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White House Castigates Durbin for Remarks By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The White House said a senator's comparison of American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was reprehensible and a disservice to those serving in the military. | |
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LeanLeft: Defending the Indefensible — Filed under: Politics Iraq Terrorism — Kevin The White House has joined the right wing... Barbara O'Brien: Update: The White House and Senate Republicans are doing their best to whip up the mob against Senator Durbin and deflect guilt from themselves. Atrios: George Bush's America — Apparently, it is the case that if I read to George Bush the following description of prisoner... |
Jo Fish: The 1600 Crew Bulls**t Machine has been caught on the corner of High Dudgeon Avenue and Righteous Indignation Blvd over... Alexander K. McClure: The White House is gleefully responding to Durbin, saying that [snipped quote] Durbin, unlike Rick Santorum, refuses to retract his Nazi comparison. Kos @DailyKos: White House defends torture — Taking its cue from the Right Wing Noise Machine, the White House enters the fray. |
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News Media Give Overlooked Memo on Iraq Second Glance By / WaPo — Permalink For many liberals already frustrated with the media's coverage of President Bush, it has become a rallying cry over the past six weeks: What about the Downing Street memo? | |
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Tom Maguire: Kurtz Cuts The Comedy - We — Howard Kurtz provides an overview of the MSM coverage of the Downing Street Debacle, but... Harry Shearer: Harry Shearer: Why the New Memos Matter — It's a sad litany of excuses Howard Kurtz pries out of the editors of... Garrett M. Graff: A Little Pet Press Corps — What between the Neil Cavuto interview last week and the Downing Street Memo, Dan Froomkin,... |
Avedon Carol: But I guess it's real news when Howard Kurtz admits what we've been saying all along: [snipped quote] Yes, exactly. Kevin Aylward: Not only that: They add nothing to what was publicly known in July 2002.And they're not the only ones saying that there... Jim Romenesko: U.S. news media take second look at Downing Street memo — Washington Post Howard Kurtz says liberals' anger, amplified... |
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Sen. Durbin Stands by Guantanamo Remarks By / AP — Permalink CHICAGO — Sen. Dick Durbin refused to apologize Wednesday for comments he made on the Senate floor comparing the actions of American soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and a "mad regime" like Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's in Cambodia. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Shouldn't concerned Senators stand on the Senate floor and make it clear that—were the US military actually responsible... Hugh Hewitt: What is truly amazing is the relative silence of MSM on the Durbin meltdown. The New York Times, The Washington Post. Rich Lowry: THEY JUST CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES — Getting off magazine and column-writing deadlines, so just focusing on these Durbin Gitmo remarks. |
Barbara O'Brien: It's happening again. The righties are shocked that Senator Dick Durbin compared Gitmo to a gulag. Scott @PowerLine: As for Senator Durbin, what is there to say? The AP reports: "Sen. Durbin stands by Guantanomo remarks." Bill Hobbs: Nazis — Lance Frizzell comments on Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's claim that American troops guarding the terrorists... |
Bush's Approval Ratings Stay Low CBS News — Permalink (CBS) President George W. Bush's job approval rating is now just 42 percent, and most Americans think he does not share their priorities. Iraq and the economy — not the President's signature issue of Social Security — are most important to Americans,... | |
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Joe Gandelman: Bush Poll Numbers Continue To Sink — President George Bush's polling numbers continue to resemble an elevator — heading down. Kos @DailyKos: Bush still going down, down, down — CBS News/NYT. 6/10-15. MoE 3%. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Poll: Bush Approval Drops: 51% Disapprove — Pretty soon he'll be in the tank...Crooks and Liars has the latest Bush... |
Top Zarqawi aide captured in Iraq's Mosul: US AFP — Permalink MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A top aide to Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been captured in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, the US military revealed. Mohammed Khalaf Shakar, also known as Abu Talha, is "Zarqawi's most trusted operations agent in all of Iraq," a military statement said Thursday. | |
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Betsy: We have captured another Zarqawi aide. How many aides does this guy have? And isn't "aide" a rather antiseptic word for a murderous thug like Zarqawi? John @PowerLine: In more good news, Mohammed Khalaf Shakar, also known as Abu Talha, who has been in charge of operations for Zarqawi's terrorist network, was captured today in Mosul. |
Jan Haugland: Top aide to al-Zarqawi captured — Top terrorist captured in Iraq: A top aide to Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi... Charles Johnson: Got a Big Fish in Iraq — Top Zarqawi aide captured in Iraq's Mosul: US. |
Schiavo Autopsy Renews Debate on G.O.P. Actions By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 15 - The autopsy of Terri Schiavo - particularly the findings that she had irreversible brain damage and was blind - left Republicans who had pushed so aggressively for federal intervention struggling on Wednesday to defend their argument that she should have been kept alive. | |
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Tom Burka: "Yours, Senator Doctor William Frist" Dear Dr. Frist, I have chronic recurring dizziness and I often lose my sense of balance. Sadly, No!: Pretty much as I predicted, except that the other party won — Looks like someone just soiled their armor and has... Commissar: Mel Martinez — NYT: Schiavo Autopsy Renews Debate on Legislative Actions [snipped quote] Not exactly Churchillian eloquence, but I agree with Senater Martinex (R. |
Fontana Labs: Test results — The Schiavo autopsy results have confirmed what we long suspected: Bill Frist is a dick. Judd @ThinkProgress: Frist on Senate Floor, 3/17/05: "I have looked at the video footage. Based on the footage provided to me, which was part of the facts of the case, she does respond." |
Military files murder charges in Iraq killings MSNBC — Permalink WASHINGTON - An Army National Guard staff sergeant has been charged with premeditated murder in a "fragging incident" that killed two senior officers at a U.S. base near Tikrit, Iraq, last week, the U.S. military said Thursday. | |
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Scott Sala: More coverage from Eyewitness 7 News, DefenseLINK and MSNBC (free video). Oldman @BOPNews: Fragging Incident — And now we start getting people fragging their superior officers in Iraq. |
Lambert @Corrente: Whack: Not at all like VietNam — Well, except for the fragging: "An Army National Guard staff sergeant has been... |
US senator stands by Nazi remark Aljazeera — Permalink A US senator has refused to apologise for comparing the actions of US soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to those of Nazis, while others have decried or defended the mandate and method used to hold prisoners there. | |
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Baldilocks: As a result, Al Jazeera, the terrorist rag of choice, takes note: [snipped quote] It's one thing for traditional media entities to express their contempt for the military. Scott @PowerLine: The AP reports: "Sen. Durbin stands by Guantanomo remarks." Al-Jazeera reports: "US senator stands by Nazi remark." Tom Maguire: If Al Jazeera Is With You... Dixck Durbin gains international stature. Hugh Hewitt has more. |
Hugh Hewitt: Durbin's slander of the American military, and his refusal to apologize for it has now been picked up by Al Jazeera's English operation. Charles Johnson: JihadTV Recognizes an Ally — JihadTV loves Dick Durbin: Aljazeera.Net - US senator stands by Nazi remark. |
Lawmakers Push Resolution on Iraq Pullout By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush would have to start bringing home U.S. troops from Iraq by Oct. 1, 2006, under a measure a small bipartisan group of House lawmakers — including a Republican who voted for war — proposed Thursday. | |
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Dafydd: Lawmakers Push Resolution on Iraq Pullout By Liz Sidoti, Associated Press Writer 16 June, 2005 WASHINGTON - President... John @PowerLine: The press is touting a resolution introduced by four House members, two of them Republicans, which would require... |
Mitch Berg: Note To The President — A group of Democrats, and a few "Republicans", have decided that what the world needs is to put... |
The Latest Downing Street Memos The Nation — Permalink New "Downing Street" memos keep popping up. In recent days, several confidential memos written by senior officials in Tony Blair's government in March 2002 have garnered attention. (AfterDowningStreet.org has all of them posted.) | |
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Atrios: Corn on the Memos — Link: All of this contradicts what Bush told Americans before the invasion of Iraq. |
Jeralyn Merritt: The Import of the Downing Street Memos — David Corn, at the Nation: [snipped quote] [hat tip Atrios. ] |
Clinton wins S.C. straw poll By / The State — Permalink Richland County Democrats held the nation's first straw poll for the 2008 presidential race Wednesday and the surprise winner was U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. "We're simply delighted," said Bob Kunst, president of Hillarynow.com, who is traveling the country promoting Clinton's candidacy. | |
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Gary Farber: Keeping an eye on the late-breaking developments in the 2008 Presidential election, which is now coming down to the... Dr. Steven Taylor: Hillary Wins SC Straw Poll — Via The State: Clinton wins S.C. straw poll [snipped quote] As I tell my students: all a... |
Gerry @DalyThoughts: Clinton wins S.C. straw poll — The State: "Richland County Democrats held the nation's first straw poll for the 2008... K. J. Lopez: HILLARY WINS — S.C. straw poll |
Schiavo autopsy sides with her husband San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Miami — An exhaustive autopsy found that Terri Schiavo's brain had withered to half the normal size since her collapse in 1990 and that no treatment could have remotely improved her condition, medical examiners said Wednesday. | |
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John Hawkins: The Terri Schiavo Autopsy: The Hype Doesn't Match Up With The Facts — Many people in the mainstream media are drawing wild conclusions (Ex: Schiavo autopsy sides with her husband. |
Michelle Malkin: But if mentioned at all, the news reports I have seen have downplayed and buried these astonishing revelations... |
Runaway Bride's Dowry Deal By / WaPo — Permalink New York superagent Judith Regan has bought the rights to the life stories of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks and her fiance after offering them $500,000 for a package that — in an unusual twist — included the first news interview with the couple. | |
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Brian Stelter: When "New York superagent Judith Regan" bought the rights to Jennifer Wilbanks' story, a deal memo "specified that an... Roger Ailes: Meet Your Liberal Media: Infomerical Journalism At Its Finest Edition — NBC News brags about the highest and best use... John Cole: Getting The Last Laugh — Good for her: [snipped quote] That is approximately $4200.00 an hour for the 120 hours community service she was sentenced to perform. |
Richard TPD: Most painful of all is to see trash like this become rich off of this sleaze. Absolutely disgusting. Break the law and get rich. Jim Romenesko: Additional items for June 16, 2005 > Media spotlight misses cases of missing minorities (USA Today) > Court TV's Dimond... Ann Althouse: Attention lawyers! Newly deepened pocket! |
Not Our Man in Iran By / NYT — Permalink IF the polls and pundits can be believed, Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will move a step closer to regaining the presidency of Iran in tomorrow's national elections. | |
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Gregory Djerejian: Vakil Trumps Pletka — Underwhelmed by Danielle Pletka's boiler-plate, cliched op-ed piece in today's NYT? Have no fear! Orrin Judd: Not Our Man in Iran (DANIELLE PLETKA, 6/16/05, NY Times) From David Cohen: RAFSANJANI SAYS MUSLIMS SHOULD USE NUCLEAR... Cori Dauber: The Situation in Iran — A Times oped piece argues that the "elections" in Iran aren't about to make much difference one way or the other. |
Laura Rozen: Writing in the NY Times, AEI's Vice President Danielle Pletka argues that while some in Washington are viewing the... Pejman Yousefzadeh: NOT OUR MAN IN IRAN — For those who believe that a new age of reform may dawn in Iran with the election of Ali Akbar... |
USDA plants its own news Chicago Tribune — Permalink WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has churned out three dozen radio and television news segments since the first of the year that promote a controversial trade agreement with Central America opposed by labor unions, the sugar industry and many members of Congress, including some Republicans. | |
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Nellie B: The new news about fake news comes courtesy of the Chicago Tribune, reporting that the US Department of Agriculture has... David Sirota: Government-Funded Propaganda Pushes CAFTA — If you were disgusted by the Armstrong Williams controversy, and nauseated... |
Brendan Nyhan: Government propaganda watch: Dept. of Agriculture — CJR Daily, which has played a key role in watchdogging the Bush... |
Poll Shows Dwindling Approval of Bush and Congress NYT — Permalink Increasingly pessimistic about Iraq and skeptical about President Bush's plan for Social Security, Americans are in a season of political discontent, giving Mr. Bush one of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency and Congress one of its lowest rating in years, according to the New York Times/CBS News Poll. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Dwindling Support for Bush and Congress — "Americans are in a season of political discontent," giving Presidnet Bush... |
Jeralyn Merritt: Analysis: Bush has problems. More here. |
Nation/Politics By / Washington Times — Permalink That could weaken the federation, which would lose its biggest members and already has laid off 106 workers as it shifts money between political activity and organizing efforts. | |
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Paul @PowerLine: Just for the record (as if that matters to the left) Rowan Scarborough in the Washington Times reminds us of the... Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, the Washington Times notes "rank-and-file House Republicans, citing nervousness among colleagues and lack of... |
Steve Verdon: Calling the detention center at Guantanamo Bay a death camp is just stupid. John @PowerLine: The AFL-CIO's annual convention is next month, and a coalition of unions that includes some of the organization's... |
Lawyers Fought U.S. Move to Curb Tobacco Penalty By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 15 - Senior Justice Department officials overrode the objections of career lawyers running the government's tobacco racketeering trial and ordered them to reduce the penalties sought at the close of the nine-month trial by $120 billion, internal documents and interviews show. | |
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Steve Soto: Career Prosecutors Ignored When They Warned Against Tobacco Penalty Reduction (Photo of Robert McCallum courtesy of the... Richard Bradley: There's more evidence of that today, as the Times reports that political appointees at the Justice Department... Pudentilla: if everyone started smoking, we wouldn't have a social security shortfall: [snipped quote] no need to be cynical. perhaps... |
Orin Kerr: Leaks in DOJ Tobacco Case: Today's New York Times offers an unusually public perspective on Justice Department... Gary Farber: SMOKING WEED. Who is surprised? I'll give these people this: they're honest crooks — they stay bought. |
Durbin won't apologize for Guantanamo comments By / AP — Permalink Sen. Dick Durbin refused to apologize Wednesday for comments he made on the Senate floor comparing the actions of American soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and a ''mad regime'' like Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's in Cambodia. | |
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Vanderleun: Bad Americans — Meanwhile, Back in Iraq IN THE SAFETY OF WASHINGTON, THE APTLY NAMED "DICK DURBIN" feels justified in... Orrin Judd: LIGHTWEIGHT LEADERSHIP: Durbin won't apologize for Guantanamo comments (MEGAN REICHGOTT, 6/16/05, Chicago Sun-Times)... |
Hugh Hewitt: The Chicago Sun Times and the San Francisco Chronicle picked up an AP account, but, to borrow from Bob Dole, "Where's the outrage?" Steve Bainbridge: Dick — [snipped quote] res ipsa loquitur |
The Trillion-Dollar Bet NYT — Permalink American homeowners have made a trillion-dollar bet that mortgage rates will remain near record lows for at least a few more years. But with some interest rates already rising, economists worry that the bet could turn bad. | |
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Brad DeLong: Variable Interest Rate Mortgages — David Leonhardt and Motoko Rich write: The Trillion-Dollar Bet - New York Times:... Fontana Labs: , I ran across this story about mortgages in the NYT, and thought, "hell yeah! I've got a low fixed rate, baby! Damn!" |
Lindsay Beyerstein: You're on, Bozo! Clownmortgage [snipped quote] Worry? Nah, interest rates will be low forever. [NYT, via FL] |
Republican Strains Emerge Over Iraq By / WSJ — Permalink WASHINGTON — As bad news continues to emerge from Iraq and the U.S. detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, some Republicans are starting to edge away from the White House on its policies in the war on terror. | |
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Steve Soto: As some GOP senators give signs that they are backing away from hardline support of Bush on Iraq, the Administration... Rickheller @Centerfield: Republicans Go Wobbly — A free article in the Wall Street Journal reports on Republican criticism of the conduct of the war on terror and in Iraq. Oliver @LiquidList: A: When small cracks appear, magma and flying rocks are sure to follow. |
Barbara O'Brien: BTW, Christopher Cooper reports in the Wall Street Journal that "some Republicans are starting to edge away from the White House on its policies in the war on terror." Taegan Goddard: Republican Rift Forming Over Iraq — Some Republicans "are starting to edge away from the White House on its policies in... |
Crazy Times? NRO — Permalink The Los Angeles Times announces some changes. "My colleagues and I also hope to be out in the community more, explaining what we do and listening to your complaints," Los Angeles Times editorial-page editor Andres Martinez signed off his "To Our Readers"... | |
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Jim Romenesko: HIS REVIEW: [snipped quote] ALSO: Catherine Seipp checks out LATer Michael Kinsley's talk at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. K. J. Lopez: WIKIWEIRDNESS — Let's just sit back and watch the weirdness going on at the LATimes re: adventures communal editing. |
Jay Rosen: We're in the ex-ex-cathedra editorial page era at the Los Angeles Times: Wherein boss Michael Kinsley takes them down from the mountaintop. |
Dems cheer House poll By / The Hill — Permalink Recent Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) polling shows that seven Republican members would be easily defeated if their reelection took place today, the committee's chairman told House Democrats yesterday at a closed-door meeting. | |
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Steve Soto: Yes, he has pushed through a class-action lawsuit limitation bill, a bankruptcy restriction bill, and an estate tax... Kos @DailyKos: DCCC polling gives Dems big hopes — House Dems are buzzing over their latest polling. |
Taegan Goddard: According to The Hill, the poll found that "seven Republican members would be easily defeated if their reelection took place today." |
Where We're Coming From LAT — Permalink We came by bus, train and car — one guy walked, but he's always been an outlier — and as we traveled we read, chatted or listened to the radio. But the 10 members of the editorial page staff who logged our commutes one week ago this morning share one thing: Like everyone else in L.A., we have all come up with various coping mechanisms. | |
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Kevin Roderick: They drive, they ride, etc. The experiment called the L.A. Times editorial page veered off in a new direction today. |
Jim Romenesko: Thursday's LAT editorial page veers off in a new direction — LA Observed | National Review Online There are no... |
Archbishop hits out at web-based media 'nonsense' By / Times of London — Permalink THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticised the new web-based media for "paranoid fantasy, self-indulgent nonsense and dangerous bigotry". He described the atmosphere on the world wide web as a free-for-all that was "close to that of unpoliced conversation". | |
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TheAnchoress: Unpoliced Conversation! Dr. Rowan Williams, aka The Archbishop of Canterbury seems not to like blogs or bloggers. Edward _: The Archbishop's Gaffe — Via Vodkapundit — [snipped quote] Bit of friendly advice: if you're intent on criticizing... Marc @USSNeverdock: Britain - Archbishop Williams Attacks Bloggers — The Times (UK) reports. |
McQ: Journalism and the Internet — The Archbishop of Canterbury feels we denizens of the Internet are a bit dangerous: "The... Marcus @HarrysPlace: Luckily for us the cleric is the head of a First Century cult in decline rather than someone with the ability to turn... Stephen Green: Heaven Forbid — Check this out: [snipped quote] "Unpoliced conversation." Can you in your wildest dreams imagine such a thing? |
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'Child sacrifices in London' By / This Is London — Permalink Boys from Africa are being murdered as human sacrif ices in London churches. They are brought into the capital to be offered up in rituals by fundamentalist Christian sects, according to a shocking report by Scotland Yard. | |
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See Dubya: See-Dubya: Fundamentally Flawed This harrowing article from London's Evening Standard suggests that hundreds of young... Clayton Cramer: This report from the Evening Standard indicates that the problem seems to be human sacrifice: "Boys from Africa are being murdered as human sacrifices in London churches. |
TheAnchoress: Meanwhile, perhaps Rowan Williams could stop worrying about "unpoliced conversations" and look into this very weird story. |
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 15 MSNBC — Permalink CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Amnesty International calls Gitmo the gulag of our time. Defenders say America is at war, there's no alternative site and the prisoners are treated humanely. Tonight, should the United States shut down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay? | |
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Tim Dunlop: Guantanamo Bay: a solution, finally — Television host Chris Matthews discusses freedom and democracy with studio... |
Atrios: Tweety's America — This is how Chris Matthews imagines the United States of America: "My big concern is, the longer you keep them, the angrier they get. |
How Much Is It Really Costing To Comply With Sarbanes-Oxley? By / WSJ — Permalink Public companies have been complaining about the costs of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate-reform law since its passage in 2002. The outcry has intensified with the departure of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson, as companies hope for new rules that might ease what they say is a financial burden. | |
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Barry L. Ritholtz: Its also worthwhile to keep an eye on the Dow Transports, given yesterday's Baltic Dry Freight Index. > Random Items... Matt Welch: Carl Bialik, the sharp Numbers Guy at the Wall Street Journal, lays out the math, and notes that such huge figures are... |
Brad Plumer: Carl Bianik tries to figure it out, and rules that it's a murky picture all in all. |
Frist: Schiavo Autopsy Results End Case By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a surgeon who had questioned Terri Schiavo's diagnosis during the intense national debate on whether to remove her feeding tube, said the autopsy documenting her severe brain damage brings "a very sad chapter to a close." | |
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Joe Gandelman: But now, according to the Washington Post, Frist seems to want to put as as much distance between him and his comments... Jeralyn Merritt: Frist Comments on Schiavo Autopsy — Sen. Bill Frist comments on the Terri Schiavo autopsy results. |
Jo Fish: After all the demogoguery about the Schiavo case here's poor little Billy "Kitty Killer" Frist on the Schiavl autopsy:... |
Downing Street Downer By / Reason — Permalink The moment the left has been awaiting hopefully for the past six weeks has arrived at last—and like everything the left hopes for these days, it's going to flop. | |
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Tom Maguire: UPDATE: Lots more at Reason, but my fave excerpt from the Downing Street memo is the first paragraph: "John Scarlett summarised the intelligence and latest JIC assessment. |
Glenn Reynolds: And Tim Cavanaugh comments on the much-ado-about-nothing Downing Street memo flap: "The moment the left has been... |
Romney to Back Plan to Ban Gay Marriage By / AP — Permalink BOSTON - Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday he will support a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Massachusetts, the only state where it is legal. The Legislature was already working on a proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage but also would allow Vermont-style civil unions. | |
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Jo Fish: It never ends — Apparently Mitt Romney (R-f**king opportunist) wants to go for the ban of Gay Marriage, you know, that... |
Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: Presidents and Gay Rights — It's not really a surprise that Massachusetts Governor and Utah expatriate Mitt... |
Iraqi Deadlock Ends as Sunnis Accept Deal on Charter Panel By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 16 - Iraqi political leaders broke weeks of deadlock today, as Sunni Arabs accepted a compromise made by senior members of a Shiite-led parliamentary committee to include Sunnis in the drafting of Iraq's new constitution. | |
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Gregory Djerejian: More from Sabrina Tavernese: "Iraqi political leaders broke weeks of deadlock today, as Sunni Arabs accepted a... |
K. J. Lopez: THE LOWRY CURSE — After his props to Derb yesterday on Iraq, this: "Sunnis Reach Accord With Shiites on Makeup of... |
Patriot Act Critics Laud Vote to Limit Use By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates of rewriting the USA Patriot Act are claiming momentum after the House, despite a White House veto threat, voted to restrict investigators from using the anti-terrorism law to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips. | |
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Avedon Carol: For what it's worth — In news that I was too sleepy to post last night, the House actually voted to limit the use of... K. J. Lopez: THE PATRIOT ACT — Just from a few quick chats, people supportive of the provisions dropped yesterday in the House seem to be optimistic about long-term prospects (in conference). |
John Cole: Presidential Veto — Patriot Act II in trouble: [snipped quote] A veto for the Patriot Act and stem cell research. |
Exit Strategy on Social Security Is Sought WaPo — Permalink With the Senate Finance Committee at an impasse on Social Security and House leaders anxious about moving forward, Republican congressional leaders have told the White House in recent days that it is time to look for an escape route. | |
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Steve Soto: House and Senate GOP Look For Exit Strategy On Social Security — The Bush strategy on Social Security has seemingly finally hit the wall. Ezra Klein: Cut and Run — I'm enormously disturbed to hear that the GOP is looking for an exit strategy on Social Security. Matthew Yglesias: RAISING THE STAKES. The news that Republicans are seeking an exit strategy on Social Security privatization is welcome. |
Sam Rosenfeld: (A few Republicans, led by Walter "Freedom Fries" Jones of North Carolina, are making similar noises; but most GOP... Barbara O'Brien: Jonathan Weisman and Jim VandeHei write in the Washington Post: "With the Senate Finance Committee at an impasse on... Mark Thoma: Stalemate, Checkmate, or Escape and Play On? The White House is debating how to proceed from here given the growing likelihood that personal accounts will not reach a floor vote. |
| Also: Billmon, Faiz @ThinkProgress, Kevin Drum, Josh Marshall | |
Bush criticises Iran's election BBC — Permalink US President George W Bush has criticised the presidential election taking place in Iran on Friday as ignoring the demands of democracy. "Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world," he said in a statement released by the White House. | |
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Hooman Majd: Hooman Majd: The Kettle is Black — President Bush today criticized the Iranian presidential elections set for tomorrow,... |
Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: Even the BBC sounds skeptical about the Iranian election, branding the reform-oriented voters apathetic about real change after the failure of supposed reformer Khatami. |
Deep Throat Family Cuts Publishing, Film Pacts By / WaPo — Permalink Deep Throat has a book deal and a movie deal, and he could end up being played by Tom Hanks. The family of 91-year-old W. Mark Felt, who revealed his role as The Washington Post's key Watergate source two weeks ago, has chosen PublicAffairs Books to publish a combination of autobiography and biography, publisher and CEO Peter Osnos said last night. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Tom Hanks Is Deep Throat — The family of W. Mark Felt, who may not even really remember he was Deep Throat, has sold... Ann Althouse: I'm bestowing the award for Clunky Working Title of the Day. |
Jim Romenesko: Felt family signs $1 million Deep Throat book, movie deal — Washington Post Mark Felt's family has chosen PublicAffairs... |
SIX DIE IN RURAL PROTEST Sky News — Permalink Shocking footage of crowd control 'Chinese-style' has been obtained by Sky News. The film shows dozens of hired thugs running amok in a village just 60 miles from the capital Beijing. Villagers are shown being beaten with long canes while gunfire can be heard in the background. | |
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Bill Rice: UPDATE: (6/16/05) Drudge Report has a link to this Sky News video of how a Chinese protest dispute is broken up by force. |
Roger L. Simon: Torture Revisited — While "progressive" thinkers like Senator Durbin of Illinois and Amnesty International live in... |
One Possible Cure for the Common Criminal By / NYT — Permalink WHEN Jonathan M. Klick worked in Washington, he noticed a striking effect every time the terrorism alert level went from its usual yellow ("elevated") to the more urgent orange ("high"). | |
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Tom Maguire: Virginia Postrel, writing in the Times, delivers some real breakthrough material from the social sciences - more police on the streets can reduce street crime! |
Virginia Postrel: My NYT column looks at work by Alex Tabbarok (of Marginal Revolution, one of my favorite blogs) and Jon Klick on whether... |
Bush's Top Aides Have Significant Wealth By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - They're on the government payroll, but some of President Bush's top aides have millions of dollars in stocks, real estate and other investments, according to financial disclosure forms released Wednesday. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: Shock of the Day! Via the AP: Bush's Top Aides Have Significant Wealth. And this should be a shock to no one, nor is it unusual. Taegan Goddard: Bush Aides Have Significant Wealth — The AP looks at the net worth of some of President Bush's top advisers. Link | Related News |
Ann Althouse: No! Really? |
Romney oiling his presidential campaign machine By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink PONTIAC, Mich. — Any real doubt that Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination should have been resolved by his performance Monday in suburban Oakland County, Mich. He did not merely drop into his native state for a political fund-raising speech. | |
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Orrin Judd: BET HE'S PRO-ETHANOL: Romney oiling his presidential campaign machine (ROBERT NOVAK, June 16, 2005, Chicago SUN-TIMES) |
K. J. Lopez: NO DOUBT — Bob Novak on Mitt Romney working Michigan. |
Schiavo Autopsy Released WaPo — Permalink Terri Schiavo suffered severe, irreversible brain damage that left that organ discolored and scarred, shriveled to half its normal size, and damaged in nearly all its regions, including the one responsible for vision, according to an autopsy report released yesterday. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: QUOTE FOR THE DAY: [snipped quote] - senator Rick Santorum, on the Schiavo case. |
Captain Ed: The Schiavo Finale, Lacking Finality — With the release of the autopsy results for Terri Schiavo, we now know much we didn't before, and much that we simply couldn't. |
Spotlight skips cases of missing minorities By / USA Today — Permalink Tamika Huston's family reported her missing a year ago this week. Tamika Hustone has not been seen since the first week of June 2004. She disappeared from the Spartanburg, S.C. area. When police in Spartanburg, S.C., began investigating the 24-year-old woman's disappearance, her loved ones swung into action. | |
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Christy @ThinkProgress: Type in the name "Tamika Huston," the African American woman who disappeared in Spartanburg, SC 12 months ago, and only 23 stories come up. Kevin Drum: USA Today picks up the story from there: [snipped quote] Good for USA Today for writing about this. |
Garrett M. Graff: Reported Missing: Some Balance In Coverage — USA Today's Mark Memmott looks into the amazing coincidence that so many... |
Autopsy on the Schiavo Tragedy NYT — Permalink The autopsy results released yesterday should embarrass all the opportunistic politicians and agenda-driven agitators who meddled in Terri Schiavo's right-to-die case. There is no evidence that Ms. Schiavo's husband did any of the awful things attributed to him, and no hope that her greatly damaged brain would ever have recovered. | |
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Captain Ed: Unlike today's New York Times editorial's assertion on the subject, this was not a "right to die" case. |
Richard Reeb: So all the huffing and puffing going on at the New York Times editorial page and elsewhere proves nothing for the "Who would want to live that way?" lobby. |
House Blocks a Provision for Patriot Act Inquiries By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 15 - The House voted Wednesday to block a provision of the USA Patriot Act that makes it easier for federal investigators to review the records of libraries and bookstores on national security grounds. | |
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Orin Kerr: House Vote on the Patriot Act: A big item in the news today is that the House of Representatives voted to block the part... |
Pudentilla: a quack in the red wall? [snipped quote] let us hope that as they cease to hang together, they will begin to be hung separately. |
4 held in goat-for-coke scheme AP — Permalink Four men were ordered to stand trial in the theft and butchering of a pet pygmy goat, allegedly so its meat could be traded for crack cocaine or money. James W. Albright, 37, Gilbert W. Fisch, 38, Charles W. Smith Sr., 48, and Charles W. Smith Jr., 20, all of Connellsville, were held on theft, cruelty to animals and related charges yesterday. | |
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Jack Cluth: Alleged Chicken-For-Sex Offer Lands Meat Man In Jail 4 held in goat-for-coke scheme No, kids, you simply CANNOT invent people this mounumentally stupid. |
Jonathan H. Adler: Is that better or worse than the guys who butchered a pygmy goat to sell the meat for cocaine. |
Crime Over Courage In Iraq By / WaPo — Permalink Three haggard Romanian journalists appeared on al-Jazeera television April 22, in handcuffs and with guns pointed at their heads, to beg for their lives. They would be killed if Romania did not immediately withdraw its 860 troops from Iraq, their captors announced to the world. | |
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Cori Dauber: Yet, as Jim Hoagland notes in his piece on all this, the first one I've seen reporting these details about the Romanian... |
Atrios: Romantic Images — Hoagland writes: Sordid details of thugs and kidnappers such as these cannot compete with the... |
Joe Strauss to Joe Six-Pack By / NYT — Permalink It was not a great moment for cultural optimism. I was emptying some boxes in my basement the other day and I came across an essay somebody had clipped on Ernest Hemingway from the July 14, 1961, issue of Time magazine. The essay was outstanding. | |
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Amanda Marcotte: David Brooks demonstrates that he can't grasp the concept of "irony" — The self-appointed chronicler of the wonders of... Jo Fish: He's got a passage in his latest waste of space in the Times that well, describes almost anyone else but him (or most... Steve M.: LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES — David Brooks wants to know why intellectually serious matters are no longer discussed in... |
Attaturk: Explaining a Thing or Two to Bobo — Today Bobo actually writes a column I do not disagree with completely. Matt Davis: His column wondering "whatever happened to middlebrow culture" is an even-handed, level-headed look back at the cultural... Matt Singer: Let's Talk About the Good Old Days — David Brooks treasures the 50s and 60s as the highlight of middle-class culture in America. |
House Votes To Curb Patriot Act By / WaPo — Permalink The House handed President Bush the first defeat in his effort to preserve the broad powers of the USA Patriot Act, voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations. | |
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Cori Dauber: Guess they can call off that upcoming conference committee, and the rest of the press corps can stop speculating on the likelihood of a presidential veto, huh? Stephen Green: Maybe: [snipped quote] Bush made it through his entire first term - and some record-setting pork barrel spending - without once picking up his veto pen. |
Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, on the domestic front, the Washington Post notes that Republicans "handed President Bush the first defeat in... John Cole: Good — The terrorists score a cheap victory at the expense of our security: [snipped quote] If this failed, do the new provisions have a chance? |
Christian right groups set sights on '08 By / USA Today — Permalink WASHINGTON — Leaders of conservative Christian organizations plan to jointly interview Republican contenders for the 2008 presidential nomination, perhaps even endorsing one of them — steps that could expand their already considerable political influence. | |
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Joe Gandelman: As USA Today, notes, this could greatly increase their clout. |
Taegan Goddard: Christian Right Plans to Screen GOP Candidates — [snipped quote] USA Today reports. Link | Related News |
Supreme Court's Image Declines as Nomination Battle Looms Pew Research Center — Permalink With an aging Supreme Court possibly facing major changes, the court's public image has eroded significantly. Currently, 57% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, with 30% expressing an unfavorable view. | |
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Steve Soto: And to make it worse, Bush and Rove will fall back on placating their base with more rhetoric on things like Roe v... Sam Rosenfeld: Meanwhile, Pew released a poll yesterday that shows an 11-point drop (from 68 percent to 57 percent) in the favorability... |
Gerry @DalyThoughts: Supreme Court's Image Declines as Nomination Battle Looms — Pew: [snipped quote] This decline in approval for the... Taegan Goddard: Supreme Court's Image Fades — A new Pew Research poll finds "57% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, with 30% expressing an unfavorable view. |
Lobbyists' Role for Public TV Is Investigated By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 15 - Investigators at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are examining $15,000 in payments to two Republican lobbyists last year that were not disclosed to the corporation's board, people involved in the inquiry said on Wednesday. | |
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Tom Tomorrow: And using CPB's own money to do it, apparently: [snipped quote] Extraordinary. Laura Rozen: CPB chair Ken Tomlinson in trouble for hiring Republican lobbyists? |
Pudentilla: awol's boys used to buy journalists one at a time — [snipped quote] now they're taking down whole networks. payola - a... |
West backs old rival to end nuclear stand-off Times of London — Permalink A MACHIAVELLIAN figure with little concept of human rights, civil liberties or demo-cracy is the default darling among Western diplomats to win the Iranian presidential election on Friday. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: More popular abroad than at home, as Anthony Loyd of "The Times" of London writes, "a Machiavellian figure with little... |
Roger L. Simon: Non-Election Election — Anthony Loyd of the London Times has a round-up of the grim choices in the coming Iranian election. |
Executive denies meeting UN head BBC — Permalink An executive who wrote a memo in 1998 suggesting he had won the support of the UN secretary general for a contract has now denied meeting Kofi Annan. Michael Wilson worked for Swiss firm Cotecna, which was awarded a major UN contract days after he detailed a Paris meeting with Mr Annan in the memo. | |
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Marc @USSNeverdock: And The BBC continues lying for Annan here and here by claiming: "A UN team looking into the former UN Iraq oil-for-food programme cleared Mr Annan of any wrongdoing in March." |
Jan Haugland: Update: I missed the extra information that Michael Wilson, the man who wrote the memo describing his meeting with Kofi... |
Losing their heads over Gitmo By / Townhall.com — Permalink I guess Bush should have backed Katherine Harris, after all. Sen. Mel Martinez, the Senate candidate Bush backed instead of Harris, has become the first Republican to call for shutting down Guantanamo. | |
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S.Z.: And in conclusion, here's Ann Coulter with Losing their heads over Gitmo. |
Michelle Malkin: "We've tested them, and they are inexpensive, easy to make, and delicious..." Update: Ann Coulter's knock-out closing... |
Evangelical Republicans Trust States on Social Issues By / WaPo — Permalink Evangelical Protestant Republicans are far more likely than other groupsto want courts to stay out of controversial social questions, suggesting that GOP criticism of "activist judges" resonates with the party's core constituency, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll (see full PDF here) touches on public views of the judiciary. |
Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll found evangelical Protestant Republicans "are far more likely than other... |
From Downing Street to Capitol Hill Newsweek — Permalink June 15 - Two senior British government officials today acknowledged as authentic a series of 2002 pre-Iraq war memos stating that Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program was "effectively frozen" and that there was "no recent evidence" of Iraqi ties to... | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball today posted a Newsweek web exclusive called "From Downing Street to Captol Hill" that catches us up on the latest Downing Street developments. Laura Rozen: Late Update: A long piece on the issue from Newsweek. |
Attaturk: This post should be entitled, "BOOM" get your ass back to Texas — But I'm not so sanguine, after all, the Cornerites... |
CNN Transcripts for June 9, 2005 CNN — Permalink Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back later. • New Arrests in Disappearance of Natalee Holloway; New Developments in Investigation of Possible Terror Plot in Northern California. | |
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Greg Saunders: Because if you can look past the way he sneers the words "illegal aliens"[2] you can find the occasional story that really deserves more attention : [snipped quote] Damn right. |
Greg @TheTalentShow: Because if you can look past the way he sneers the words "illegal aliens"[2] Which is, admittedly, a very difficult... |
Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage By / AP — Permalink LARGO, Fla. - The autopsy released Wednesday on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding she was severely and irreversibly brain-damaged and blind as well. | |
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Kevin Aylward: Despite strong organ health her higher brain function (especially her sight) was damaged beyond repair. Joe Gandelman: Husband Vindicated: Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage NO Abuse Signs — It's now official and documented: by... Jan Haugland: Schiavo autopsy shows severe, irreversible brain damage — Terri Schiavo's autopsy report has been made public today,... |
La Shawn Barber: Related posts and links: See the entire Schiavo category for background, Damnum Absque Injuria, Blogs for Terri,... John Cole: They have no shame, and Sully has it exactly right: "THEY LIED: In her final days, Terri Schiavo was blind and her brain was about half its expected size. Judith Weiss: However, the diagnosis reflects the limits of our knowledge of the brain: [quote] The brain examination was "consistent with a...[end quote] |
| Also: Jo Fish, Vanderleun, Dr. Steven Taylor, Jeffrey Dubner, Julian Sanchez, Andrew Sullivan, Bill @INDCJournal, Jayson @PoliPundit | |
House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips. | |
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Joe Gandelman: House Limits Patriot Act Library/Bookstore Rule — It now appears as if the Bush adminstration has jumped the shark... Cernig: The House have passed an amendment that blocks the FBI and Justice Dept. from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips. John @PowerLine: Another Victory for Civil Liberties — This week's silliest Congressional action was the House's vote, 238-187, to amend... |
Talking Dog: That hotbed of anti-American sentiment, the House of Representatives, voted to repeal one of the more "high-profile" and... Norbizness: But the latest indignity goes too far... stripping the most beloved of all unread, Constitution-shredding legislation,... SK Bubba: Disturbance in the Force, Part II... The House of Representatives told Bush to take a hike on renewing at least one provision of the Patriot Act. |
| Also: James Joyner, Jeralyn Merritt, Gerry @DalyThoughts, Jesse Walker | |
Guantanamo inmates can be held 'in perpetuity'- US Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators called on Wednesday for the rights of foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay prison to be legally defined even as the Bush administration said the inmates could be jailed there "in perpetuity." | |
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Riggsveda @Corrente: You don't need a judge to tell you this is wholly immoral: [snipped quote] "In perpetuity". "As long as the conflict endures." Patrick: From Reuters: Delaware Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden asked Deputy Associate Attorney General J. Michael Wiggins whether... Gary Farber: This long: "Delaware Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) asked Deputy Associate Attorney General... |
Kos @DailyKos: Bush Administration: 'we can lock them up forever' — The hell with our Constitution: [snipped quote] Neanderthals like... Jayson @PoliPundit: Gitmo Terror Droids, of course. We've sure come a long, long way since Janet Reno, Bubba, and Robert ("the Torch") Torricelli ….. Jeralyn Merritt: White House Admits Detainees Can Be Held 'In Perpetuity' — Deputy Associate Attorney General J. Michael Wiggins told... |
The End of Europe By / WaPo — Permalink Europe as we know it is slowly going out of business. Since French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed constitution of the European Union, we've heard countless theories as to why: the unreality of trying to forge 25 E.U. countries into a United States of... | |
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Paul @PowerLine: The future that didn't work — Robert Samuelson makes the case that "Europe as we know it is slowly going out of business." Eugene Volokh: Careful with That Long-Term Planning: Robert Samuelson writes, in the Washington Post: "Europe as we know it is slowly going out of business. Will Collier: Read the whole thing. UPDATE: Wow. |
Larry Kudlow: His conclusion? It's slowly dying, economically and in terms of population growth. Read the whole thing here. Jan Haugland: Rumours of the death of Europe are greatly exaggerated — Europe has been repeatedly declared, if not dead, at least... Charles Paul Freund: "History's Has-been" — Columnist Robert J. Samuelson picks up on the graying-of-Europe meme: "Europe as we know it," he writes, "is slowly going out of business." |
| Also: Rich Lowry, Tom Smith, Orrin Judd, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Glenn Reynolds | |
New Memos Detail Early Plans for Invading Iraq By / LAT — Permalink LONDON — In March 2002, the Bush administration had just begun to publicly raise the possibility of confronting Iraq. But behind the scenes, officials already were deeply engaged in seeking ways to justify an invasion, newly revealed British memos indicate. | |
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Norbizness: In addition, Shakespeare's Sister has the best real-time round-up of the coverage of John Conyers' hearing/conference... Juan Cole: The Los Angeles Times profiles the leaked British cabinet memos that detail the decision-making that led to the Iraq war. Barbara O'Brien: John Daniszewski writes in the Los Angeles Times: "In March 2002, the Bush administration had just begun to publicly raise the possibility of confronting Iraq. |
Harry Shearer: Why that and subsequent memos leaked out of Britain are, contrary to some of those editors' contentions, news is clear... Tom Maguire: But the plot thickens - new documents from March of 2002 have been leaked, and the LA Times has them. Nellie B: In fact, figuring that where there's one memo to leak, there must be more, The Los Angeles Times has borrowed the full... |
| Also: Steve Soto, Jeralyn Merritt, Stirling Newberry, Pudentilla | |
Illinois Senator losing his mind? American Thinker — Permalink Senator Dick Durbin's remarks from the Senate floor last night will lead one to conclude that the man is crazy. Durbin was on the floor to debate a portion of the Energy Bill and then went off on this tangent about prisoner abuse at Gitmo: | |
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Betsy: Dick Durbin's infamous remarks comparing the treatment of prisoners at Gitmo show that the argument-by-metaphor approach... John Hawkins: Just look at this mind-blowing quote from Democratic Senator Dick Durbin about the conditions Al-Qaeda terrorists face... Michelle Malkin: And neither can Rep. Dick Durbin (via Laura Ingraham). (More here and here and at LGF.) |
Hugh Hewitt: The spread of Michael Moore's disease into the Democratic Senate leadership is much commented on in the blogs, and great... Charles Johnson: UPDATE at 6/15/05 12:33:32 pm: More on this craziness at The American Thinker, where they have a quote from Durbin... |
GOP Committee Targets International Red Cross By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are calling on the Bush administration to reassess U.S. financial support for the International Committee of the Red Cross, charging that the group is using American funds to lobby against U.S. interests. | |
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Avedon Carol: The Axis of Evil now apparently includes the Red Cross: Senate Republicans are calling on the Bush administration to... James Martin Capozzola: Here's the latest evidence of the party's "If we don't play our way, we're talking every last agate, cat's eye, and... Randy Paul: The Senate Republican Policy Committee: [snipped quote] Shorter Senate Republican Policy Committee: "All criticism is un-American." |
Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Who's Next? by hilzoy Via Body and Soul, the LATimes reports: [quote] "Senate Republicans are calling on the Bush...[end quote] Gary Farber: WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE AFTER LITTLE OLD LADIES AND CHILDREN, so why not the Red Cross? [snipped quote] Look! |
Schiavo's Brain Was Severely Deteriorated, Autopsy Says AP — Permalink LARGO, Fla. (AP) — An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday. | |
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Judith Weiss: The autopsy was released today, and the spin machine has gone into action. First straw man: "See? She was in a persistant vegetative state! Tim Dunlop: Verdict upheld — Worth noting that the autopsy on Terri Schiavo, the woman whose life and death conservatives tried to... Lindsay Beyerstein: "Schiavo's Brain Was Severely Deteriorated, Autopsy Says By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 12:32 p.m. ET LARGO, Fla... |
Jan Haugland: The hospital settled, so that is a moot point anyway. PS: More details in this AP piece in the NYT. Kevin Drum: I JUST PLAY ONE IN THE SENATE....Yes, Terri Schiavo really was in a persistent vegetative state. No, she never would have recovered. |
Schiavo Autopsy Finds No Sign of Trauma By / AP — Permalink LARGO, Fla. - An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday. | |
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LeanLeft: Schaivo Autopsy Results — Filed under: Politics Legal Issues Health — tgirsch I can't wait to see the social... John Cole: The Sad Tale of Terri Schiavo — The autposy reports have been finished for Terri Schiavo, so the entire nation will have to revist this case again. Zoe Kentucky: Schiavo's Epilogue — Terri Schiavo's autopsy report reveals quite a few sad medical facts. |
Steve Soto: Terri Schiavo Autopsy Shreds Any Remaining Credibility For Frist, Others On Right — The long-awaited autopsy on Terri... RJ Eskow: from cnn: "an autopsy on terri schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state,... Kos @DailyKos: More on the autopsy: "An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent... |
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Let's Go to the Memo By / Slate — Permalink Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day. Is there anything important in the Downing Street memo? This is the now-notorious secret transcript of a British ministerial meeting on July 23, 2002—obtained and published by the Sunday Times of London just this... | |
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Kevin Aylward: Update 2: They surely won't be discussing Fred Kaplian's analysis of the Downing Street Memo (and all the other memos) at Slate. Michael J.W. Stickings: There's been a lot of hot air coming from both sides lately, but Fred Kaplan offers an excellent dissection of the DSM (and related documents) at Slate. |
Jim Romenesko: > AP editor says there's no question wire service dropped the ball (Salon) > Kaplan: Is there anything important in the Downing Street memo? Justin Raimondo: Justin Raimondo: They Lied Us Into War — Americans need some context for the memos coming out of Downing Street. |
Let's Talk About Iraq By / NYT — Permalink Ever since Iraq's remarkable election, the country has been descending deeper and deeper into violence. But no one in Washington wants to talk about it. Conservatives don't want to talk about it because, with a few exceptions, they think their job is just to applaud whatever the Bush team does. | |
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Arianna Huffington: Tom Friedman's take that "liberals don't want to talk about Iraq" appeared at precisely the moment when liberals have... Damian Penny: Yes, says Tom Friedman - but only if the number of American troops on the ground is greatly increased: This is no time... Cori Dauber: I mean, I think Tom Friedman has written a lot of smart things in his day, but this is just wrong: Yes, yes, I know we... |
Ace: Stating the Obvious — Tom Friedman: "Liberals don't want to talk about Iraq because, with a few exceptions, they... Avedon Carol: Before I went out, I was being aggravated by this annoying article from none other than Tom Friedman, who started off saying: [snipped quote] This is so, so wrong. Praktike: I'm not saying these are panaceas—most of Iraq's problems are internal, anyway—and there are certainly ethical... |
| Also: Jon Henke, Cernig, Attaturk, Jesse Taylor, Brad, James Joyner, Scott @PowerLine, Matthew Yglesias, Ed Cone, Billmon, Oldman @BOPNews, Atrios | |
Schiavo autopsy shows irreversible brain damage AP — Permalink LARGO, Fla. - An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday. | |
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Lindsay Beyerstein: Since Schiavo's autopsy results became public, various media reports have stressed that the autopsy showed no proof of an eating disorder. Arnold P. California: My last word on this sad subject (I hope) is this: If anyone forgets a few years from now (or in November 2006) how... |
Amanda Marcotte: More bad news for the anti-choicers — There's really no pleasant way to address the entire Terri Schiavo mess. |
Two E-Mails Contradict Annan on Oil-for-Food Fox News — Permalink NEW YORK — Faced with two e-mails from 1998 that raise questions about what U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search) knew about a lucrative Oil-for-Food contract, investigators said they were "urgently reviewing" fresh evidence. | |
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Marc @USSNeverdock: Iraq - UN Scandal Cover Up Continues — Fox News reports. Roger L. Simon: Does Paul Volcker have a comment? Or will he leave his reputation to history? UPDATE: More on the second email. |
Jan Haugland: PS: Fox has the story, and also links the two emails in PDF format so you can see for yourself. Link: Recent UNSCAM coverage. Glenn Reynolds: UNSCAM UPDATE: FoxNews has PDFs of the Annan emails mentioned earlier. And Roger Simon continues to follow the story. |
Studies Rebut Earlier Report on Pledges of Virginity By / NYT — Permalink Challenging earlier findings, two studies from the Heritage Foundation reported yesterday that young people who took virginity pledges had lower rates of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases and engaged in fewer risky sexual behaviors. | |
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Chris Lawrence: He said, she said journalism — Not having analyzed the data (a big caveat for a social scientist, mind you) I'll agree... Arianna Huffington: Arianna Huffington: Virginity Vows... They're Not Just for Sex Anymore — The White House is obsessed with abstinence —... Jesse Taylor: The Heritage Foundation will make it say something else. |
Zoe Kentucky: But it appears that the Heritage's CDC-funded papers are more than just new studies contradicting previous ones, they... Matthew Yglesias: Why would The New York Times report that two new studies "rebut" earlier peer-reviewed work on the effectiveness of... |
Scrutinized Investment Made Senator $822,000 By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) made $822,000 last year from the sale of a controversial real estate investment with an Anchorage developer who had obtained a huge federal contract with his help, records show. In 1997, Stevens invested $50,000 with developer Jonathan B. Rubini. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: That's One Sweet Return on Investment — Via the LAT: Scrutinized Investment Made Senator $822,000Sen. Josh Marshall: Many of you will already have noticed the story in the LA Times about the bonanza Sen. Stevens (R) pulled off in his own real estate deal. Kos @DailyKos: More GOP stench — Damn, those dudes are corrupt. [snipped quote] Par for the course. |
Kevin Drum: GOLD RUSH...The LA Times reports on the investing prowess of Senator Ted Stevens (R-Gold Country): [snipped quote] Now,... Taegan Goddard: Stevens Investment Questioned — Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) [snipped quote] the Los Angeles Times reports. Link | Related News |
Vote on flag desecration may be 'cliffhanger' USA Today — Permalink The Senate may be within one or two votes of passing a constitutional amendment to ban desecration of the U.S. flag, clearing the way for ratification by the states, a key opponent of the measure said Tuesday. "People think it's something that's never going to happen. | |
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Kos @DailyKos: This veritable orgy of pyromaniac activity? Amend the Constitution! [snipped quote] Five Dems have co-sponsored the amendment. Justin @SouthernAppeal: Vote on flag desecration may be 'cliffhanger': [snipped quote] — Me: I'm a little twisted over this one. |
Kerry Howley: Whole thing here. [Via Rational Review. ] |
McCain May Be Bush's Ticket By / WaPo — Permalink McCain-Bush in 2008? That would be John and Jeb, the most logical Republican ticket if the party remains in the polling doldrums. If President Bush and his political maestro, Karl Rove, decide that the only way to create a political legacy is to nod toward the Arizona senator with whom they have battled and feuded, they will go for the guy who can win. | |
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Tom Maguire: MORE: EJ Dionne foresees a McCain-Bush fusion ticket, in a complicated and unlikely (but interesting) scenario. Orrin Judd: 50-0 — McCain May Be Bush's Ticket (E. J. Dionne Jr., June 14, 2005, Washington Post) [snipped quote] Only the most stubborn of folk still insist Senator McCain isn't running. |
Ezra Klein: 08 Fantasies — EJ Dionne's column today strikes me as pretty silly. Taegan Goddard: E.J. Dionne makes the case for a John McCain-Jeb Bush Republican ticket in the 2008 presidential election. |
Former Bush Aide Who Edited Reports Is Hired by Exxon By / NYT — Permalink Philip A. Cooney, the former White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on global warming, will go to work for Exxon Mobil this fall, the oil company said yesterday. | |
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Arianna Huffington: For starters, it would spare us the unseemly sight of watching global warming doc rewriter Phil Cooney turning around and getting his hot and heavy payback from Exxon Mobil. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Philip Cooney Stays in the Fold — The news today is that Philip Cooney has gone to work for Exxon Mobil. John Cole: Me neither: [snipped quote] I understand that he was an oil industry lawyer before he went to the Administration, so it... |
Kevin Drum: Today: "Philip A. Cooney, the former White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on... Chris Mooney: Philip Cooney, in a stunning turn, leaves the Bush administration and moves to ExxonMobil! |
Backlash on the Left By / WaPo — Permalink It's official: The Democrats are fed up with the press. From the day George W. Bush won the Florida recount, resentment toward the MSM [main stream media] has been building on the left, to the point where it may well match the intensity on the right. | |
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Steve Soto: Second, Howie Kurtz of all people writes a somewhat sympathetic piece today about the backlash against the media from the left. |
Tom Maguire: Over to Howard Kurtz: [quote] Some thoughts: I seriously doubt that journalists told Pelosi they needed to maintain "access"...[end quote] |
What Might They Say About Jacko? By / Newhouse News — Permalink Michael Jackson has been absolved of the charge of willful diddling, and will no doubt devote his remaining days to finding the real pedophile. The end of the case brings a sense of relief; since Jackson collapsed more often than a three-legged card... | |
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Betsy: Lileks imagines how various people reacted to the verdict in the Michael Jackson trial. |
Ed Driscoll: Update: Speaking of a fellow who's stranger than we can possibly imagine, here's Lileks' take on the Michael Jackson verdict and its implications for the rest of the world. |
Specter Calls Gitmo System a 'Crazy Quilt' By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee challenged Congress Wednesday to help define legal rights of terrorism detainees at Guantanamo Bay, bemoaning a ''crazy quilt'' system. | |
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Blackavar: In a rambling disquisition on the remote naval base used for holding captured Al Qaida, he noted: [snipped quote] That's about right, IMHO. |
SK Bubba: Disturbance in the force... Senate Republicans questioning Administration policy and chastising Congress for not acting? |
Graduation crowd boos Schwarzenegger AP — Permalink SANTA MONICA, California (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in perseverance when virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the crowd. | |
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Skippy: gov. ah-nold not valedictorian — Example gov. ah-nold's commencement speech yesterday at his alma matter, santa monica... Chelsea Peretti: "Schwarzenegger left the stage almost immediately after his speech, speeding across the infield in a golf cart surrounded by sprinting security guards. |
Echidne: Poor Arnold, he's not very popular these days, even at his alma mater, which he attended for a few years |
Schwarzenegger Jeered at Graduation Speech By / AP — Permalink SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in perseverance when virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the crowd. | |
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John Hawkins: Unfortunately, as is becoming all too common, a bunch of liberals acting like howling yobbos did their best to ruin the... Digby: My Peeps "Schwarzenegger Jeered at Graduation Speech: SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return... Steve Bainbridge: Why are so Many Lefties so Rude? Fine, you're a public employee who disagrees with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot proposals. |
Justin @SouthernAppeal: This kind of ticks me off: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in... Captain Ed: Schwarzenegger did not intend on turning the graduation into a political event, but a number of protestors did just that... |
Schiavo had irreversible brain damage-autopsy Reuters — Permalink LARGO, Fla. (Reuters) - Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who died in March after a fierce right-to-die battle that involved the U.S. Congress, was severely brain damaged and had no hope of recovery, said a medical examiner who made the results of an autopsy public on Wednesday. | |
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La Shawn Barber: Death Culturists Say Michael Schiavo 'Vindicated' — According to Terri Schiavo's autopsy report, she was severely brain-damaged. |
David Allan Pell: Half a Political Brain — The results are in from the wildly inappropriate autopsy of Terry Schiavo. |
Abolish Michael Kinsley! By / Slate — Permalink "What happens to the institutional voice?" asks Jack Nelson, former Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. He is complaining about my friend and former boss Michael Kinsley's plan to have outsiders write some of the L.A. Times' editorials. | |
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Kevin Roderick: Advice for Kinsley — Michael Kinsley's old friend and Slate colleague Timothy Noah writes today that the L.A. Times should just do away with unsigned editorials. Ezra Klein: Death to the Editorial! I agree with just about every word in Tim Noah's argument to end the editorial page. |
Ed Cone: Kill the edit page? Tim Noah: "Eliminate the editorial page." Or maybe just reserve it for the right occasions. Jim Romenesko: Noah: Kinsley should just get rid of LAT's editorial page — Slate "Nobody wants to read editorials," says Tim Noah. |
Ford Faces Family Trouble Amid Senate Bid By / AP — Permalink NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Just a day after Rep. Harold Ford (news, bio, voting record) Jr. announced he was running for the Senate, the FBI arrested his lawmaker uncle back home in Tennessee on corruption charges. | |
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Orrin Judd: BETTER BLACK AND RED: Ford faces family trouble amid Senate bid (MATT GOURAS, June 15, 2005, AP) [snipped quote] He used... |
Jayson @PoliPundit: Now? Heck, even the Associated Depressed is not all that excited anymore. Sacre bleu. |