Depressing piece in the NY Times: Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the American government and military, very few are signing up to go, resettlement officials say. The reason, Iraqis say, is that they are not allowed to apply in Iraq, …
Archives for August 2007
An Update on Bedwetter Nation
It appears now that the real issue for the New Haven officials is money: The cost of the public safety response to Thursday’s “white powder” scare that closed the Ikea store on Sargent Drive for four hours was more than $50,000, a city spokeswoman said Monday. The incident drew dozens of New Haven and state …
Vacation Blogging
Checking in quickly before the wife catches me using the computer. Fortunately nothing interesting has happened since I left*. For a fun diversion, see if you can identify the hummingbird species in this pic. Bonus points for anybody who can guess more or less where I am. (*) Except for that Gonzales thing. If we …
A Quick Observation
Something that has gone undiscussed regarding this whole affair is the apparent professionalism of the Minnesota constables. If this had happened in many other jurisdictions, the press would have been tipped off, there would have been a perp walk, etc. I can’t believe it went three months without being uncovered. Instead, the police here seem …
Entertaining Commercial Overlap
From Cnn.com right now: That made me chuckle. At any rate, now that Sen. Craig is on the offensive and alleging a smear campaign by gay activists on the left, will the right blogosphere suddenly lurch, switch gears, and come to his defense? This should be interesting. As a side note- the videos of Craig …
Senator WideStance: How The Right Blogosphere Went From “Indifferent” to Hating Teh Gay
Glenn Greenwald has an absolute ball pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of the right-wing reaction to Larry Craig’s “outing” last fall and their screams for Craig’s resignation today: Nonetheless, it is hard to overstate the intense fury that this pre-election report triggered from the Right — not at Senator Craig for engaging in this behavior, …
Open Thread
For stories unrelated to Larry Craig and AG Gonzales. *** Update *** Who says math is useless?