RSS Apparently, my old RSS feed went down, so I’ve switched from using blogmatrix to using blogstreet, meaning you may have to update your aggregator. I think I’ve got the code right, but I’m not certain. If any techies feel like viewing the page source and checking it out, I will appreciate it greatly. AB

On Dean Just to clarify, I have no problems whatsoever with Dean. I simply do not want his supporters attacking the other Democratic candidates (and I’d be nonplussed if Dean approved of such steps). The same goes for all the candidates. For example, I was very disappointed in Kerry for his stupid “Dear Governor Dean” […]

Governor Schwarzenegger? MoveOn has really become a powerful cash machine. Previously, they raised $1 million in about a week to support the Texas Eleven. Now, in even less time, they’ve raised $500,000 to air anti-Schwarzenegger ads: Dear MoveOn member, 24 hours ago, we launched an emergency ad campaign to tell California voters the recent revelations […]

Fact-Checking “FACT CHECK CLARK” Tapped has two pieces up, “FACT CHECK CLARK, PART I” and the aptly titled follow-up, “FACT CHECK CLARK, PART II“. Thanks to Tapped’s recently instituted policy of signing posts, I can see that both were penned by Garance Franke-Ruta. I was suspicious of these posts for two reasons: first, it was […]

A Suggestion for Wilson and Plame John Dean, of Watergate fame, has a piece in Salon.com comparing the Plame affair to Watergate. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he argues that this scandal is more serious than Watergate was in some crucial respects. He also gives a very intriguing piece of advice in the Salon article: Regardless of whether […]

An Unemployment Report that’s Not Too Bad Looking on the bright side, it’s good news for the US labor market that the unemployment rate was unchanged, at 6.1%, according to the data released today by the BLS. In fact, payrolls even grew by 57,000. This wasn’t enough to match the average of 100,000 or so […]

Plaming On… with the Devil’s Advocate As AB noted below, Digby’s point about the Plame affair being (partly, at least) about the media itself is a good one. Maybe the media will indeed keep the story going, simply because they get to talk about themselves. But I also think that in order to answer the […]

More People Reading Angry Bear That’s my favorite possible explanation for this story, from the front page of today’s New York Times: The public’s confidence in President Bush’s ability to deal wisely with an international crisis has slid sharply over the past five months, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll has found. And a […]

Plame On! Recently, Kash expressed some concern that “this disgusting episode of political payback and security manipulation will quickly fade away with little long-term repercussions on the Bush presidency?” I haven’t disagreed with my esteemed co-blogger yet, and I’m not quite doing so now. But Digby raises an interesting point that I think has merit: […]

Corrections Department Earlier, I referred to Rush Limbaugh as a “Jackass”. That was a mistake; the correct term is “junkie“. I regret the error. AB