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Election reflections

There’s plenty of post-election analysis floating around, ranging from not so good to average or so. The Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor are among those focusing on the race in the context of Democratic efforts to control the House. For some reason, the New York Times led its story indicating the vote was […]

Report: Bush Knew About Leak of CIA Operative’s Name

I know nothing about the source and thus cannot judge its accuracy. But Capitol Hill Blue is reporting that Bush “knew about, and took no action to stop,” the release of Valerie Plame’s identity as a covert CIA agent. (Via TalkLeft). It says that is why Bush has consulted with private counsel. If true, an […]

Violating the law in the polling place

While Kos indicated yesterday that Diedrich was already conceding defeat, that wasn’t stopping everyone from engaging in illegal activity.

When I voted at about 5:15 p.m., a window adjoining an interior door to my polling place had a sign that said, “Vote for traditional values” with the second “t” in traditional shaped as a large […]

Unfortunately, a prime example of what’s wrong

As details continue to emerge about the case of Brandon Mayfield, the Oregon lawyer detained and then released as a “material witness” in the Madrid bombings, it becomes more and more a prime example of the problems with our anti-terror approach.

The New York Times reports: “Court records unsealed Tuesday showed that the Spanish authorities […]

Big lies, little lies and the fools who consume them

Due to real life activity, blogging may be even more sporadic for the near future. But there just seemed a perverse karma here:

BIG LIES: Reuters, The Guardian and the Associated Press report that AP has obtained a videotape that contradicts US claims that our attack last week killing 40+ people was on a safehouse […]