Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.
Posted in General on Nov 20th, 2004
RIGHT MAKES MIGHT
Here we go:
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Nov. 20 - House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a $388 billion must-pass spending bill, complicating plans for Congress to wrap up its business and adjourn for the year.
***The abortion language would bar federal, state and local agencies from withholding taxpayer money from [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
Cloud dancing.
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE MILITARY IS HIRING
Who needs school, anyway? It’s not as if there are any jobs. From Nancy Pelosi’s office:
Tens of thousands of students will lose over a quarter billion dollars in college aid because of a rules change that Republicans snuck into today’s omnibus spending bill.
In 2003, the Bush Administration made revisions [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
CHALLENGE
Looks like it’s not over:
COLUMBUS | Lawyers who have been documenting voting day problems in Ohio say they’ll challenge the results of the presidential election as soon as the vote is official.
The lawyers say documented cases of long lines, a shortage of machines and a pattern of problems in predominantly black neighborhoods are enough evidence [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
BRING IT ON
Ah, Jesus. These fucking fools. No wonder the rest of the world thinks we’re nuts:
Insurgents have acquired thousands of police uniforms after officers deserted their posts when rebels attacked stations in Mosul.
About 3,200 of the Iraqi town’s 4,000 police officers dropped their weapons and ran off, intimidated into submission by groups of armed [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
ONE FOR THE BLUE TEAM
Yeah, this is mean, vicious and petty. But it sure cheers me the fuck up. From Gawker:
Freemans tuesday night the 16th of nov. the bush twins along with 2 massive secret service men tried to have dinner they were told by the maitre ‘d that they were full and would be [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
WHERE’S THE REST OF HIM?
Rittenhouse Review points us to a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial that says exactly what I was going to say (so now I don’t have to say it):
Sen. Arlen Specter — what’s left of him — has weathered the storm of conservative protest to secure the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Anyone [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
I have to hand it to Kerry, this is a great idea. From an email sent this afternoon to supporters:
I will fight for a national standard for federal elections that has both transparency and accountability in our voting system. It’s unacceptable in the United States that people still don’t have full confidence [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
HISTORY
I drove through Lawrenceville NJ today, birthplace of one Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz - better know as The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.
It’s an impossibly charming place that simply reeks of money and privilege. (After all, it’s where a lot of the people who teach at Princeton live.) You gotta give the guy credit; a lot of [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
FRIDAY THREAD
I’m off on the road for a bit. Talk amongst yourselves… Suggested topic: Favorite movie scenes.
Posted in Our Booming Economy, Politics As Usual on Nov 19th, 2004
Mr. Andrea Mitchell finally comes clean - now that it can’t hurt his little hero (Bush, not his dick):
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned the U.S. must deal with the causes of the weak dollar — the U.S. trade deficit and the federal budget deficit — or the country could run [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
SHOE, MEET THE OTHER FOOT
E.J. Dionne:
Recall how Republicans dismissed any and all who charged that the investigations of President Bill Clinton by special prosecutor Ken Starr were politically motivated. Ah, but those were investigations of a shady Democrat by a distinguished Republican. When a Democrat is investigating a Republican, it can only be about politics. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
KRUGMAN
I went to hear Paul Krugman talk at the National Constitution Center last night. The place was packed and Krugman had some interesting things to say, but I don’t have time this morning to go into it. Maybe later…
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
WHERE ARE THE GROWNUPS?
Bob Herbert:
As I watch the disastrous consequences of the Bush policies unfold - not just in Iraq, but here at home as well - I am struck by the immaturity of this administration, whatever the ages of the officials involved. It’s as if the children have taken over and sent the adults [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY SEE
“But Mom, the president never has to apologize… and he doesn’t clean up his messes, either!”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A cafeteria food fight led to a meat loaf mess and the suspension of the entire eighth-grade class.
The meaty melee broke out Wednesday at Geeter Middle School, which has 637 students in grades [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2004
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Miss Molly:
The rule was passed in 1993, when Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was being investigated for ethics violations. And who helped lead the floor fight to force him to resign his powerful position? Why, Tom DeLay, of course. (Actually, it’s sort of a funny story. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET
Once again, a blogger does the press corpse’s work for them. From Josh Marshall:
Do you work for a local newspaper or TV Station? Want an easy story? Call up the local Republican member of congress to see if they supported the DeLay Rule. Believe me, this one writes itself.
He even included a [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
CARDS ON THE TABLE
Professor Alterman has a good piece on why the media should reconsider its claims to objectivity. Too long to quote, just go read.
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
NO BIAS THERE…
Gentleman Jim Capozzola catches this gem:
It looks like the U.S. now has its second case of “mad cow disease.” Naturally, the Bush administration is playing down the story. Reuters reports: “USDA declined to comment on the likelihood this would be a mad cow case. ‘They are inconclusive for the very reason that we [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART
Sy Hersh is doing his one-man truth show throughout the country:
Hersh was particularly bleak when outlining his thoughts about the future. His most important point is that Bush is incapable of changing course, and at this point we will simply have to wait for events to transpire.
* Europe has turned [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO LOOK AT HERE
From Daily Kos, more funny numbers in Ohio:
Two Montgomery County precincts had extraordinarily high numbers of ballots cast Nov. 2 with no presidential vote counted, and the county’s overall rates of such undercounts were highest where Democratic hopeful John Kerry did best.
***Rates that high show something must have gone [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
SMOKE ALARM
Here’s the update on that UC Berkeley press conference today:
Today the University of California’s Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study - the sole method available to monitor the accuracy of e-voting - reporting irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000-260,000 or more excess votes to President George W. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
ROAD RAGE
I spent today on the road, and while passing through North Brunswick on my way home, some asshole pulled up alongside, honked his horn to get my attention, pointed to my Kerry bumper stickers and gave me the finger. Then he sped off in his (you guessed it) SUV.
Now, one of my less attractive [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
THE ILLUSION OF REGULATION
See? I told you regulatory compliance is (for all practical purposes) voluntary since the Bush junta came to power:
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration failed to heed repeated warnings of contamination at Chiron’s now-shuttered British flu-vaccine plant and the urging of U.S. inspectors for a crackdown, documents released Wednesday show.
Instead of [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
TYRANNY OF THE FEW
Geeze, Jeff Jarvis has a hell of an important story today, and I urge you to read it all:
: With not much original reporting, I discovered that the latest big fine by the FCC against a TV network — a record $1.2 million against Fox for its “sexually suggestive” Married by America [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
WHO OWNS THIS PROBLEM?
Just a sneak peek at what’s in store for the “ownership” society (as in, “you’re not our problem”):
The Bush administration is eyeing an overhaul of the tax code that would drastically cut, if not eliminate, taxes on savings and investment, but it is unlikely to try to replace the existing tax code [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
SMACKDOWN
Something approaching fairness:
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said last night that he and his wife, Karen, are withdrawing their five school-age children from the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School.
Santorum has come under criticism from officials in Penn Hills, where he owns a house, who say the school district should not have to foot the $38,000 annual [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
‘UNEXPLAINED DISCREPANCY’
A team from the Survey Research Center at Berkeley has called a press conference for today to announce their election findings. Now let’s see if the Corporate Media covers it:
A research team at UC Berkeley will report that irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000 - 260,000 or more excess votes [...]
Posted in General on Nov 18th, 2004
SPECTACLE
If you want to see the Leonids tonight (really, it’s one of those things for which it’s worth waking the kids), start looking after midnight EST:
This week marks the return of the Leonid meteor shower. The heavenly show is expected to peak on Friday, November 19, at 1:40 a.m. ET for sky-watchers in North America. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 17th, 2004
WEAK
Let me make something clear: This isn’t a sign of their power. It’s a sign of their weakness:
Senate Majority Leader Frist today is expected to give his blessing to a GOP plan to dramatically change the Senate’s voting rules — effectively eliminating Democrats’ ability to filibuster President Bush’s judicial nominees, aides said Tuesday.
Democratic leadership sources [...]
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