Here is a pointer to my post at Julien's List: This began as a comment I posted at Pam's House Blend. While the wingnuts are busy banning Harry Potter and other pagan things, they might want to consider dropping use of the names of the days of the week (from pagan gods) and months of the year (from pagan gods, festivals and emperors).... … [Read more...] about More Pagan Stuff to Ban

Recently, Bush has equated Communism with radical Islam. Is the comparison apt?In a series of recent speeches to the American people, President Bush has sought to equate the current terrorist threat with the 20th-century menace of communist totalitarianism. His case is that the terrorist challenge is global in scope, "evil" in nature, ruthless toward its foes, and eager to … [Read more...] about Bush, Radical Islam And The New “Cold War”

...she not only will go after them but try to get others to go after them. Literally. … [Read more...] about If Ann Coulter Doesn’t Like Someone….

Political Wire has a tidbit on an upcoming Time poll that contains a political sucker punch for President George Bush — one of the worst pieces of news polling will have brought him yet:Political Wire received an early copy of a new Time magazine poll that finds President Bush's approval rating at 41% with 53% disapproving. This is down a point from the last poll two … [Read more...] about New Time Poll Will Provide WORSE News For George Bush

She's going to meet with European leaders this week, in an effort to sell the Administration's policy on torture. Will she get a warm reception?On Tuesday Rice will touch down in Bucharest to sign a deal opening American facilities in Romania that will provide stopover points for US missions in the Middle East and central Asia. One of them is likely to be the air force base of … [Read more...] about Condi On CIA Black Sites In Eastern Europe

Thousands upon thousands turned out in Hong Kong's streets to tell China's leaders which type of government they want. Will Mao's children listen? … [Read more...] about Democracy In Hong Kong

This promises to be another controversy-packed week for the all-controversy-all-the-time Bush administration as the former 911 Commission releases a report saying the United States hasn't learned much from 911 or the Commission report:The 9/11 Public Discourse Project will release a "report card" Monday on how well the government has implemented the 41 recommendations made by … [Read more...] about Former 911 Commission Will Give Thumbs Down On U.S. Post-911 Measures

The new word in the war on terrorism? Cover-up. From the Wash Post:In May 2004, the White House dispatched the U.S. ambassador in Germany to pay an unusual visit to that country's interior minister. Ambassador Daniel R. Coats carried instructions from the State Department transmitted via the CIA's Berlin station because they were too sensitive and highly classified for regular … [Read more...] about CIA To Detainee, “Whoops, Sorry About Those Lost Five Months!”

The controversy over the Washington Post's Bob Woodward rages on. Is it isolated, personal, or does it mark the end of a kind of journalism and journalism sourcing? OUR VIEW: When Bernstein and Woodward wrote "All The President's Men" and did their "investigative journalism" series of award-winning Watergate stories for the Post, those stories didn't really rely on "access … [Read more...] about All The Prize-Winning Journalist’s Scruples

The venerable newspaper chain Knight-Ridder could be sold and is under fire -- and one of its key newspapers could wind up in flames...and shut. But some are battling to keep it open. … [Read more...] about The Battle To Save An Established Newspaper

....they get pissed off. … [Read more...] about Sometimes When People Use Drugs….

Over the past year it seems as if some 200 top three Al Qaeda leaders have been killed but this news report in the Telegraph seems like the real thing:Al-Qaeda's third-ranking leader has been killed by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, NBC television news reported yesterday. Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, who is said to head al-Qaeda's … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda Leader Killed By Missile

...winds up on Fox. … [Read more...] about A Controversial Show From PBS…..

The Ford Motor Company has fallen on hard times — and it sounds as if the times may get even harder. Battered by competition from abroad, there's talk of massive job cuts, statements some have labeled "defeatest" by its top executive, and a decision under pressure to stop advertising in gay publications has sparked another controversy. None of this suggests … [Read more...] about Troubled Days For Ford Motor Company

As Mother used to say, "It's important to start off your day with a good breakfast." And people follow that advice all over — and we do mean all over. Here, via the Top Five list, are Breakfast Cereals In Hell-- Toasted Almond Glass Shards -- Dingleberries -- Rectum-Sized Frosted Maxi-Wheats -- Scrape Nuts --Butts Afire Bran -- Special KKK -- Cream of Pete --Kellogg's … [Read more...] about Start Off Your Day With A Good Breakfast

Burp! (We will make it..) … [Read more...] about Sounds Good!

Will it thrive...or vanish? … [Read more...] about So What Will Happen To Ariel Sharon’s New Party?

It has finally happened: medical science can now do a face transplant — giving an average person a new face:The surgical team who performed the world's first face transplant say the 15-hour operation has "far surpassed" its expectations. Isabelle Dinoire, 38, lost her chin, lips and part of her nose when she was mauled by her labrador-cross at home in Valenciennes, … [Read more...] about I’ve Grown Accustomed To Your Transplanted Face

His memory lingers on... … [Read more...] about Death Of An Award-Winning Dog

Fireworks...see the video here. … [Read more...] about The (Manufactured) “War” On Christmas