TMV is extremely limited on the posting he can do over the next few days. It boils down to logistics involving travel as he does programs in his other incarnation. TMV leaves here early in the morning between traffic jams in two (or three) Southern California counties, programs, and returning (in traffic) he is barely able to blog -- not even having time on some days to go to … [Read more...] about TMV’s Own Posts Continue To Be Limited Today

It happens less often than you think. And the stigma attached to it prevents real victims from coming forward. … [Read more...] about Playing the Victim

Note to Iraq leaders...the US has tried this before...it doesn't work. The enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. Especially in this new Islamic extremist fight we find ourselves in. Example: Osama Bin Laden. And we've seen how that movie ends already. I'm not too keen on seeing the sequel. From USA Today:BAGHDAD — Iraq's government is studying a request from some local … [Read more...] about The Enemy Of My Enemy…

John Boehner is describing the Dems calls for raising the minimum wage a cynical ploy to drum up support for the fall elections. I'm sorry...a Republican politician describing a non-wedge issue as cynical? I share my thoughts here. … [Read more...] about Minimum Wage…Important Fall Issue or Cynical Ploy?

(Click on the photo to enlarge) Interesting and surprising developments are taking place at a furious pace in the Indian subcontinent following economic liberalisation and globalization - as a result of fast changing geo-political and economic realities. Take for example the opening today (Thursday) of the famed Silk Road, an ancient trading route that once connected China … [Read more...] about India – China : Historic Silk Road Thrown Open Today

Good news if it's true! Haaretz News Flashes: 20:10 Unconfirmed report: Khaled Mashel and family leave Syria for Algeria (Channel 10) YNET: Independent Palestinian website PNN reports Syrian president met with senior Hamas members after IAF flyby over his palace, demanded release of IDF soldier; report says Hamas leaders refused, left for Algeria … [Read more...] about Hamas Diaspora?

...and says goodbye to political blogging. … [Read more...] about A Thoughtful Blogger Takes A New Job

MSNBC Breaking News - CNBC: Ex-Enron chief Kenneth Lay dead of heart attack. Houston Chronicle: Pastor Steve Wende of First United Methodist Church of Houston, said in a statement that church member Lay died unexpectedly of a "massive coronary.'' Wende said Lay and his wife, Linda, were in Aspen, Colo., for the week "and his death was totally unexpected. Apparently, his heart … [Read more...] about Ken Lay Just Died Rather Than Go to Prison

Connecticut Senator Democratic Joe Lieberman has clearly felt some backlash since he announced that even though he's in the Democratic party primary challenged by anti-war candidate Ned Lamont he's going to prepare to run as an independent just in case he loses. The latest New York Times story oozes damage control:Senator Joseph I. Lieberman tried to reassert his commitment to … [Read more...] about Lieberman Pointedly Insists He Is A “Proud Democrat”

Is the real goal of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to curb the growing influence of the USA in the Central Asian region? Is the SCO now becoming more of a political and security entity - a Russo-Chinese version of NATO? Or, is SCO concerned primarily with the economic interests of the member countries? These questions popped up when the SCO Summit was held at … [Read more...] about America Losing Influence in Central Asia?

Highly endangered Chiru or Tibetan antelope(Click on photo to enlarge.) Here is a fascinating first person account of the journey across the roof of the world by Jane Macartney of The Times. "AS THE train climbed towards the highest railway pass on Earth, funny things began to happen. Pens leaked. Air-tight bags of crisps and peanuts burst open. Laptops crashed and MP3 … [Read more...] about High Adventure On China – Tibet Rail

From moderate cartoonist Tom Briscoe: … [Read more...] about Welcome Back, Superman

President George Bush sounds poised to yield to those who say that his present stance on immigration runs counter to what's desired by the party's base, according to the New York Times:On the eve of nationwide hearings that could determine the fate of his immigration bill, President Bush is signaling a new willingness to negotiate with House Republicans in an effort to revise … [Read more...] about Bush Poised For Major Shift On Immigration

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:BUSH DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM CONSTITUTION Blasts Historic Document in Fourth of July Address In a nationally televised Fourth of July address, President George W. Bush stunned the nation by announcing that he was declaring himself independent from the United States Constitution. “Just as our forefathers threw off the … [Read more...] about This Just In!

The Capitol Steps Un-Wired TUNE IN your radio for the four yearly editions of the Capitol Steps' "Politics Takes a Holiday" on April Fool's Day, July Fourth, Halloween and New Year's Eve. The shows are broadcast on most of the stations listed below OR just LISTEN ONLINE! … [Read more...] about Listen to the Capitol Steps Live in Concert!

North Korea has defiantly brushed aside international and U.S. warnings and has launched several missiles. The question: were they the kind of missiles that they had said they would launch or less-threatening ones perhaps launched to send the world (and the U.S. in particular) a message? Or did North Korea fire BOTH long- and short-range missiles? The latest info: North … [Read more...] about North Korea Defies International Opinion And Launches Missiles (UPDATED)

C-SPAN: News Story (Text) WATCH This time it launched - looks OK. There's a camera on the shuttle and you can see the view from it. … [Read more...] about Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

Make something go safely POW here! … [Read more...] about Another Online Fireworks Display

It's "crunch time" for the Democratic party in the face of the announcement that Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman is getting ready to run as an independent in his home state of Connecticut in case he's spurned by rank-and-file members of his own party in the upcoming Democratic primary. Lieberman is now being accused — before the primary votes are cast — of wanting … [Read more...] about Joe Lieberman Readies Independent Run Amid Democratic Dilemma

Guess who's The Man of "Steal"? UPDATE: This just in!!!! Do Superman and his newspaper The Daily Planet have a SERIOUS conflict of interest? … [Read more...] about The New Superman Movie