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If caught, sue

Evidently applying the theory that the best defense is a good offense:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Six Navy SEAL special operations commandos and the wives of two of them sued The Associated Press and one of its reporters on Tuesday for publishing photos taken from a Web site that appeared to show the SEALs abusing […]

Where we spend our money

The Indian Ocean disaster and the small row over “stingy” disaster aid has dominated the news. Lost in this and the holidays was a report that Bush is going to ask for another $80 billion for Iraq. That is in addition to the $25 billion already authorized and approved by Congress for the end of […]

Examining the paid blogger defense

Other things have had me distracted for a while but posts on Daily Caucus and more recently on Thune v South Dakota finally clicked with some earlier fact-checking I did.

In defending the fact they did not disclose on their blogs that they were paid by the Thune campaign, two Daschle-bashing bloggers (and some of […]

Thune v Thune

“I believe in letting science make those decisions and not emotion.”

— John Thune, Dec. 21, 2004, on making enviromental decisions upon his appointment to the Senate Environment-Public Works Committee.

An evangelical Christian, [Thune] does not believe in evolution.

— Newsweek, July 26, 2004

Thune v South Dakota

Hats off to Trent Dlugosh. Playing off the name of a pro-Thune, Daschle-bashing blog operated by a paid member of the Thune campaign, Trent has launched Thune v South Dakota.