Family blames neither Bush nor Global Warming, but craven coyote. A moving story in the NYT about a family’s loss and dignity, despite reporter’s attempt to turn it into one about Bush’s inhumane immigration policy. Also, NYT pretends to give background on MoveOn.org. happecclesiastesfeet on a time to gather stones together Speaking of which, Larry Summers disinvited from UC Davis gathering. Tolerance. Diversity of opinion. Normal Finkelstein. What? was he

From TNR: On Sunday night, it seemed pretty clear that Britney Spears’ performance at the MTV awards ceremony was the biggest prime-time fiasco of the week. Then came Thursday night and President Bush’s Oval Office address on Iraq. At first blush, coverage of the white trash kid turned tabloid fodder and the rich kid turned good ol’ boy would seem to have little in common (besides, of course, the four

“It’s hardly surprising that Mayor Giuliani is running the first negative ad of the ’08 campaign, given his inability to justify his unqualified support for President Bush’s failed Iraq strategy.” About the way the press treats the back-and-forth of politics, especially the way they ignore it when Dems say something ridiculous or disingenuous, Rush Limbaugh used to say that a Democrat senator could call a press conference to announce that

Allow me to paraphrase Jim Moran’s (D-VA) latest attempt to pigeonhole the party of Abraham: “It’s not that I think all Jews are sneaky Zionist fifth-columnists using their outsized wealth to run a shadow government — relying both on their near-total control of the media and their ability to buy politicians to assume clandestine control of US foreign policy. Just, you know, the rich, sneaky, fifth-columny ones with all the

Any recipes for a good Dog Mugabe? “It is not illegal to eat dog meat in this country, but we have laws on how animals must be humanely slaughtered,” he said. Crittenden on Saudi root causes: The columnists here denouce Saudi denial, but also blame Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians. Another blames it on Islamist websites heavily targeting Saudi youth. Have to wonder why that works for them. Not seeing anyone here

RG Combs has more interesting information regarding Norman Hsu’s financial entanglements. He quotes commenter Michael from Inoperable Terran: 1. Hsu told Source Financial the money was to manufacture clothes for Gucci & Prada in China. Neither company manufactures any items in China, ever. 2. Source Financial never noticed that Hsu’s businesses didn’t exist before loaning him money. They also failed to check his background, or look for a factory in

It probably emits too much CO2, though. (h/t Reynolds) I can’t wait to see the Aerobatic Screaming Moonbats fly over a Packers game someday. During hunting season. Per McGehee and Spiny Norman: REUPDATE: Bat-Man Outfit at The Complete Illustrated Catalog ACME Products

Gerard Alexander: A myth about conservatism is circulating in academia and journalism and has spread to the 2004 presidential campaign. It goes something like this: the Republican Party assembled a national majority by winning over Southern white voters; Southern white voters are racist; therefore, the GOP is racist. Sometimes the conclusion is softened, and Republicans are convicted merely of base opportunism: the GOP is the party that became willing to

Knock Knock Who’s there? Al Gore. Again? Listen, for the last time, my dishes come out more sparkly when I use the detergent with phosphates. So piss off, would you?

Well, not physically — he’s still in Fallujah — but yesterday he was able to speak to the Chimperor hisself via satellite hookup: My question and […] President Bush’s somewhat paraphrased answer follows. The meeting was on the record, but notes took the place of recording devices due to the sensitive nature of the video conference’s surroundings: INDC: Mr. President, first I’d like to let you know that I was