Conservatives repeated Bush administration’s misleading comparison between explosives, other munitions Media conservatives have echoed the Bush administration’s misleading argument that the reported 380 tons of explosives that went missing from the Al Qaqaa facility in Iraq pales in comparison to the reported 405,944 tons of munitions that have been captured in Iraq so far. In fact, explosives — many of which were reportedly in the form of white powder — weigh far less than some other types of “munitions,” which include explosives, but also “rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs … grenades, mines, torpedoes … and devices and components thereof,”…

For 23 years, Carol Sheehan and her husband, Frank, have lived in the same Holladay neighborhood and their politics have remained about as constant as their address. “My ballot is so stiff it doesn’t bend,” Carol Sheehan said. “It is very straight Democrat.” But Thursday, her right to place that Democratic vote was challenged by a Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives – who also challenged the legal registration of 1,495 other residents in House District 37. Republican candidate Brice Derek Carsno claims all of those residents do not live in the precincts they are registered in and…

The Nation publishes 100 Facts and 1 Opinion with a handy link to a PDF file to be downloaded and distributed as necessary. Very inconvenient, these facts. Likely to bring Bushco to its knees in the end. If after reading these 100 facts, which each have links to news stories backing them up, anyone still undecided will never decide.

From Salon.com (subscription or ad-nag screen), apparent proof that for some purposes Bushco does not oppose cloning. Such as, making it appear as if a very large crowd of soldiers has got your back. Joe Lockhart of the Kerry campaign responds: “Now we know why this ad is named ‘Whatever it Takes.’ This administration has always had a problem telling the truth, from Iraq to jobs to health care. The Bush campaign’s advertising has been consistently dishonest in what they say. But today, it’s been exposed for being dishonest about what we see. “If they won’t tell the truth in…

Boing Boing makes the Beeb: their item on the official website of Resident W blocking international visitors showed up on the BBC News website. It seems they found the information about alternate ways to access the site useful.

Yep, that’s the Resident. This was back when he was governor of Texas. If you click on the image, the clip should play (but it’s from Salon.com, so it may throw you into a nag screen first). Kinda makes you wonder whether that smirking badass fratboy still roams the halls of the White House after the handlers have left for the day.