Proof that Time's model blog is deceitful
Today Time named Powerline "Blog of the Year." (A teaser for the article appears on this page, but the actual article is available online only to subscribers.) Really? Powerline is a cesspool. They...
View ArticleOhio exit poll perfectly matched earlier polls
Discussing Ohio on a right-wing blog, I ran into someone who said this: "When the polls taken in the weeks up to the election, the exit polls, and the actual election results are all taken in to...
View ArticleSS: Fox et al blatantly misquote FDR
Bill Bennett, Fox, Glenn Reynolds ("Instapundit") and others are all suggesting that FDR supported the idea of social security money being diverted to the private sector. As ostensible proof, they cite...
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Sgrena attack: aerial photo of location where shooting occurred?
I can't prove it, but I think this is a photo of the location where Sgrena was attacked. What's striking about this location is that it appears to be an excellent location for an ambush, and a...
View ArticleLatest on Schiavo "memogate"; now Powerline guy can't count
Today the right made a new push on the Schiavo "memogate" angle, with Powerline's Hinderaker posting an elaborate piece in the Weekly Standard ("Fake but Accurate Again?"), and getting a strong assist...
View ArticleSchiavo 'memogate' update: WaPo pushes 'fake' meme
Today Kurtz helps Hinderaker move the story along ("Doubts Raised on Schiavo Memo"). I think Kurtz is trying to write a fair column, but he unwittingly gives Hinderaker more help than he deserves. In...
View ArticleSchiavo 'memogate' update: Power Line does flipflop, rowback, blames...
Power Line has been making a big deal about errors in the memo, and the fact that there's an alternate version of the memo where certain typos are corrected. They've been ignoring the very simple and...
View ArticleSchiavo 'fake' memo: chronology of a Power Line lie
This diary isn't a complete review of how Power Line handled the Schiavo memo, but rather an analysis of the chronology of one particular lie told several times by Hinderaker, in his zeal to promote...
View ArticleMoney quote: Lott said 'nuclear option ... blow the place up'
From the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi, 5/23/03:"I'm for the nuclear option, absolutely," Lott has said. "The filibuster of federal district and circuit judges cannot stand. ... It's bad for...
View ArticleUS report on Sgrena: numbers don't add up
Vangjel's own data shows that US negligence caused Calipari's death, and that the driver (Carpani) acted properly. Vangjel's distance data shows that Carpani stopped the vehicle as quickly as he could...
View ArticleKoran story: exposing the asinine lying BushCo spin
Various administration spokesmen have made a variety of statements on this topic. If one actually looks at those statements and takes them seriously, the result is a picture that makes no sense. Yet...
View ArticleNewsweek fails to retract false, inflammatory story
Newsweek ran a sensational claim based on an anonymous source who turned out to be completely wrong. While one can't blame the subsequent violence entirely on this report, it's fair to say that...
View ArticleRighty blogs curiously silent on DSM
Given the way various leading righty blogs jumped in with both feet to try to discredit the Killian-TANG memos, and (more recently) the GOP talking-points Schiavo memo, it's interesting to note a...
View ArticleDSM talking points: get ready for the righty counter-attack
As I noted in my earlier diary, righty blogs and media have been relatively silent on the Downing Street memo. But as the story continues to gather steam, they'll inevitably be forced to speak up. We...
View ArticleThe Sheehan story by numbers (a la Harper's Index)
Casey Sheehan's age when he died: 24 (link) Grade he was in when he joined Cub Scouts: 1st grade (link) Age when he became an altar boy: 8 (link) Number of years he was an altar server: 10 (link)...
View ArticlePowerline's WMD 'witness' relied on a 'clairvoyant dream'
Powerline is touting a "fascinating interview" that appears in FrontPage Magazine. The interview is also being promoted on Michelle Malkin's blog, which calls the article a "must read." The interview...
View ArticleCNN poll on NSA surveillance scandal: vote now
CNN is currently running a "Quickvote" poll at their home page (scroll down, it's at the right edge of the page). The question is "Was the New York Times right to publish details of a secret program...
View ArticleJane Smiley: the BushCo plan to bury democracy
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley posted a chilling and brilliant essay at The Huffington Post a couple of days ago. As far as I can tell, it hasn't been noticed here at dKos. I think it...
View ArticleBuried in DOJ archives: proof that Bush's NSA alibi is a fraud
Lost in the middle of a 4,000-word official transcript is a sworn statement that directly contradicts the major alibi Bush has been floating. Here's what Congress was told in 2002:"Let me repeat for...
View ArticleUPDATED: the 42 blog posts WaPo wants to hide from you
Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com, seems to be terribly upset about "personal attacks, profanity and hate speech." He claims "comments on this blog were shut off because of the tone of...
View Article[Updates, action alert]: the 6 blog posts WaPo REALLY wants to hide from you
In a masterstroke of covert action, WaPo has quietly restored 948 blog posts that they had ripped down several days ago. Not just that: posting is enabled on this particular article. And not just that:...
View ArticleQuick, call a plumber, WaPo blogs still leaking
Just a little update. As I explained in my earlier diary, sometime early Sunday morning, WaPo very quietly restored 948 posts, which were attached to an article called "New Blog: Maryland Moment." They...
View ArticleOpen letter to WaPo's Brady: why are 420 posts still hidden?
Mr. Brady, Until recently, there was room for doubt. But in your recent panel, your answers to Hamsher filled in important pieces of the puzzle. It's now clear you're trying to get away with something....
View ArticleTake action now against Ann 'raghead' Coulter
Since Coulter has now spoken of taking "a shot at Clinton," presumably she will soon be visited by the Secret Service. After all, Clinton is under their protection. And we know the Secret Service takes...
View ArticleUN base under Israeli fire for 7 days, not 7 hours
We can learn a lot if we pay close attention to what one of the dead men said. Unfortunately, his words have been largely ignored, here and elsewhere. We can also learn a lot by looking at the details...
View ArticleBush: creating the world's first radical Islamic nuclear power
The Dubai/UAE ports deal had huge political impact because it spoke to Bush's base. It punctured their illusion that Bush and the GOP are working to keep them safe. It vividly exposed the reality, that...
View ArticleKrauthammer caves: "[potentially] unwinnable ... civil war"
Over the last year or so, important milestones were reached when major righty voices jumped ship, with regard to the war. People like William F. Buckley and George Will (along with various other major...
View ArticlePlamegate for dummies: the best Plamegate article ever
OK, that might be a bit of hyperbole. I can't know for sure if this is the best one. But I think it is, and I've read zillions of them. The Plamegate story is exceptionally important (below I'll...
View ArticleBush to Daniel Pearl's killers: "here's your reward -- F-16s!"
Yesterday LondonYank posted a terrific diary noting many connections between Pakistan and terrorism ("The REAL Reason for Secret Tribunals? Pakistan Terrorism Timeline"). Daniel Pearl was mentioned in...
View ArticleWeekly Standard: Bush is lying about Talibanistan
This morning, lowkell's terrific diary pointed out that the Weekly Standard is taking a big shot at Allen. That's real news. Here's some more news: they're also taking a shot at Bush. It's not every...
View Article(VA-SEN) NYT: 3rd named witness heard Allen's n-word
Yes, another one. First we heard from Shelton. Then from Taylor. Now NYT reports a third named witness: Ellen G. Hawkins "said Tuesday that she heard him use a racial slur in 1976." The details:
View ArticleStealth escalation: US troop levels up 18% in 3 months
Lots of current reporting talks about how October is our worst month in almost two years. In 43 months since the invasion, only three other months have been worse (as measured by US troop fatalities)....
View ArticleDOJ email dump: text-searchable files now available
[MUCH BETTER VERSION NOW AVAILABLE. SEE UPDATE BELOW.]Through the miracle of OCR (optical character recognition), it's now possible to search in these files. I think this makes research a lot...
View ArticleDOJ emails, searchable text. One file, 1.5mb. Complete.
Various people have made a terrific effort to provide text-searchable versions of the 3000 pages recently issued by DOJ (that have been posted by the House in the form of 61 separate non-searchable...
View ArticlePalin's Troopergate: 10 things you need to know
Lots of official documents are available which include key information. Here are some crucial facts that jump off the page when those documents are examined. Most of this information is not being...
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