UNDER THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE,
I SCRUBBED YOU AND YOU SCRUBBED ME
Jones, Aaronson, Rutherford, Abramoff, Bush.
I SCRUBBED YOU AND YOU SCRUBBED ME
Jones, Aaronson, Rutherford, Abramoff, Bush.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
SOMETIMES I DON'T GET IT
Why would a sitting senator -- Rick Frothy Mixture, in this case -- tell a lie that's so easily refuted by prior media accounts?
This can't end well. And by "can't", I mean "shouldn't".
Why would a sitting senator -- Rick Frothy Mixture, in this case -- tell a lie that's so easily refuted by prior media accounts?
This can't end well. And by "can't", I mean "shouldn't".
HAMAS
As we all woke up to find out today, Hamas won a strong majority of seats in the other day's Palestinian parliamentary election. Naturally this will be a test of the administration's committment to its sweeping pro-democratic rhetoric. Abu Aardvark has a lot more.
UPDATE: An informantive Q&A from Aljazeera.net
As we all woke up to find out today, Hamas won a strong majority of seats in the other day's Palestinian parliamentary election. Naturally this will be a test of the administration's committment to its sweeping pro-democratic rhetoric. Abu Aardvark has a lot more.
UPDATE: An informantive Q&A from Aljazeera.net
Monday, January 23, 2006
THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNETS
JMM is right, this is serious: Take a moment to read this WaPo piece on the increasingly prominent issue of "network neutrality" and how it relates to the future of your internet access. I might have more to say on this during the day, but the short version is that it would be a shame if the internet devolved into just another telecommunications oligarchy.
JMM is right, this is serious: Take a moment to read this WaPo piece on the increasingly prominent issue of "network neutrality" and how it relates to the future of your internet access. I might have more to say on this during the day, but the short version is that it would be a shame if the internet devolved into just another telecommunications oligarchy.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
ROE 33 YEARS LATER
--Via Georgia10 of DKos, be sure to read this January 9 column from former NARAL president Kate Michelman, on how the anti-abortion crusade fits snugly into the general conservative narrative about returning to some magical, traditional time that never existed.
--President Bush declared today "National Sanctity of Life Day". Pandagon's Pam Spaulding has some thoughts on this.
--From NOW: In Remembrance: Women Who Died from Illegal or Unsafe Abortions.
--Via Georgia10 of DKos, be sure to read this January 9 column from former NARAL president Kate Michelman, on how the anti-abortion crusade fits snugly into the general conservative narrative about returning to some magical, traditional time that never existed.
--President Bush declared today "National Sanctity of Life Day". Pandagon's Pam Spaulding has some thoughts on this.
--From NOW: In Remembrance: Women Who Died from Illegal or Unsafe Abortions.
HILLARY 1, DURBIN 0
By the way, a week later do you hear anyone in the mainstream media clamouring for Hillary Clinton to apologize for her comments on Monday?
Let that be a lesson to you, Senator Durbin. Don't give in to these goofballs. Their professed outrage is almost always of the mock nature. Consider Hillary: It goes beyond the fact that right-wing pundits and politicans alike are fond of using the "plantation" metaphor (including noted 40-something pundit Ann Coulter). Consider that right at the time they were calling for a Clintonian apology, Trent Lott announced that he will run for another term in the Senate. Remember, to them he is too racist to be Majority Leader, yet not racist enough to be kicked out of the Senate. Principle.
By the way, a week later do you hear anyone in the mainstream media clamouring for Hillary Clinton to apologize for her comments on Monday?
Let that be a lesson to you, Senator Durbin. Don't give in to these goofballs. Their professed outrage is almost always of the mock nature. Consider Hillary: It goes beyond the fact that right-wing pundits and politicans alike are fond of using the "plantation" metaphor (including noted 40-something pundit Ann Coulter). Consider that right at the time they were calling for a Clintonian apology, Trent Lott announced that he will run for another term in the Senate. Remember, to them he is too racist to be Majority Leader, yet not racist enough to be kicked out of the Senate. Principle.
WELCOME!
We at The Facts Machine are pleased as punch to see that Katherine Harris is now the GOP's Florida Senatorial candidate by default.
Just what the GOP needed for midterm season: The dovetailing of Tom DeLay's culture of corruption, and the 2000 election. Good luck!
Of course, the connections were already there...
We at The Facts Machine are pleased as punch to see that Katherine Harris is now the GOP's Florida Senatorial candidate by default.
Just what the GOP needed for midterm season: The dovetailing of Tom DeLay's culture of corruption, and the 2000 election. Good luck!
Of course, the connections were already there...
