Citizen Journalists
Tonight, Bithead shares some thoughts resulting from this story by James Joyner at Outside The Beltway. Various questions can be pulled out of the discussion, and James makes it clear that Fowler (a blogger), who attended the fundraiser where Obama talked about...
Obama In An Alternate Universe…
The following is a work of fiction and political satire. None of this is true. However, if you have a sensitive stomach, or are a Liberal, or just don’t get most jokes you hear, you may want to avoid reading this piece. But you are welcome to anyhow. Barack...Wall Street Journal – Change Is Slow
In this morning’s print edition of the WSJ, was the story that Marcus Brauchli has stepped down as Managing Editor. Said Brauchli: “Now that the ownership transition has taken place, I have come to believe the new owners should have a managing editor of...AT&T Profits Mean We Must Be In A Recession
AT&T this morning reports an increase in quarterly profit. From the Reuters story: AT&T’s first-quarter profit rose to $3.46 billion, or 57 cents per share, from $2.85 billion, or 45 cents a share in the same quarter a year earlier. The positive report...Republican 3rd District Convention (Iowa)
Thanks to Bithead for holding down the fort this weekend! My schedule was crazy and having a quality guest like Bit fill in for me is like going to McDonald’s, ordering a Big Mac and getting Prime Rib! Go visit him at BitsBlog. Needless to say, I’ve got a...It’s been a pleasure….
A tip of Bits Ballcap to Art Smith, for letting me sit in for a couple days, while he tended to other matters. Hope I’ve managed to give you something new to think about. I’ll be back, I’m quite sure. Meanwhile, of course, you can find me, along with...Sadr, doing Iran’s bidding, but for how long?
Karl at Protein Wisdom: With the Iraqi Army defeating Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra, the L.A. Times has moved on to tell its readers how terrible things might get in Najaf. Buried in the middle of the piece, however, is a bit about the battle for Basra: This...
The Writer’s strike; An example of Unions
Over at OTB, James has noted that TV watching just isn’t the same. He notes an AdAge article: Just because your favorite dramas and comedies are back on the air after the writers strike doesn’t mean you’re necessarily watching them. A preliminary look at...You mean my tank of gas isn’t dear departed Dino?
Says Billy Beck: “Yet in recent years Russia has quietly become the world’s top producer of oil, in part by drilling wells as deep as 40,000 feet — far below the graveyards of T-Rex and his Mesozoic buddies.” No matter what else about this...Stay in Touch
