Some liberal bloggers are trying to link up with media outlets so their point of view is better represented — a sign both blogs will have an increasing influence on media coverage decisions. But first, some perspective: In all of my time working in the traditional the media I never heard reporters or editors saying: "Hey, let's run this story to help Candidate X and … [Read more...] about Some Liberal Bloggers Trying To Link Up With Media

China has just upped the ante in its war of words — dire warnings, that is — to Tawain about declaring independence. It has now put into law a warning that in effect says: "Declaring independence may be militarily dangerous to your health." According to the Washingon Post: China enacted a law Monday authorizing the use of force against Taiwan if it moves toward … [Read more...] about China Throws Down The Gauntlet To Taiwan

The picture you see on the left is an albatross and the picture you see on the right is Tom DeLay: we want to make sure you don't get mixed up. Because DeLay is proving to be a big obstacle to the GOP's image as his name pops up in news stories showing he may be ethically challenged...and GOP members in Congress keep doing what they gotta do in Congress to protect him. In … [Read more...] about More BIG Tom DeLay Problems For The GOP

Say says Iran's Police Chief — even though only two small batches of women have been allowed to join the force. Watch the BBC video here. Link is to the right under BBC VIDEO. Is this story accurate — or propaganda? Of course, we don't have propaganda in our country, right? … [Read more...] about Iran Women’s Women Make Better Police Than Men

NOTE: We didn't write this and we don't know who wrote it. This was sent to us by Pete Van De Putte of the world famous Dixie Flag Company Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national ID number? Customer: Hi, I'd like to place an order. Operator: I must have your NIDN first, sir. Customer: My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's … [Read more...] about Ordering Pizza Homeland Security Style

Another great Cox & Forkum cartoon. … [Read more...] about Threatened By Vermin

We're Guest Blogging on Dean's World this weekend. This means we do all of our posting on Dean's World during this period. We do the same crappy insightful posts there that we do here. Dean Esmay has gotten lots of feedback from readers about my posts but in spite of that he has invited me back. Regular posts resume here no later than Monday morning, although we'll often … [Read more...] about We’re Guest Blogging Today And Sunday

A belated (due to illness) collection of interesting links from all over Blogtopia. Links are NOT selected for ideological reasons and represent varying views. Views do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice. YOU CAN HELP FREE A JAILED EDITOR IN YEMEN: It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat, Republican, independent; a liberal, centrist or a moderate. CLICK … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

It sounds as if Social Security reform may be destined to face this fate: it'll be delayed to death. According to the Washington Post: President Bush's bid to add individual accounts to Social Security faces such formidable opposition in the Senate that its supporters may be unable to bring it to a vote, according to a Washington Post survey of senators. An overwhelming … [Read more...] about Is Social Security Reform On Life Support?

In yet another instance underscoring the perils that come along with being a judge, Atlanta was stunned today when a judge presiding over a rape trial was shot to death along with two other people during a trial. This came just 11 days after the husband and mother of a judge were murdered. That case has been seemingly solved by a suicide note confession left by a man who lost … [Read more...] about Defendent Kills Judge And Two Others

The case of the judge involved in a case with a white supremecist who founder her husband and mother has taken on a totally different twist: reality has trumped logic. It now turns out that from all indication it truly was not a white supremecist who killed — but a man who committed suicide...and left a letter confessing the crime in detail. And his DNA matches: A DNA … [Read more...] about Judge’s Family Wasn’t Killed By White Supremecists

Well, thank you! The Watcher of Weasels Council has voted our post here on the Italian journalist wounded by American gunfire as the best Council member post of the week. The best noncouncil member post of the week is this great post by Jeff Jarvis titled Bill Maher: Over the Edge. A MUST read. But actually, if you have the time the entire weekly nominee list is a must read. … [Read more...] about Watcher of Weasels Weekly Winners

Just to remind you: If you're wondering where our blogroll has gone to...let's say it's "on hiatus." Due to problems at Blogrolling.com, our blog could barely be downloaded yesterday for much of the early and mid morning. Readers and TMV were not happy one bit. So we're exploring if we can reconfigure it or even move totally over to Powerblog's own blogroll. So far Powerblogs … [Read more...] about Two Reminder sTo Readers

...at Random Fate, our talented Guest Blogger Jack Grant's blog. I became a huge fan of Grant's and our other two guest bloggers Greg Piper and Andrew Quinn by reading their blogs. I admired the way they wrote and the fact that they were independent thinkers who weren't writing following any predictable party line. In the case of Grant, he truly has a unique perspective. He's … [Read more...] about Take A Peek….

By the time Bob Schieffer finished his first official newscast as Dan Rather's replacement on the CBS Evening News three things were abundantly clear: He is a class act. He runs a more interactive newscast, with conversations with reporters in the field and more in-studio reports. CBS bigwigs are probably thinking about what might have been, since once again Schieffer … [Read more...] about CBS’s Bob Schieffer: A Class Act

Just think what would have happened at the height of Watergate if there had been massive demonstrations calling for President Richard Nixon's resignation and he had quit in disgrace....only to be followed by massive demonstrations in support of him...followed up by the GOP renominating him again or Congress making him Vice President under Ford. Perhaps it isn't the best … [Read more...] about Syria Wins A Political Battle In Lebanon — But Will It Fight A Civil War?

Due to some illness and travel, etc we're very slow in getting things on the site today. If you're a regular reader you know this is unusual. This happened yesterday and may happen again, but we should be OK by tomorrow. Next week we'll be posting from Washington state for part of the week. We will post some more today but there may be lighter blogging than usual in the terms … [Read more...] about Light(er) Blogging Today

For accused child molester Michael Jackson today almost became a day when he would have gotten the advice "Don't drop the soap." Jackson once again held up preceedings and a fit-to-be-tied judge almost ordered Jackson fit-to-be-hancuffed: An angry judge issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson on Thursday after he failed to show up for his child molestation trial on time … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson Nearly Arrested Due To Tardiness

Researchers at the University of California have discovered a way to remotely "fingerprint" computers connected to the Internet, without the cooperation of the user, and even behind firewalls. The much vaunted anonymity that the Internet once provided is no longer bulletproof. While this is good news for anti-terrorism and law enforcement efforts, is it good news for the rest … [Read more...] about The end of anonymity on the Internet?

We had major problems early this morning with Blogrolling. Basically, they had trouble on their end and this site would take 4 minutes to download or it wouldn't at all. You'll note that all of our links are now gone. This is temporary. We will either put them all up soon the way they were, or use a new way to show our links -- perhaps a button that clicks to a separate page. … [Read more...] about Severe Blogrolling Problems