Monthly Archives: July 2008
Baseball: The Red Sox unloading Manny Ramirez?
Manny Ramirez going to the Florida Marlins?; if the trade is made the Red Sox will get Jason Bay. If he replaces Ramirez, Bay will bring speed, defense, a better than average arm, and youth (he’s 29) to the Sox. … Continue reading
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Sunday Nite reads
Will our acting president (Frank Rich calls him that) become our permanent one (Tom Edsall wonders)? Read this NYT article on dermatologists. Not because it is all that interesting, but what is going on with dermatologists may unfortunately be a … Continue reading
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Mike Mukasey’s tenure as Attorney General is reviewed by the New York Times…
And their reviews are not all that good. First some excerpts: When President Bush tapped Michael B. Mukasey to lead the scandal-plagued Justice Department nine months ago, Senator Charles E. Schumer could not say enough good things about his fellow … Continue reading
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President Bush asserts executive privilege rather than turn over Cheney’s FBI interview regarding Valerie Plame
President Bush today asserted executive privilege rather than turn over to Congress the FBI interview of Vice President Cheney as to what he knew about the leaking by his Cheney’s own chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and other … Continue reading
Rep. John Lewis faces first primary challenge in decades tomorrow morning…
John Lewis, the legendary civil right leader, is facing his first serious primary challenge in the morning. Extraordinary that nobody has really payed much attention to this. Aside from the primary challenge, that Lewis is facing a challenge at all … Continue reading
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District Attorney subpoenas blog, but won’t say why
This is bone chilling: There is no better way to get a blogger talking than by telling him what he cannot publish — although you might forgive a government prosecutor for thinking otherwise. A grand jury subpoena sent by prosecutors … Continue reading
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Sunday night/Monday morning reads
Jack Reed as Veep? Jonathan Cohn has reservations because Reed didn’t do well on one of the Sunday Morning talk shows. Jonathan, who is a nice guy and good writer, should not turn into a Washington insider type so young. … Continue reading
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