With Sen. Barack Obama vacationing in Hawaii, Sen. John McCain now has an opportunity—one that will not likely come again before the November general election—to push its message to the public while the presumed Democratic nominee relaxes on the beach. So has the McCain campaign come out swinging this week? Not really. Much of the talk today has [...]
Okay. For the record, I really don't care who sleeps with whom -- as long as the person isn't a hypocrite. But, this long-rumored story is now sweeping through the traditional and online media. I debated whether even to post this revelation, but we're adults and it's news. It's out there. I'm not [...]
I’ve missed a lot of big news today… Including the very unpresidential act commited by John McCain at the 68th annual Sturgis Rally at Buffalo Chip campground, when he exploited his wife, Cindy McCain in front of a ”tens of thousands” of cheering bikers:...The Buffalo Chip beauty contest, that McCain was referring to is an “infamously [...]
The Washington Times reports something that sounds like a bombshell in the local medical community: "An investigation of research conducted at an Arkansas veterans hospital has uncovered rampant violations in its human experiments program, including missing consent forms, secret HIV testing and failure to report more than 100 deaths of subjects participating in studies.The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on [...]
Bruce E. Ivins, reportedly on the verge of being indicted for capital murder in the anthrax killings, was a registered Democrat, according to the Fredrick County, MD Board of Elections. He had been registered there since 1982 and records indicate that he voted in "every election since 1996," [...]
Since I was a little less than proactive about this issue last week on television (for reasons which I think will become readily apparent), I thought I'd offer a little preview of an item on tonight's Countdown. The headline: Dana Milbank won't be on the news hour any more [...]
The first wave of Americans to default on their home mortgages appears to be cresting, but a second, far larger one is quickly building. Homeowners with good credit are [...]
Not unexpected and this move is obviously directed at the upcoming general election. The real implications, however, are for the next cycle in 2012. Have Michigan and Florida finally broken the stranglehold of Iowa and New Hampshire?: [...]
I just had the distinctly painful experience of reading yet another account of what was supposed to be one man's innocuous trip to and from Canada but became a vivid and infuriating revelation (to him, if not to those of us who've already experienced it) that, as he puts it,"This country is being run like a minimum security prison - you're free to do whatever you want as long as you stay within the borders. If you leave, [...]
The death of government scientist Bruce Ivins has generated far more questions about the anthrax attacks than it has answered. I want to return to the role the establishment media played in obfuscating the anthrax investigation for so long and, at times, aiding in what was clearly the deliberate deceit on the part of Government sources. This is yet another case where the establishment media possesses -- yet steadfastly conceals -- some of the most critical facts about what the Government has done, and insists on [...]
"Economic models that have correctly predicted the winner of almost all post-war U.S. presidential elections say recession fears will secure a victory for Barack Obama in November," according to Reuters "Three separate studies showed [...]
Obama, McCain to meet in September — but probably not soonerOver three quarters of Americans think this country is on the wrong track: "The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Poll showed that 24 percent have a positive outlook for the country, while[...]
In June, the McCain and Obama campaigns considered some proposals for expanding the presidential debates beyond the three approved and organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Obama’s team proposed that both sides agree to the CPD events, plus a debate focused exclusively on foreign policy, plus a town-hall debate, for a total of [...]What Happened?
Jed of the Jed Report saw my post on McCain’s outright lies that he supported the MLK holiday in Arizona and pulled together different footage of the same event, which makes that awkward pause in McCain’s answer that [...]No Change of Direction for Conservatism
Here are a couple of articles that ought to be read together. The first is in today’s Washington Post, by Greg Anrig — “McCain’s Problem Isn’t His Tactics. It’s GOP Ideas.” There’s so much of this I’d like to excerpt I have to ask you to read the whole thing. He begins by talking about how [...]
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter on the new John McCain. This is a must-read. Alter is a staple of inside-the-beltway journalism (whether or not he's actually inside the beltway). When people like Jonathan Alter start saying you've jumped the shark, your reputation is [...]
Senator Barack Obama said that he would reluctantly consider accepting some new offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of [...]
Barack Obama and John McCain will debate head-to-head three times - and almost certainly only three times - according to an acceptance letter Obama’s campaign manager sent to the Commission on [...]
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that “the United States has significantly underreported the number of new H.I.V. infections occurring nationally each year.” According to the study, “the annual infection rate is 40 percent higher than previously estimated.” The CDC knew the numbers in October, but waited for them [...]
John McCain just held a presser in Florida. Here are the, er, high points: • Said "I don't think our campaign is negative in the slightest." There are negative McCain ads running as we speak, and in the very same [...]
Wondering how we got our prices? We contacted a group of friends and colleagues around the world to report on prices in their local supermarket. Where we couldn't find responsive acquaintances, we shopped online. We converted to [...]
House conservatives engaged in political theater today, storming the floor after Congress was adjourned “to attack Democrats for leaving town without doing something to lower gas prices.” Politico reports, “At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark.” [...]
WaPo: Purported 'Anthrax Killer' Had 'No Access to Dry, Powered Anthrax,' According to Expert, Lab OfficialsYou’ve probably heard by now that a suspect in the anthrax poisonings of 2001 committed suicide just before he allegedly was to be charged. How … convenient. Glenn Greenwald covers this in minute detail, so I will lean on him for background. As Glenn says, it appears the anthrax was being dispersed from a top U.S. [...]
Earlier today we singled out the media's failure to note the purported "liberal" leanings of those targeted by the "Anthrax Killer" (such as two leading Senate Democrats) in their coverage of the reported suicide of suspect Bruce E. Ivins. Those reports noted that Ivins was soon to be indicted in the [...]
The New York Daily News is reporting that a “source close to” Hillary Clinton has ”confirmed she won’t file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama.” Personally, I’m not surprised at all by this news and have suspected that it was a given that she would not request to be nominated. [...]
Chris just got a new fiber optic Internet connection installed in his apartment. The service includes high speech Internet, telephone service (which includes free calls to Europe and the US), and digital cable TV all for 49 euros a month (about 75 bucks, and that's at our lousy exchange rate). His service rocks. His old service rocked. The rates are [...]
Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart. In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads [...]Obama, McCain, and Pump Politics
In the spring, Democratic primary voters didn’t fall for misguided gimmicks on energy policy. But if recent polling is any indication, Americans in general are so worried about gas prices, many of them are actually falling for the scam being pushed by John McCain and the rest of the Republican establishment. A CNN poll this [...]Flying much these days? $50 an extra bag on Delta. Then, this:
Charging for checked luggage and legroom isn't enough for some carriers -- starting today, coach passengers flying aboard US Airways Inc. must pay for a drink of water.This morning, US Airways began charging fliers [...]Think things are really peachy in Iraq? US deaths may be down, but living ain't easy.
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. Nearly three years later, the plant remains an abandoned shell. Raw sewage is still flowing freely through [...]
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