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I haven’t been posting a lot, lads and lassies… but I have some very good excuses.
For one, I’m spending my week off of “Real Time” helping out with a Very Exciting Project.  Details to follow at some future date.
For two… well, the amazing Jeanne Simpson, A.K.A. Bride of Felbenstein… is now With Child.  That’s right, […]

From the BBC - The head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique has told the BBC he believes some European-made condoms are infected with the HIV virus deliberately.
Also from the BBC - Up to 10,000 Burmese Buddhist monks and civilians have defied police tear gas and baton charges to continue protests in Rangoon against the […]

JENA, La. - A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week’s civil rights protest in Louisiana. Mychal Bell’s request to be freed while an appeal is being reviewed was rejected at a juvenile court hearing, effectively denying him any chance […]

…calm. That’s what everyone can agree on after watching the Taser video. And Clarissa Jessup, a student witness to the incident said, “Kerry almost got to a point where he lost his composure…”
Here then, are some other instances when the Senator almost lost his composure.

There’s Kerry about to be attacked by an angry […]

I’m sure you’ve come across this story today… but just in case:

Oddly, I’m having trouble getting my dander up about this one (possibly it’s the new haircut). On first blush it seems to be an unreasonably quick action by the police (and I’m enraged! Or should be…), until you read that this […]

After you’ve recovered from the incisive hilarity of tonight’s “Real Time” (in which there’s a good chance you might see a familiar face!), turn out the light, get some sleep, and rest up…
…for the return of “Talkshow with Spike Feresten.”  Yes, I know it’s not my gig anymore, but I love those guys and I […]

Did I ignore my customary 9/11 post yesterday? You betcha. I realized that this year, for some reason, I didn’t want to commemorate it on my politically-oriented website.
With each passing year, now, there will be fewer and fewer people who were there in New York when it happened, people who actually looked at […]

I hope you’re all enjoying the testimony of America’s favorite general and the aptly-named Ambassador Crocker. I wanted to give you all some fresh paper to discuss it.
One thing that this testimony really underscores is that there are only two options in Iraq: 1) Staying the course, or 2) abandoning the Iraqis to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Republicans in Congress on Thursday declared that troop withdrawal legislation should be scrapped because the United States has made significant progress in the Iraq war, just as Democrats were resuming efforts to bring soldiers home.”
It should be off the table,” House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said…
But Senate Republican Leader […]

Happy Labor Day, all you noble workers. You’re the backbone of our nation, as well as its vital organs. Its skin is our coastline, its heart is of course our heartland, which makes Florida… okay, that’s enough of metaphors for now.
Another positive sign for glorious workers is that North Korea has decided to […]