Arguably the most important weekend for football fans savethe Superbowl, the draft was this weekend. While my gut instinct is to draft linmen in rounds 1-3, no mater what, the Steeelrs always draft the best player possible. It seems this time, they decided to make some bold moves and took Santonio Holmes. My only concern …
Archives for April 2006
Saturday Thread
Would you describe Republican government as more of a disaster from a deontological or a consequentialist perspective? Discuss. BTW, apologies for tardy beer blogging. Friday was unexpectedly ridiculous and I am still catching up.
Hookergate Heats Up
Overnight we have learned quite a lot more about the “hospitality suites” that defense contractor MZM, Inc. maintained for Randy “Duke” Cunningham and an unknown number of other libidinous lawmakers. First, via Josh Marshall’s new muckraking operation it appears that Mitchell Wade operated his sex ring for over 15 years. That stretches back into the …
“It’s Just a Flesh Wound…”
Looks like the Discovery Institute fools are still at it: The Discovery Institute is finding some good in the December ruling by a federal judge that intelligent design could not be taught in a Pennsylvania school district. “The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) sued to keep a few students in Pennsylvania from hearing about intelligent …
Bush on Immigration
This is an interesting nugget: President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans, according to senators who attended a recent White House meeting. Several officials familiar with …
Illicit Sex
Some of you may feel disappointed that scandals in the modern Republican era have mostly involved corrupting the levers of government for profit and partisan gain. Where’s the sex? You almost miss the days when reputable papers ran red with tales of Bill Clinton, Bob Packwood and Newt Gingrich crossing swords. Ken Starr’s angry 500-page …
We Have To Stop Meeting Like This
Patrick Fitzgerald will meet today with his grand jury investigating the Plame story, and he is bringing a friend: WASHINGTON – Top White House aide Karl Rove arrived at the federal courthouse Wednesday for his fifth grand jury appearance in the Valerie Plame affair. …Earlier Wednesday, Rove consulted with his private lawyers in preparation of …