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Friday, January 27th, 2006

John Kerry Sells His Soul

We’ve seen this before…it happened with Al Gore, as well. Having lost an election that he and his supporters were sure he would win (and, need I say, were convinced they deserved to win), Gore took some time to lick his wounds and emerged the Angry Old Progressive (an Angry Young Progressive is annoying […]

19 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, John Kerry, SCOTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Friday, January 27th, 2006

CBS News Poll On Eavesdropping

A new poll shows 53% of Americans support the president’s eavesdropping program, and 61% believe he is using it to fight terrorism, as opposed to 29% who say he started to program to expand presidential power:
Roberts: “On the NSA spying program, President Bush went into today’s press conference with a boost. A new CBS News/New […]

16 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Whither Hamas

Well, I’ve spot far too much time dwelling in the hinterlands of FISA and AUMF lately (though I’ve enjoyed the invigorating debate). Time to come up for air and consider the implications of the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections.
Israel has flat-out said they will not negotiate with a Palestinian government even partially composed […]

14 Comments » - Posted in Foreign Affairs by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

It’s On, Then?

Tell me it isn’t true…is John Kerry REALLY this stupid? Well, bring it on…goodbye Democrats, it was nice knowing you…more soon, I just got home…
UPDATE 7:06 p.m.:Then again, this could just be typical pompous Kerry showboating…Harry Reid has made it clear he is not supporting a filibuster, and Frist has called for a vote to […]

6 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, SCOTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, NY Times/Media Watch, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Shooting Down The FISA Smokescreen

One thing needs to be said about the whole NSA controversy: we keep hearing about FISA in various contexts, but - and let’s be crystal clear about this - the President does not claim his program is authorized under FISA. He claims he has two authorities, one constitutional, and one statuatory, from the AUMF. […]

17 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Oprah Reverses Course, Lays Smackdown On Frey

I really could care less what Oprah says…to me, the important thing about the James Frey scandal is the marketing of a piece of fiction as a truthful memoir, but it’s worth noting, if you haven’t already come across it, that Ms. Winfrey reversed herself today and condemned Frey:
In a live broadcast of “The Oprah […]

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

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

The Sad Decline of a Once Great Paper

In the midst of falling earnings, a failing experiment at subscription columnists, and a fooling from a phony reporter (get it? Falling…failing…fooling? You don’t get that kind of creative alliteration just any place), the number one reason for the decline of the New York Times remains the extreme, rank partisanship of its editorial page […]

6 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Second Dem Comes Out For Alito

Let’s hear it for Tim Johnson:
“I am troubled by Judge Alito’s apparent views on matters such as executive power, his past opposition to the principle of one person, one vote, and his narrow interpretation of certain civil rights laws,” Johnson said. “Even so, I cannot accept an argument that his views are so radical that […]

4 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS, Donkeys by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

China Visited, Revisited, Then Googled

Pajamas has a roundup of reactions to the Google in China story here…lots of good commentary, so check it out…

No Comments » - Posted in Pajamas Media, Foreign Affairs by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Spill Dewine

Ouch! That title really hurt…
More news on a topic we’ve been covering at length; that of “Greenwald’s Dewine Postulate”. The always-resourceful Minuteman weighs in here and here and says maybe the administration didn’t want to support the Dewine legislation because they feared it would be found unconstitutional and taint many cases both present and […]

No Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Thursday Morning Quick Shots

Hamas the winner in Palestinian elections? Say it ain’t so…what a revolting development this is…
The Real Ugly American fisks Marc Cooper’s ‘goodbye to all that’ piece on Pacifica radio…
The WSJ editorial board thanks Ted Kennedy and Ralph Neas? You should, too…
Don’t forget to to get your submissions in by 6:00 p.m. tonight for the latest […]

5 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS, Foreign Affairs, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

The Strange Case of China

You can’t swing a cat right now without hearing about Google’s decision to ’self-censor’ itself in order to do business in China. It’s indeed a troubling thing; bad enough that a government should hinder the free flow of information, but should an American success story like Google facilitate it? Oh, sure, it’s China, […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Foreign Affairs by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Green Eggs and Hamdi, or, There Must Be 50 Ways To Stroke My Ego

(I don’t know what that post title means, either)…
Jeff Goldstein, who has posted about 4,218 times on the NSA controversy (and, remarkably, found something interesting to say in all of them), wades in again to grapple with what we might as well call “Greenwald’s Dewine Postulate”, in honor of its earliest proponent (please do visit […]

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

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Three Takes on bin Laden

He’s winning, say Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, just in time to promote their new book at the New York Times (got a derogatory book about Bush to plug? There’s a spot waiting for you on the Times Op/Ed page!):
The author of the 9/11 attacks did not, of course, think that his musings would jump-start […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Hitchens the Great, Radical Islam / GWOT, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Can Hillary Win?

That’s the question, of course, that is on the minds of those who are behind the recent surge in interest for Mark Warner. Clinton has many advantages (100% name recognition, many fervant backers, a grudging admiration even from opponents on the way she has conducted herself in office, fundraising ties that other candidates can […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Polls, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

The Biggest Republican Victory of 2005

NOTE: Don’t forget the newest Carnival of the Chillin’, hosted by AJ. Deadline for submissions is 6 p.m. tomorrow, unless the Alito vote is postponed. My entry follows…
Samuel Alito will be confirmed. Clearly, there is no stomach for a filibuster, despite all the fuss aimed at appeasing the radical base, and […]

4 Comments » - Posted in SCOTUS, RINOs / Chillers by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Responding To Greenwald - Again

There’s been a lot of back and forth between blogs on the right and Glenn Greenwald lately, partly because, much to his credit, he’s one of the few leftie bloggers who will engage in substantive debates and link back to the blogs he’s criticizing, and partly because he’s been doing good work on the […]

68 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

George Galloway: A Friend To Tyrants Everywhere

If his disgusting antics for ‘Big Brother’ haven’t ended his career, perhaps nothing will, but it’s worth noting newly discovered footage showing British MP George Galloway vowing to be with Uday Hussein until the end…and you may recall just what sort of end that was. Bad choice of words, George…

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

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

This Fleeting Thing Called Life

No matter what you do, your days are numbered…Chris Penn, dead at 40. Sad…

1 Comment » - Posted in Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Quick Shots: Tuesday Night Edition

Ryan James has spotted Mike Huckabee…he’s in Iraq, and he’s talking the talk…
Taleena makes the case for Ken Blackwell as a Republican dark horse here and WhidbeyIslander seconds it here…I like the sound of that!…
Even Bush-haters can have a sense of humor…
I haven’t had a chance to ask this for a while, so…how’s that Howard […]