Crossballs Update

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Wednesday June 30, 2004 · 2:45 PM PDT

2004/06/30 · 14:45

More on the conservative hand-wringing and whining over "Crossballs'. Not only is there a column up at the GOP website complaining about the show, but one of the expert guests is threatening legal action. James March, who is a lobbyist for the `Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms', has whined about his treatment in this posting. Apparently ranting wasn't enough for March, who in a letter dated May 28th, had his lawyer threaten Viacom that he would "exercise his legal remedies to the fullest extent of the law" unless they agreed not to broadcast the episode he was featured in.

Hilarity ensues as the episode is discussed on a thread... Read More

'Anonymous' Revealed

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Wednesday June 30, 2004 · 10:46 AM PDT

2004/06/30 · 10:46

According to Talk Left, the identity of the anonymous author of "Imperial Hubris" has been revealed. More here.

Help, My Brain Has Been Outsourced!

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Monday June 07, 2004 · 7:07 PM PDT

2004/06/07 · 19:07

On Lou Dobbs this evening, he was showing some examples of viewer mail on a topic that has attracted a great deal of his attention lately, outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries like India. One of the letter sticks in my mind, and was from a Cathy Loring of Falls Church, Virginia. Thisd is taken verbatim from the transcript:

"I've heard numerous people on your show stipulate that the outsourcing of jobs will not affect our economy in a negative way and will actually allow for more jobs in the United States. However, in the mean time, who is paying into our social security system? People better wake up and smell the pitfalls before their cupboard is bare."

I'm sure that sets some type of record for the greatest number of metaphors ever to be mixed within the same sentence.

Sluts For War

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Wednesday May 19, 2004 · 2:03 PM PDT

2004/05/19 · 14:03

This is an, ahh, "interesting" site I came across called "Operation Take One For the Country". It seems to involve women (and theoretically men as well) who hang around bars and other establishments near military bases and make themselves available to service the needs of America's fighting men (and women) about to ship off to war. My first thought on reading the page was "Is this real?". My second thought, on reading this page, was "Are those real?". I really can't tell, but it seems like it is legit. If it isn't it's a pretty good hoax. I mean, `Felatio Friday'? Opinions, people...

The Press Conference Will Be A Barometer (Maybe)

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Tuesday April 13, 2004 · 8:04 AM PDT

2004/04/13 · 08:04

I'll make a prediction about tonight's press conference that Bush will be holding. The White House press corps(e) was widely criticized after the big press conference he held just prior to the start of the Iraq war because all of the questioners were so subservient to Bush. No tough questions, and no attempts to ask follow-ups. Everyone just asked what they'd prepared and let him get away with canned, or non-answers. No one objected when he ignored the long-standing tradition of allowing the senior member of the press (Helen Thomas) to ask the first question. In fact, she was ignored completely, and Bush went through a prepared list of those he was willing to take questions from.

Well, times have changed. Iraq is now widely seen as a mess, and Bush's approval ratings have started to tank. He gave a miserable performance on Meet the Press recently and now the 911 hearings have raised the issue of his and his administration's competence and judgement to the point where the public is starting to take notice.

So tonight might be a barometer of what the rest of the year holds. Don't look for the answers to specific questions, either in terms of content or even how he handles them. What will be more important, heading into the election campaign, will be how the press treats him. If they're still deferential and toothless, it means they'll be going easy on him during the rest of the campaign. On the other hand if he gets a good going over, with lots of tough questions, it could signal that the tipping point has been reached, and that the press has (finally) turned on him.

912 days: Coincidence?

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Friday March 12, 2004 · 12:25 PM PST

2004/03/12 · 12:25

It might just be me, but this seems a bit strange. I just calculated the elapsed time between September 11, 2001 (the date of the terrorist attacks on NYC and Washington), and March 11, 2004 (the date of the terrorist bombings in Madrid yesterday. The elapsed time comes out to 912 days. This seems too close to 911 to be a coincidence, but I guess it's possible. Has anyone else noticed or reported this?

Susan Lindauer Follow-up

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Thursday March 11, 2004 · 5:49 PM PST

2004/03/11 · 17:49

Another bizarre factoid concerning the case of Susan Lindauer, who has been charged with being an Iraqi spy. It turns out that her name shows up on a public anti-war petition sponsored by the "Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation". Read More

An Iraqi Spy?

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Thursday March 11, 2004 · 3:45 PM PST

2004/03/11 · 15:45

Is Susan Lindauer Really a Spy? According to this story, an American citizen has been arrested and charged with being an Iraqi spy.

Susan Lindauer, 41, was arrested in her hometown of Takoma Park, Md., and was to appear in court later in the day in Baltimore, authorities in New York said.

However there are facts about Lindauer that should raise questions about what's really going on with this case. Read More

What Do Al Gore and NY Gays Have In Common?

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Friday March 05, 2004 · 7:15 PM PST

2004/03/05 · 19:15

They're victims of the legal machinations of a group calling itself the "Liberty Council". It turns out that the group that succeeded in getting a restraining order preventing the NEw Paltz mayor from performing any more same-sex marriages, was also involved with efforts to stop hand counting of ballots in Florida in 2000. Read More

New Paltz Mayor Charged for Marrying Gays

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Tuesday March 02, 2004 · 7:28 PM PST

2004/03/02 · 19:28

Just posted on Newday website:

BY ANDREW METZ AND SUMATHI REDDY ALBANY BUREAU

March 2, 2004, 4:54 PM EST

Four days after presiding over a slew of same sex marriages in his quaint Hudson Valley village, the mayor of New Paltz today was charged with 19 violations of New York's domestic relations law, injecting the debate over gay marriages in the state with increasing drama and urgency.

Jason West, 26-year-old Green Party mayor, was ordered to appear in court Wednesday to answer charges that he broke state law by solomizing about two dozen weddings without a marriage license, according to New Paltz police and West's lawyer.

Chief Raymond Zappone said he and a lieutenant from the town police served a 19-count summons to West Tuesday afternoon and that the mayor faces up a $500 fine and a year in jail for his actions which have attracted international attention and brought the fight over gay marriages squarely into New York.

The actions come as West is planning to hold more ceremonies this weekend and with other officials around the state considering similar actions. It also coincides with increasing pressure on State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who last week refused a call by the governor to prevent and nullify the marriages, to step in and issue some clarifying words on the complex legal issues at play.

Comments, anyone?

Let's Go Nuclear

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Tuesday February 24, 2004 · 3:53 PM PST

2004/02/24 · 15:53

Let's Go Nuclear

Well we can't say we didn't see this coming. Republicans have no issues to run on - the economy is sluggish, and the new jobs just aren't there; the budget deficit has exploded; Iraq continues to be a mess; the prewar excuses for invasion are now widely seen to be just that; and Osama Bin Laden's trail is as cold as Spot's corpse.

So what do you do when you have no issues to run on? You use a hot button issue like gay marriage to whip up a frenzy. Read More

Friday Afternoon Atrocity: Pryor

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Friday February 20, 2004 · 4:15 PM PST

2004/02/20 · 16:15

Just seen on the Freerepublic site:

Posted on 02/20/2004 11:10:02 AM PST by CWW

Today, Bill Pryor accepted a recess appointment to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals from President Bush.

He will resign his position as Attorney General of Alabama effective immediately and will be sworn in at 2:00 p.m. CST.

Democrats have blocked the President's attepmt to appoint Pryor since he was first nominated in April 2003. Pro-abortion groups worked extremely had against Pryor, an outspoken opponent of aborition.

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