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i began writing this draft last fall and lost interest, so it was never actually published. i present it here, still unfinished, but still thought-provoking outrageous enough. the subject is also very appropriate for the july 4th weekend.
a couple of the jokes are kind of dated. one is the reference to the [...]

In talking with my brother this afternoon, he reminded me of Travis’ classic post of comments made by a Portuguese Cabinet minister back in March of 2003.
For instance, during the 1996 mission in Bosnia, operations took place with the support of 20 satellites, of which only one was European,” and the remainder belonged to the [...]

Noonan lambasts Senator Obama’s egocentric self-comparison to Lincoln.
This week comes the previously careful Sen. Barack Obama, flapping his wings in Time magazine and explaining that he’s a lot like Abraham Lincoln, only sort of better. “In Lincoln’s rise from poverty, his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain [...]

two (perhaps three) powerful stories of american heroism
from edmo

Arthur Chrenkoff on Karl Rove:
The new headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Karl Rove, is having a strange – some would say magical – effect on liberals. This from Kos:
Democrats must ride that wave [of growing anti-war sentiment] into 2006, and can do so in ways where they don’t sound like hippy [...]

Accuracy In Media is staying on top of the PBS lobbying effort. Apparently it was illegal.
“The law is clear,” Mr. Kincaid said. “It says that you may not use federal funds to influence or attempt to influence any member of the Executive or Legislative branches of government for the purpose of securing a grant [...]

this was, of course, after killing the audience by being the sappiest guest in the history of oprah (yes, i watched the whole episode and i could hardly hold down my lunch).
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background on the clip is here. the creator of the video is still at large, which begs the [...]

karl rove said wednesday night:

Karl Rove came to the heart of Manhattan last night to rhapsodize about the decline of liberalism in politics, saying Democrats responded weakly to Sept. 11 and had placed American troops in greater danger by criticizing their actions.
“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals [...]

are opening up a whole new can of worms. via how appealing

my wife and i saw “new york doll” at the LA film festival on saturday night in the directors guild of america theater. the 77-minute film is a documentary about a punk rock bassist from the 70s, arthur “killer” kane. his band, the new york dolls, broke up after a few years, though [...]

Michelle Malkin points to an AP story that pushes the nonsensical idea that John McCain is the odds-on favorite to win the GOP nomination in 2008. Heaven help us if the original Sith Lord of Campaign Finance “Reform” (aka The You Don’t Have a Right to Speech “Reform”) ever occupies the Oval Office.

Google’s CEO Confirms Payment Service, Denies it Will Compete with Paypal

An unbelievable tale of animal-helps-human:
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men [...]

on the guantanamo abuse and the left’s reaction, mark steyn said it best when he described the democratic mainstream as the “terrorist rights party”. here’s ann coulter’s take on the US military’s rules for handling gitmo detainees:

No cold meals, sleep deprivation or uncomfortable positions? Obviously, what we need to do is get the [...]

Amy Gahran over at Contentious has posted a great primer on citizen journalism. The thrust of the article, however, is explaining a project that she is working on called I, Reporter.
It is fascinating stuff dealing with the exploitation of internet tools for grassroots reporting. It is also being run as the lead for [...]