Archive for April, 2006
Posted in April 27th, 2006
Congress. Prostitution. Bribery. War Profiteering. Blog Gods Very, Very Happy. Besides scrutinizing the prostitution scheme for evidence that might implicate contractor Brent Wilkes, investigators are focusing on whether any other members of Congress, or their staffs, may also have used the same free services, though it isn’t clear whether investigators have turned up anything to […]
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Posted in April 27th, 2006
Bobby Rush votes against net neutrality. And so does Shimkus, but we expect hackery from the Republican side of the aisle on telecom issues. Schakowsky voted for net neutrality so send her your thanks and contact your other representatives.
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Posted in April 26th, 2006
Al Franken yesterday–finishing up a day job policy brief on early childhood education and generally busy—consider this an open thread, lots of posting tonight after more meetings and Dentist Appt.
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Posted in April 21st, 2006
One reason I only allow one exception to when I’ll release IP information is that trolls tend to use multiple identities and so when there is an especially egregious case such as the clown who linked to a amputee dancing and called it the Duckwalk, I can publicly shame the individual. If you use one […]
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Posted in April 21st, 2006
Transcript of relevant portion over at Austin Mayor’s place Video at Crooks and Liars (thank goodness for them—I’m not very good at this video editing thing) As Rich pointed out that Fitzgerald’s previous use of language doesn’t necessarily mean the current usage will result in the same outcome. Most importantly, when conducting an investigation, one […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
Anyone have video they can send me of the Rove-Fitzgerald piece? I think I record the late version, but it would be nice to not have to edit it at midnight. My understanding of the piece is that it should please everyone in Illinois because it states that when someone is labeled Public Official A […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
Via That’s News To Me! We see creationists trying to sell what isn’t science as science but confusing concepts to such a degree that they can then weasel out of any sort of actual discussion of what they are suggesting. Case in point, John Bambenek asks why there are no classes in intelligent design What’s […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
From the Onion on Ryan being convicted. ?It?s a sad day in this country when an Illinois politician can?t get away with a little racketeering and fraud anymore.? The previous question produced the best line I’ve seen this week about Rumsfeld “It’s unfair. You don’t go to war with the Secretary of Defense you want, […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
Unless we are too busy
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
And to be very clear given where I’m linking–it’s a surprise because it doesn’t fit the expected trend line For those not familiar with such graphs, make sure you get accustomed to the range it’s operating upon. Charles is going to add more, but my take on it is that if these three are representative […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
Bush at 29% Approval in Illinois. That’s like Keyes land. 67% Disapproval. That’s actually a tie with his November numbers, but when 2/3 of a state disapprove of a President–his party has problems up and down the ticket. Crosstabs are hysterical His disapproval by men is higher than his disapproval amongst women–that’s topsy turvey and […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
The TopinkaWatch.com site is up and running and has the transcripts of the new ads up on the site highlighting assault weapons and minimum wage. And a stolen photograph. UPDATE: My mistake, Jake’s photo isn’t up there so I’m assuming they figured out there was an issue. Now, when I say the following, I’m not […]
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
The comic, scary tale of an ?undercover homosexual lifestyle investigator? Many writers cringe at the headlines given their stories–this one nails it pretty well.
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
He offered to allow Bob Wiggins to stay on as State Central Committeeman if he won. Of course, Oberweis lost. Unlike Rich, I want Oberweis around so we can continue to kick him around. At least he’s a home grown nut.
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Posted in April 20th, 2006
Celebrating the success in Afghanistan: It would be curious to know, though, how many of them advised against plans to invade Afghanistan with a light and nimble force–and were proved wrong. Some in the military and many outside analysts argued that such a strategy carried too much risk for failure. They would have allowed Al […]
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