Someone who is no fan of the NY Times sent a letter to the New York office containing a unknown white powder and a recent editorial defending the newspaper’s publishing of classified terrorist surveillance programs:
“At about 12:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) this afternoon … an employee opened an envelope that contained a white powdery substance. The […]
Charter is a mediocre ISP. It was down again last night, thus no Charlie’s Show Prep. Since I’m out in the hinterlands with no DSL available my broadband options are limited.
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Human Events thinks they found who made the Tom DeLay mug shot for a Democratic fundraising ad:
HUMAN EVENTS has discovered the ad came from Chickenhead Productions, a questionable website that also runs websites such as SexIsForFags.com, IronHymen.com, NRA-KKK.org, FratBeat.com and WHITEHOUSE.org.
Now the question is whether the DCCC has permission to use it or not.
“Doctored […]
Sex-selection abortions will soon be banned in Britain:
Health Minister Caroline Flint told MPs she was minded to introduce a “clear and specific ban” on the use of new techniques to choose one gender of baby.
Allowing parents to pick sex for reasons such as “balancing” the make-up of their family could be the start of a […]
Israel has now implemented an air and sea blockade on Lebanon:
Israel is imposing an air and sea blockade on Lebanon as part of a major offensive over two soldiers captured by the militant group Hezbollah.
Israeli ships have entered Lebanese water to block ports, and the country’s only international airport is closed after Israeli air strikes […]
Hezbollah kidnaps two Israeli soldiers so Israel bombs the Beirut airport intensifying the Middle East situation. The Lebanese government didn’t condemn Hezbollah’s kidnapping.
How will Congress and the Bush administration figure out how to deal with Islamist detainees in the wake of Hamdan? Defense Department lawyer Daniel Dell’Orto had some great words before a Senate committee:
“I […]
Dennis York found an odd reference to Hannibal in Dan Aude’s press release announcing his run for the 88th Assembly District seat:
When asked about the campaign he said, “ like Hannibal in the second Punic war with the Roman Empire, he too was out numbered in resources, but set a standard in battle tactics and […]
There’s steam rising from the right blogosphere over a new Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising ad.
Patrick Hynes calls it “the most appalling wed video since MoveOn.org’s “Bush is Hitler” ads.” RedState commenters are furious as are some veterans.
It’s a dismal ad. The first half of depressing images of the real world didn’t make up […]
Robert Novak talks about Valarie Plame and Karl Rove.
John Dean talks about a “largely unknown 50 year academic study” claiming are “more likely to follow authoritarian leaders.”
Patrick McIlheran points out what Venezuela is sacrificing for giving Milwaukee cheap oil and free eye surgeries.
The U.S. and Russia are close to a deal to bring Russia into […]
I missed the All-Star Game just so I could drink right with some fellow webloggers. Elliot, Casper, Cantakerous, Phelony, Josh, Nick, and Aaron (and others who I didn’t yap with) were there. If you weren’t too bad. Your loss. You missed out on synchonized phone cam picture taking and nail pounding (it’s German so it’s […]
Robert Novak, the man who first mentioned Valarie Plame as working for the CIA finally speaks. Jay Tea at Wizbang sums it up well. Two interesting notes: Novak got Plame’s name out of Who’s Who in America. An unnamed source told him that Joe Wilson’s wife sent him to Niger.
“Novak Finally Spills His Guts on […]
Sen. Herb Kohl will be running virtually unopposed–Robert Gerald Lorge and the Green Party candidate don’t count. State Senator Glenn Grothman had enough signatures but didn’t have the heart to throw in his hat at the very last moment:
State Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) gathered enough signatures to run against Democratic U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl […]
Google announced they will open an office in Ann Arbor, Michigan that will create 1000 jobs within five years. The internet giant is already looking to fill positions.
In its search for a headquarters for his revenue-producing AdWords service Google the company looked at university cities like Boston, Boulder CO, Phoenix, and the winner Ann […]
The U.S. will extend Geneva Convention protections to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and other locations:
The policy, described in a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, appears to reverse the administration’s earlier insistence that the detainees are not prisoners of war and thus not subject to the Geneva protections. But the administration has insisted that […]
CNN reports 70 dead and a railway spokesman said 100 people were killed in a string of bombings at Mumbai commuter trains and stations:
The blasts hit trains or platforms at the Khar, Mahim, Matunga, Jogeshwari, Borivili and Bhayander stations, in that order. Another hit a train between the Khar and Santa Cruz stations, a police […]
