The New York Times reports that the Democrats have "requested a private interview" with Monica Goodling - an aide (on leave) to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - who "has asserted her constitutional right not to testify at a public hearing" about the U.S. Attorneys controversy. Mr. Conyers’s letter said that House lawyers wanted to question Ms. Goodling to evaluate … [Read more...] about Democrats Want Gonzales Aide to Testify Despite Her Refusal
Iran’s President Will Release 15 UK Sailors Immediately
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sprung another surprise: smack dab in the middle of what was getting to be an international crisis that seemed to be heading towards some kind of non-diplomatic solution, he has announced that he's freeing the 15 captured British sailors:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran will pardon and set free 15 British sailors and … [Read more...] about Iran’s President Will Release 15 UK Sailors Immediately
Dog Food
Mike Lester, The Rome News-Tribune … [Read more...] about Dog Food
Mon Dieu! Now Trains Fly!!!
I have a fascination for trains and prefer rail travel to flying. Oh!...But now the trains have begun to fly!!! Goodbye to slow and gentle art of travel...? To read the thrilling/'terrifying' first-person account by a journalist on board the French TGV train that hit 357mph yesterday (and created a world record), please click here... "At 357mph, it was impossible to … [Read more...] about Mon Dieu! Now Trains Fly!!!
Center of Attention
A great post at the Daily Dish from a couple of days ago: Andrew Sullivan fisks David Brooks (h/t Pete Abel). Let me take the time to congratulate my good friend Libby Spencer with her new gig. From now on, Libby is an official partner at the NewsHog blog. Justin Gardner notices that the White House only minds it when politicians visit Syria if those politicians are … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
The Very Un-P.C. ‘Cat In the Hat’ Turns 50
"The Cat in the Hat," the classic children's book by Dr. Seuss, turns 50 this year. The opening lines . . . The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day . . . . . . are just as fresh in my mind as when my mother read "The Cat in the Hat" to me and I read it to my own children. But sad to say, the book is so … [Read more...] about The Very Un-P.C. ‘Cat In the Hat’ Turns 50
Goodbye McCain
Seriously, how many blows can Senator John McCain overcome? John Kerry says that John McCain's people approached him in 04 "to engage in a discussion about his potentially being on the ticket as Vice President." It is amazing that McCain is still at 16% in the latest Rasmussen poll. Meanwhile, McCain denies it. According to him, Kerry contacted him. Well, whether … [Read more...] about Goodbye McCain
How Far Is Iran Away From Making A Nuclear Weapon?
Would you believe two? … [Read more...] about How Far Is Iran Away From Making A Nuclear Weapon?
Saudi King’s Biggest Frustration: Is It George Bush?
The indispensible website Watching America has this great translation from Portuguese from Brazil's newspaper O Globo that gives some perspective on a new pocket of disenchantment: feelings in Saudi Arabia that President George W. Bush is interfering with their plans. Here's a small part of it:Saudi Arabia is trying to bring Syria back to the negotiation table (along with … [Read more...] about Saudi King’s Biggest Frustration: Is It George Bush?
Fred Thompson: A Mixed Bag In Polls
Some new polls have bring good news and bad news for Fred Thompson, the former Senator turned TV actor who could well give the Republicans their first REAL "Law and Order" Presidential candidate. The GOOD NEWS is that his stock is quickly rising among Republican voters. The person who should be most concerned should be former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose support is … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson: A Mixed Bag In Polls
Classic Comedy: Ernie Kovac’s Classic Comedy Commercials
Once again, in response to emails we're offering you a bit more of television comedy pioneer Ernie Kovacs, who died in a car accident in 1962. Click on the You Tube below and you'll see two of the superb cigar commercials that the cigar-smoking, moustachioed Kovacs wrote, produced and starred in. He helped turn commercials into high quallity comedy blackouts: You can learn … [Read more...] about Classic Comedy: Ernie Kovac’s Classic Comedy Commercials
EPA Ruling
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about EPA Ruling
‘Largest Show of Support for Pak Judge’
In my last post the news story did not give the exact magnitude of the protest in Pakistan. Here is the latest The Guardian story... "Thousands of boisterous opposition supporters massed outside Pakistan's supreme court yesterday in the largest show of support yet for the beleaguered Chief Justice, Muhammad Iftikhar Chaudhry. "Activists from across the political spectrum … [Read more...] about ‘Largest Show of Support for Pak Judge’
Why the Dutch Make Fun of Belgians
Just like Americans like to make jokes about Canadians, about them being stupid, etc., the Dutch enjoy making fun of Belgians. We have a wide variety of Belgium jokes, ridiculing the intelligence of our southern neighbors. Why is that, one might ask? Why do we laugh at Belgians? Well, I hope that the following explains it: The government of Belgium's French-speaking … [Read more...] about Why the Dutch Make Fun of Belgians
“Celebrating” Passover
There are ten plagues read on Passover, foisted upon the Egyptian people as Moses asks Pharaoh to "let my people go." The plagues run a gamut of nasty things, from turning the Nile River to blood, to locusts, to boils. The tenth and final plague is the slaying of the Egyptian first born. When Jews recite the ten plagues, they spill a drop of wine for each one, to symbolize … [Read more...] about “Celebrating” Passover
A Little Bit More Grace in Politics
Dennis Sanders published a great post today, calling for more grace in politics. Excerpt (but read the whole thing): Grace is something that is missing in American politics. It’s grace that allows us to see each other as fallible humans instead of arbiters of truth. Mr. Dowd thought he was doing the right thing and now he thinks he was wrong. In a political culture when we … [Read more...] about A Little Bit More Grace in Politics
Hebrew: Language of the Ghetto
Newt Gingrich clarifies. … [Read more...] about Hebrew: Language of the Ghetto
Bush Takes On Defunders
Gary McCoy, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about Bush Takes On Defunders
Military Victory No Longer Possible in Iraq
I don't really care what Henry Kissinger has to say these days, but perhaps his recent comments in Tokyo deserve some consideration. Although he remains "basically sympathetic to President Bush" with respect to Iraq -- which is already enough to question his sanity and credibility -- he does not think that "military victory" (defined as "total control over the whole … [Read more...] about Military Victory No Longer Possible in Iraq
What Will it be Sir, a Buffalo or something Cheap, like a Child?
Reuters reports that, umh, creative entrepreneurs are selling children in India... and they're not expensive! "Children are purchased like buffaloes," said Bhuvan Ribhu of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement), quoting a study that is due to be released later this year. He went on to say that "while buffaloes may cost up to 15,000 rupees ($350), children are … [Read more...] about What Will it be Sir, a Buffalo or something Cheap, like a Child?