Yes, yes, I know. There's something quite juvenile about calling prominent public figures dangerous idiots -- indeed, about name-calling in general. Yesterday (at The Reaction), it was George Allen, whose buffoonery borders on dangerous idiocy, whose intentional bigotry is dangerous idiocy. And today it's Allen's Senate colleague Orrin Hatch, whose flagrant partisanship with … [Read more...] about Orrin Hatch is a dangerous idiot

So ABC News is reporting that "North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb". The evidence obtained by U.S. intelligence is circumstantial -- "the unloading of large reels of cable outside P'unggye-yok, an underground facility in northeast North Korea, cables that could "be used in nuclear testing to connect an underground test site to outside … [Read more...] about North Korea set to test nuclear bomb?

Violators could get busted. The TSA is saying tonight if you wear a gel bar for prosthetic purposes they will be allowed through security and on planes, but if you [wear] them for cosmetic reasons you'll have to pack them in a checked luggage.Darn! I have to do that? … [Read more...] about A New Worry About Security On Planes

Uh, oh. How much do you want to bet Congress re-names "French Fries" "Freedom Fries" due to this?France on Thursday rebuffed pleas by U.N. officials to make a major contribution to a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, setting back efforts to deploy an international military force to help police a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, according to U.N. and French … [Read more...] about France Throws Monkey Wrench Into UN Peacekeeping Efforts

You don't need a sixth sense to understand this report:Teen actor Haley Joel Osment, who suffered a broken rib last month when his car struck a mailbox, faces up to six months in jail on charges that he was driving drunk and possessing marijuana, authorities said. Osment's blood-alcohol level after the July 20 crash was measured at .16 percent, twice the legal limit, said Jane … [Read more...] about “I See High People…”

In these days of instantaneous news cycles, a news media that literally needs to be fed every minute, and Internet blogs, lashing out at someone who isn't a supporter by making a joke about his race DOES does have political consequences. And it's especially damaging when you and your staff do the political macarena for days trying to find an explanation that is best accepted … [Read more...] about “Real World To Senator George Allen”

Sploid is closed. A short message on the tabloid news site says: Sploid is closed, and its domain and content archive are for sale.Serious buyers should contact [email protected]. Sploid came upon the scene being described as a serious challenger to The You Know Who Report (that pioneering site that has lots of up-to-the-minute news links but if you link to one of its original … [Read more...] about Internet Shocker: Sploid Is Gone

Some readers have asked about the relative scarcity of posts from TMV himself. Yes, yours truly is posting less and this will continue until the second week in September (and then for several groups of days when he's out of state). This is due to a performing schedule that has meant driving 250 to 350 miles a day almost every day of the week since June. The only time TMV can … [Read more...] about TMV’s Own Snail-Paced Posting Will Continue Thru Early Sept

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Hillary Offers to Housesit for Bush Would Water Plants, Read Presidential Briefings in Oval Office Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said today that she was "just trying to be helpful" when she offered to housesit for President Bush at the White House for the remainder of August. Sen. Clinton, who was immediately criticized by … [Read more...] about This Just In!

Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideas which set this nation apart.   -Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Exactly what I have been arguing ever since the passage of the unintentionally ironically named USA PATRIOT Act. … [Read more...] about Quote of the day

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports: Sen. Orrin Hatch, who continuously decries the bitter partisanship in Washington, implied this week that Democratic success in November's election could result in terrorist attacks on America. Hatch was quoted in Tuesday's Tooele Transcript Bulletin as saying Middle East terrorists are "waiting for the Democrats here to take control, let … [Read more...] about Another GOPer Suggests Democrats Are Terrorist Enablers

MSNBC Breaking News: U.S. federal judge rules warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional. AP via Washington Post: NSA Wiretapping Ruled Illegal … [Read more...] about Warrantless Wiretapping Ruled Unconstitutional

Well, think again:In the U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Katherine Harris has been touting key political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers. The problem is, some of them never endorsed her. Several members of the U.S. House called the Harris campaign to complain Wednesday after the St. Petersburg Times notified them of the endorsements listed on Harris' Web site. Minutes … [Read more...] about Did You Think Katherine Harris Couldn’t Sink Any Further?

The JonBenet Ramsey murder case, the tragic tale of the murder of a childhood beauty pageant queen that fueled reams of accusatory tabloid news stories and perhaps months of radio and television broadcast time, is now seemingly over. The accused killer has confessed, said he loved the 6-year-old girl he admitted to killing and that her death was an accident:An American man … [Read more...] about Ramsey Case Suspect Confesses Saying He “Loved” Her

Once again it appears that what is emerging could be a bit less than what was originally trumpeted — and questions are being raised about this incident. … [Read more...] about Questions Emerge About The UK Airlines Terrorism Plot

It sounds like Joe Lieberman's independent campaign for re-election to his Senate seat is heading into rocky political waters: top Democrats are beginning to become concerned about his message, according to The Hill:A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic primary last … [Read more...] about Joe Lieberman Arousing Top Democratic Party Backlash? (UPDATED)

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:FAA Bans People From Flights 'Zero Tolerance for People,' Chertoff Says In a move aimed at further tightening airport security, the Federal Aviation Administration announced today that it would ban all people from flights leaving or entering the United States, effective immediately. The FAA, which has in the past banned … [Read more...] about This Just In!

It now appears as if President George Bush's poll ratings are stalled — either staying the same, or heading south more than they're heading north. The latest Zogby poll won't spark high-fives at the White House:President Bush’s job approval rating dipped two points in the last three weeks, despite the foiling of an airline terror plot and the adoption of a cease–fire … [Read more...] about Poll: Bush Ratings Down Despite Terrorism And Lieberman Stories

...at Moderately Thinking. We get emails from readers all the time wanting to know about other moderate and centrist sites. We usually wait a while before we do a Take A Peek on a new site — but this one looks highly promising and truly deserves to be launched with reader sampling. At the top of the site Moderately Thinking proclaims:It is said that "truth" is … [Read more...] about Take A Peek….

JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 murder may be solved with today's arrest in Thailand. … [Read more...] about Arrest Made in Poor Dead Kid Case