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…top Zarqawi aides have U.S. forces captured or killed in Iraq? John knows.
(My guess was off by a factor of five.)

From the Daily News gossip column:
John Kerry loyalists are kicking themselves for cooperating last year with filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum on “Inside the Bubble,” a potentially devastating behind-the-scenes look at the Massachusetts senator’s failed presidential campaign.
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It features, among other not-ready-for-prime-time moments, [Hillary] Clinton scowling and rolling her eyes over an apparent Kerry gaffe during a presidential […]

Associated Press story on Cindy Sheehan’s arrest as carried on Yahoo News (9/26/05, AM):

Associated Press story on Cindy Sheehan’s arrest as carried on Yahoo News (9/26/05, PM):

Both ran under the byline of AP reporter Jennifer C. Kerr who seems to have been reading a few too many right wing blogs and newspapers to maintain any […]

After being routinely criticized for his sleepy response in the initial aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been doing his best to regain his image as the tough, decisive commander-in-chief who shines in moments of crises. Besides the continual trips/speeches/press conferences/photo ops made from the Gulf Coast, he made a big point to personally […]

As I was thinking of possible strategies for the 2006 mid-term elections, it occurred to me that Democrats should try something new: Give ‘Em Enough Rope! No, not a strategy based on The Clash’s underrated album of the same name, but a political course designed to give Republicans everything they want in order to […]

When the Bush administration began to taking fire for adding their $200-300 billion reconstruction plans for the Gulf coast on top of $200+ billion in Iraq war spending, Democrats renewed calls for repealing some of the $2 trillion in upper-income tax cuts passed in the last four years. As the President dismissed such calls, […]

…lost their damn minds?

While it’s a bit surprising to see the media actively reporting on Bill Frist’s latest adventure in the stock market, it’s also disappointing that their collective memory doesn’t reach back even nine months:
A campaign fund controlled by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has lost almost $460,000 in stock market investments since 2000 and now […]

Via Political Wire comes a report that those titans of political acumen - Senate Democrats - have a plan to focus on five issues during the 2006 campaigns, in what “leaders hope will be a successful repeat of the campaign against President Bush’s plans to overhaul Social Security.” This issues they have chosen:
National Security
Energy […]

With apologies to Wesley Snipes’ character in 1992’s Passenger 57, always betting on black is still a fairly risky proposition. A much safer bet is to watch where the money is going and pray like hell that you are moving in the same direction.
Betting on green always seems to win. Though certain…complications can come […]