Before you begin to party or cry (depending on your ideology)...Think again...what's the date today...April Fools' Day!!! "Many media organizations have either unwittingly or deliberately propagated hoaxes on April Fools' Day. Even normally serious news media consider April Fools' Day hoaxes fair game and spotting them has become an annual pastime..." More here... Among … [Read more...] about Breaking News!!!
The Last Shall Be First
Despite currently being 8th in my NCAA pool, I am one of just two people (the other being the current leader) who could possibly win. Why? Because, incredibly, I was the only person in the entire pool to pick Ohio State to win it all. Several people have Florida, but nobody else has Ohio State. If they win, I win. If Florida wins, the current leader (who picked Florida to … [Read more...] about The Last Shall Be First
Mugabe Gone Bad
Ex-Bush Aide Dowd Says He “Misplaced” Faith In Bush (UPDATED)
Note: This was put up under the wrong byline. Since it's already on the web we'll leave it and put the byline under this. By Joe Gandelman You know a Presidency is in trouble with former -- and trusted -- aides begin to break prominently from their former boss. Particularly if they break with the boss in the New York Times....and that's what is being pitchforked into the … [Read more...] about Ex-Bush Aide Dowd Says He “Misplaced” Faith In Bush (UPDATED)
The UNHRC Finishes Its Session
And boy was it a doozy. Let's just say that if there were any doubts on whether these folks were committed to human rights, they are now quite erased. … [Read more...] about The UNHRC Finishes Its Session
Blast From The Past
I don't want to continue to pick on Marc for supporting Krauthammer's "Iraq-is-more-important-than-Afghanistan" column, but I couldn't help but notice we had a verysimilar debate over two years ago in both of our pre-TMV days. Indeed, it was one of the first true blog debates I ever had, and sparked one of the best (or at least, one of my favorite) early posts I ever wrote, on … [Read more...] about Blast From The Past
Generation XXXL
Cruel Conservatives: Part III
Wow. The first and second installments in this series created a much larger uproar than I expected. And that's OK. Dialogue is healthy, even uproarious dialogue. However, given the uproar -- the pro-and-con opinions, impressions, and misimpressions recorded in the comments section of the first installment -- I've decided to expand the series, adding the third … [Read more...] about Cruel Conservatives: Part III
Syria Visit: Pelosi Overrules President Bush
Why is President Bush so adamant in preventing the planned visit to Syria next week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? "Ms. Pelosi is leading a bipartisan delegation on a weeklong tour of the Middle East that is scheduled to include a meeting with Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad. Read the NYT report here... And also the Boston Herald report: "House Speaker Nancy … [Read more...] about Syria Visit: Pelosi Overrules President Bush
Mugabe 2008: A case of democracy sustaining tyranny
According to the BBC, "Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2008 election". Big surprise. Mugabe is 83. He's been in power since 1980. In fact, he's the only president independent Zimbabwe has ever had. His idea of democratic governance includes beating opponents and dissenters to a pulp, arresting them, and then … [Read more...] about Mugabe 2008: A case of democracy sustaining tyranny
Adult Entertainment & Confusion?
An Internet governing body on Friday rejected a proposal to create a unique set of Web addresses for adult entertainment Web sites. Why? Read on... … [Read more...] about Adult Entertainment & Confusion?
Center of Attention
Please accept my apologies for not being able to publish a Center of Attention for a couple of days. First, I'd like to congratulate Libby Spencer: it's her second bloggiversary. Amba wonders whether Newt Gingrich is the Republican Gore. A tribute to... Joe Gandelman. Awww. John Cole on the news that Hicks has to serve nine months in custody: "I sure feel safer … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
Musharraf’s Pakistan Tests Nuclear Missile
Pakistan cannot do anything without the tacit approval of the United States of America. And the world knows this. Here comes the news of Pakistan testing nuclear-capable missile today. People living in South Asia wonder what games President George Bush and President Pervez Musharraf are playing, with the US Congress watching all this with intriguing silence. A latest … [Read more...] about Musharraf’s Pakistan Tests Nuclear Missile
President Bush Threatens War Against US Congress
US President George W Bush Saturday slammed the Democrats for imposing restrictive conditions on war spending and insisted that he will veto both House and Senate versions of the bills on Iraq that contain deadlines for withdrawal of troops from the country, reports a leading Indian TV channel ZEE News. … [Read more...] about President Bush Threatens War Against US Congress
Nepal’s Ultra-Leftists Opt for Democracy
Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) Nepal has emerged as a latest showpiece of democracy in the world by removing the powerful King without bloodshed, holding elections and then persuading the ultra-leftists to participate in the democratic process. Did I hear someone say: "Thank God that the West kept out of Nepal!!!" "Eleven years after they had started a civil war, … [Read more...] about Nepal’s Ultra-Leftists Opt for Democracy
‘Legal Action Against Captured British Begins’
Iranian authorities have started legal proceedings against the British military personnel it has seized and said they would be punished if found guilty, Iran's ambassador to Moscow said last night, reports The Sunday Morning Herald. " 'No kind of apology has been received from the British side and, as a result, the case has taken on a juridical form,' Gholamreza Ansari told … [Read more...] about ‘Legal Action Against Captured British Begins’
An Ongoing Blogosphere Debate
Over blogroll purges. … [Read more...] about An Ongoing Blogosphere Debate
Curious Case of David Hicks of Gitmo
The case of Gitmo inmate Australian David Hicks, 31, is getting curiouser and curiouser. The latest news is that 'Hicks will walk free from an Adelaide jail next New Year's Day, even though the confessed terrorist was recommended a seven year sentence by a US military commission...' Read on... … [Read more...] about Curious Case of David Hicks of Gitmo
Radioactive Rapport
Hicks to Serve 9 Months in Custody
The New York Times reports that Australian David Hicks has to serve nine (additional) months in custody. Nine months... That's, as the NYT's William Glaberson notes is "remarkable for a detainee who, before the plea negotiations, had faced a potential life term." Furthermore, he is "is to be returned to Australia within 60 days to serve the balance of the sentence … [Read more...] about Hicks to Serve 9 Months in Custody