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Okay, according to this brief, I’m wrong about the French rejection of the EU charter and its effects on the US. Hmmm. [THX: Steve Reynolds at the West Bygod Desk.]

Nancy Pelosi wants drdenny‘s opinion. Sort of. See the item here. Briefly, Nancy, a survey is where you ask somebody’s opinion. When you tell them their opinion, it’s more of a lecture. Idiots. And wonder why they’re getting waxed at the polls….

[The attribution on this doc is a tad confusing, but I believe it was penned by the Presbyterian minister at the bottom. Thanks to Norman T at the Cleveland Rocks! Desk for the link.] The [Ohio Restoration Project] is led by so-called Christians who have a plan for Ohio. The project will target 2,000 pastors throughout the state to become

First, of course I was rooting for Danica Patrick yesterday. Weren’t we all? But as happy as I am about her success, I also want to caution folks against getting too fired up just yet. You have to keep in mind that she’s racing on an essentially minor league circuit. If you recall, a few years back Tony George bought

French nix European charter By Elaine Sciolino The New York Times Paris – Turning its back on half a century of European history, France decisively rejected a constitution for Europe on Sunday, plunging the country into political disarray and jeopardizing the cause of European unity. The victory for the no vote – 55 percent to 45 percent – came in

First, the story: NBC clashes with Tom DeLay on Law & Order Set aside the fact that DeLay is picking a fight with fictional TV characters (somebody in his camp needs to refer him to the Dan Qualyle/Murphy Brown debacle from back in 1992, I think it was). That’s not the interesting issue here. No, the problem comes late in

BP INSTITUTES ‘AD-PULL’ POLICY FOR PRINT PUBLICATIONS Demands Advance Review of News Content May 24, 2005 By Lisa Sanders and Jean Halliday NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Days after financial services giant Morgan Stanley informed print publications that its ads must be automatically pulled from any edition containing “objectionable editorial coverage,” global energy giant BP has adopted a similar press strategy.

The Rocky Mountain News has a great story on the Arvada West kid who punked his local Army recruiters. Those of us who insist on finding something to bitch about are probably wondering why, since we know this sort of monkey business has to be rampant in recruiting offices across the country, the story had to be broken by a

Brian at daedalnexus notes Kristof’s NYT story on the impact bloggers are having in China: “Now, if only we could get bloggers to do this here in the U.S.” The problem, of course, is that reporting like that being done by Li Xinde is a job. You can’t do it without financial means. This is something that any number of

According to an e-mail from MoveOn: Last night at 7:30pm, with only hours to go before Senator Frist rose in the Senate to try to break the rules and seize power to appoint extreme judges, 14 senators announced they had struck a deal. As powerful far-right leader James Dobson put it, “This Senate agreement represents a complete bailout and betrayal

Okay, I need help here. I’m looking at the “compromise” between Senate Dems and GOPpers on the filibuster showdown, and I’m trying to figure out precisely what happened. As best I can tell, the GOP gets the straight majority vote it wants on extremist judges like Priscilla Owen. The Dems, in turn, get to keep their theoretical right to filibuster

drdenny has an insightful take on the accuracy problem facing the news industry here. To which I have this to say: __________________ Ah yes, a money problem masquerading as an ethical/professional one. As you say, spend more money, hire more reporters and editors, which is what you have to do to get it right. In doing so we find ourselves

Sarcasm Center of the Brain Located by Researchers Israeli researchers have discovered the region of the brain responsible for understanding sarcasm. If that region of the brain is not functioning properly, the researchers found that subjects could only understand the literal meaning of another person’s words. The results of the study were published in the May issue of the journal

Ummm…. The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena. The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost

We shouldn’t hate people who prefer Eastern-style “barbecue,” we should pity them. (Story.) [THX: Jim Jonas at the Pit’s Food Desk.]