Sometimes I read something, and I just get sick of my fellow Americans. This is another one of those cases: Two days after Hurricane Wilma, Floridians faced the unpleasant prospect Wednesday of waiting in lines for hours to get basic necessities such as water and ice. Amid widespread power outages, thousands of frustrated North Miami …
Archives for October 2005
Galloway’s Gallows
Hitchens on Galloway: For George Galloway, however, the war would seem to be over. The evidence presented suggests that he lied in court when he sued the Daily Telegraph in London over similar allegations (and collected money for that, too). It suggests that he lied to the Senate under oath. And it suggests that he …
Dying To Kill
Because you just can’t execute or torture enough people: If all 12 members of a jury in a capital case in federal court cannot agree on whether to impose the death penalty, a convicted defendant is automatically sentenced to life in prison. But that may be about to change. A little-noticed provision in the House …
Plame Game
Not much new to add, and I just heard that it is likely nothing will happen today on Fitzgerald’s end. Rather than link you to news stories that offer no new details, go read this post by Jeralyn on how Karl Rove could walk, and this post by Tom Maguire on who he thinks will …
Open Thread
Season #6 of BtVS, on second viewing, is quite a let-down. Although I enjoy the supervillains and laugh every time they have lines (Tom Lenk rules), the writing just wasn’t as good as the previous seasons (even with the idiotic Initiative storyline in Season #4). Also, the death of Tara, one of the only truly …
More Plame Speculation
Via the comments in a previous post, this tidbit: Prosecutors investigating the leak of a CIA agent’s identity returned their attention to powerful White House advisor Karl Rove on Tuesday, questioning a former West Wing colleague about contacts Rove had with reporters in the days leading to the outing of a covert CIA officer. Special …
My Candidate in 2008
Zod for President.