Saturday, January 6, 2007

Red Herring Miers

Recall the woman Bush pretended to nominate for the Supreme court. He later portrayed her as unqualified so that he could appoint the man that he wanted. The fake Supreme court nominee Harriet Miers was deemed unqualified again this week, this time for the task of fighting his upcoming legal challenges.

story here

Westlake, Louisiana

The possible murder of a black mayor in the south is ruled a suicide by the coroner without any consideration of the surrounding circumstances.

Story here

Friday, January 5, 2007

Imitation of Saddam

There are many first victims of videodrome, the first one in this sequence seems to be Saddam.

A worldwide phenomenon that might say more about children in the age of Internet media than it does about the hanging of Saddam. Ultimately I think these stories are cover for journalists to write about the brutality of the execution in the "apolitical" sphere of children.

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Rehnquist’s Addiction

http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/PubArticleDC.jsp?id=1167732122395&hub=TopStories

So many stories being told here about his excellency (or whatever you call a judge - his highness?) that it's hard to make out any real story that will stick. Perhaps the administration released this in order to temporarily take the focus of the democrats' take over of congress and the president's impending escalation of the war.

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