This Modern WorldJust another WordPress weblogCone of Silence- August 18, 2008 Bill Kristol, in the print edition of this morning&8217;s New York Times: NBCs Andrea Mitchell reported on Meet the Press that the Obama people must feel that he didnt do quite as well as they might have wanted to in that context. &8230; What theyre putting out privately is that McCain may not have been ...http://thismodernworld.com/4434 Imaginary Nuclear Weapons Programs We Can Believe In- August 17, 2008 Sure, America&8217;s intelligence agencies concluded last year December that Iran no longer has a nuclear weapons program. But what do they know Surely the Democratic Party is far more informed about the situation than them, which is why the Democrats refer to Iran&8217;s &8220;nuclear weapons program&8221; in their just-finalized 2008 platform: Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear ...http://thismodernworld.com/4433 Voice notes- August 15, 2008 Over at the Village Voice this week: &8211; my friend Tony Ortega has a pretty amazing story about John Steinbeck, mobsters, labor organizers, and how his graduate studies became unexpectedly personal. &8211; Jules Feiffer makes his second return appearance in the Voice after a ten year absence, here. &8211; In case you hadn&8217;t noticed, Roy Edroso (of alicublog) ...http://thismodernworld.com/4432 Last minute craziness- August 14, 2008 So some things that I didn&8217;t think would work out suddenly did work out, and it looks like I&8217;ll be going to Denver in a week. I&8217;ll actually be blogging it at the New Haven Advocate&8217;s site &8212; they&8217;re footing the bill for this one &8212; but I&8217;ll post links from here to there. Blogging ...http://thismodernworld.com/4431 Quick note- August 13, 2008 Just want to add a thought to Greg&8217;s post &8212; he&8217;s absolutely right about the abhorrent mindset typified by the &8220;Got Ammo&8221; and &8220;Rope, Tree, Journalist&8221; t-shirts you see advertised on so many right wing sites. But as he also notes, it&8217;s too soon to jump to any definite conclusions at this point, ...http://thismodernworld.com/4430 Another Partisan Murderer- August 13, 2008 Earlier today, I just got around to commenting on the recent shooting at a Unitarian church, noting : I dont think its fair to say that people like Limbaugh and OReilly are directly or even indirectly responsible for the shooting, but its pretty obvious to anyone whos been paying attention that the limits of whats considered ...http://thismodernworld.com/4429 The comedy event of the season- August 13, 2008 This movie may literally redefine what is meant by the word &8220;comedy&8221;: I&8217;m holding a palm card that was just given out at the Heritage Foundation to promote the new David Zucker film An American Carol. If I fill out the card, I can take one of four pledges, such as &8220;Yes, I will send the ...http://thismodernworld.com/4428 Reality continues to outpace satire- August 12, 2008 Tonight on O&8217;Reilly: Tuesday, August 12: Obama bombarded by personal attacks. Are they legit Ann Coulter commentshttp://thismodernworld.com/4427 Al Gore: Still Sucking- August 11, 2008 Matt Stoller makes some extremely important points about how Al Gore&8217;s DC-centric, centrist instincts cause him to continue to suck at creating any progress on global warming. Meanwhile, it looks like the summer melt in the arctic may meet or exceed last year&8217;s, putting us on path to an ice-free summer arctic within five years. Not ...http://thismodernworld.com/4426 More Habbush Forgeries- August 11, 2008 With Ron Suskind&8217;s revelation about the CIA apparently forging a December, 2003 letter from Iraqi intelligence&8217;s Tahir Jalil Habbush, Emptywheel wonders: were there any other forged Habbush letters The answer appears to be yes. Interestingly, there&8217;s some suggestive material about this in the transcript Suskind released of one of his interviews with CIA Near East Division ...http://thismodernworld.com/4425 |