Larry Johnson, friend of Valerie Plame, ex-CIA Analyst, and blogger [No Quarter] has this to say today: Glimmer of Hope for US Policy Towards Iraq and Iran By Larry Johnson Call me Don Quixote, but we may have a chance to get US policy towards Iran and Iraq back into the realm of sanity despite […]
Off for the weekend to a wedding in Boise, Idaho. Our flight stopover is in Minneapolis [I refuse to be a tourist looking for "the Larry Craig Stall."]. UPDATE: Okay, I did use the bathroom on concourse D. No-one was in there. It was kind of dark and I got out quickly [it wasn’t very […]
Karl Rove’s Deputy J. Scott Jennings Resigns J. Scott Jennings, White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs, has been Karl Rove’s right-hand man, assisting him in schemes ranging from the U.S. attorney scandal to political briefings at government agencies. ThinkProgress spoke with a White House spokesperson today who confirmed that Jennings is resigning, less than […]
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations. But soon after Alberto R. Gonzales’s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department […]
The only comments I have are obvious – "guilty" "not guilty" "unguilty" "resign" "not resign." So "I will retire and not seek reelection" has to be taken as a beta version – pending testing. Likewise, "clear my name in the Senate Ethics Committee" means what exactly? reiterate the "wide stance" defense? or maybe […]
My usual preoccupation is with Bush’s downward drift after we gave him the moon after 9/11. But the reason I looked this up was a question that jumped in my mind – Why are his numbers so high? Looking at this, it’s clear. Republicans are unbelievablely attached to George Bush or they are amazingly loyal […]
The Values Test REPORTS have surfaced in the press about a meeting that occurred last Saturday in Salt Lake City involving more than 50 pro-family leaders. The purpose of the gathering was to discuss our response if both the Democratic and Republican Parties nominate standard-bearers who are supportive of abortion. Although I was neither the […]
Pilonidal cyst Pilonidal cysts are pockets of skin in the crease of the buttocks near the end of the tailbone (coccyx). They usually begin where ingrown hairs push into the folds of the skin, which irritates and inflames the skin. Not everything about pilonidal cysts is understood, but there are several well-known facts. Men are […]
Senator Byrd’s Iran Amendments Senator Byrd [D-WV] has introduced two amendments to the 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. From Iran Nuclear Watch: "The amendments would prohibit funding provided by the bill to be used for military operations or activities against any other country without explicit Congressional authorization. The text of both amendments is identical and I’m […]
I put the video of Rush Limbaugh’s show on the right not to inflict pain, but as an example of “spin” in action. Media Matters called attention to Rush’s insensitivity and publicized the “phoney soldier” remark. Rush raced out and found a connection between Media Matters and Hillary Clinton. In this rant, he concludes […]