AP Wiretap Story just got serious

Remember that the AP had it’s phone records grabbed without them being told, because the revealed a terror plot? Well, fair enough you say – if they compromised an ongoing investigation they should be investigated for possible breaches of the law. Well, here’s the thing: there was no compromise of an investigation. See, the AP was negotiating with the US…

Guess who?

Guess who the owner of this magazine donates to.

Obama’s Community Organiser Experience

Michelle Malkin makes some good points about what was said by Republicans at the convention about Obama’s community organizer experience. Point 1: No one is mocking real community organisers, just pointing out that that job is hardly good experience to move into the White House on. Let me clarify something. Nobody is mocking community organizers…

About that 200,000 figure…

…at Obama’s German rally – it seems it’s not quite what is being reported locally. Barely five minutes before the speech was supposed to start, ZDF Berlin studio chief Peter Frey added, “We do estimate that 20,000 [literally, “a couple of ten thousand”] people have turned out.” Frey’s tone, like that of Gelhard, reflected the…

Obama is King

I had a conversation with some non-political types a few weeks ago, and they wondered why there was no coverage of Republican candidates. I told them I though it’d get better after the Dems decided their candidate. How. For years Chris Matthews has been proclaiming defeat in Iraq, on an almost nightly basis, on “Hardball”…

God Who?

Hm, seems if you search a certain prominent book seller’s site for “God” you end up with a rather “audacious” result. For Pete’s sake people, he’s not exactly walking on water!