Archives for October 2005
Nomination Likely to Please G.O.P., but Not Some Democrats - New York Times
President Bush nominated Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to the Supreme Court today, four days after his previous choice withdrew her nomination. The nomination is likely to please Mr. […]
U.N. Is Expected to Pass Measure Pressuring Syria
This is s-o-oooo 2003:
Security Council diplomats worked out final details on Sunday on a tough resolution against Syria, an action that will forcefully step up international pressure on the country’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, and deepen his government’s struggle to ward off increasing isolation.
Diplomats from the resolution’s […]
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. and Japan have updated their military alliance, including a reduction in the number of Marines stationed on Okinawa and an overall restructuring of the alliance to counter terrorism and China’s growing military.
Mark Coffey reports the incredibly ho-hum nature of Scooter Libby’s conversation with Matt Cooper.
j.d. does […]
Ads on blogs, ads not on blogs … and bloggers blogging about it
Advertisers pull ads from publications and broadcasts all the time, for all sorts of reasons, and I really don’t think the blogger is well served by fretting publicly about it. That’s life in the media big leagues.
By way of background, Media Girl refers […]
The Lefties confront their Potemkin Watergate, as Fitzgerald only indicts Scooter Libby, whom the NYTimes resolutely describes as “the most important aide to the most powerful vice president in American history.” Libby was not indicted for outing Valerie Plame; he was indicted because “he lied to reporters about how he knew what he […]
Cpl. Starr died in Ramadi on May 30 during his third tour in Iraq. He was 22.
He wrote this letter a few months before he died:
“Obviously if you are reading this then I have died in Iraq. I kind of predicted this, that is why I’m writing this in November. A third time just seemed […]
Over 600 Bloggers recorded on the Blog Family Tree.
Bloggers, please email me or leave a comment with:
your blogfather, or blogmother, as the case may be. Just one please - the one blog that, more than any other, inspired you to start blogging. Please don’t name Instapundit, unless you are on his blogchildren list.
Please connect […]
In the Agora: Behe Disproves Irreducible Complexity
Here’s the punchline:
The core of Behe’s entire argument for ID is that irreducibly complex systems cannot evolve. Yet what does he admit under oath that his own study actually says? It says that IF you assume a population of bacteria on the entire earth that is 7 orders of […]
Former School Board Member Advocated Creationism on TV. Oops!
A former school board member who denied saying creationism should be taught alongside evolution in high school biology classes changed his story Thursday after being confronted in court with TV news footage of him making such comments.
William Buckingham explained that he “misspoke” during the TV interview.
Buckingham’s testimony […]
Aide to Cheney Appears Likely to Be Indicted; Rove Under Scrutiny
Hey, Kos, Atrios, Gilliard, Billmon, here’s yer Fitzmas present:
Associates of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, expected an indictment on Friday charging him with making false statements to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak inquiry, lawyers in the […]
Shia and Sunni lines drawn for Iraq election
MEMBERS of Iraq’s ruling Shia-led coalition patched up their differences on Thursday, a day before a deadline to register for December 15 polls where they face a challenge from a new Sunni bloc as well as old rivals.
Officials within the coalition said the United Iraqi Alliance would contest […]
is the title of an article in the Yemen Times defending me by Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, the Yemeni editor the bloggers helped me circulate a petition for. He was granted amnesty a week later (this was back in March.) Sometimes payback is not a biaytch.
It discusses the Yemeni regime’s attempts to contact me […]
The Washington Note Archives
Alert: Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s assistant has been reliably reported to have purchased at a local Staples: six yellow legal pads, four black fine-tipped pens, a box of 6 multi-color Dry-Erase markers, and one Snickers bar. Our sources indicate that the Snickers seemed to be an “impulse purchase” and may or may […]
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