• Politics, Schmolitics

    Durbin Drops The Big One

    Crooks and Liars » Sen. Durbin Drops Bombshells on the Senate Floor Sworn to secrecy as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL knew the American public was being fed lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, because he was hearing the true secret evidence in a room not far from the Senate chamber, and had to sit and listen to debates in the Senate that he knew were shored up by lies, damn lies, and statistics. And he couldn't say a word about what he knew, and was mighty angry about that. He's coming…

  • Politics, Schmolitics

    Daily Kos: Incriminating Goodling email found

    Daily Kos: Incriminating Goodling email found This is actually a "catch" from Anonymous Liberal at FireDogLake:   As a litigator, I can tell you, that's a real no-no. You never instruct people to delete documents that are relevant to a pending investigation. Never. That's true even when the investigating body hasn't yet got around to requesting those documents. It smacks of obstruction. Indeed, the Obstruction of Congress statute, 18 U.S.C § 1505, specifically prohibits any attempts to obstruct "the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House,…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-04-28

    Church Times – Anglican statement not meant to be pro-Mugabe, says bishop Clarification from the Anglican bishops regarding Zimbabwe, Mugabe (tags: anglican Zimbabwe) U.S. Navy ship rescues injured Greek mariner (tags: Navy rescue)

  • Childfreedom

    Even Funnier

    ***Dave over at DDtB says this video hiliarious, but is even funnier if you have kids.  YouTube – Voted Best Commercial in Europe I respectfully beg to differ; it's even funnier if you don't. I can't watch it without going into a convulsive fit of laughing that brings on a coughing jag. On a less "neener neener" note, it's refreshingly candid and aimed straight at the target market that most needs to get this message.   

  • Hot Off The Presses

    CSI: Windjammer

    Expect this true story to turn up on CSI:Miami next season. How very bizarre; this occurred right after our return. It's not a pretty story, and there's been very little more reported since this story from early April:  Millionaire Found Dead In Miami Hotel – News Story – WPLG Miami MIAMI — It's not the place one would expect a millionaire to turn up dead. But that's what happened to Daniel Richard Burke inside room No. 209 at the Biscayne Inn. In an area of Biscayne Boulevard long known for prostitution and drug use, Burke's death came as a surprise…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Hawking Flies High

      This just makes me cry and laugh with happiness. What a tremendous thrill! What a huge smile! Reportedly, he communicates the word "Yes" by raising an eyebrow, so I wonder if he's saying "Yes! YES! Yesyesyes!"? Also, how many people can say "we took Stephen Hawking out for a spin"?   Zero gravity a blast for Hawking – Travel – theage.com.au Cosmologist Stephen Hawking soared into weightlessness on Thursday on a zero gravity flight that allowed the leading expert on gravity to briefly escape from his wheelchair. "It was amazing … I could have gone on and on,'' Hawking,…