Archives for April 2007
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers To Aides
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales signed a highly confidential order in March 2006 delegating to two of his top aides — who have since resigned because of their central roles in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys — extraordinary authority over the hiring and firing of […]
Middle East Conflict Intensifies As Blah Blah Blah, Etc. Etc. | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
In the aftermath of a whole series of incidents, there have also been troubling reports of just fill in the blanks. Middle East experts say the still somehow worsening situation has inflamed age-old sectarian tensions between the Sunnis, […]
No, that’s not snark. Over the past few weeks, positive reports have begun coming in from Anbar.
Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion - New York Times
Anbar Province, long the lawless heartland of the tenacious Sunni Arab resistance, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Violence is ebbing in many areas, shops and schools are reopening, police […]
ARMED FORCES JOURNAL - A failure in generalship
By Lt. Col. Paul Yingling
For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, abandoning our allies to their fate at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. […]
In reading about the U.S. Attorneys matter and other investigations of the Bush administration, it can seem very complicated, as new and different stories emerge daily, and it can also seem trivial, as one might not care much about a Karl Rove Powerpoint presentation to the General Services Administration (GSA). But neither appearance is the […]
U.S. officials exclude car bombs in touting drop in Iraq violence
U.S. officials who say there has been a dramatic drop in sectarian violence in Iraq since President Bush began sending more American troops into Baghdad aren’t counting one of the main killers of Iraqi civilians. Car bombs and other explosive devices have killed thousands of […]
Think Progress » Goodling granted immunity.
The House Judiciary Committee voted moments ago to grant immunity to Monica Goodling — former counsel to Alberto Gonzales and the Justice Department’s liaison to the White House — and issue a subpoena compelling her to testify. Yesterday, fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias said he believes that Goodling holds […]
ScienceDaily: The Emerging Fate Of The Neandertals
For nearly a century, anthropologists have been debating the relationship of Neandertals to modern humans. Central to the debate is whether Neandertals contributed directly or indirectly to the ancestry of the early modern humans that succeeded them.
As this discussion has intensified in the past decades, it has become the […]
Think Progress » Iglesias Reveals He Filed Complaint Against Rove, Leading To Special Counsel Probe
Tonight on MSNBC, fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias revealed key new details about the Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) probe into Karl Rove and other White House officials reported today by the Los Angeles Times.
Iglesias said that on April 3, he […]
Prehistoric Mystery Organism a Humongous Fungus
A giant mystery organism more than 350 million years old has finally been identified as a humongous fungus.
The enigma known as Prototaxites, which stood in branchless, tree-like trunks up to more than 20 feet tall and a yard wide, lived worldwide from roughly 420 million to 350 million years ago. […]
CFL Member Stats for Instapundit - Greenhouse Gas Emission and Cost Savings - One Billion Bulbs
This is a neat idea, tracking purchases of CFL’s and estimating the savings. My info, under “Stephen S., NY” is surely conservative, I entered 40 bulbs replaced, averaging 60 watts each, replaced with 20 watt CFLs. I used the […]
from 60 Things worth shortening your life for — Esquire.com
Items 44-48. The Five Most Decadent Burgers in the United States of America:
The cheeseburger at Shady Glen Dairy Stores in Manchester, Connecticut.
Four carefully arranged pieces of cheese extending far beyond the border of the patty melt directly on the grill, creating a chewy crust that is […]
Reading the news stories, editorials, and blog posts about Gonzales’ clueless testimony yesterday, one gets the sense that there is increasing pressure on him to resign, that there is increasing pressure on Bush to fire him, etc. “Why is Bush keeping this incompetent guy?” is a common theme. This perspective, or assumption, is completely […]
Since the past few days has been filled with huge news events, the VTech shootings, yesterday’s horrific bombings in Baghdad, and the Supreme Court’s ban on partial-birth abortion, this development, which, in the long term, could be the most significant, might easily be overlooked.
Winds of Change.NET: No Problem? Shell’s Patent Application for Oil Shale Extraction
Alfred […]
