Submitted by lambert on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 8:45pm
Relax, there's no longer any question that His Royal Lieness rules by divine right--He's told us so Himself! From today's New Yorker, a profile of Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson: Read below the fold...
Submitted by leah on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 5:21pm
Lunch break is over, afternoon session is beginning.
Gonzales has agreed to come back tomorrow, for what purpose, it's difficult for me to see; there is no real discussion going on, no real engagement, except on the part of Democrats, who are meeting a stone wall in Gonzales. Read below the fold...
Submitted by leah on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 2:02pm
Okay, it's the lunchbreak.
Gonzales didn't say much new that he hasn't said before, and the impression one gets from he does say is not the impression one gets from yesterdays Washington Post story; in fact, Gonzales keeps insisting that what the administration is doing is consistent with FISA, that it is aimed only at Americans who have a link to Al Queda, in which case, one wonders why they have failed to go to the FISA court, either to get warrants, or to explain to the Judges what the NSA is doing and why warrants are a problem. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 11:02pm
So, Seattle lost. Fuckin' chokers.
Maybe now they can figure out how not to burn my three dollar cup of coffee. Read below the fold...
Submitted by leah on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 9:04pm
Submitted by captain nemo (not verified) on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 8:27pm
In a collaborative project with Gene at the American Politics Journal we're going to be doing some analysis of the Sabbath Gasbag news shows. Today's inaugural dissertation is on This Week with George "Smiley" Stephanopolis, first broadcast this morning, 2-5-06. Read below the fold...
Submitted by chicago dyke on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 6:58pm
In most monarchies and particularly in France back before their peasants took to their pitchforks and torches, rulers had the right to issue orders directing government and police agents to kill individuals, without the benefit of trial or appeal. Now the Bush administration argues it deserves the same powers: Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 12:28pm
Like Sherlock Holmes said: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
It's almost ludicrously easy to show that Bush's illegal domestic surveillance didn't work, at least for its stated purpose. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 9:55am
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 11:39pm
So, real men go to Teheran... We're kinda averting our collective eyes from Iran as we careen toward another war, aren't we? And the Iraq Clusterfuck has screwed everything up so much I don't see how it's possible to trust anything Bush says. And it's especially cute the way he's gotten the entire Army tied down in Iraq, so when we bomb Iran to take out their nukes, the Shi'ites will go bonkers and force us to leave, and all in time for the 2006 midterms. Which would make invading Iran a classic Rovian bankshot. Crazy? As sane as anything else in this mess. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 11:14pm
Just do the math.
A Times letter to the editor states clearly what all the pundits obfuscate:
To the Editor:
Surveillance with a broader focus than individuals misses an important problem: translation. Everyone acknowledges the vast number of messages each and every day.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by captain nemo (not verified) on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 10:54pm
Looking for something else I ran across this item from the Arab Times, which I think is a Saudi publication. I know little about this paper and nothing about the author, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh--although it may be worth noting that he has a blog, on Blogger unfortunately enough, so his feelings about the Western world may be even lower now than they were when he wrote this: Read below the fold...
Submitted by MJS on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 10:48pm
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Furious Syrians set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies on Saturday as protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad showed no signs of abating despite calls for calm. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 9:52pm
Poor little Debbie. They took her off the national beat and demoted her to local news. All for solid business reasons, of course. WaPo: Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 02/04/2006 - 9:18pm
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