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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
TK
Published Letters: 60 Editor's Choice: 2
Remember that Tom DeLay's indictment by a Travis County, Texas, grand jury was handed down the same day the grand jury ended its session. Maybe Fitzgerald is operating the same way with his federal grand jury, indictments being the last act before the grand jurors are dismissed.
The report says that Tomlinson broke the law. Isn't it very likely that he'll never be arrested and charged with any crimes? Since he's not at CPB anymore, I'd be surprised if anyone actually went to CPB's defense and took Tomlinson to court.
Field goals aren't the problem. It's the sudden-death overtime, when whichever team scores first wins the game. I'd like to see the pros take up the college model of giving both teams a chance to score. At least then it won't be an overtime contest of who gets nearest to the goalposts for a field-goal attempt--teams will actually try for touchdowns in OT.
But when can that dog on the left have a lie-down?
With the stiff partisanship on Capitol Hill, I would have thought the Democrats would at least stall the vote until Wendesday, after the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Instead, now we'll get "positive" presidential words about Alito having just been confirmed.
I don't like Salon's path of mixing letters to the editor with comments. There's a difference between a letter to the editor, which (ideally) addresses the content or context of the story, and running commentary, which often degenerates into comments on other comments, and includes multiple postings by some writers. I know that editing a letters page takes time from an editor's other work, but it's sometimes compiled by editorial assistants or interns, by those on the copy or research desks, or someone who wouldn't otherwise be involved in the editorial function. In other words, it's passed around like a hot potato because it's burdensome. But I like a good letters page, and it's better than reading through comments.
I've had one letter to the editor published by Salon, though I wrote several. And I don't think any of my comments have earned a red star.
TK
I see that Fox News has promoted Ollie, who retired as a lieutenant colonel, to full bird.
Interesting that his phrasing says it's the gun that did this--he pulled the trigger that shot the round. Kind of goes counter to the "guns don't kill people, people do" argument of the NRA.
TK
The Mask of Satan is in the B's (for Beelzebub?). And not included are Blazing Saddles, Nashville and Notorious, but two of those might not meet the video compiler's definition of major motion picture.
TK
It's been my experience that when a citizens' group files a suit like this against the federal government, it's tossed because the group has no standing. So it seems like a publicity grab. I'd like to be wrong about that. It's one thing to be amicus curiae, another to be the one with the standing to file suit.
TK
King wrote: "So once again, the college coaching strategy is clear: You should risk falling farther behind to avoid a guy getting his third foul in the 20th minute, but not the 21st. That doesn't make sense to me."
Is the practice some kind of safety check, keeping the player out of the refs' conversation during halftime? What do refs do during the break--while teams are given second-half strategy and attempts at inspirational speeches, maybe the refs are saying, "Keep an eye on number 99--he already has three fouls" and therefore might foul out sooner because he's being watched. Or perhaps the refs instead just drink their Gatorade and tune in to ESPN2. I'd rather see more foul-outs and more chances for others on the team to play, but then if foul-outs came sooner, the NCAA would increase the number of fouls allowed.
Good effort, but an opening title sequence should show the wreckage of the plane so the viewer has an idea why they're lost.
So is McClellan implying that perhaps Abramoff got himself appointed to Cheney's supersecret energy task force that gets to keep the names confidential?
This looks like a future interim appointment by the president, so he can sidestep the confirmation process and get his man in.
That's news that the networks can't report with an airing of the word, unless they're prepared to pay the FCC fine. Sheesh!
I doubt Roger will close the season pitching in Pittsburgh. Since for him every year is possibly his last, the Astros will probably observe his unusual arrangement by closing his run in Houston rather than on the road (playoff possibilities excepted). Clemens has changed the career options of pitchers, as King has written previously, by making himself available for a shorter time so he can continue to be competitive. He has World Series rings and Cy Young plaques, so I don't think he's too disappointed at collecting a few extra million dollars in relative comfort while still being able to pitch in the big leagues when most other pitchers with his time of service would have retired already.
Why would it be such a disaster for the Democratic Party to move to the left? Instead of watering things down, giving a clearer choice to voters between candidates on the left and right could be a good thing, and could result in a more informed electorate.
That will be especially useful at the airport bars.
"Ground zero" isn't the term for evolving from nothing, or maybe just zero. That was a very loaded word when Bush said it in this context. A military evolving from the geographic point the World Trade Center collapsed? Tying that to Iraq, again? Before September 11, "ground zero" was the term for the point of impact of an atomic bomb. If a military waits until then to start amassing forces, it's too late.
And No. 3, the Bears are playing.
But be careful when reaching into your pocket--you could get shot 41 times.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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