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Obama has no experience? But what about Rudy?

Filed at 5:09 pm, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

The Onion had a hilarious satire piece last week about how Rudy Giuliani has no credibility on any issues other than 9/11.

At a well-attended rally in front of his new Ground Zero headquarters Monday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani officially announced his plan to run for president of 9/11.
[…]
“Sure, he has no foreign […]

What’s the backup plan when the escalation fails?

Filed at 4:26 pm, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Pace attended an event with the National Governor’s Association today, with ABC News reporting that “The general took questions from the governors on Iraq policy, and according to Gov. Phil Bredesen, D-Tenn., when asked what constituted the administration’s “Plan B” for Iraq, Gen. Pace’s response was that “Plan B” is […]

Followup: Iraqi President’s condition unclear

Filed at 12:23 pm, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Sunday afternoon, the press was told that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani had had a heart attack or a stroke, however these reports were disputed by Talabani’s son, who said his blood pressure only went down and he felt dizzy. After Talabani left his country to go to Jordan for treatment, doctors say there is no […]

One Libby juror kicked out… Libby team reportedly happy

Filed at 11:52 am, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

A short time ago from the federal courthouse:

A federal judge avoided a potential mistrial in the CIA leak case Monday by dismissing a juror and sending the other 11 back to continue deliberating the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said the juror had seen or […]

Statistic of the day

Filed at 11:30 am, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

49,444

– The number of MySpace “friends” Barack Obama has, by far the highest number of any 2008 candidate.

772

– The number of MySpace “friends” Rudy Giuliani has.

The Daily Brief- Monday

Filed at 9:30 am, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Libby trial
Will there be a verdict today? With every weekday that goes by, it becomes more and more likely that the verdict will come today.
Or, to put it another way, it is more likely that the verdict will come today than it was on Friday. And it was more likely that the verdict would come […]

“Inconvenient Truth” wins Best Doc Feature

Filed at 9:54 pm, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

And the Best Documentary Feature Oscar goes to…. “An Inconvenient Truth”

Hey, remember that time when…

Filed at 9:37 pm, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Hey, remember that time when the President of the United States nominated his personal lawyer who had no experience as a judge– to serve as a Supreme Court Justice?
Oh, nothing. Just, you know, reminding you that it happened.

Running the numbers

Filed at 7:38 pm, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Check this out.

Why Al Gore won’t announce his candidacy tonight at the Oscars

Filed at 3:49 pm, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Well, tonight is Oscar night. And all the inside-the-beltway pundits, talking head TV news hosts who have no idea what they’re talking about, and quite a few bloggers (to my dismay) have bought into the idea that there is actually a possibility that Al Gore could announce for President if he “wins an Oscar.”
What a […]

CBS/Breaking: Iraqi President has stroke, travels abroad for treatment

Filed at 1:50 pm, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and left Iraq for Jordan for treatment, according to a report just published on CBS’ News website. Talabani is 73, and the stroke is being described as “minor” by a spokesman.

Another McCain flip-flop: this time it’s on alternative fuels

Filed at 11:30 am, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

John McCain on Ethanol in 1999:

“Ethanol is not worth it. It does not help the consumer. Those ethanol subsidies should be phased out. And everybody here on this stage, if it wasn’t for the fact that Iowa is the first caucus state, would share my view that we don’t need ethanol subsidies. It doesn’t help […]

Things we already knew: Senator Ted ’series of tubes’ Stevens is a very strange man

Filed at 9:30 am, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

This is truly strange. The following is the error message you get when you go to Senator Ted “series of tubes” Stevens’ 2008 re-election website, and don’t know their super-secret password:

Through a series of highly sophisticated and complex algorithms, this system has determined that you are not presently authorized to use this system function. It […]

Hey, remember that time when…

Filed at 3:03 am, Sunday February 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

Hey, remember that time when the White House allowed a gay prostitute turned wannabe journalist attend hundreds of White House press briefings simply because he asked “softball” questions?
Oh, nothing. Just, you know, reminding you that it happened.

Poll: Americans far underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians have died

Filed at 10:04 pm, Saturday February 24th 2007
by Arlen Parsa

A new AP-Ipsos poll shows that Americans really don’t have any idea how many Iraqi civilians have been killed in the ongoing war. Says the AP:

The number of Iraqis killed, however, is much harder to pin down, and that uncertainty is perhaps reflected in Americans’ tendency to lowball the Iraqi death toll by tens of […]



Asides


 # Every progressive blogger ought to read Chris Bowers post on building a bigger carrot.

 # Obama formally announces Tim Kaine as the new DNC Chair.

 # Eugene Robinson eviscerates McCain on the economy

 # McCain & Palin are lying about their crowd sizes