were likely disappointed. If you tuned in expecting a major gaffe, you were disappointed. If you tuned in expecting to see The Major Star emerge from the pack, you were disappointed. But in a debate … [Read more...] about Unexciting Democratic Primary Debate Shows Promising and Unpromising Candidates
Deja Vu All Over Again
Apropos Mike's post on the Blackfacing of Hillary Clinton, I'd bring up my post condemning a liberal Black blogger for blackfacing former Maryland Lt. Governor and Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele. There is so little redeeming value to blackfacing that I fail to see any circumstance where it is justified. It isn't being "reclaimed" here. It isn't being used to … [Read more...] about Deja Vu All Over Again
Laws Against Beating Blacks: The New Slavery
Family Research Council: Hate Crimes law violates the 13th (and 15th) Amendments. Those would be the anti-slavery and right to vote amendments. Idiots. To be clear, there is a valid 1st and 14th Amendment objection to these laws, and the FRC did mention the 14th amendment (not the 1st, though, which seems the most obvious). The issue isn't whether the law is ultimately … [Read more...] about Laws Against Beating Blacks: The New Slavery
Democrats Debating Now
I'm listening on C-SPAN Radio. After hearing 15 minutes on Iraq, this Democrat is going to find it difficult to support any of those speaking tonight for President in 2008. You can watch on MSNBC, a channel that I don't get. MSNBC Live Blogging Hmmm. Senator Gravel is immoral. On the domestic issues, they seem far more tolerable. OTHER BLOGGERS ARE WATCHING AND … [Read more...] about Democrats Debating Now
Ch-Ch-Ch-Check it Out!
Check out this blog: Heading Right. From the about: "Welcome to HeadingRight - the central hub for Conservatives on BlogTalk Radio. This is where the best conservative thinkers, writers, pundits and characters from the online community gather to discuss current events and politics through the miracle of BlogTalkRadio." Some of the co-bloggers: bRight and Early, Ed Morrissey … [Read more...] about Ch-Ch-Ch-Check it Out!
A Cartoon that Crosses the Line
Rick Moran believes that Chris Muir’s cartoon, featuring Hillary Clinton in black face, crosses the line. What do you all think? Does this cartoon cross the line, or is it a joke and, as such, perhaps excusable? Jane Hamsher's use of a photo of Lieberman with blackface was not a joke, it was a smear. How should this be interpreted? Joke, smear, a little bit of both? I … [Read more...] about A Cartoon that Crosses the Line
Testicular Democrats
Rudy Giuliani -- playing the partisan, as top-tier presidential candidates reaching out to the base tend to do -- said this week in New Hampshire that "[t]he Democrats do not understand the full nature and scope of the terrorist war against us" and hence that the country would be better off with a Republican in the White House after '08, preferably the mayor himself. The … [Read more...] about Testicular Democrats
Bill Moyers’ ‘Buying the War’
"Buying the War," a Bill Moyers PBS documentary that aired in most TV markets on Wednesday night, is a powerful bookend to The Big War Story the Media Is Ignoring, my essay on how the mainstream media was shocked, awed and duped in the wake of 9/11 and the run-up to the Iraq War. Moyers begins: Four years ago this spring the Bush administration took leave of reality and … [Read more...] about Bill Moyers’ ‘Buying the War’
Senate Approves Iraq Funding With Withdrawal Timetable
And now it is cast in political concrete: President George Bush will get an Iraq funding bill with a withdrawal timetable in it and he will veto it in a historical showdown between the two branches of government. The Senate has just put the final ribbon on the gift Congress is about to present to GWB:A defiant Democratic-controlled Senate passed legislation Thursday that would … [Read more...] about Senate Approves Iraq Funding With Withdrawal Timetable
Somalia: Examining the Many Shades of Gray
The ongoing conflict in Somalia is being portrayed in very black-and-white terms in both the American and much of the international press. The media really seems to be parroting the line of the Bush administration by painting it as a fight of good vs. evil, stability vs. chaos, moderates vs. radicals, etc.. The Islamists, cobbled together in an organization called the "Union … [Read more...] about Somalia: Examining the Many Shades of Gray