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Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Comments (11)
Posted by Scott Malensek | July 27, 2007 9:29 AM
Ya know, of all the nations in the world that should know appeasement and trusting rogue regimes just doesn't work. It's like all the French who died in the trenches of World War I died for nothing. All the French who died because their politicians "trusted" Hitler died for nothing.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it (and have their cars burned in Islamic riots in the meantime).
Posted by Dale Michaud aka TexasDude | July 27, 2007 9:39 AM
What did the French do when they were constantly hassled and invaded by the Vikings?
Yep, they gave the Vikings that remained land, power, and money.
You see, France is doing what France does, that is, appease.
My heritage is French, but luckily, I was born and grew up American!
Posted by Rose | July 27, 2007 10:18 AM
And we remain members of the UN for WHAT PURPOSE - OTHER than stripping American taxpayers of $$$BILLIONS of their hard-earned cash - so they cannot use their own money for their own personal choices?
Posted by Lurking Observer | July 27, 2007 10:18 AM
Scott Malensek:
There's something to the argument that the French spirit, the one that could generate the furia francese, which had animated the French military under Napoleon and before, died in No Man's Land from the Belgian to the Swiss frontiers.
Posted by Fausta | July 27, 2007 10:40 AM
Sarko's trying to make France look influential in the Middle East. Unfortunately, how they get there and at what cost doesn't matter.
How French.
Posted by Only_One_Cannoli | July 27, 2007 11:58 AM
Interesting photo.
Gaddafi looks like a Libyan night club performer clutching his favorite red blanky.
Sarkozy dribbled something onto his shirt. He looks starstruck. Or drunk.
Posted by Adjoran | July 27, 2007 12:13 PM
So much for all the great expectations of Sarkozy, huh?
Oh, well. We knew that he IS French all along . . .
Posted by Lightwave | July 27, 2007 12:32 PM
Sarkozy wants Libya's oil.
Period.
He figures he's the guy to get it for France. Here's a guy who basically ran against the Muslimification of France, and now he's cozying up to a known terrorist strongman.
I don't think Europe as we know it will be around in a decade, what with the French selling out and the Brits giving up.
Posted by rbj | July 27, 2007 12:33 PM
Is it somehow April Fool's Day on the French calendar? First Chirac selling a nuke plant to Saddam, and now this? Must be something in the Vichey water.
Posted by Ray | July 27, 2007 9:43 PM
Is it just me, or does Muammar Gaddafi have more than a passing resemblance with Carlos Santana?
I once saw an interview with the guy who played Gopher on the TV show Love Boat. When someone mentioned that the Princess Cruse Line ship featured in the show used an British crew and French cheifs, he replied: "If it were the other way around, all the guests would have died of food poising and the crew would have surrendering at every port."
Posted by Ray | July 27, 2007 9:46 PM
That should read "the crew would have been surrendering at every port"