Pacific Views

I Wasn't Kidding About The Sleeplessness

Though I wish it had turned out that I had been. Oh well, I guess I'll be awake for sure this time tomorrow anyway. So what's good reading today...?

President Bush is starting to like the sound of this whole multilateralism thing, as long as it means that countries we told to take a long walk are willing to offer troops to his war effort without getting any say in the execution of their mission.

I'd describe myself as being extremely concerned about the environment, but it is not okay to set other people's SUVs on fire. If you want to burn one of the things, buy your own, and don't expect your insurance to help you out after. Twits.

Gray Davis gets some unexpected good news after a successful fundraising campaign which puts him in the financial lead: support for the recall is falling among Californians.

After a series of embarassing insults, Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi was to have a meeting of reconciliation with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. He canceled.

Highly damaging emails have come out of Tony Blair's office as evidence is being presented in the inquiry into the death of Dr. David Kelly. This quote was well worth repeating:

..."Much of the evidence we have is largely circumstantial so we need to convey to our readers that the cumulation of these facts demonstrates an intent on Saddam's part - the more they can be led to this conclusion themselves rather than have to accept judgments from us, the better." ...

Magpie talks about the first round of the Franken v. Fox dustup, and just below that is a pointer to a good article about Ashcroft and the legislative terrors that are the VICTORY and PATRIOT acts from a source that most people don't check very often.

To those who think that Iranians have forgotten about that whole coup thing, where their own democratically elected leadership was overthrown 50 years ago, I'd like to say that they are woefully mistaken.

The Sideshow has a good roundup of some of the strange things that have been happening lately.

Body and Soul has a great piece on Christians in the media, and contrasts the sort of wingnuts we hear from these days with the message of someone like Rev. Martin Luther King. There are indeed, plenty of very sane and wonderful Christian scholars and religious leaders out there, but apparently network executives really dig Jerry Falwell and his ilk.

Tristero has a great visual of the blackout from space, and just below that, a pointer to an incredible article about a few widows of 9-11 who want some straight answers.

Pfaffenblog has a post on the shaky grounds for the deaths of Hussein's sons, more about the serious violations involved the White House treatment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson, and more gruesome tidbits about the Cheney Energy Commission.

PLA continues an informative series of posts on tort reform.

Pandagon deftly demolishes a standard conservative strawman, explaining that yes, money must be paid for goods and services. Even the ones we need the government to provide.

Calpundit notes that the Bush administration is erroneously trying to take credit for the increased salmon population.

Ampersand has a great eclectic roundup of interesting stories.

Sisyphus talks about right wing blogger Tacitus' response to those who cheered the UN bombing, which I guess is a good example of why so many lefty bloggers link to Tacitus.

Billmon puts out another excellent, though brief, series of telling presidential quotes.

David Pollard explores some ideas for restoring civil society in America.

And that wraps up this morning's playtime for me. Wish me luck.

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