How about Indictment Bingo? … [Read more...] about Wanna Play A Game?

...or is this a hoax? But if it's serious, it needs a catchier title, one that's high concept. Suggested titles based on hits: America's Most Wanted Republicans (use only if indictments come down) Desperate Republicans Guiliani In The Middle Leave your own suggestions for a better title for this show -- and for a show about the Democrats as well. … [Read more...] about Is This Real….

Starting today, TMV goes on the road which means his own postings will be somewhat erratic. Sometimes he'll post at night, other times in the morning and sometimes from Starbucks. But between today and Oct. 29 he'll be in from a host of locations, including Los Angeles, Colusa, Sacramento, Modesto and Orange County. BUT there WILL be regular posts on this site. Our … [Read more...] about TMV Goes On The Road

Everything you've ever wanted to learn in life, you can learn from blogs... … [Read more...] about Look No Further

A story is making the blogosphere rounds regarding a High School's decision to drop "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" after being criticized by a local community member. The man argued that: A high school band director would be fired for playing 'Amazing Grace' but no one bats an eye for the playing of a song about the devil ... [H]ow can one mention the devil, and not be able … [Read more...] about To Whom, Exactly, Are We Referring?

You almost lose your breath reading some of the pre-indictment (or will there be any?) Plamegate stories. Is Vice President Dick Cheney the target of the probe? The New York Daily News says yes, and, if so, what impact will that have? Will we be in for a repeat of the Nixon administration where Spiro Agnew went (or, rather, was the first to go)? WASHINGTON - A special … [Read more...] about So, Whom Will Plame Flame?

Via Ann Althouse, we get this story about Cindy Sheehan's dramatic fall off of the national stage. Good riddance, I say. And, to add insult to injury, the article was published in that powerhouse of opinion making, The Tri-Valley Herald (in the "local news" section, to boot). … [Read more...] about Goodbye, Cindy!

What did the hand of Edward at Obsidian Wings say to Neal Boortz's face? Smack. … [Read more...] about I Can Feel That One From Here

Once again, reports of a terrorist threat....once again, a government response....this time in Baltimore:BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) — A security threat prompted authorities to close one of two tunnels carrying traffic under Baltimore's harbor Tuesday and partially shut down the other, officials said. The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel was closed while the Fort McHenry Tunnel was … [Read more...] about Baltimore Tunnel Closed Due To Terrorist Threat

That would be Al Gore vs. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. A lot of names are out there -- John Kerry, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Tom Vilsack, Bill Richardson, Mark Warner, Russ Feingold, and Wesley Clark, among others -- but at The New Republic Ryan Lizza argues that "Gore may be the only Democrat who can beat Hillary … [Read more...] about Coming in 2008: Gore v. Clinton

...may very well be another Sign of the Apocalypse. … [Read more...] about The return of Rocky Balboa…

There are persuasive arguments both for and against the status quo (i.e., lifetime tenure), but the intense politicization of the nomination process and the fact that justices may sit on the Supreme Court for decades (Roberts could be there for 30 years or more) suggest to me that a fixed term might not be such a bad idea. I have more on this interesting question at The … [Read more...] about A fixed term for Supreme Court justices?

What will President Bush do if Karl Rove is indicted for his involvement in The Plame Game and compelled to resign? (Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald seems to be leaning in that direction.) After all, Rove has been with Bush through two gubernatorial elections and two presidential elections, and it's tough to imagine Bush's political career without his long-time #1. … [Read more...] about A turd without a turd blossom is still a turd

And you thought progressive talk show host Ed Schultz was the only one? It turns out that those who loudly question the Bush administration line are in for traumatic experiences — even at Bush-friendly conservative groups:WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - In the latest sign of the deepening split among conservatives over how far to go in challenging President Bush, Bruce Bartlett, a … [Read more...] about Conservative Commentator Critical Of White House Is Dismissed

New research suggests that pluripotent stem cells - the kind that can develop into multiple tissues - might be found in amniotic fluid. This adds to placentas and a patient's own tissues as sources of cells that can be grown to use in treatment for diseases such as various cancers, and are actually in clinical trials now (as opposed to those better-known stem cell sources). … [Read more...] about Media coverage of stem cell research (very) slowly improving

Once again, it seems as if an official government explanation is at variance with something that came before...this time a letter to the nation's top progressive talk show host stating that he'd be broadcast on Armed Forces Radio — a gig that was suddenly nixed at the very last minute...coincidentally after he did a Friday segment that had made the military official who … [Read more...] about Ed Schultz Armed Forces Radio Axing Makes Wires As Gov’t Denial Contradicts Its Letter

The latest USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll finds President George Bush with the lowest poll ratings of his presidency, with very little Democratic and independent support but FIRM support from his base. The poll now puts his job approval rating at 39 percent, "the first time he has fallen below 40%, a level that until now had been his floor, " USA Today reports. USA Today then … [Read more...] about Bush’s Poll Numbers Lowest Of Presidency, But Base Sticks With Him

I mean, it must REALLY be a SLOW DAY... The above article wins our Insipid Award of 2005, 2004 and 2003. Shouldn't some supervisors be checking time spent, with stories produced and KINDS of stories? You'll note that this piece (and believe me, it IS a piece) doesn't seem to be written in jest. (I wonder what his laundry hamper looks like? Hey, the public has a right to … [Read more...] about It Must REALLY Be A Slow News Day In Washington

...was not quite the one being publicized upon the launch of the new, "subversive" service ostensibly "striking a blow" against the "established media". From where I stood, it looked more like another set of elites setting up their own playground. C'est la vie; plus la change, plus la meme chose. Such is life; the more things change, the more they stay the same. … [Read more...] about My experience with “Pajamas Media”…

Cross-posted to Random Fate. Given the recent imbroglio over the "unstaged but rehearsed" discussion between President George W. Bush and some members of the Armed Forces stationed in Iraq, along with the widening investigation of the Armstrong Williams/Department of Education matter, the following question arises that is worthy of discussion: When does "spin" become … [Read more...] about Topic for discussion – Spin versus propaganda