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Back when “Confession” was released, it took the world by storm. A spirited little indie effort featuring talented newcomer Fay Turney, it had all the ingredients of an instant classic - drama, intrigue, a plucky and attractive cast, and so many artfully unanswered questions.
But most of all, it was a showcase for Ms. […]

I’ll be flying out early for a “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” tomorrow morning. Help yourself to the Comments while I’m gone, but please don’t trash the place.
What’s exciting about this week’s show, personally, is that a large contingent organized by the Chicago Tufts Alliance will be there, cheering me on (presumably. They […]

INT. FUTURISTIC LAB - DAY
ADAM lies on an operating table in a high-tech medical lab. Wires and tubes connect him to an impressive array of machinery, and fluids and visible, crackling electrical currents flow in and out of his body. Technicians in white coats and surgical masks attend to him, turning dials, fastening […]

From The Washington Post:
…The alleged extraterrestrial sighting, described by the French government as “one of the most astonishing observed in France,” is among 1,600 UFO case files spanning the last half-century that the country’s space agency opened to the public for the first time Thursday.
The voluntary decision by France’s National Center for Space Studies to […]

From Reuters:
The vote came a day after Bush vowed to oppose any subpoenas. He offered instead to allow aides to answer questions, but only behind closed doors, not under oath and with no transcript taken of their exchanges.
INT. HOUSE - DAY
Karl Rove sits before the House Judiciary Committee.
REP. CONYERS (D., MI): Thank you for […]

Kabul (FA wire) - Nearly four years have passed, but Afghan frustration at the Iraqi insurgency shows no sign of abating. This week a gathering of Taliban fighters in the capital once again called for the Iraqis to “back down” and let Afghans “show you how empire-humiliating is done.”
At their meeting at the Kabul Sheraton, […]

- As of today, I’m nearly 100% sure that Iran is just messin’ with us on purpose. This is high-stakes, international “Red-Light/Green Light.” As long as it doesn’t escalate to high-stakes international “Red Rover” or high-stakes international “Duck Duck Goose,” we should be okay.
- Is Harriet Miers poised to take the fall for […]

“It’s true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don’t know if it’s true President Bush called Musharraf and said, ‘Why can’t we catch this guy’”- Roger Ailes
This is the joke that got the Fox News-sponsored Nevada Democratic debate canceled. The joke that’s got Democrats nationwide up in arms, that Harry Reid […]

Yep, this weekend was an important event in the world of broadcast journalism (no, it wasn’t NBC’s airing of To Catch A Predator XXIV: Decoy Inflatable Pool Sting). On March 11th, 1931, in Australia, a leathery little baby named Keith (!) Rupert Murdoch was born. He then promptly took a peek at what he had […]

From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON, March 9 — The F.B.I. has improperly used provisions of the USA Patriot Act to obtain thousands of telephone, business and financial records without prior judicial approval, the Justice Department’s inspector general said today in a report that embarrassed the F.B.I. and ignited outrage on Capitol Hill.
I don’t think I’m […]