...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

From one of our favorite talk shows: RICHARD VAGUE, the founding associate of AmericanRespect.com will be a guest SUBJECT2DISCUSSION Wednesday October 19 and begins at 7 pm PT 9 pm CT and 10 pm ET. Listeners from across the globe can listen to the program by going to http://www.LVROCKS.com at 7 PM PT,9 PM CT and 10 PM ET and click on LISTEN and click on CAM/CHAT. … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss Internet-based Talk Show Tonite

...are beginning to resemble the early stages of a very ugly divorce. One wonders who will be changing their name? … [Read more...] about Attitudes and events on the right-side of the political spectrum…

Get your latest scandal update right here! Featuring: DeLay's arrest warrant! Rove and Bush--what did they know? And a potential Cheney resignation? Posts like this are like the blogging equivalent of fast food. They're cheap, easy, and too many of them is not good for you. But they're sooooooo satisfying. UPDATE: Click on link above for complete post, which has lots of … [Read more...] about Washington Update: Everybody’s Corrupt

Diageo and The Hotline are the latest organizations to release polling for the month of October, and their survey finds the following: The new Diageo/Hotline Poll of 500 registered voters, conducted by Financial Dynamics with analysis by Ed Reilly (D) and Ed Rollins (R), found 60% of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction, with only 26% saying the country … [Read more...] about Bush Approval Down Eight Points Since July

Is President George Bush starting to put some distance between himself and Karl Rove? If this article in the New York Daily News is any indication, it sure sounds that way:WASHINGTON - An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News. "He made his displeasure known to Karl," a … [Read more...] about George Bush May Be Distancing Himself From Karl Rove

As if it's not enough that she lacks the qualifications one would deem necessary of a nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers may actually be something of an extremist on one of the key wedge issues of our time: abortion. The Washington Post is reporting that "Miers once pledged that she would 'actively support' a constitutional amendment banning abortions except to save a … [Read more...] about Abortion and the extremism of Harriet Miers

The latest from Murray Waas at National Journal: As federal prosecutors in the CIA leak investigation reach the critical stage of deciding whether to bring criminal charges, they are zeroing in on contradictions between the testimony of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, and that of New York Times reporter Judith Miller, according to sources … [Read more...] about Narrowing the focus of the Plame investigation

Politics aside, Bill O'Reilly is a great showman and people who don't like him don't give him enough credit for that. Why do we say this? Just watch him on The Daily Show HERE and you see somebody who knows how to use his media persona. TMV does lots of shows and he can say: the way he interacts with Jon Stewart's audience and the way he carries himself has valuable lessons for … [Read more...] about Why Bill O’Reilly Gets Huge Ratings

Apparently, sometimes not... … [Read more...] about Are You Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

Sadaam Hussein's trial starts today in Iraq and the voting on the new constitution is over. If you want to read some weblogs from Iraq (and Afghanistan) visit The Carnival Of The Liberated. … [Read more...] about Timelier Than Ever: Posts From Iraqi And Afghani Bloggers

REQUIRED READING We've all seen the images in grainy black and white — images of skeleton-like human beings, images of "showers" that turned out to be gas extermination chambers for what the Nazis considered vermin (human beings), images of the ovens that busily cremated the bodies of murdered prisoners who had even been stripped of gold in their teeth. Images of men, … [Read more...] about Trip To A Nazi Concentration Camp