Analysis of the Falluja Ceasefire I found some interesting analysis of the ceasefire (now in its second day) that was agreed to in Falluja. The website DEBKA, an independent web-based newspaper based in Jerusalem devoted to security issues in the Middle East (and writing from the perspective of the Israeli right) argues that the US […]

Huh? Roger Ailes finds this statement in Clifford May’s 4/8/04 column in National Review Online: President Roosevelt waited until after World War II to put in place a commission to investigate what mistakes led to Pearl Harbor. Roger clearly documents that the Roosevelt actually issued an executive order on December 18, 1941 appointing a commission […]

Connect the Dots Max Sawicky connects the dots in the August 6th, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing. Definitely take a look. AB UPDATE: Viq Digby, this transcript of Bush being interviewed over the PDB. At one point Bush says “And you might recall the hijacking that was referred to in the PDB. It was not a […]

End Corporate Taxation! Via the Salt Lake Tribune: Nearly two-thirds of the companies operating in the United States reported owing no taxes from 1996 through 2000, according to a recent government study. Foreign companies doing business here were more likely than American-based ones to claim they owed no taxes, according to the report filed this […]

More Navel Gazing I just came across a site, BlogRunner, that archives weblogs and compiles statistics about them, statistics that, at least in my case, the proprieter is not even aware of. For example, here are the bloggers I link to, the bloggers who link to me, and the sites I link to most often: […]

This post may someday be historical, but it’s unlikely to be historic During her Thursday testimony, Rice used the word “historic” once and used the word “historical” almost ten times. For example, this exchange with Chairman Kean (full transcript here), on the historical nature of information about planes-as-weapons: KEAN: I’ve got a question now I’d […]

Pot, Meet Kettle. Call it Black. This comes on the heels of GOP allegations that MoveOn is coordinating with the Kerry campaign. House GOP Committee Pays Soft Money Fine WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has agreed to pay a $280,000 civil fine for transferring big donations known as “soft money” to an outside […]

Can’t Say I Feel Sorry for Him Enron’s Skilling hospitalized after bar incidents Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was taken to a hospital early Friday after several people called police saying he was pulling on their clothes and accusing them of being FBI agents, a police source told The Associated Press. Police found Skilling at […]

Not Much to Say I want to write something, but I don’t have much to say. Rice’s testimony is big news, but it’s been well-covered elsewhere. Ditto for the insertion of Iraq into a handbasket headed (but hopefully not unswayably so) towards Hell. What do most people talk about when they’ve got nothing to say? […]

The Daily Show Thursday night’s coverage of Rice’s testimony was hilarious, though somewhat depressing if you reflect on it. Comedy Central replays TDS at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m, Eastern time. Catch it if you can. AB