Daily Archives: December 10, 2006

The reality That Is Not There

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

In all the mess I have been dealing with today, I almost missed this. The Washington Post is NOT on board the Iraq Study Group's recommendations – not by a long shot. THE IRAQ Study Group's recommendations for shifting U.S. … Continue reading →

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Alas, Captain, We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

AllahPundit catches a very likely shift by the Associated Press. They will no longer quote unauthorized spokesmen – they will simply call them anonymous sources! Problem solved in the AP's eyes! We’ve got an AP article about an attack in … Continue reading →

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Well, That’s A Surprise

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Jimmy Carter lies. This morning Newsweek publicist Natalia Labenskyj emailed us the political stories in Newsweek's new issue. One of the items in Labeskyj's email is Eleanor Clift's softball interview with Jimmy Carter, which I happened to read. Here is … Continue reading →

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Fiji Fallout

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Well, the coup in Fiji is having an unpleasant effect on Australians (and others as well) who have canceled vacations to the popular tourist destination. The government bank there is capping refunds to people who have decided they really don't … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Disappearing Bird Flu Panic

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Remember the wall-to-wall coverage of the menace of bird flu? Remember the international conferences about it? Remember all the frantic and ominous pronouncements? Remember? Oops, just kidding. LONDON – Earlier this year, bird flu panic was in full swing: The … Continue reading →

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Anthropomorphizing Trees

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

In yet another sign of the decline of the West, a British "organic gardening guru" has decried the custom of Christmas trees saying that the practice is "torturing" the trees to death. In his column in Amateur Gardening magazine Bob Flowerdew, … Continue reading →

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Faith Based?

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Jeffrey Goldberg writes a review of Jimmy Carter's latest screed and finds the book lacking in just about everything except hubris and smug self-righteousness. Jimmy Carter tells a strange and revealing story near the beginning of his latest book, the … Continue reading →

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Longtime Readers Will Have Noticed

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

That I am posting very lightly today. The reason is these ongoing attacks on the site. I'm spending an awful lot of time trying to figure out what to do to stay online. The site has been down at least … Continue reading →

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“A Fatuous Process Yields, Necessarily, Fatuous Results.”

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Eliot Cohen judges the effort of the Iraq Study Group and comes to a very harsh conclusion. The problem of having unelected officials with no real expertise in the fields they are passing judgment on coupled with an up-front agenda … Continue reading →

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Expert Help

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Comments are still turned off and may be for the foreseeable future. I have been emailing with Michael Hampton, the person behind the Bad Behavior plugin for WordPress and he's looking at the logs to see what the heck blasted … Continue reading →

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Jefferson Wins Reelection

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

William Jefferson, he of the large amount of cash stuffed inside his freezer has been reelected to Congress in a runoff election in Louisiana. Louisiana's 2nd District was one of the nation's last unresolved midterm races, and the runoff election … Continue reading →

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Fundamentally Depressing

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Gaius

Ann Althouse links to a Bloggingheads TV interview with Glenn Reynolds then discusses blogging. Glenn Reynolds says he said that back in 2002. He's talking about blogger burnout with Bob Wright on Bloggingheads.tv. The point is that the news is … Continue reading →

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