From TMV's favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet: For most Americans the big day this week is Thanksgiving. For retailers and economists, however, it's the day after Thanksgiving. This is "Black Friday," the biggest shopping day of the year, the day retailers hope to get into the black, the harbinger of overall holiday sales. This sonnet is a paean (of … [Read more...] about A Black Friday Sonnet

Bull Moose thinks so and writes:On one day, his Administration excoriates those who argue for a withdrawal from Iraq. The next day, his Pentagon is sending out signals that they are embracing the notion. One day the Bushies sound like General Patton, the next day they resemble Michael Moore. The Administration's defenders are understandably confused. What is the Party line? Is … [Read more...] about Is The Bush Administration Getting Ready To Pull Out Of Iraq?

We always thought it was a terrible, unfair and inaccurate saying but perhaps in THIS CASE... "Those who can't do, teach..."DENVER - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job. "If I can help people … [Read more...] about Michael Brown’s New Business Venture

Attention New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson: If you have presidential hopes, this isn't the best way to launch them:Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record _ the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue. For nearly four decades, Richardson, often mentioned as a possible Democratic … [Read more...] about Bill Richardson’s Padded Autobiography Will Likely Hurt Him

....even a wide range of bloggers. … [Read more...] about Yesterday People Gave Thanks For Many Things…

Pajamas Media, the company that announced that it was going to revolutionize some aspects of the Internet in terms of bringing various bloggers together, offering a new advertising package, and earning bloggers more $$$$ for their mostly freebie writings, did some soul-searching on Thanksgiving Day. It came in the form of this "blogjam" discussion on where the concept is and … [Read more...] about Pajamas Media’s Thanksgiving Stuffing

Jonah Goldberg, in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece, decries what he sees as the move of both political parties towards the political center — arguing that the days of bold conservatism are likely over...for now at least. He sees us in an age of DINOS and RINOS:I should back up. Dinos, of course, are "Democrats in Name Only." Rinos are their GOP counterparts. Nobody … [Read more...] about Are The Democrats And Republicans Moving Towards The Political Center?

WHAT THREE NEW MOVIES ABOUT SUICIDE BOMBERS GET WRONG. Box Office Bombs by Elbert Ventura Only at TNR Online | Post date 11.23.05 [snip] Four years after suicide terrorism became a fact of American life, the movies have caught up. In addition to Syriana, the fall has seen the release of two other movies with jihadists at their center, Paradise Now and The War Within. All … [Read more...] about TNR on the New Genre of Suicide-Bomber Movies

Sometimes, the path to understanding what to be truly thankful for is not direct or obvious, but in the end far more rewarding than the easy answers. --- Warning - the post linked is relatively long. … [Read more...] about A Thanksgiving Tale

There is one: here it is. … [Read more...] about Exiting Iraq: A Moderate Exit Strategy?

Last week, Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio called Rep. Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania, the decorated war veteran who recently called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a coward. Needless to say, her ad hominem didn't go over well. From The Washington Post: Rep. Jean Schmidt flung the word "coward" at a decorated war veteran from Pennsylvania last week, but the Ohio … [Read more...] about Who’s the real coward — Murtha or Schmidt?

From The Washington Post: Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now, but to keep at least one brigade "on call" in Kuwait in case more troops are needed quickly, several senior military officers said. Pentagon authorities also have set a series … [Read more...] about Let the withdrawal begin…

Should they report new information that greatly contradicts a blogtopia conventional wisdom? Here's one case.... … [Read more...] about Should Bloggers Do Follow Ups?

King Abdullah II of Jordan has made his national security advisor the new prime minister and mandated a crackdown on Islamic terrorists: CNN: Jordan's king urges war on Islamic militancy … [Read more...] about King Abdullah: No More Mr. Nice Guy, Part II

If you put together today's AMERICAblog post on Samuel Alito's membership in a Princeton alumni group which sought to keep out women and minorities with the recent Diane Rehm Show interview with Professor Jerome Karabel, a sociologist who details the history of admissions policies at Harvard, Princeton and Yale, you see an very unflattering picture of racism, sexism, … [Read more...] about Princeton Featured in Two Unflattering Stories (UPDATED)

If it had turned out that the defendant was a major stockholder in Sinclair Broadcasting, then there might have been a problem with this guy on the jury:BOSTON --Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities — jury duty. Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk … [Read more...] about Senator John Kerry Is Elected…Jury Foreman

Self-styled "King of Pop" star Michael Jackson may have beat it out of the United States to live in Bahrain after being found not guilty of child molestation charges but ANOTHER self-created controversy has now placed him smack in the middle of a public relations debacle: anti-Semitic remarks, sparking calls from Jewish groups for an apology. This new controversy will likely … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson Ignites Furor With Anti-Semitic Remark

Hey, Michael, TMV is one of them. The noses of some of us may be big but at least they're not taped on. TMV thanks Sploid for the tip. … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson Apparently Doesn’t Like Us

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Our Around The 'Sphere linkfest shamelessly renamed to exploit a holiday. Links are from DIFFERING viewpoints and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Moderate Voice. Thanksgiving Is A Holiday Where People Put Aside Politics. Right or wrong? WRONG. The PC Police never rest... Will Conservatives Abandon The Republican Congress? Bull Moose outlines an intriguing … [Read more...] about Around The Turkey (Linkfest)