The L.A. Times has an interesting story about the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai in January.
One of the most striking aspects of the affair was how quickly the Dubai police pieced together a fairly detailed narrative of how it all went down. Striking, because this was after all (allegedly) the handiwork [...]
Remember the uber-tantrum that Sen. Richard Shelby threw five weeks ago? The one that guarantees him first-round induction into the Obstructionism Glory-Hole of Shame when his playing days are over?
The fuss was mostly over a $35 billion Air Force contract for refueling tankers:
Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-Ala.) decision to place a “blanket hold” on all [...]
… not babes, but sports celebrities. Here’s former star Jayson Williams, after being “sentenced to five years behind bars for the 2002 shooting death of limousine driver Costas “Gus” Christofi at the former player’s mansion”:
“Please forgive me for the pain that I have caused to you,” Williams said. “To my children, you deserve a [...]
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Liberals bloggers would have you believe that the reason why government has come to a crushing, grinding halt in recent months is the unprecedented obstructionism of Republicans in the Senate. Or, specifically, their rampant abuse of the filibuster, so that 60 votes are now required for virtually every single piece of legislation in the [...]
Here’s historian and political activist Howard Zinn, who passed away last week, evaluating President Obama after one year in office, for The Nation, which asked contributors: “Looking back at President Obama’s first year in office, what do you think the high point has been? And what has been your sharpest moment of disappointment?”
I’ve been searching [...]
I don’t think I’ve been surprised to the upside about anything that Obama has ever done, but this comes the closest:
President Obama will renominate Dawn Johnsen to serve as one of the Justice Department’s top officials, TPMDC has learned.
A White House official confirms that Obama will renominate Johnsen, along with a handful of others whose [...]
In an L.A. Times article about the ruling of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in the Roman Polanski case, I came upon this startling little paragraph:
His supporters have said that the month and a half that he spent in state prison the year of his crime was enough and that he should be released [...]
Democracy can be so inconvenient, especially in countries crucial to our strategic interests.
There was Asif Ali Zardari, sitting pretty as Pakistan’s president, partly because the U.S.’s favorite tinpot Islamic dictator, Pervez Musharraf, had airily decreed a law granting amnesty to senior politicians against corruption (and other) charges. Back in the days of Pervez Musharraf, [...]
A coupon redeemable for the party of No Can Do to finally win a big one over the party of No Effing Way.
Lou Dobbs to be summarily deported.
John Yoo to develop big purple warts all over his face and his thingie.
Rush Limbaugh to wake up on Christmas morning to find himself in bed with Glenn [...]
The Hill:
The alleged White House state dinner crashers and the director of the Secret Service will testify on Capitol Hill this week.
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan and Tareq and Michaele Salahi will appear Thursday before the House Homeland Security Committee, its chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), announced Monday.
The Salahis can’t be too thrilled about that. [...]
