RedState’s Erick Erickson reports on yesterday’s RNC conference call between Ken Mehlman and a small group of conservative bloggers critical of the Miers nomination (most of whom remain unswayed even after Mehlman’s GOP charm offensive). Here’s the part that caught my eye: […] Mehlman call did have one interesting tidbit that tickled my legal ears. In the beginning, Mehlman said we could learn about Miers from what she had done
October 2005
October 13, 2005
Grieving Mom Cindy Sheehan and 70s Kung-fu expert and counterculture icon Billy Jack discuss strategies for twenty-first century anti-war activism while ostensibly maintaining their commitments to fighting global terrorism, 9
“…So I told Schwarzenegger’s people, ‘California is suffering each day as its law enforcement, corrections and firefighters are called to a war in Iraq, which does not protect the people of California, leaving the state in a weakened position. California tax dollars are also disproportionately spent on this war. California men and women are killed and maimed in this war, and their families are left in ruins, as I too
October 13, 2005
protein wisdom: the Pajamas Media profile
And you all thought I was kidding about the Oktoberfest clippers… Profile here.
October 13, 2005
“Cells at France’s Palais de Justice condemned as ‘squalid and inhumane dungeons‘“
From the Telegraph UK: The European Council’s commissioner for human rights has described conditions in the prison in France’s most august court building as the worst he has seen. Alvaro Gil-Robles said the cells in the historic Palais de Justice in Paris were squalid and inhumane. Describing them as “dungeons”, he said: “It is incredible that people are imprisoned in such conditions, without ventilation and without natural light. I have
October 12, 2005
Literary revisionism, 5: “If instead of being a romantic paean to the end of childhood, Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ showed libertarian tendencies” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
Holden Caufield: “If you really want to hear about, some people are phonies. In fact, now that I think about it, most people are phonies. But hey. That’s their right, I guess. So, y’know, whatever. “Say. Who wants to grab a sandwich?”
October 12, 2005
“I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. And that we are in a media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of our nation”—The ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI COMMUNIQUÉ
CentCom has posted the full text of the Zawahiri-Zarqawi letter (in both the Arabic and an English translation), along with a thematic summary and gloss (posted in the extended entry):
October 12, 2005
My third very brief ontological discussion with the Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi I bought by mistake over the weekend
Me: “I mean, the last thing you want to do is fall victim to identity politics. Because once you do that, you’re nothing, man. You’re just like every other Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi in the world. You’re a type. A commodity.†Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: Me: Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: Me: “Okay, yeah. Bad example.” Me: “I’ll go get some ice.â€Â
October 12, 2005
Miers-midons
Stanley Kurtz, writing at the Corner: […] Senate Republican’s know that nominating a strong and open social conservative will set off a paralyzing battle, and virtually shut down the rest of their agenda for the duration. The mammoth battle will also turn the pressure now being aimed at the president onto the Senate’s Republican moderates. At a minimum, that would mean exacerbating party divisions and jeopardizing the majority’s congressional agenda
October 12, 2005
Veil of Arrogance (Now with more David Schraub confusion!)
Compare and contrast these two takes on my “Sexing the Sharia” post—the first, from the Moderate Voice’s David Schraub, who argues that “it doesn’t even come from an honest effort to find truth”; the second, from Boston Globe and Reason columnist Cathy Young (who, to my shame, I wasn’t aware had a blog), who sees things a bit differently. My own take is that Schraub, in his rush to show
October 12, 2005
“Iraqis Reach Deal on the Constitution”
From the AP: Iraqi leaders reached a breakthrough deal on last minute changes in the constitution Tuesday, and at least one Sunni Arab party said it would reverse its rejection of the document and urge its supporters to approve it in next weekend’s referendum. The deal boosts the chances for a constitution that Shiite and Kurdish leaders support and the United States has been eager to see approved in Saturday’s