...at an author, columnist and talking head who's a favorite of Sean Hannity and Matt Drudge....a columnist named Ann Coulter. … [Read more...] about A Conservative Group Takes Aim…..

Are RINOS (what GOPers call Republican In Name Only) becoming extinct? And should they be? … [Read more...] about Are RINOS Becoming Extinct?

They are addicted to pork and reject all attempts to curtail their addiction....even when some things defy logic.... … [Read more...] about Just Guess Congress’ Favorite Dish….

Is Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination politically dead on arrival yet? No one assigning it to the morgue of political conventional wisdom...not just yet. But this much is sure: seldom in recent memory has a Supreme Court nominee left so many so cold, unimpressed or revolted by what seemingly smacks of cronyism — and that's just referring to Republicans. Read this … [Read more...] about Miers Lights No Political Fire Of Desire

A UN report has come out with a bombshell: YES, it says, the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was indeed a conspiracy — a terrorist act scripted by Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services. Now, the question becomes: what will be the political consequences of this finding? But, for now, the findings are explosive enough as this New York … [Read more...] about UN Report: Hariri’s Assassination Was All In The Syrian Lebanon Family

The Moderate Voice applauds all weblogs that run ORIGINAL reporting on their sites, versus the traditional op-ed style commentaries we all do (yours truly included). John Amato has interviewed Lawrence O'Donnell and, as the Crooks And Liars creator explains:Mr. O'Donnell was the first person to say that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source and he was kind enough to come on the … [Read more...] about Original Blog Interview With Lawrence O’Donnell

Former military man and Democrat Wes Clark has launched an email campaign to try and get progressive talk show host Ed Schultz on Armed Forces radio. On his website he recaps: Last year, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a resolution that was unanimously passed by the Senate, urging Secretary Rumsfeld and Armed Forces Radio to ensure more political balance in programming. It … [Read more...] about Email Campaign To Get Ed Schultz On Armed Forces Radio

They say if it's not broke, don't fix it. Howard Stern "fixed" something that wasn't broken (the kind of show he did) and is looking a bit now like the broadcasting equivalent of damaged goods. The Washington Post reports: The Howard Stern exodus has begun. Unfortunately for Stern, it's his audience that's leaving, not him. The shock jock won't jump to satellite radio … [Read more...] about Howard Stern’s Audience Leaves Him As He Prepares To Leave Them

...by the administration that "the terrorists" are the greatest threat to the United States. Are they, really, when examined with an eye not solely focused upon winning the next election? … [Read more...] about We have been told for years…

At my weblog, Random Fate, I have a post that was written in the context of a USA Today article on the reaction of FEMA to the conditions at the New Orleans Superdome in the wake of hurricane Katrina. The post is titled "Absolution is not granted through the errors of others" because it is intended to convey a message to those using the revelations of exactly how overwrought … [Read more...] about Accountability and “accountability moments”

From the Toledo Blade: FINALLY, it's settled. No, not Iraq. Not FEMA. Not Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination. Not Israel-Palestine. The noodle. Finally it can be told where that internationally beloved food, the noodle, comes from. Maybe it hasn't kept you up nights, but this is an issue long in dispute. At last, the Italians, Arabs, Japanese, Koreans, French, and … [Read more...] about Editorial: Behold the ancient noodle

...one must take care that the results of the ephemeral victory do not return to bite one in the ass. … [Read more...] about When playing “hardball” in politics…

This terrifying image (click to expand) is from StormTrack, an excellent weather-related site with regular meteorological updates on major storms like Wilma. Highly recommended. Here are projections of where Wilma might be headed (click to expand): We'll continue to monitor the storm and provide updates, especially with Wilma taking aim at Florida. … [Read more...] about Hurricane Wilma tears through the Caribbean

This piece was originally posted yesterday. I'm re-posting it today with some updates. From The New York Times, as it all gets going: Saddam Hussein defiantly faced a panel of Iraqi judges today in a heavily guarded courthouse in central Baghdad, as he was asked to answer charges for a 1982 massacre and begin the long process of public reckoning for the decades of brutal … [Read more...] about Saddam on trial (updated)

More on the debacle from the right: Professor Bainbridge, one of the more interesting conservatives out in the blogosphere (and to whom Joe also links — see below), addresses Miers's "views" on abortion — whatever they are, whatever they happen to be at the moment. I don't agree that a judge should always "adhere to the triad of originalism, textualism, and … [Read more...] about Miers redux — more from the right

Just watch TV or a movie... … [Read more...] about If You Want To Watch Political Candidates In California

Conservative columnist Robert Novak is predicting that the hearings on Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination will be ugly, indeed — and he blasts the White House for "incompetence," predicting in the end she might not be confirmed. First, a word about Novak. He is generally acknowledged to have good sources among conservatives so if he writes about their continued … [Read more...] about Novak: Harriet Miers’ Nomination May Not Survive

Perhaps Pentagon (or high administration) officials felt that pulling the plug on progressive talk show host Ed Schultz's debut on Armed Forces Radio literally hours before his show was to be broadcast would make it just go away. If so, they badly miscalculated. The reasons: On his show, Schultz is reminding his listeners of the agreement his show had to be broadcast, the … [Read more...] about Backlash Over Armed Forces Radio Nixing Progressive Talker Ed Schultz’s Military Radio Debut Continues

At this point, no one is seriously predicting that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is dead...or even on life support...but let's just say the patient isn't in A+ health. To wit: Members BOTH parties essentially gave her the equivalent of a school "incomplete" with a teacher's admonishment on her judicial questionnaire — and that's not a harbinger of … [Read more...] about More Problems For Harriet Miers

Hurricane Wilma, the most powerful storm in history ever recorded in the Atlantic, now appears headed for Florida — the latest in a no-mercy year of angry snarls from Mother Nature. The New York Times reports:Several forecasts have the Category 5 storm striking southwestern Florida sometime this weekend, but the hurricane is moving too slowly and too erratically to make a … [Read more...] about Monster Hurricane Wilma Targets Florida And Mexico