Archive for December 2004

Daily Kos’d.

In Geek, Politics, Virginia Politics on 31 December 2004 with 8 comments

I made the front page of Daily Kos. (That’s my uncredited “lengthy and illuminative comment.”)
So begins the national discussion of Virginia Democrats and the ‘05 race.

Valentine Michael Smith.

In Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Personal on 31 December 2004 with Comments Off

It’s strange being back in Charlottesville, it now being nearly two weeks since I moved back from Blacksburg, completing my 16 months there. I’m so used to not being in Charlottesville that moving back not to downtown, but just outside of town, has resulted in my spending all of my time at home: chopping [...]

Paging Dr. Bob Marshall.

In Virginia Politics on 31 December 2004 with Comments Off

If there’s one thing that batshit-crazy Delegate Bob Marshall can always be counted on for, it’s to make shit up. From the AP:
Marshall will also push legislation that would hold colleges that distribute the morning after pill liable for any health complications the woman taking it might encounter.
“You give a woman a month’s [...]

In ShortLinks on 31 December 2004 with Comments Off

Juan Cole: The names of the Iraqi presidential candidates are a secret. Let freedom reign!

This is how it ends.

In General, Politics on 31 December 2004 with Comments Off

I’ve seen a lot of grumbling among my fellow progressives about the complete loss of ethics among Republicans in the U.S. House. First the slap on the wrist that DeLay got for vote-buying a few months ago, and then this week’s news that Hastert is yanking the Republican head of the Ethics Committee and [...]

In ShortLinks on 31 December 2004 with Comments Off

AP: Fallujah destroyed, uninhabitable, and now abandoned by its former residents, leaving 200,000 Iraqis homeless. How they must cherish their freedom.

In ShortLinks on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

Newsweek: Desmond Tutu says that Bush’s U.S. looks more and more like apartheid-era South Africa.

In ShortLinks on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

Omaha World-Herald: Man commits suicide by chainsaw.

Divided VA Republicans begin civil war.

In Virginia Politics on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

The first blows have been struck in what may be a years-long civil war between the sane and insane factions of the Virginia Republican Party:
A leader of Republican lawmakers who broke with the party to support tax increases this year has been yanked off a prestigious legislative committee.
Del. L. Preston Bryant Jr., R-Lynchburg, said Wednesday [...]

In ShortLinks on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

My first connection to the tsunami — a friend’s cousin died, aunt is missing.

The Trans-Texas Corridor Project.

In General on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

In Texas — because everything’s stupider down that way — the governor has proposed “The Trans-Texas Corridor Project”, which would be a 4,000 mile highway a quarter mile wide, costing $175B and taking 50 years to build.
Proving anew that everything’s big in Texas, they would be megahighways — corridors up to a quarter-mile across, consisting [...]

In ShortLinks on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

Power Line: Any reporter who writes about Iraq is a terrorist-loving traitor Frenchie pinko.

In ShortLinks on 30 December 2004 with Comments Off

Pandagon: Can The Pentagon be the ‘08 Democratic candidate for president?

In ShortLinks on 29 December 2004 with Comments Off

Well-written, interesting new blog: Virginia Politics News. Another Virginia political blogger — great!

In ShortLinks on 29 December 2004 with Comments Off

EW: Agreeing with me, names Grey Album best of the year.

In ShortLinks on 29 December 2004 with Comments Off

WP: Bush squanders yet another opportunity to do good and improve America’s image.

Commonwealth Conservative: On “flip-flopping,” loaded linguistics, and the Virginia governor’s race.

In ShortLinks on 29 December 2004 with Comments Off

http://vaconservative.com/archives/2004/12/28/kaine-already-flip-flopping/

In ShortLinks on 29 December 2004 with Comments Off

WP: Michael Dobbs’ first-hand account of swimming off the coast of Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit.

In ShortLinks on 28 December 2004 with Comments Off

How to fix your mother’s Windows machine when visiting.

Ed Lynch continues to have a column.

In Virginia Politics on 28 December 2004 with 1 comment

Roanoke Times columnist Ed Lynch redefines “conception”:
[Virginia Senator John Edwards] co-patroned a bill last year, continued to 2005, to stipulate that contraception may not be considered abortion. In most cases, the two processes are indeed different, but the bill (SB456) to which Edwards puts his name includes as contraception a “process, devise or method [to [...]