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All Hail Moore By / NYT — Permalink In years past, American liberals have had to settle for intellectual and moral leadership from the likes of John Dewey, Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr. But now, a grander beacon has appeared on the mountaintop, and from sea to shining sea, tens of thousands have joined in the adulation. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: UPDATE: It is delightful to see that David Brooks has chosen to pile on. Allah: Is it worth a photo op at Ground Zero to patronize this city and its f**king wretched, disgusting leftist majority? James Joyner: Michael Moore's Vision — David Brooks [RSS]: [snipped quote] Heh. |
Charles Johnson: The Gravitas of Michael Moore — David Brooks has a cutting piece on Michael Moore and his shameless pandering to European stereotypes about Americans: All Hail Moore. Tom Smith: Michael Moore — the bright side — Conservatives are in a state of high dudgeon about Michael Moore's latest artistic documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. John Cole: The Democrat's Intellectual and Spiritual Leader — David Brooks on the man the Democrats are embracing with open arms:... |
| Also: Jeff Jarvis, Betsy Newmark, Michael DeBow, Jack Balkin, Tim Dunlop | |
Cheney Owns Up to Profanity Incident and Says He 'Felt Better Afterwards' By / NYT — Permalink SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 25 - Vice President Dick Cheney, long portrayed by his aides as unperturbed by partisan attacks, admitted Friday that he "probably" cursed at a senior Democratic senator this week, said he did not regret it and added that he "felt better afterwards." | |
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Will Baude: Dick Cheney is pleasantly unrepentant about using the F-word to Senator Leahy, although reports are mixed on whether he said "F--- you," or "Go f--- yourself". Brad DeLong: That Felt Really Good, So I Did It! Hindrocket: Meanwhile, the New York Times has an in-depth analysis of Dick Cheney's swearing at the despicable Pat Leahy. |
Michael Froomkin: Unsubstantiated Hearsay About Cheney's Vocabulary — The Vice President is going around saying things like he's not sure... TChris: Cheney admits he "probably" tossed the F-word at Senator Leahy this week, but says he "felt better afterwards." Good for him. |
Foes of U.S. in Iraq Criticize Insurgents By / WaPo — Permalink BAGHDAD, June 25 — Key Iraqi opponents of the U.S. occupation expressed unease Friday over the wave of insurgent attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis a day earlier, and rejected efforts by foreign guerrillas to take the lead in the insurgency and mate it with the international jihad advocated by Osama bin Laden. | |
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Max B. Sawicky: 100 AND COUNTING — I think this report supports my argument, to wit: 1) Insofar as we are fighting non-terrorist... Cori Dauber: But it means the Iraqi people and their leaders, their real leaders, are starting to wake up and realize where their real future lies. |
Captain Ed: Now even the more radical native elements within Iraq have come out in support of the new government, decrying the... Mickey Kaus: As Slate's Hudson Morgan points out, the Times completely missed the auspicious development reported in today's... |
Army Used Speed and Might, Plus Cash, Against Shiite Rebel NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq — In April, as festering resistance exploded into full-fledged rebellion, soldiers of the First Armored Division were given their final mission in Iraq: to wrest control of a string of southern towns from a radical Shiite militia intent on disrupting the scheduled transfer of sovereignty on June 30. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: THE NYT ON THE SADR CAMPAIGN: They follow up on the Washington Times story. Telling, no? CAUGHT IN THE ACT: More flim-flam from the liberal press. Cori Dauber: There are a few important points. For example: Yet another goal was to discredit Mr. Sadr inside Iraq. Brig. |
Hugh Hewitt: The Washington Post and the New York Times both review the successful campaign to suppress the April uprisings in Iraq. Phillip Carter: Army Used Speed and Might, Plus Cash, Against Shiite Rebel (NYT) "The division's operation against the militia of... |
Over 60 Days, Troops Suppressed an Uprising By / WaPo — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq — After a year in Iraq, Lt. Jon Silk and the rest of the Army's 1st Armored Division had tickets home. But before dawn on April 5, he and his platoon rumbled toward this southern city of shrines and cemeteries, headed into war. | |
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Wretchard: The Price of Newsprint — The Washington Post has an account of the victory — yes the victory — that the First Armored Division won over Moqtada Al-Sadr's militia. DemFromCT: 'White Chicks' - $6.8M..." Meanwhile, the WaPo continues its Iraq series: "By the time the uprising was over, silenced... |
Cori Dauber: HOW SADR'S BOYS WENT DOWN — An important article in today's WaPo details the battles that ended Sadr's Mahdi Army as a... |
The Son Also Rises NYT — Permalink Q Now that the country is awash in Reagan nostalgia, some observers are predicting that you will enter politics. Would you like to be president of the United States? I would be unelectable. I'm an atheist. As we all know, that is something people won't accept. | |
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James Martin Capozzola: RON REAGAN ON DICK CHENEY — Not "A Mindful Human Being" Deborah Solomon interviews Ron Reagan in Sunday's New York... |
Jeralyn Merritt: Ron Reagan's Anti-Bush Interview — This week's Sunday New York Times Magazine interview is with Ron Reagan. He's an atheist. |
F.B.I. Sees Delay in New Network to Oversee Cases NYT — Permalink F.B.I. officials said yesterday that they would not be able to fully deploy a long-awaited computer system to manage the bureau's case files before the end of the year as promised, and that they could not predict when the entire system would be in place. | |
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Phillip Carter: We have diverted billions of dollars of resources to this problem that could have been spent on upgrading Justice... |
TChris: FBI's Case Management Problems Continue — The NY Times reports that the FBI is still struggling to implement a long-awaited case management system. |
For Liars and Loafers, Cellphones Offer an Alibi By / NYT — Permalink SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 — Cellphones are chock-full of features like built-in cameras, personalized ring tones and text messaging. They also gave a real boost to Kenny Hall's effort to cheat on his girlfriend. | |
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Will Baude: And cell phones and the internet have now combined to create a network of folks willing to help each other deceive their employers, friends, and loved ones. Jan Haugland: And if you want to lie to your boss or cheat on your girlfriend, there is even an "alibi and excuse club" out there that can help you. |
Cori Dauber: SLOW NEWS SATURDAY — I guess, because this is on the front page, and so is this. Boy, it's a good thing there's not a war o — oh. |
Area man charged in terror case AP — Permalink A Lebanese national who allegedly told Minneapolis FBI agents he trained with Al-Qaida and knew three of its leaders, including one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq, has been charged in connection with an international terrorism inquiry. | |
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Captain Ed: This dynamic first appeared shortly before the 9/11 attacks with the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui in the Captain's home... The Big Trunk: Al Qaeda in Minneapolis — This morning's Star Tribune reports that "Area man charged in terror case." |
Michelle Malkin: WELCOME MAT FOR TERRORISTS — Readers of my book will not be surprised by this. |
Nablus Tanzim head killed Jerusalem Post — Permalink Paratroopers in determined operations against terrorist infrastructure in the Nablus Casbah killed at least nine Palestinian gunmen and terrorist leaders over the weekend, including five senior commanders in one vicious ambush. | |
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Charles Johnson: Cleaning Out the Rats' Nest — Good news from Israel, where the ranks of terrorist gang leaders have been severely thinned: Nablus Tanzim head killed. |
Emperor Darth Misha I: "Nablus Tanzim head Nayef Abu Sharkh was shot dead by IDF forces in Nablus early Saturday night during an ongoing... |
A Stadium Built on Shaky Ground By / WaPo — Permalink MILWAUKEE — The soaring brick ballpark on the outskirts of this city took the lives of three ironworkers. It cost a Republican state senator his job and set back taxpayers a sum equal to the Milwaukee County parks budget projected over the next decade. | |
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Jonathan Wilde: Tax-Funded Circuses — Steve Fainaru has a long article in today's Washington Post about how Major League Baseball... |
Dan Gillmor: Another Cartel's Public Ripoff — Washington Post: A Stadium Built on Shaky Ground. |
Aides Say Memo Backed Coercion for Qaeda Cases NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 26 — An August 2002 memo by the Justice Department that concluded interrogators could use extreme techniques on detainees in the campaign against terror helped provide an after-the-fact legal basis for harsh procedures used by the C.I.A. on high-level leaders of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Update: The New York Times has more on the Bybee memo . |
Michael Froomkin: One plausible explanation for these mysteries appears now on the New York Times web site and will presumably be in... |
Democrat Says He'll Address G.O.P. Meeting By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 25 - Senator Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat who has often been at odds with his party, plans to speak at the Republican National Convention this summer, Congressional aides said Friday. | |
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Ezra Klein: Takin' Down Zell — Go John! : [snipped quote] For what it's worth, this isn't Zell's first experience with Republican Conventions. |
James Martin Capozzola: POLITICAL NOTES — Together With Media Miscellany Walk on the Dark Side [*] According to various media reports,... |
Administration Tries to Rein In Scientists By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has ordered that government scientists must be approved by a senior political appointee before they can participate in meetings convened by the World Health Organization, the leading international health and science agency. | |
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Dan Gillmor: Politics Deciding Science — LA Times: Administration Tries to Rein In Scientists. |
Kevin Drum: Apparently this has been going on since April: "The Bush administration has ordered that government scientists must be... |
THE IRAQ WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT By / Benador Associates — Permalink Obsessed by bombs and bullets, the West ignores a political renaissance, says Amir Taheri, newly returned from Iraq. In London the other day the Iraqi national football team met a team made up of MPs, mostly opponents of the war, for a friendly match. | |
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Cori Dauber: THOUGHTS ON PROGRESS — Amer Taheri is back from Iraq, and saying that the Iraqis are ready for democracy. (via Instapundit.) |
Glenn Reynolds: AMIR TAHERI: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. |
U.S. jets pound Zarqawi hideout By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD — U.S. jets again targeted terror mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi, pounding one of his suspected hideouts in Fallujah yesterday in a strike that U.S. officials said killed up to 25 people. Iraqi leaders warned of more insurgent attacks after a wave of bloodshed blamed on Zarqawi. | |
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Captain Ed: UPDATE: Rocket Man notes this passage from the Washington Times' coverage and is less than impressed: [quote] [quote] "What sort of...[end quote] |
Hindrocket: Screw You, Too — The U.S. pounded another Zarqawi hideout in Fallujah yesterday. |
U.S., EU Offer Strong NATO Aid for Iraq By / AP — Permalink NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS, Ireland - The United States and the European Union offered strong support for Iraq 's urgent request for NATO military help Saturday. "NATO has the capability and I believe the responsibility to help the Iraqi people defeat the terrorist threat that's facing their country," President Bush said. | |
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Steven Taylor: When Will the Unilateralism End? U.S. |
Captain Ed: More Unilateralism On Display — George Bush demonstrated more of his notorious "go-it-alone" cowboy unilateralism today... |
Bill Clinton Was Right By / Weekly Standard — Permalink NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, in the introduction to an hour-long PBS documentary called Saddam's Ultimate Solution, former Clinton State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said: "Tonight, we examine the nature of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: (THE JAMES RUBIN EDITION) Stephen Hayes's article is yet more evidence of the fatuousness of claiming that it was the Bush Administration that conflated the al Qaeda-Iraq threat. |
Glenn Reynolds: STEPHEN HAYES says that Bill Clinton was right, and we forget that at our peril. |
Cheney Says He 'Felt Better' After Bitter Exchange WaPo — Permalink Vice President Cheney today acknowledged that he had a bitter exchange on the Senate floor with a senior Democratic senator, in which Cheney uttered a big-time obscenity, but said he had no regrets and that he "felt better after I had done it." | |
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James Martin Capozzola: The Washington Post reports ("Cheney Defends Use of Four-Letter Word," by Dana Milbank and Helen Dewar): "Vice... Harley: In fact, the vice president not only refused to take responsibility for his behavior — that's a standard for others, not him — he managed to pat himself on the back, as well. Phillip Carter: Update II: The Washington Post reports in Saturday's paper that VP Cheney has not only taken ownership of his language — but defended it on the grounds of necessity. |
Billmon: And if you think he's even going to think about apologizing, then you don't know Dick: [quote] Cheney said he "probably" used...[end quote] Taegan Goddard: Quote of the Day — "I think that a lot of my colleagues felt that what I had said badly needed to be said, that it was long overdue." KJL: CHENEY "PROBABLY" CUSSED AT LEAHY and he felt better for doing it. You'd think this was a slow news month... |
Dithering as Others Die By / NYT — Permalink ALONG THE SUDAN-CHAD BORDER — The ongoing genocide in Darfur is finally, fortunately, making us uncomfortable. At this rate, with only 250,000 more deaths it will achieve the gravitas of the Laci Peterson case. | |
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Ed Cone: Kristof: "The ongoing genocide in Darfur is finally, fortunately, making us uncomfortable. |
Arthur Chrenkoff: As Nicholas Kristof, who for months now has almost single-handedly been trying to awaken the Western conscience to the... |
Bush pleads for courtesy Washington Times — Permalink Washington, DC, Jun. 25 (UPI) — An Irish reporter threw courtesy aside and repeatedly interrupted President George W. Bush during a television interview at the White House. "Let me finish. Let me finish. May I finish?" | |
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Joe Gandelman: UPDATE: —Watch the interview for yourself, then read this. Is this an accurate description of what you saw? Donald Sensing: In the 11-minute interview, the reporter interrupted five times. [snipped quote] Has the prez never had media training? |
Steve Antler: I'd credit the "...Wild-Eyed" video, or perhaps this, or perhaps this, or maybe some combination of same. |
Post Editor Explains Printing of Obscenity By / WaPo — Permalink The New York Times had Vice President Cheney using "an obscenity" against Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) yesterday. The Los Angeles Times had Cheney saying "Go . . . yourself." CNN said Cheney used "the F word." | |
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Vanderleun: READING THROUGH THE GONE META MOMENT ON THE CHENEY EFFING ERUPTION: Post Editor Explains Decision to Publish Expletive... Phillip Carter: The story was, predictably, followed by another story examining the decision to run the word itself. |
Harley: Having dropped the F-bomb on Sen. Pat Leahy, an event which threw the media euphemism machine into overdrive — the WaPo... |
A Manufactured Scandal NRO — Permalink The Times and memos. The coverage of the internal government memoranda regarding interrogation tactics and the legal parameters of torture continues to provide stark indications of both what is wrong with policymaking in our 24-hour media age and what becomes of the legal profession in an era when facts take a backseat to feelings. | |
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Natasha @PacificViews: Next, Andrew McCarthy argues that the torture memos are a manufactured scandal. Ace: Update: Andrew McCarthy bitch-slaps the New York Times a second time, this time over its dishonest Abu Ghraib reporting. |
Charles Johnson: A Manufactured Scandal — Andrew C. McCarthy, who led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman,... |
Having His Say … ABCNEWS — Permalink Michael Moore's political documentary Fahrenheit 9-11 is facing critics for its accusations about the Bush administration's reasons for invading Iraq. The filmmaker defends his film in an interview with ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper. The following are excerpts: | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: Indeed, all anyone really has to do to expose the lies and the atrocious commentary contained in Farenheit 9/11 is to... |
Andrew Sullivan: TAPPER VERSUS MOORE: Some tough questions to which our very own Leni Riefenstahl has no good answers. |
Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Illinois senatorial candidate Jack Ryan abruptly abandoned his bid for Congress on Friday, succumbing to a furor over sex club allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and made him a target of late-night comedians. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid Illinois GOP Candidate Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid After Furor Over Sex Club... Jeralyn Merritt: Jack Ryan Quits Senate Race — Update: He's out. *************** No surprise here...Illinois Republican senatorial candidate Jack Ryan likely will drop out of the race. |
Steven Taylor: Ryan Quits Illinois Senate Race — Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid "Illinois senatorial candidate Jack Ryan... |
U.S. Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan , U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: "God forbid... (Joe Gandelman) ...using Iraeli-made bullets in Iraq. "That's what a politico told a military bigwig... |
Charles Johnson: Killing Me Softly — Somehow, while I wasn't looking, old Hawaiian radical "Democrat" Neil Abercrombie managed to weasel... |
CORRECTED: U.S. Device Seen at Supected Iran Atomic Site By / Reuters — Permalink VIENNA (Reuters) - A radiation monitoring device spotted in Iran at a razed site where Washington suspects Iran conducted covert atomic bomb-related research was itself made in the United States and sold directly to Tehran, sources said. | |
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Tim Dunlop: UPDATE: And I love this line from the news story: Tehran says it only wants nuclear power for electricity. |
Laura Rozen: US parts found at suspected Iran nuclear site. So reports Reuters. |
Michael and them: Moore foes hold fest By / Hollywood Reporter — Permalink Just as his "Fahrenheit 9/11" opens nationwide, several filmmakers are readying documentaries aimed at debunking Michael Moore, and a new film festival is being planned that will feature such works as well as other documentaries well to the right of Moore's films. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Anti-Film Festival — Oh, man, this sounds like it's going to be rockin'. TChris: More power, then, to the Michael Moore foes who want to showcase conservative documentaries at the American Film Renaissance (a/k/a The Right Wing Film Festival) in Dallas. Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE SILVER SCREEN BECKONS — For those of you who don't want to throw away good money watching the execrable Farenheit 9/11, you have some better choices available to you. |
Arthur Chrenkoff: The American Film Renaissance promises to screen anti-Michael Moore documentaries as well as "other movies well to the right of Moore's films." Clayton Cramer: Some Competition The Hollywood Reporter tells us of something that I didn't think was possible: a film festival that isn't leftist! |
'Hunting' Hits Its Target WaPo — Permalink EVERY STORY needs a villain, and the story spun in "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill Clinton" is no exception. In Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry's fascinating documentary on what Hillary Rodham Clinton once called the... | |
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Atrios: Popsicles in Hell — WaPo has a positive review of the Hunting movie. |
Jeralyn Merritt: On a related note, read the praise in today's Washington Post for The Hunting of the President, the documentary based on... |
Times Games NRO — Permalink The newspaper of record withholds Iraq/Qaeda connection evidence. A week ago, the New York Times reported, in a screaming page-one headline, that the 9/11 Commission had found "No Qaeda-Iraq Tie." | |
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Ace: Takedown: Andrew "St. Elmo's Fire" McCarthy Destroys the NYT — Actually, they destroyed themselves, but Mr. Andrew "Class" McCarthy documents the self-destruction. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ANOTHER UPDATE: Andrew McCarthy has some choice words for the New York Times in the wake of this most recent story. Cori Dauber: Update: Andrew McCarthy sure ain't happy, and he can't see any reason at all for the Times to have withheld this as long as it did. |
Glenn Reynolds: ANDREW MCCARTHY IS TAKING THE NEW YORK TIMES TO TASK for hypocrisy and dishonesty on Iraq/Al Qaeda connections:... Jeff Goldstein: Then go here and reharmonize with your universe. update: need more? |
Nothing's Certain But... Taxes beliefnet — Permalink It's fatalistic and 'deathist' to believe dying is inevitable—or necessary to give life meaning. The Transhumanist movement believes that by using technology and integrating their bodies with machines, humans can avoid aging and eventually live forever. | |
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KJL: I GUESS I'M A b-i-...bioconservative? Didn't realize we needed a new word, but o.k... |
Glenn Reynolds: TRANSHUMANISTS VS. BIOCONSERVATIVES: Interesting item over at Beliefnet. |
Sen. Miller to Speak at GOP Convention By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the highest profile Democrat to endorse President Bush for re-election, will speak at the Republican National Convention later this summer, a congressional aide said Friday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: According to news reports, Miller will give his speech on Wednesday night of the four-day August convention in NYC. The Big Trunk: My favorite Democrat, part 14 — The AP reports that Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the highest profile Democrat to endorse... Edward Driscoll: DEMOCRAT ZELL MILLER TO SPEAK AT GOP CONVENTION: He's retiring in January, so he's got nothing to lose. |
H.D. Miller: Cultural Illiteracy — Buried in a short piece written by AP reporter Jeffrey McMurray about Democratic senator Zell... Glenn Reynolds: WHAT HATH AL GORE WROUGHT? I'm guessing this. Captain Ed: Democrat To Address Republican Nominating Convention — Every Republican's favorite Democrat, Georgia Senator Zell... |
| Also: James Joyner, Steve Soto | |
U.S. wars in Persian Gulf unshackle Iran By / Knight Ridder — Permalink TEHRAN, Iran - President Bush freed Afghanistan from the Taliban and toppled Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but in doing so he also may have unshackled an even more dangerous foe: Iran. | |
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Laura Rozen: And Matt is right. Iran may very well have emerged the winner of the US campagin in Iraq. |
Matt Yglesias: The Iran Factor — Knight-Ridder reports that the winner of the war on terrorism so far is . . . Iran. |
Year Three NRO — Permalink Where do we stand in this disorienting war? As we neared three years of fighting in World War II, Patton was stalled near Germany for want of gas, V-2 rockets began raining down on England, and we were fighting to take the Marianas in preparation for future B-29 bases. | |
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Michael DeBow: A (mostly) encouraging note on which to end the week: Victor Davis Hanson is feeling optimistic about the war on terror — but not so optimistic about the home front. Bill Hobbs: Success in the Balance — Victor Davis Hanson tells how it is really going in the War on Terror: [snipped quote] Brilliant as always. |
Edward Driscoll: YEAR THREE: Victor Davis Hanson has some thoughts on where we stand in the war on terror: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. Charles Johnson: Year Three — Again with the Victor Davis Hanson, summing up our current position in this disorienting war: Year Three. |
Former president's autobiography attacks gov prof, praises Summers By / Harvard Crimson — Permalink There are places Bill Clinton remembers in My Life—just not too well, according to Kennedy School of Government professor and Dunster House Master Roger B. Porter, who alleges that the former president fabricated a damning conversation between the two of them in his newly-published memoir. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Taking Clinton to Task — Harvard professor Roger Porter claims that President Clinton "fabricated a damning... Pejman Yousefzadeh: MY BEST CLAUDE RAINES IMITATION — I'm shocked, shocked, to read this: "There are places Bill Clinton remembers in My... |
Greg Ransom: More Clinton lies. You could probably fill a book with these .... |
GOP Sources: Ryan to Abandon Senate Bid AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Illinois Republican candidate Jack Ryan intends to abandon his Senate bid after four days spent trying to weather a political storm stirred by sex club allegations, GOP officials said Friday. | |
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Atrios: Ryan's Out — Obama would've crushed him anyway, but still it's rather nice to see the political career of someone who had this up on their campaign website in ruins. Ace: Update: Here's an article telling you what you already know, if you're into that kind of thing. |
Ezra Klein: Looks like Ryan's dropping out. Jesse had some comments on this earlier, though I'm not as sanguine about it as him. James Joyner: UPDATE (6/25): AP — GOP Sources: Ryan to Abandon Senate Bid "Illinois Republican candidate Jack Ryan intends to... |
Trade Off By / TNR — Permalink In the first quarter of this year, the wave of negative reporting about offshore outsourcing reached tsunami levels, and a majority of Americans seemed to view offshoring as a problem. An Associated Press poll in May found that 69 percent of Americans believe outsourcing hurts the U.S. economy. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: UPDATE: On a related issue, see this article by Dan Drezner: "In the first quarter of this year, the wave of negative... Daniel Drezner: Trading up to some informative links — Want to know more about American attitudes towards outsourcing and trade? |
Julian Sanchez: Outsourceorama — Dan Drezner has a handy compendium of outsourcing related links to go with his piece at The New Republic. |
Not Just a Political Problem By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Abu Musab al-Zarqawi cut off Nicholas Berg's head in May. Paul M. Johnson was beheaded last week, and Kim Sun Il was beheaded this week. Yesterday Zarqawi stage-managed a "Tet offensive" across Iraq to dishearten the media audience in the U.S. But I think it is the beheadings that could pose a political problem for John Kerry. | |
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Edward Driscoll: A FAIR QUESTION: Daniel Henniger wants to know if John Kerry thinks it's evil to behead innocent men. Hugh Hewitt: What should really bother John Kerry, however, is Dan Henniger's column in OpinionJournal today, a fine essay on what I'll call "the certainty gap." |
Deacon: Will Kerry be mugged by reality? Here's an excellent piece from Daniel Henninger in the Opinion Journal. |
Big Stars Play Supporting Role to Kerry LAT — Permalink Sen. John F. Kerry scooped up $5 million for his presidential bid in a lavish gala in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night that featured an array of Hollywood heavy hitters who took center stage in calling for President Bush's defeat. | |
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Hindrocket: Hollywood Stars Turn Out for Kerry — That's what the L.A. Times says, anyway. |
Hugh Hewitt: John Kerry had his big night in Tinseltown, scooping up $5 million among the Hollywood elite. |
Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 — Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990's were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by the Americans in Iraq. | |
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Emperor Darth Misha I: In all fairness to the New York Slimes, we have to point out that this did, in fact, get covered by the bird cage liner of record. Pejman Yousefzadeh: "The issue arose again this month after the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States reported..." Clayton Cramer: Even the New York Times Is Now Admitting Bin Laden/Iraqi Connections — From this morning's paper: "Contacts between... |
KJL: Andy McCarthy writes here on the outrageous Iraq-al Qaeda confession from the New York Times this morning. Joe Gandelman: According to the New York Times: American officials described the document as an internal report by the Iraqi... McQ: UPDATE (JON): The NYT story can be found here. OTB has a good round-up of information on this, too. |
| Also: Bill Hobbs, Sparkey, Mike Hendrix, Dan Darling, Jeff Goldstein, Tom Maguire, James Joyner, Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Reynolds, Cori Dauber, Betsy Newmark, Jonah Goldberg, Captain Ed, Ace, Steve M., Hindrocket, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Gregory Djerejian, Mickey Kaus | |
Bill Gates could join the ranks of bloggers By / Seattle Times — Permalink Bill Gates has a reputation for coming late to the party, then making a big splash when he arrives. That's what happened after the Microsoft chairman realized the potential of the Internet. And it may happen again if he starts his personal Web log. | |
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Bo Cowgill: BILL GATES could be blogging soon. UPDATE: As in, blogging for the public on a personal site about technology, and (apparantly) his personal life. Jeff Jarvis: BilLOG : Bill Gates is getting ready to blog. [via Standard Deviance via Kinja's new blog on blog compilation] Joe Gandelman: He May REALLY Become A Blogger...(Joe Gandelman) He'll be the most famous — and richest — blogger on the Internet. |
Jan Haugland: Bill Blogger — There are vague rumours about Bill Gates finally starting his own blog Glenn Reynolds: SEATTLE TIMES: "Bill Gates could join the ranks of bloggers." Well, when you're the richest man in the world, there's only one more mountain to climb. Bill Hobbs: The Gates of Blog — Bill Gates, author of Business @ the Speed of Thought, is going to start a blog, only a few years after other people thought of it first. |
Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity WaPo — Permalink A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week. On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. | |
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Jack Balkin: A Good Thing Dick Cheney Wasn't On the Golden Globe Awards JB or the Howard Stern Show, or the FCC would have fined his ass. Robert Cox: TIVO THIS FRIDAY Dateline NBC: Will Ferrell Larry King Live: Jon Stewart Hannity and Colmes: P.J. O'Rourke ... Nick Confessore: Another of President Bush's campaign promises goes up in smoke, courtesy of Vice President Cheney. |
Jan Haugland: The interchange heated up, and Cheney ended the conversation with this piece of advice: "F**k yourself!" Phillip Carter: I read with some amusement this Washington Post story regarding Vice President Dick Cheney's invokation of an expletive during a brief encoutner with Sen. Patrick Leahy. Captain Ed: Dick Cheney attempted to dress down Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on the floor of the Senate Tuesday by suggesting a new... |
| Also: Pejman Yousefzadeh, Gene @HarrysPlace, Jeff Jarvis, Kash, Hugh Hewitt, Roger Ailes, Billmon, James Joyner | |
Iraqis Back New Leaders, Poll Says By / WaPo — Permalink A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new interim government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi that is set to assume political power on Wednesday, according to a poll commissioned by U.S. officials in Iraq. | |
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Emperor Darth Misha I: Seventy percent of Iraqis polled supported the new army, and 82 percent supported the police (Full article here) Oh yes,... Jan Haugland: Poll: Iraqis support new leaders — A recent poll of Iraqis in six major cities shows an overwhelming support of and confidence in the new government. Bird Dog: From the Washington Post (courtesy of Dan Drezner): "A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new... |
Stefan Sharkansky: After only 15 months and 842 American deaths we have freed Iraq from a brutal tyrant (which most Iraqis say was worth... Robert Clayton Dean: Second, the Iraqis are showing more spine than most, maintaining confidence in their pending government in hte face of terrorist brutality. KJL: AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS — From the Washington Post: "A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new... |
| Also: Pejman Yousefzadeh, Gene @HarrysPlace, Daniel Drezner, Dan Darling, Cori Dauber, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Matt Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan | |
Conservatives try to get Nader on ballot By / AP — Permalink SALEM, Ore. — Two conservative groups have been phoning people around Oregon this week, urging them to attend Ralph Nader's convention Saturday in hopes of putting Nader's name on Oregon's presidential ballot. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Nader's New Raiders (Joe Gandelman) You see find them here and here. Chris Bowers: Examples of this come today from Indiana, where Nader has not even come close to achieving the signatures he needed in... Kos: But what about when the AP confirms that Republican groups are working hard to get Nader on the Oregon ballot? |
Micah Sifry: On the other hand, we now learn in Oregon that he is accepting help getting on the ballot from Republican-aligned groups... Taegan Goddard: Update: Meanwhile, in Oregon, two "conservative groups" have been phoning people "urging them to attend Ralph Nader's convention Saturday," the AP says. |
Clinton first linked al Qaeda to Saddam By / Washington Times — Permalink The Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network years before President Bush made the same statements. | |
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Donald Sensing: Who said these things? These guys. Hat tip: Mark Rose. Pejman Yousefzadeh: This kind of story has come up before, but it is important to re-emphasize just how much of a consensus there was... |
Ace: That's not Bush's question. That's Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen's question. Betsy Newmark: While Gore rants about Bush lying about ties between Al Qaeda and Saddam, the Washington Times reminds us of the links... |
Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in Senate - Aides Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the "F word" at Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont during a heated exchange on the Senate floor, congressional aides said on Thursday. | |
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Angry Bear: Because the Vice President, as Kash noted, apparently told Sen. Pat Leahy, "Go f**k yourself!" Tbogg: Potty mouth! Potty Mouth! Lynne loves it when Dick talks dirty. To quote Will & Grace: It gives her 'ladywood'. Greg Ransom: I think we can all cheer this. If Bush could work up the manhood to say it to — well, how about Al Gore? — he'd win re-election in a walk-away. |
Digby: And, of course, there's the now famous "f**k yourself" to Pat Leahy just yesterday. So, what's going on with Big Time? Steve M.: A lot of lefty bloggers have written about the fact that Dick Cheney on Tuesday cursed out Senator Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor using the F word. Taegan Goddard: Reuters has more. |
| Also: Kevin Drum, Steven Taylor, James Joyner | |
Lyin' Ryan Human Events — Permalink Jack Ryan, the Illinois GOP's nominee for the seat of outgoing Sen. Pete Fitzgerald (R. -Ill.), saw his campaign implode Tuesday after the release of highly embarrassing papers from the divorce custody battle over his nine-year-old son. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Ryan lyin' about his sex life — If Jack Ryan had stuck to this kind of swinging, he might have saved his campaign Lyin' Ryan By John Gizzi and David Freddoso [snipped quote] Yeah. Atrios: Right Thing — A source lies to you, and you find it out, you burn him. Period. |
Ezra Klein: Crashing a Hard Bargain — Atrios is right, this is exactly how off-the-record lies should be dealt with |
Tortured Arguments Opinion Journal — Permalink The good, if under-reported, news is that the pile of documents released by the Bush Administration this week effectively rebuts the charges of "torture" that have been flying around. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Internal Combustion — From "Tortured Arguments: How to interpret those Bush interrogation documents," WSJ:... |
Jonah Goldberg: THE TORTURE MEMOS — Strong editorial from the Journal. |
Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Typically a break from partisan warfare, this year's Senate class photo turned smiles into snarls as Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly used profanity toward one senior Democrat, sources said. | |
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Norbizness: (4) F**k off. (4a: Go f**k yourself.) Jesse Taylor: Now, this outrage would make a lot more sense if first Bush hadn't called a reporter a "major league asshole" during the... David Allan Pell: F***ing Big Time — According to several accounts, Veep Cheney dropped a big time F bomb on Pat Leahy during a Senate photo day. |
Steve M.: ... —Boston Herald, 12/8/03 (via Free Republic) ****** By the way, I noticed this in the CNN story about Cheney's... Michael Froomkin: Pop Quiz — Guess what really prompted this: CNN.com - Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism. Natasha @PacificViews: Courtesy of BuzzFlash: the New York Times reports on a Senate defeat for media ownership deregulation, the group... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Harley, Kos, Jeralyn Merritt, Oliver Willis, James Joyner | |
TV journalists cross the line on book promotion By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink (06-23) 18:34 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — This column comes with a valuable reader bonus: It's not hawking a book we've written or a book written by a colleague, a former colleague, someone we hung out with in high school or our dentist. | |
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Robert Cox: Book Promotion by Journalists San Francisco Chronicle (via Instapundit) It's promotional cross-pollination that has... Glenn Reynolds: BOOK PROMOTION BY TV JOURNALISTS? It's getting out of hand, writes AP television writer Lynne Elber. |
Ginny: In passing, a perceptive editorial notes the difference between Brian Lamb's approach and that of the commercial networks might be of interest.) |
06/24/04: Bush Edges Kerry Fox News — Permalink Even as insurgents increase their attacks in the days leading up to the June 30 handover, the public's belief that going to war with Iraq was the right thing to do is holding steady. | |
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Cori Dauber: And because they asked more questions pertinent to the war(s), comparing the two sets of numbers yields some additional insights. Hugh Hewitt: The new Gallup poll puts Bush a point up on Kerry in likely voters, and the Fox numbers have Bush up 6 in a two way race, and 7 with Nader thrown in. Hindrocket: The latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll has the President leading John Kerry by six points overall, 48% to 42%, and by seven if Ralph Nader is included. |
Clayton Cramer: Bush Pulls Out Ahead — Fox News reports on a survey of 900 registered voters (which is the first of these polls that I have seen mention this limitation). Captain Ed: Fox Poll Shows Bush Pulling Ahead — A new Fox poll of registered voters — still not as reliable as likely voters, but... |
Kerry's Campaign Theme Is Leaning Toward Center By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 — Senator John Kerry has yet to produce a popular catchphrase for his political philosophy, like Gov. Bill Clinton's 1992 promise of a "third way" or Gov. George W. Bush's pledge in 2000 of "compassionate conservatism." | |
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Brian Montopoli: The press corps, for its part, debuted what seems to be destined to become its summer single today. DemFromCT: The Kerry Campaign and the Media — There is a creeping balance about the Democratic campaign that seems to be happening... |
Tom Maguire: Kerry The Centrist — In a story almost headlined "Good Ship "Kerry" Drifts To Center", the NY Times regales us with tales and outtakes from the Kerry campaign. |
E.P.A. Energy-Saving Spots Give Cars Short Shrift By / NYT — Permalink DETROIT, June 24 - A new series of whimsical public service announcements from the Environmental Protection Agency are lampooning the notion that cars can be made more energy efficient while the ads encourage conservation at home. | |
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Atrios: You've Got to be Kidding — The EPA produces and runs ads which mocks people who want to drive cars with better gas mileage? James Joyner: Small Cars Suck NYT — E.P.A. Energy-Saving Spots Give Cars Short Shrift [RSS] [snipped quote] While I don't think the... |
DHinMI: Those Wacky People Who Want to Make Cars More Fuel Efficient — [snipped quote] The EPA claims that the ads were done at... |