French Soldier Fires Live Ammo into a Crowd … Um, why was he even pointing at the Crowd?

In a bewildering incident in Carcassonne, France today 17 people were wounded when a soldier mistakenly opened fire with live ammunition during a display at an army base. The 28-year-old sergeant fired his assault rifle Read more

The Iran War Drumbeat Continues

No sane person believes that Bush and Cheney could get away with starting hostilities with Iran – let alone want to. But there has been a consistent drumbeat for it from the clowns who brought you the Iraq disaster. What worries me are actions on the ground. But the sane people have proven woefully wrong on too many occassions. And Iran is not exactly helping defuse the situation. Here are a collection of snippets that I am keeping an eye on.

I sure wish I could be wrong about it.

SEYMOUR HERSH,
writer for The New Yorker, on his report that the Bush Administration is escalating tensions in Iran with a $4 million covert operation
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/07/07/080707on_audio_hersh

 

Where are all the bees going?

This has been going on for a while and is already proving to have alarming consequences.

No bees, no crops.

ROBERT D. EDWARDS,
North Carolina farmer, testifying before a congressional subcommittee that he had to cut his cucumber acreage in half because of the lack of bees. Beekeepers have lost 36 percent of their managed colonies this year

http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1818450,00.html

 

Big Stories I Am Watching

There are large stories and small threads of storeis and hints at stories and stories that I keep forgetting to make a note of because I want to get back to them. So I am starting a list of the big and little things that I think we will be seeing more of.

 

Barak’s Move to the Center Suppresses Fundraising

OH DEAR.

Since securing the title of presumptive nominee on June 3, Barak Obama has made a string of baffling pronouncements that have taken the wind out of the sails of his democratic base.

Could all the assumptions about this fundraising juggernaut prove wrong?

Could the blank slate candidate prove a little more blank than slate?

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The Two Guys Who Think Torture is a Joke … Where is the Media?

Yesterday the two leading architects of the Bush reign of torture made a breathtakingly arrogant and evasive appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. Today I kept my eyes and ears open for what should have been a flood of outrage – reporting perhaps? – on these two and the damage they have inflicted on America. The result? Read more

California Acts to Cut Harmful Emissions

California will introduce a detailed plan on Thursday to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels in 12 years by requiring more energy-efficient appliances and buildings, Read more

Bush to Philippines: You People Cook Real Good

President Bush to the President of the Philippines: “I am reminded of the great talent of the — of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House ” Read more

The 1984th Amendment

Democrats Angry & Bewildered by Failed Leadership on FISA Bill

Today in the Senate, Democrats are debating the merits of a deeply flawed FISA Amendments Act that should probably have never seen the light of day. Read more

Supreme Court on a Roll

The past few weeks have seen some heady decisions from the Supreme Court. Could the signal be any clearer that, as Al Gore put it, “Elections Matter”? Today it was guns. Read more

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