Gratuitous Video Feed
Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie present a behind-the-scenes look at the editing of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
That Was Then
The director of White House Security dropped a little bombshell today in testimony before Congress. Despite all those assurances four years ago that he would get to the bottom of the Plame leak, Bush never began a probe. Never. Da Prez has such contempt for us that he couldn’t even be bothered to fake one.
REP. [...]
It Can Happen Here
Talk radio host Jerry Klein performed an on-air psychological experiment (watch the video at Crooks & Liars) last year, proposing to his DC-area audience that Muslims in America be forced to wear identifying marks. The response, admittedly from a few sad and broken individuals, was horrifying:
Klein doesn’t believe that. But he was trying to show [...]
Add It to the List
It appears that the Bush White House also stands in violation of the Presidential Records Act, which manadates the archiving of official communication:
Washington, DC – In light of e-mails released by the House Judiciary Committee this week in response to the on-going U.S. Attorney firing scandal, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent [...]
US Attorney Purge Timeline
TPM is putting together a timeline of events surrounding the appointments and firings of eight US attorneys.
September 17, 2006
Kyle Sampson emails to Harriet Miers a second list recommending nine US Attorneys to be replaced. David Iglesias is not included as an attorney to be replaced.
Regarding US Attorney Bud Cummins (AK), Sampson writes that he [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I’ll not serve him, he is not valiant.” —The Tempest, 3.2.22-23
