The Dailypundit, aka Bill Quick, announces that he has passed his California real estate exam. Head over there, say congrats, and hit his tip jar so he can have a little time to make that first sale.
Archives for May 2003
More Madness
Robert Scheer seems to be claiming that he is an idiot, a liar, and now a victim:
It is one thing when the talk-show bullies who shamelessly smeared the last president, even as he attacked the training camps of Al Qaeda, now term it anti-American or even treasonous to dare criticize the Bush administration. When our Pentagon, however
This is No Good
This is not good at all:
Partly in response to the disorder in Baghdad since Saddam Hussein’s government collapsed April 9, partly in response to a vision of a more religious Muslim society, the Shiite clergy — perhaps the best-organized force in the unsettled capital besides the U.S. occupation — have moved deftly to create de facto institutions of justice, ruling on cases from divorce to property disputes. At the same time, they have begun enforcing their version of Islamic law, warning shops not to sell alcoholic beverages and theaters not to show risque movies.
A senior U.S. official here acknowledged concern about the clergy’s influence in handing down justice. But U.S. occupation officials, struggling to restore basic civil institutions, said a new legal code to replace law decreed under Hussein would likely wait until a temporary Iraqi authority is put into place.
Time is not on our side, and the Opinion Journal weighs in on an aggressive mideast policy.
Congo Update
Via Matt Yglesias, we see that the Congo might be receiving what Matt calls a ‘modest peacekeeping force:’
France has introduced a resolution seeking United Nations authorisation to deploy an international force to lawless north-eastern Congo.
France
Lights Out..
Better start hustling in some more Republican scapegoats, guys. Apparently California is still suffering power shortages:
California lurched into its first electricity emergency of the year today after the state was hit by soaring temperatures in addition to power plant and transmission line outages.
The Stage 1 emergency, which means the state is within 7% of running out of electricity, comes a day after energy officials said California has adequate supplies for the summer but that generation or transmission mishaps could bring blackouts.
Under California’s three-stage emergency alert system, the state is far from declaring blackouts. But the emergency declaration, declared at 3 p.m. today, underscored how fragile the balance is between supply and demand in the state only two years after the energy crisis.
Please, Just Go Away
It seems the “Big Me” wants Congress to change an amendment or two (surprisingly, it isn’t the 2nd):
Former President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday Congress should change the rule that barred him from seeking a third term in the White House, but stopped short of saying he wants to return as commander-in-chief.
Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum here, Clinton questioned certain aspects of the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prevents a person from being elected president more than twice.
Readers of fiction and fantasy enthusiasts will be pleased about this news:
Clinton said he was writing his memoirs, which were due to be published in the autumn of 2004, although he said they may be out before then.
My Soft Side
You are Trinity, from “The Matrix.”
Strong, beautiful- you epitomize the ultimate
heroine.
What Matrix Persona Are You?
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