From yesterday’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer:
IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER, HOSHYAR ZEBARI: Wolf, yesterday I was at a meeting, a very important meeting of Baghdad security plan. In fact, I was the person who raised that issue that although the parliament is the key body that tried to work with us on legislations, on this political [...]

Encouraging news. My best goes out to him and his family.

And the Blotter has more…
[...] on Palfrey’s list of customers who could be potential witnesses are a Bush administration economist, the head of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a handful of military officials.
“I’m sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone, four [...]

I’ve been posting about the benefits of nuclear power for some time now, and today I read a story about U.N. scientists proposing that we embrace nuclear power as a way to combat global warming. Not only that, we’re talking about cleaner air and cheaper energy for all.
From the Daily Mail:
More than 2,000 scientists have [...]

From Reason:
The divergent career paths of men and women may reflect a basic unfairness in what’s expected of them. It could be that a lot of mothers, if they had their way, would rather pursue careers but have to stay home with the kids because their husbands insist. Or it may be that for one [...]

Joe Gandelman has had a few issues come up, both personal and professional, and he needs our help…
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The creepy thing is I was at that mall on Saturday seeing a movie at the exact same time the shooting happened on Sunday.
Also, it’s rumored that the shooter had mental health problems.

A buddy of mine bought a pack of Topps Opening Day baseball cards the other day and found a couple of celebrities in the Derek Jeter card who probably weren’t there when the photo was taken.
Find Bush and Mickey Mantle in the pic.

Weird, eh?
And of course they know about it, but still…
“We saw it [...]

Yet another sign that we need some new ideas about how to address the issue of drugs in America.
From the AP:
(AP) Cocaine prices in the United States have dropped and the drug’s purity increased, despite years of effort and nearly $5 billion spent by the U.S. government to combat Colombia’s drug industry, the White House [...]

Now the AFP is reporting that over a million people took to the streets to denounce the religification of their government.
Long live secularism.

The NY Times is reporting that tribal and militia leaders have joined forces with the US military in rooting out Al Qaeda in Iraq. Why? Because as much as they may dislike us Al Qaeda has proven itself far worse. I am wondering if they aren’t looking ahead to a time when the US isn’t [...]

The moderates are coming out in the Islamic world and demanding a reformation.
How successful will they be?
From the AP:
ISTANBUL, Turkey –Some 700,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey’s leaders threatened to destroy the country’s modern foundations.
Like the [...]

Interesting…
For decades, researchers have puzzled over why rich northern countries have cancer rates many times higher than those in developing countries � and many have laid the blame on dangerous pollutants spewed out by industry.
But research into vitamin D is suggesting both a plausible answer to this medical puzzle and a heretical notion: that cancers [...]

We kidnap them, “interrogate” them and then find out they did nothing wrong. But then their countries don’t want them anymore.
From the Wash Post:
LONDON — More than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been cleared for release but may have to wait months or years for their freedom because [...]

From the UPI:
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29 (UPI) — A growing number of churches and Christian radio stations say they have a rope to offer to the millions of Americans drowning in debt.
Programs being marketed in church circles offer a mix of budget planning, cost-cutting and debt management bolstered by the Bible, the New York Times [...]

I think it’s quite telling about the human condition that the one person who will most likely destroy thousands of lives and careers in Washington is not a lobbyist or a politician, but somebody who peddled the one thing most people can’t live without.
Personally, aside from hypocrites like Randall Tobias, I don’t think anybody did [...]

I found this tidbit in the latest story about Unity ‘08 by Eleanor Clift…
The site is inviting “Dream Team� submissions, and the founders are briefing potential candidates. Among them: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s pro-gun control and pro-environment, and Nebraska GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel, an antiwar Republican. The founders don’t quite say it, [...]

Sully explains why the numbers of terrorists have climbed.
We have picked a fight with an enemy – on his own turf, with just enough resources to lose and just enough to stir Muslim resentment to create even more terrorists. It has none of the advantages of offense; and none of defense. And we have a [...]