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Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

A Liitle of This, A Little of That…

AJStrata makes the case that we’ve got this whole special prosecutor thing all wrong. AJ, I’ll meet you this far: that’s what should be investigated…
Has Air America benefitted from diverted funds intended for inner-city youth? Sure looks that way…
Have you checked out the Daily Roundup at Election Projection? Now’s as good a […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Linky Love by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Quick Shots: The Intolerant Infidels

I find the results of this poll interesting; there are several ways you could take this, both positive and negative. I choose to cautiously embrace it as another sign of the innate optimism of Americans. Muslim leaders of the moderate variety would do well to take advantage while the good will remains…
The great […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, Linky Love by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Seems Like I Was Busy Doing Something Close to Nothing…

Eric at Viking Pundit has totally owned the non-story of all non-stories…that is to say, the lack of ideas in the Democratic Party. Today, he was shocked to find an actual position being taken…alas, as so often, the devil is in the details. Read all about it here…

5 Comments » - Posted in Donkeys by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Kaus on Clinton, Hitchens on Plame, and Conyers On Acid

Here are three pieces that are well worth your time:
First, Mickey Kaus takes down the speaking style (and content) of HRC:
Is Hillary Clinton ever electric? I deny it. Her speaking style is controlled and insistent–at best, strong–and her substance quotient hovers close to zero. Expectations of electricity are expectations that will be disappointed. …
…The Left…loves […]

5 Comments » - Posted in PlameGate, Hitchens the Great, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

One Judge, Two Views

From the right, National Review…from the left, The Nation…read ‘em both, and you decide…it’s really no contest.

8 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

The Box-Office Slump Is Due To Hollywood’s Leftward Trend - Or Is It?

Michael Medved makes the case for the connection between disconnected Hollywood limousine liberals and the slumping box office:

Revealingly, none of the studio honchos talked about reconnecting with the public by adjusting the values conveyed by feature films, and replacing the industry’s shrill liberal posturing with a more balanced ideological perspective.
Something clearly changed between 2004 and […]

18 Comments » - Posted in Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

So Far, So Good…

Godspeed and good luck to the Shuttle astronauts, as Discovery had a successful launch today and Americans have returned to space. That’s welcome news to our good friend SEPARight, who says ‘Take that, Osama!’…Instapundit has more good news on the space front, including a response to my misgivings about the sensor problem, and a […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

PlameGate Hearings To Be Held

The MinuteMan has the scoop…meanwhile, over at Huff’n’Puff, Cenk Uygur has perhaps the most unfunny comedy piece ever written. Some high(?)lights:

I think the press has been really tough on Karl Rove and the administration over this Valerie Plame scandal, so I wanted to come to their defense a little bit. First of all, Plame […]

5 Comments » - Posted in PlameGate by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

I Would Never Bring Up My Opponent’s Weird Religious Views, No Matter How Distasteful I and Most Americans Might Find Them…

I’ve blogged before on Mitt Romney and the Mormon factor. Today Alex Beam of the Boston Globe is asking similar questions. At least he and I are up front about it; however, the Democrats, and particularly Teddy Kennedy, are using the Mary Cheney “I don’t think it’s an issue at all that my opponent’s […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, Republican Candidates by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

The Palestinian ‘Innovation’

In a blistering editorial, Dennis Prager puts the onus of today’s terror squarely on the Palestinians and the anti-Israel elements of the the Left:
We need to thank Palestinians for their major contribution to humanity - religiously sanctioned mass murder of innocents through suicide. Prior to the Palestinians, this did not exist…
…Palestinian Muslims - no Palestinian […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Brad Pitt’s Illness, Colin Farrell’s Sex Tape, and Oh - There’s That Genocide Thing, Too

Nicholas Kristof continues to impress. His latest column, following his series on North Korea, takes the Bush administration to task for its relative silence on the Darfur tragedy, but his real anger is at a news media that would prefer to cover the Michael Jackson trial or Martha Stewart’s prison sentence to an embarrassing […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Foreign Affairs, NY Times/Media Watch, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Monday Night Quick Shots: Vote, Vote, Vote!

I’ve already given a plug for Patrick Ruffini and his 2008 straw poll…so be it, I’m plugging again! That’s because Patrick is breaking out the votes by reference blog, and you guys have helped me get Decision ‘08 on the list. Thirteen of you have voted after coming from this blog…not bad, but, […]

No Comments » - Posted in 2008 Polls by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Is the Shuttle Worth It?

That’s the thought that goes through my mind as I read this NY Times article about the risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ (i.e., the ship is destroyed - let’s not mince words). NASA now puts the risk at 1 in 100, but the 2 disasters among the 113 Shuttle flights give the ugly picture of 1 […]

14 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices?

John Fund certainly makes a persuasive case in the Wall Street Journal. Fund calls for 18 year limits, an exemption for currently seated judges, and one justice retiring every two years, giving each president at least two shots at the high court. In general, I don’t like tinkering with the founders on issues […]

12 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Beyond Parody

Jane Fonda has announced an upcoming bus tour with an anti-war theme:
Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.
“I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” she said.
Fonda said her […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Sincere Best Wishes to An Old Antagonist

People who are really into politics can get quite nasty at times; I’m certainly not above the occasional snarkiness, and of course, there’s the Weekly Jackass series. Still, I’d like to think that I keep in mind that behind that person whose views I may find totally nauseating is a human being of flesh and […]

1 Comment » - Posted in NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

We’re Concerned, But Not That Concerned

Via the great Tim Blair, we learn that The Age is very concerned about the efforts of Hizb ut-Tahrir to recruit disaffected Sidney youth…naturally, the same paper was one of those to reprint the ’sassy’ editorial by the now-unemployed Guardian columnist who belonged to said group. Mark Steyn has more on The Age […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Quick Shots: A Letter to the Guardian

The always entertaining Jim Treacher, who is now blogging at a new locale, has a letter to the Guardian regarding their recent editorial by ‘a staff reporter’ (hat tip to the Instapundit)…
What Bob Herbert doesn’t know could fill a library…
At Red State, trevino has more thoughts on our timidity in confronting our enemies…
Don’t miss the […]

No Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Exercise Your Right To Vote…

…in the great Ruffini’s straw poll. As of now, George Allen is in the lead, with Rudy G. in second…am I underestimating Allen? Could be (hat tip to Lorie Byrd at PoliPundit)…

23 Comments » - Posted in 2008 Polls by Mark

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Latest PlameGate Revelations - Less (Much Less) Than Meets the Eye

Hot on the heels of Frank Rich’s breathless overplay of the 12 hour heads-up supposedly given as a courtesy by Alberto Gonzales to the evil Rovian conspirators comes this Washington Post article playing up the same angle. Indeed, from the SCREAMING HEADLINES at Huff’n’Puff, you might think this blows the case wide open. […]