Month: November 2007
Watergate co-conspirator and gibbering loon G. Gordon Liddy turns 77 today. As a child during the Great Depression, Liddy quivered with glee at the sound of Adolf Hitler’s voice on.
Although I agree that the biggest beneficiary of the Huckabee surge is Rudy Giuliani, it now can't be considered entirely impossible that Huckabee will get the nomination. Given this, it.
Walter Pincus, via Defense Tech:The State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, "digital outreach team" posting entries in Arabic on "influential" Arabic blogs.
A program in Brooklyn that provides substance abuse counseling, job training, and other supports to people re-entering society after incarceration seems to be working and reducing recidivism rates. No big.
Well, he certainly didn't get to enjoy that Medal of Freedom for long. I suppose Hyde will be remembered best for enabling the federal government to arbitrarily punish poor women.
This year has had its share of must-see films for people who care about reproductive justice. There was Knocked Up, of course, which pussy footed around the question of "shmashmortion.".
So I'd just like to state for the record that -- unlike John Ashcroft, Glenn Reynolds and god knows how many other jackass wingnuts -- I have absolutely no interest.