Smithsonian to Screen Creationist Movie
Today's New York Times has the latest installment in the fundamentalist coup: "Fossils at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History have been used to prove the theory of...
View ArticleScooter defense in WINPAC info? (New Reuters story)
New Reuters story suggests that Scooter may have given Judy wrong information about Valerie Plame. But does this provide a defense for Scoot, as the article suggests, or another reason to indict?...
View ArticleCreationist sues UC Berkeley for Evolution web site
An article in Inside Higher Education reports that the University of California is being sued for giving too much information about evolution on a university web site. "In the battles over evolution,"...
View ArticleMy childhood comes back to me (Correction)
No, these are not recovered memories. I've always had them. But the horror of our war, the pile-on against Murtha by the chickenhawk brigade, the weird Vietnam reversal (see this diary by...
View ArticleBreaking: Castro Hands Power to Brother
BBC is reporting that Fidel Castro has, for the first time in his rule, handed the reigns of power to his brother Raul. Cuban leader Fidel Castro has undergone surgery and temporarily handed power to...
View ArticleWhere's my fucking Interest, Kos?
I want to withdraw my diaries and comments so I can move them to an interest-bearing blog. When I first posted on DailyKos, I thought this was the kind of account where my diaries and comments would...
View ArticleKos hacked this diary!
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View ArticleSnacks on a Plane!
As everybody knows by now, the movie Snakes on a Plane is the greatest Sam Jackson vehicle ever made. But what does it have to do with Daily Kos? Only this. Ever since hearing Michael Chertoff utter...
View ArticleMy Asshole Ancestor
This is a personal diary with some political meaning. The other day I was searching for something by my great-grandfather, a minor figure in the early days of American forestry and later a paper...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bob Ney to Plead Guilty
No longer "breaking" -- now that I've made the recommends! Anyway, so reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer blog: Washington -- Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney has agreed with the Justice Department to plead...
View ArticleA Halloween Song for Mark Foley
Werewolves of Congress(apologies to the memory of Warren Zevon) I saw Mark Foley with a Blackberry in his hand, Walking through the streets of DC in the rain. He was looking for the dorm where the...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER sex scandal on the horizon?
No, this is not about Mark Foley. It is, however, about sex, or rather, sex workers. The Smoking Gun has a new story about a DC prostitution ring that resulted in a recent raid: OCTOBER 9--With the...
View ArticleBaghdad US Army Base Blows Up
As if Iraq were not FUBAR enough: A fire at a US base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has caused a series of explosions, the military has said. It's not just the insurgents, folks. Apparently we're...
View ArticleWhen Iraq Passes 9/11
Cross-posted from paralepsis. As of today, the United States has lost 2816 soldiers in Iraq. According to Wikipedia, 2973 people (excluding the hijackers) died as a result of the September 11, 2001...
View ArticleMessage to Harry Reid: DO NOT Bend over for Joe
Look, I'm as excited as anybody. I mean, damn: Harry Reid, Majority Leader. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House. How cool is that? But (you knew that was coming) here's the fly in the ointment:...
View ArticleThose must have been some kick-ass speakers
Cross-posted from paralepsis:Derrick Shareef of Illinois was arrested Wednesday and charged with "one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of...
View ArticleBush did this to me
Cross-posted at paralepsis.So today I Google-newsed my favorite possible '08 candidate (run, Wes, run!) and stumbled across an interesting article from the New York Observer. "The Life and Death of an...
View ArticleThe greatness of Jimmy Carter
Cross-posted from paralepsis.Oh, you've got to love this: Jimmy Carter refuses to debate with Alan Dershowitz. I don't blame him -- the whole thing seems like a setup, and even though Norman...
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