So now we find out quietly -- as if the power that be are ashamed and hope people won't notice -- that the adminstration has abandoned the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. What is clear is this: the end of the search was not trumpeted because this administration wanted minimum publicity for the end of a search that we were told was a KEY REASON for us going to … [Read more...] about Weapons Of Mass Destruction Began With A Loud Alarm And Ends With Barely A Whisper

Oxblog's David Adesnik points out that Iraq policy critic Scott Ritter has a new outlet for his writings: Al Jazeera, which many consider the p.r. voice for Al Qaeda.In his latest column, Mr. Ritter explains that Abu Musab al Zarqawi is a "phantom menace" invented by Ba'athist intelligence officers in order to provoke the United States into launching assaults that … [Read more...] about I Wouldn’t List This On My Resume

Well, if it is, just CLICK THIS,  sit back and it'll become clearner. … [Read more...] about Is Your Computer Screen Dirty?

R.I.P. the mainstream media as a covert de facto political party. That's essentially what Newsweek's Howard Fineman writes in what is basically an obit for the mainstream media as we have long known it. But his excellent piece represents even something BIGGER: It's an obit for what during the 60s and 70s was called "advocacy journalism" -- where journalists began … [Read more...] about Does CBS’s Humiliating Downfall Signal The End Of The Mainstream Media Being Mainstream?

A pregnant woman named McDonald gave McBirth at McDonald's -- proving McDonald's delivers:UNION, Missouri -- Ann McDonald knew the baby was coming and there wasn't a hospital in sight, so she pulled over and delivered the child outside -- appropriately enough -- a McDonald's restaurant. Chayse Westin McDonald was due Wednesday. But on Sunday, Ann McDonald knew her time was … [Read more...] about Pregnant Woman To Go

Even if some folks on the right and left have some bones to pick with President George Bush's new pick for Homeland Security chief one thing appears to be clear: this time he got it right by picking a tough jurist who is not a flamboyant personality: President Bush has chosen federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief, turning to a … [Read more...] about Bush Gets Homeland Security Chief Appointment Right

Due to our trip to L.A. last night in the middle of one of the big,  storms here (see below) The Moderate Voice is hopping into The Moderate Bed Moderately Early. Like by 7 p.m Check back tomorrow and our posts and update of the Dan Rather story (we will put more quotes on our roundup) will continue then. … [Read more...] about Check Back Tomorrow Morning

Various readers who read our previous posts have emailed asking if we're OK because we were travelling last night...and the past 24 hours have been disastrous in Southern California due to the La Conchita mudslides which SO FAR have claimed four deaths -- with 27 more missing. Firstly, this is the first day since this blog started a year ago when we don't have much energy to … [Read more...] about Traveling Last Night In Southern California

Question: if we've seen politicians without guts,  what's wrong with seeing Supreme Court justices in the nude? Stories like the this (link is above) about people deciding what YOU and ME can read inspire me: in fact, I'm so ticked off as SOON as I finish posting this I'm getting on Amazon to order this book in protest (NO JOKE). The story:GULFPORT, Miss. - Library … [Read more...] about Guess What This News Makes ME Do?

The Big Battle is on about the future of DVDs and while some companies may fall by the wayside in a big bucks battle over which format will triumph, porn producers are sticking it out -- in the battle over the format, that is. Yes, according to the New York Times, the decision over high definition DVDs' future of could be stimulated by porn producers in a high-stakes battle … [Read more...] about The Naked Truth: DVD War Driven By Porn

When I lived in Madrid for nearly  four years, Spaniards used olive oli for everything from salads, to frying eggs, to lubricating keyholes. And now, researches say, it may help battle breast cancer:Researchers believe a fatty acid found in olive oil might cut the risk of developing breast cancer. Researchers from Northwestern University, found oleic acid significantly … [Read more...] about Stock Up On Your Olive Oil

IMPORTANT NOTE: Last night we had to do a major service on our computer which took hours. As a result, our roundup on our post on CBS/Dan Rather (see below) is not yet done. The Moderate Voice in his other incarnation had to leave for Los Angeles last night to to stay over (we have big storms and he couldn't risk leaving in the morning) at a motel (Motel 6 if you must know) … [Read more...] about Light(er) Blogging Today

Italian police are looking into the case of whether one of Italy's best known soccer players is longing for the good old days of Benito and Adolph -- a question raised by him giving what looked like to be a classic fascist salute. According to the BBC:Paolo di Canio appeared to make the gesture after his team Lazio beat local rivals Roma by 3-1. Di Canio used to play for … [Read more...] about “Go To Heil”

CBS's has issued its long-awaited "Memogate" report over the Bush memo fiasco but it's unlikely to totally end the controversy and could well spark an ongoing additional one. Here's why. According to the CBS website's press release on the 224 page report: It ousts four CBS employees, including three corporate bigwigs for their roles in the highly controversial and … [Read more...] about CBS’ Memogate Report Comes Out But It Won’t Stem The Controversy

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Yes, it's that time of the week again...when we do our stint as a Guest Blogger on Dean's World. Just click on THIS LINK and you can visit us there. Our regular posts resume here on Monday morning, possibly as early as late Sunday night. … [Read more...] about We’re Guest Blogging

Now it appears as if Staples may have done corporate CYA in light of  David Brock's just released letter to the office supply giant indicating it had actually APPROVED AND EDITED Media Matter's press release indicating it was pulling its advertising from Sinclair Broadcasting. We ran the original story here on the reported pulling of ads from Sinclair. And then later in … [Read more...] about Media Matters Letter To Staples: They Did Pull Sinclair Ads

The newspaper/blogging revolution -- where a newspaper is co-opting blogging to bring its online news into the 21st Century -- is poised to happen in a big way in Greensboro, North Carolina. Once again, the updated news comes to us from Jay Rosen's PressThink, which has covered in great detail the blogging culture's unwitting incursion into a major North Carolina … [Read more...] about BLOGGING: A Newspaper Gets Ready To Incorporate Blogging, Bigtime…

This just in: you may soon have to pay for the New York Times'  online (which will be extra money for all the newspapers, broadcast and cable networks that still follow its choice of stories as The Newsworthy Ones):NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co. is considering subscription fees to the online version of its flagship newspaper, which now is available for free, … [Read more...] about You May Have To Pay For The New York Times’ Online

No matter how you slice it, dice it, and try to finesse it , in  journalism and professional opinion-writing taking money from someone to promote their position is NOT CORRECT -- it's considered corrupt. If it was OK then someone could write something and put a little "Thank Yew" at the end for the financial support for their ideas....but they wouldn't. Guess … [Read more...] about White House Paid A Commentator To Argue Its Case