All the news they pick and choose…

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

This is pretty interesting, via AJ Strata: The mainstream U.S. media outlets have failed to report a major terrorist plot against the U.S. – because it would tend to support President Bush’s use of NSA domestic surveillance, according to media watchdog groups. News of a planned attack masterminded by three Algerians operating out of Italy was widely reported outside the U.S., but went virtually unreported in the American media. Italian authorities recently announced that they had used wiretaps to uncover... Read more

Once again, I gotta ask

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

If this fellow is a “whistleblower” how come he didn’t go through the protective, recognised procedures for a Whistleblower? And what is the Plame connection? Clarice Feldman is wondering. I’m sure getting weary of the “scandal a month” campaign. Remember, this time last year, we were treated to a new book every week on how awful Bush was, with accompanying promotion by NBC and CBS. It’s just getting so boring. Read more

And you say “I” write a lot?

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

Siggy has two huge posts up already, today, and they are both must-reads. Bobby Kennedy, the Beatles and Princess Diana actually builds on a piece I’d written over a year ago about the caliber of our current flock of politicians, but it moves beyond my point, and takes a rather grim view of the future of America given the politicians in place and the climate being embraced; it’s an important read. Sharon, Jihad and the Bigots at the Dance, well,... Read more

A judge Spielberg could love

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

In his “prayer for peace” Steven Spielberg’s film Munich reportedly draws a moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorists and Israel’s response…and he cautions that “fighting back” doesn’t work – it only leads to more violence. I gotta think he’d love this judge. There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many, many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven. Prosecutors argued that confessed child-rapist... Read more

Negativism and Cynicism are too EASY

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has a list of the most annoying liberals of 2005. It’s a well-written piece, but I think I am losing my taste for these sorts of compilations. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but does there seem to be too many of these “Worst” and “most annoying” sort of lists going around? Are we conservative bloggers over-focusing on such things? I’m just asking, and I mean no disrespect to John, or to... Read more

Sharon

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

Sent back to the operating room. Doesn’t look good. Hugh Hewitt is linking to a blogger translating updates from the Hebrew. Ed Driscoll says we can look for a repeat of street dancing. He has lots of links including this: ..a radical Palestinian leader in Damascus, the Syrian capital, called Sharon’s health crisis a gift from God. “We say it frankly that God is great and is able to exact revenge on this butcher. … We thank God for this... Read more

The NY Times defines Chutzpah

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

This is pretty unbelievable. The New York Times, writing like a spoiled 14 year old, cracks its gum, rolls its eyes and proclaims: Given the Bush administration’s appetite for leak investigations (three are under way), this seems a good moment to try to clear away the fog around this issue. Huh? Do you know what the definition of chutzpah is? It’s when a man kills his parents and then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is... Read more

Whistleblowers? Nah. Leakers.

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

If these folks are “whistleblowers” and not “leakers, then why didn’t they do their “whistleblowing” in accordance with the protocols and protections of the Whistleblower Protection Act? Seems like a sensible thing to do if you are “motivated by patriotism and purity of purpose”. But maybe I’m being picky. Nah. A leak is a leak. Betsy wonders why The Barrett Report is less important “whistleblowing.” Good question. And I’ve never read Dr Sanity just so fed up with this hypocritical... Read more

Emotionalism: bad fuel for the press

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

I remember when I first learned to drive I, being a dutiful girl, wished to return my parents car to them with a full gas tank. Being on a tight budget I went to the “cheapcheapcheap” gas guy and filled ‘er up. And by the time I got home the car was hiccupping and behaving strangely. Seems I’d tried to run an 8 cylinder Rambler wagon on “bad gas.” The problem was not earth shattering; things were easily remedied, but... Read more

It’s electric!

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 9:42 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

Actually, it will be a lack of electricity that will keep me quiet for most of the day; we’re having some upgrading done on our electric stuff and I understand my computer will be silenced for most of the day. I’ll prolly be kinda chilly, too! In the meantime, I have some interesting and thought-provoking things for y’all to read and ponder. When I can get back online, I plan on writing rather extensively on one of the issues, but... Read more