Just an FYI (and as a shameless effort to drive up traffic), Kevin (not Keith) and I are among the writers for a new sports blog, Beyond the Turnstile. Go check it out and let us know what you think. Oh, and we’ve all agreed to keep politics completely out of it. Promise! Sports and [...]
Archive for September 16th, 2004
Shameless Plug
Posted in Sports on September 16, 2004 | Comments Off
Dead Bush Bounce
Posted in Politics on September 16, 2004 | 8 Comments »
In the stock market, almost any failing stock will rise a little after suffering a long plunge. That’s known as a “dead cat bounce” – even a dead cat will bounce when it hits bottom. After losing ground steadily to Kerry for months, Bush got a surprisingly robust dead cat bounce out of the Republican [...]
Fears of Inhumane Executions Proven by Autopsy: Does Anyone Care?
Posted in Culture, Legal Issues, Politics on September 16, 2004 | 23 Comments »
One criticism of “lethal injection” killings by the state is that they are potentially, or often, excruciating. The typical procedure is to inject a sequence of three drugs, including a general anaesthetic, a muscle-paralytic to prevent seizures that might offend the witnesses, and an ionic solution that kills by causing a heart attack. The idea [...]
Losing Iraq?
Posted in Iraq on September 16, 2004 | 10 Comments »
Generals seem to think so: Retired Gen. Joseph Hoare, the former Marine commandant and head of the U.S. Central Command, told me: “The idea that this is going to go the way these guys planned is ludicrous. There are no good options. We’re conducting a campaign as though it were being conducted in Iowa, no [...]
The Amazing Growing Document Dump
Posted in Politics on September 16, 2004 | Comments Off
September 8th, 2004 Q Will the Commander-in-Chief insist that his Pentagon get to the bottom, find every last document of the National Guard service? MR. McCLELLAN: I think that’s what the President directed back in February. Q Are you frustrated, or is he, that more documents are surfacing? MR. McCLELLAN: All the personnel, payroll, and [...]
Plame Update: SOurce Reveals Self to Prosecuter
Posted in Politics on September 16, 2004 | Comments Off
This is good news: A Washington Post reporter’s confidential source has revealed his or her identity to the special prosecutor conducting the CIA leak inquiry, a development that provides investigators with a fact they have been pursuing in the nearly year-long probe. Post reporter Walter Pincus, who had been subpoenaed to testify to a grand [...]
Irrational Hatred
Posted in Politics on September 16, 2004 | Comments Off
Why are lefties like Bill O’Reilly so intent on coarsening our national debate? Can’t they win on the issues? CALLER: You want some information on someone who’s slandered you — Brock on the Capital Report Monday. O’REILLY: Yeah, I mean, but we don’t care about him. I mean – CALLER: I mean, he drove me [...]
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