Archives for March 2007
AP diary adds clue to Earhart mystery
It’s the coldest of cold cases, and yet it keeps warming to life. Seventy years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. Long-dismissed notes taken of a shortwave distress call beginning, “This is Amelia Earhart…,” are getting another look. The previously unknown diary of an Associated Press […]
Indictments Name 4 in New Mexico Case
A former Democratic state senator and three other people were charged with corruption Thursday in a case that a former federal prosecutor has told Congress he believes led to his firing.
A federal grand jury accused the senator and former president pro tem of the New Mexico Senate, Manny […]
Captain’s Quarters
5:00 - The FM is awake and ready to go to her ICU bed. She wanted me to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts, and says that she really appreciates all of them. She has made over 1200 cc of urine in the last three hours, so the kidney — which the donor […]
Ten of the best April Fool’s Day hoaxes: US museum
Burger King, another American fast-food chain, published a full-page advertisement in USA Today in 1998 announcing the introduction of the “Left-Handed Whopper,” specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new burger included the same ingredients as the original, but the […]
Gonzales defends his role in firings
“I believe in truth and accountability …”
“and every step that I’ve taken …”
” is consistent with that principle,”
Gonzales said when asked why …
he is not heeding calls to resign.
“I am fighting for the truth as well.”
This is an amoral post. For the moment, I am not interested in how evil Karl Rove is; nor, on the other hand, am I interested, at this moment, in defensive justifications for the Purge. Let’s just explore “why?” To be clear, I am not pushing a preferred reason here; I’m hoping for other […]
It’s on the web on C-SPAN 3 and broadcast on TV on MSNBC. I’ll be updating regularly. For reference: US Attorney Scandal Timeline. Key DOJ and WH players. Overview, including names of 8 fired US Attorneys.
5:45 - That’s it. I’m beat. I can hardly imagine how exhausted Sampson is.
5:30 - Sampson: “No […]
“The distinction between ‘political’ and ‘performance-related’ reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial.” — Kyle Sampson, in his prepared statement for his testimony today.
Talking Points Memo points out what he’s trying to do here.
This use of the word ‘political’ is at the heart of Sampson’s and others […]
TPMmuckraker March 28, 2007 07:12 PM
The weeds of Purgegate are tangled almost beyond description. But I’ll give this one (in the link above) a try.
The removal of USA Cummins, to be replaced by Griffin, “was important to Rove.” (That’s what Sampson wrote in an email in December.)
On February 23, a DOJ official (Hertling) wrote […]
A New Wrinkle in Rove’s Role in DOJ Scandal - Newsweek
But remember, this was a performance-related firing, all within DOJ.
New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici’s chief of staff sent a cryptic thank-you note to Karl Rove just as the senator was recommending replacements for David Iglesias, the fired U.S. attorney in New Mexico, according […]
I am way, way beyond the point where the straw broke the camel’s back.
How can any Bush defender go along with this?
Hullabaloo
Well it looks like the Rovian character assassins have decided it’s time to go after the US Attorneys. Here’s a new attack ad playing on New Mexico radio stations:
Former US […]
Study Re-evaluates Evolution of Mammals
This is a “wow.” The creationist misinterpretations will be annoying, but who cares. This is a fascinating news.
The mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs and other life 65 million years ago apparently did not, contrary to conventional wisdom, immediately clear the way for the rise of today’s mammals.
In fact, […]
Hot Air » CNN reporter unloads on McCain for saying parts of Baghdad are safe
The last time we saw Michael Ware he was tearing into the Democrats for setting an arbitrary timetable for withdrawal. This time it’s McCain’s turn for letting his enthusiasm for the surge carry him off into “Neverland.” I follow news from […]
BLACKFIVE: GEN Robin Olds
For anyone familiar in any way, shape or form with military aviation in general and WW2 and Vietnam Air Force aviation in particular, that name will ring a loud bell.
General Olds, as a young lieutenant in the Second World War flying P-51 Mustangs, shot down 13 German planes and destroyed 11.5 […]
Senate signals support for Iraq timeline
The Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March, triggering an instant veto threat from the White House in a deepening dispute between Congress and commander in chief.
Republican attempts to scuttle the nonbinding timeline failed, 50-48, largely along party lines.
The […]
