Monday, October 02, 2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (10:54 PM) - Scott Johnson observes yet another instance of utter lack of humor from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an outfit whose charge in this century should be to fight the terrorist sects of the religion it purports to represent, but which…
What Did He Know, And When Did He Know It? (10:40 PM) - Here is the wire report on the question of the Speaker of the House and what he knew and when he knew it:WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Monday defended his office’s handling of questions raised about Rep….
NYT: Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat (08:19 PM) - I am unclear as to why this is news:JIDDA, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 2 — A review of White House records has determined that George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials…
Michael Gerson on Darfur (07:59 PM) - President Bush’s former speechwriter, Michael Gerson, was recently featured on the CBS Evening News, in its new “freeSpeech” segment. You can hear his remarks here….
Four Thousand Words About Fall (06:26 PM) - A marvelously clear day today, so after working ‘twas occasion for a quick walk. …
Another Great Scrappleface (01:16 PM) - Scott Ott reports:White House sources today said that President George Bush, under increasing pressure to ‘win the peace’ in Iraq, will fire embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and nominate Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward as his replacement. The unnamed sources…
Who Does Zawahiri Sound Like? (08:36 AM) - CENTCOM sends around a press release containing information about the latest Ayman Al-Zawahiri video, which was just released. Zawahiri is al Qaeda’s second in command. The tape is entitled “Bush, Pope of the Vatican, Darfur, and the Crusader Wars” and…
Breaking: All is Right With the World (08:32 AM) - The Harvard Crimson reports:Student protestors chanted slogans, waved signs, and conducted a “die-in”—lying on the pavement and pretending to be dead—outside of Soldiers Field Friday as part of a protest against the military’s presence at the Career Forum. Organized by…
…And the GOP Scandals Right Back (08:18 AM) - It was like a juicy, solid, sure episode of Law and Order when Bill Clinton went on television to say that he hadn’t had sexual relations with that woman, and then the dress with the evidence was located. It is…
“This just went from blockbuster to radioactive crater.” (07:45 AM) - That’s what regular Daily Kos poster Hunter has to say about the Mark Foley situation. I’m not sure that’s so—Hunter is talking about the revelation that the pages of another representative, John Shimkus of Illinois, occasionally worked for Foley. Aside:…