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30 November 2007TPM’s Greg Sargent has a post up this morning about a New York Times story on Rudy Giuliani’s chronic fibbing, calling the Times piece an, “…epic, front-page fact-check of the multiple falsehoods.” While I agree that this level of coverage of this topic by a major news organization is long overdue, I’m not sure […]
29 November 2007Well that’s fine timing, mr. needl. The following was in the works before your Edwards post appeared, but now it’s a fitting piggyback.
Last week, I went out on a limb and predicted that John Edwards would be the Democratic Party nominee for president, despite the fact that Obama and Clinton are consistently ahead of […]
28 November 2007today, running on the treadmill, it came to my attention that i still have a soul.
this epiphany occurred, as such things often do, in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
during the break on sportscenter…
i got chills.
i nearly got choked up.
over a tv spot.
dammit.
call it manipulative. call it political theater. whatever.
but today this bit of theater got around […]
maybe the docs at rhode island hospital should’ve gone into rocket science.
because clearly they’re not cut out for this “brain surgery” thing.
it’s bad when patients needing brain surgery say, “whatever you do, don’t take me to the hospital. get your crazy cousin over here with his scalpel set, but do not, under any circumstances, take […]
27 November 2007I’ll be keeping a close eye on the so-called “improvement” in Iraq, for reasons I’ve written about here and here, and today, via TPM, it seems that a new Pew poll has spurned a variety of interpretations.
While some outlets like AP (headline: Poll: US Military Doing Better in Iraq) and AFP (headline: Americans happier about […]
they’re leaving in droves.
first, denny hastert resigns from the house.
now, trent lott quits the senate.
hastert blamed democrats. it’s just too hard to get things done in this partisan environment, he wailed.
lott blamed voters. i don’t like being in the minority, he sniffled.
but why now? i mean, what’s the hurry?
and don’t anyone suggest that either is […]
26 November 2007Cheney’s Heart Restored to Normal Rhythm
a physician’s first rule is to “do no harm.”
so you have to wonder what the doctors at george washington university hospital were thinking today.
In a post last week I wrote:
So, here I am, a radical peacenik, and I’m overcome with this sickening thought that, should conditions improve significantly in Iraq, the Republicans will be sure to claim victory, well timed with the election cycle.
And, just a few days later, also in the New York Times, I read:
But the […]
21 November 2007 “you’re going to wish you had never put us to so much trouble.” –U.S. Customs and Border Protection
u.s. travel security is cracking down.
back in the day, you needed a passport to cross international borders.
now you need it just to get around washington state.
you want to take a ferry from friday harbor to anacortes? prepare […]
Well, since the Dems are too pussy to pursue impeachment of Cheney, much less Bush, with any real commitment, it’s proven too painful to keep the Impeach Bush ad atop our right sidebar.
In its place is something I at least know that I can more realistically count on. As of today, 425 days and […]
In a comment to spaceneedl’s post below, I wrote:
What’s sickening is the realization that the Dems only really have a chance as long as the war continues to go badly, corruption continues, and Wall Street struggles.
Little did I know that just a few hours later, over lunch, I’d see photos like those shown here, as […]
20 November 2007Ok, let’s make this interesting. Since I’ve been wrong before and don’t mind being so again, and since, on the flip side, there’s always the chance that I will be triumphantly, prophetically right, in the name of entertaining our readers I hereby make an early prediction of who the Democratic nomination for president will […]
i have a friend who has lived many years in washington, d.c.
she’s a lobbyist. and a lawyer. (but i love her anyway.)
a couple nights ago, over dinner and some excellent wine, she regaled me with inside stories from inside the beltway.
the tales, spanning over 20 years and four presidencies, were personal and fascinating and infuriating […]
