Oscars-Related: Ann Coulter Apparently Can't Even Do Basic Math

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Sunday March 05, 2006 · 6:31 PM PST

2006/03/05 · 18:31

Originally posted at my blog, "Hard, Cutting".

I can't stand the extremely shrill Ann Coulter, who has never met an untruth she didn't like.

Here's another one.

From her column Wednesday (syndicated on Yahoo! News): "The box office numbers for this year's favorite, "Brokeback Mountain," are more jealously guarded than the nuclear codes in the president's black box. Hollywood liberals want the government to release everything we know about al-Zarqawi, but refuse to release the number of people who have seen "Brokeback Mountain.""

Bzzz, wrong! Read More

WSJ: Ana Marie Cox Leaving Wonkette

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Tuesday January 03, 2006 · 2:34 AM PST

2006/01/03 · 02:34

Peter Lattman, the lead writer for The Wall Street Journal's new Law Blog, has this today: "Queen of the blogosphere Ana Marie Cox is said to be handing over the reins at her spicy political blog Wonkette. David Lat, the federal prosecutor who revealed himself to the New Yorker magazine in November as the author of the popular "Underneath Their Robes" judicial blog, is expected to start blogging for the site. Lockhart Steele, managing editor of Gawker Media, which owns Wonkette, declined to comment. We hear that Lat will have a co-editor."

"...Cox's first book, Dog Days, a roman a clef about Washington society and politics, will be published this Thursday, when she'll embark on a national book tour." Read More

NYU Journalism Prof Rips Judy Miller on "Clearance" Issue

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Monday November 07, 2005 · 7:35 PM PST

2005/11/07 · 19:35

Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York University and the noted PressThink blogger, hands Judy Miller (of the New York Times) her head on the journalism website Romenesko today, demanding to know more about Miller's classification. The first part of his letter to Poynter Online starts here: http://poynter.org/...

Here's the nutgraph: "If you're a Times reader, how can you trust a Judy Miller who talks about having security clearances, forcing you to guess whether a.) she really does or b.) just goes around saying she does," writes Jay Rosen. "Perhaps it's impossible for the Times to answer right now, when it's trying to separate from Miller and cope with her demands to correct the record. I would understand that. It would make sense to me. But it may be harder to get an answer after a legal separation, which usually involves not talking about the other party." Read More

Coments on Tonight's "West Wing" (Uh, Spoilers)

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Sunday October 23, 2005 · 6:52 PM PDT

2005/10/23 · 18:52

Alternate diary title, for those wishing not to be spoiled on the West Coast: "White House Leaker Fired-- Albeit in Fictional "West Wing""

Tonight's "West Wing" was extremely well done, one of the best post-Sorkin. While long-time fans are likely be angry with the departure of Richard Schiff's character -- there since the beginning -- from the series as a regular, I think it was a long time in coming. Godspeed, Toby Ziegler, and it is my hope you stay out of the pokey. Read More

Mediaweek: Former FCCer W. Kenneth Ferree Out at CPB

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Thursday October 13, 2005 · 7:42 AM PDT

2005/10/13 · 07:42

Mediaweek is reporting that former federal telecommunications regulator W. Kenneth Ferree has resigned from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, just five months after becoming the corporation's COO and executive vp.

The full article is here: http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001305629 Read More

Harriet Miers To Be Bush Pick for Supreme Court

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Monday October 03, 2005 · 3:57 AM PDT

2005/10/03 · 03:57

Per CNN, Bush will make his nomination for Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court at 8 a.m. this morning. The candidate will also speak during the press conference.

[Update]: The Associated Press is reporting that Harriet Miers -- who has no judicial experience -- will be Bush's pick. CNN confirms as well. Read More

WH Aides: Bush Considers Picking Roberts as Chief Justice

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 9:27 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 21:27

It's no longer just a theory, folks. According to today's Washington Post, Bush is "considering a plan to install Roberts as chief justice rather than as an associate justice replacing Sandra Day O'Connor, senior administration officials said."

And, as we all know, when senior administration officials say this, it's pretty much done. As the article states, "the switch would be unprecedented in modern times." Read More

Iraq lawmakers delay vote on constitution

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 6:37 AM PDT

2005/08/25 · 06:37

Surprise, surprise. There is no set date for the vote to happen. In my own way, I am shocked and awed. (Not really.)

Ironically, the Washington Post said last night that: "[t]he Bush administration endorsed Iraq's proposed new constitution yesterday, but analysts warned that some provisions can be interpreted to undermine everything from the distribution of political power to a secular judiciary, from women's rights to fair distribution of oil revenue.

Even before a vote on the draft in Baghdad, due today, a divisive debate has emerged about the document's viability -- and whether it will provide a new model for Middle East democracy or whether it will make Iraq vulnerable to either civil war or Islamic rule." Read More

Google's IM client is now active

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 8:54 PM PDT

2005/08/23 · 20:54

After much speculation, Google Talk is now finally available at http://talk.google.com/

Kickass, been playing with it for the last 20 minutes.

It's new communications tool for those who use IM, nice to be an early adopter. Only those who have GMail can get it now, it seems.

If anyone wants to add me, I'm at cfaile_at_ gmail.com. Read More

Warning: Soldiers May Not Get College Paid For

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Monday July 04, 2005 · 11:30 AM PDT

2005/07/04 · 11:30

According to yesterday's New York Post, a New York National Guardsman -- who has served for almost 6 years, mostly in Iraq -- will not be college paid for, something he was promised when he signed up, all due to a snafu in New York state law.

According to the story, "Thomas Kelly joined the New York Guard for a six-year stint while still at Yorktown HS in Westchester based on a recruiter's promise that, in exchange, he would get a state college education tuition-free, said his mother, Denise Kelly.

Now, three semesters shy of a diploma and doing armored patrol with the 101st Cavalry in Baghdad, Kelly has been told that because his six years are up in November, when he is scheduled to return home, his college funding will also expire then.

Under state law, Kelly's free tuition ends when his service does. The Armed Forces has not offered him an extension -- despite the fact he had to miss an extraordinary amount of school to serve his country during a time of war.

He's "s--- out of luck," as one recruiter put it." Read More

Rep. Hayes: "Evidence is Clear" Saddam Linked to 9/11

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Thursday June 30, 2005 · 9:27 AM PDT

2005/06/30 · 09:27

Via CNN: "A Republican congressman from North Carolina told CNN on Wednesday that the "evidence is clear" that Iraq was involved in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.

"Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11," Rep. Robin Hayes said.

Told no investigation had ever found evidence to link Saddam and 9/11, Hayes responded, "I'm sorry, but you must have looked in the wrong places.""

You know what's scary here? He's the vice chairman of the House subcommittee on terrorism. Read More

CNN Poll: 46% Rate Bush's Speech Tonight "Very Positive"

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 10:12 PM PDT

2005/06/28 · 22:12

On CNN's front page tonight, there is a story on the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll done on tonight's speech. No byline is given on the story, was it done by a fellow named "Shoddy Methodology"?

Read the story here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/28/poll.bush.speech.iraq/index.html

According to the story, "[The poll] of Americans who watched President Bush's Iraq speech Tuesday night showed that 46 percent had a "very positive" reaction to what they heard."

Nothing in the story mentions that 79% of visitors to their website (in a QuickVote) described the speech as "worrying."

So obviously there is something wrong -- or biased -- with the survey that CNN done with its two partners. What could it be?
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