A bombshell story broke today about the Obama administration drafting an executive order that could be used to hold terrorism suspects indefinitely.
First, here’s the story…
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential [...]

Glenn Reynolds criticizes the media — and I completely agree with him:
A TV LOW POINT: Turned on the TV to see Geraldo interviewing Tommy Mottola about Michael Jackson’s death. In the background, footage of the body being delivered to the coroner’s office by helicopter. Glad to see Fox is keeping us up on what’s really [...]

Not that this is a big deal, and it very well could have been an innocent mistake…but come on…

…or lowering yourself to Fox News’ level (which is saying something).
While I understand just what the folks at OpenLeft.com are doing, I think it’s downright lame.
When Bill O’Reilly sends out his goon squad to harass people with whom he disagrees, it ain’t right. [I've railed against it before] It’s also ain’t right when [...]

Looks like they haven’t ejected all the reporters yet.

And here’s something significant…video of riot police smiling

More as it develops…

More and more details are emerging that suggest this whole thing was a sham.
From Muhammad Sahimi:
At the same time, the reformist newspapers were also informed that they can prepare their Saturday edition to declare Mr. Mousavi the winner, but were not allowed to use the word pirouzi (victory) in their articles, in order not to [...]

I’ve heard many on this blog dismiss the current uprising, but I genuinely think this is the real deal and something that won’t be able to be successfully repressed by the government.
Also note around the 2 minute mark that the protesters literally chase away the police so the BBC can continue reporting.

More as it develops…

And they pull no punches.

Somebody’s getting fired today. :-)

Burris went on Hardball tonight and Matthews took him to task for the latest revelation that he talked to Blago’s brother about raising money for the then Governor.
It’s must see stuff…

So sounds bad, right? But nothing will come of it. Here’s why…
Technically, Burris never did raise any money for Blago, and talking about it isn’t [...]

Eric “Mancow” Muller is a fairly popular conservative/libertarian morning talk show host, and he didn’t think waterboarding was torture.
It took 6 seconds for him to change his mind:
Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment [...]

There’s an old saying in business. If you can double your price and lose less than half of your customers, you should do it.
Looks like Newsweek is taking the spirt of this idea to heart if the plan behind the re-imagining of their publication is any indication. Because there focus will be less on the [...]

The current Congress loves nothing more than marshalling the power of government to save failing businesses. As Justin previously wrote, the latest is an effort to rescue newspapers:
“Despite the 24/7 availability of news from print, broadcast and digital sources, there remains one clear fact: When it comes to original in-depth reporting that records and exposes [...]

Okay, that’s not really what they said, but it’s certainly the net effect. Because there will be no bailout money forthcoming for this industry.
More from the AFP:
The White House on Monday expressed “concern” and “sadness” over the state of the ailing US newspaper industry, but made clear that a government bailout was not in the [...]

One moderate Republican apparently wasn’t enough.
From CNN:
Conservative host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he isn’t sorry to see Arlen Specter leave the GOP — and that many Republicans wish the Pennsylvania senator would take a few others with him when he goes.
“A lot of people say, ‘Well, Specter, take [Sen. John] McCain with you. And his [...]

Just for future reference, what you’re seeing above is considered a “pour.” You’ll need that information to weave your way through the mine field presented here by Fox News.
Let the apologizing begin…
A U.S. official with knowledge of the interrogation program told FOX News that the much-cited figure represents the number of times water was poured [...]

While the world already deals with an ongoing global recession, there are concerns the worst is yet to come. The swine flu, which has killed dozens in Mexico, may become a deadly pandemic. Or maybe not:
“What makes this so difficult is we may be somewhere between an important but yet still uneventful public health occurrence [...]

In one of my other lives, I write fiction.
My newest story has just appeared at Stone’s Throw, an online literary magazine. Yes, this is shameless self promotion. I’m hoping some of y’all will find the time to read the issue — and maybe even read some other great literary journals as well. You’d be [...]

Note to the left…it’s not enough to simply call out the right on their hypocrisy.
Janeane Garofalo…
(UPDATE: Apparently the first video was taken down. In it Garofalo argued that the tea partiers were racist, and it was mixed with a clip from 2003 where she said that ALL dissent was patriotic. So that was obviously [...]

Can he get away with commentary like this?
Let’s hope so…

Listen, I’ve never been a fan of Rivera’s, but he brings up an important basis of comparison when talking about Tea Parties and media coverage.
Basically, Fox News is “wondering” why other news orgs didn’t cover the Tea Parties as much as they did, but we have [...]

Mona Charen of National Review Online notes that major media outside of Fox News either ignored the tax day tea parties or took an adversarial tone in reporting on them. Charen rightly notes that part of the problem is that Fox News promoted and actively participated in the events, giving other news outlets the excuse [...]