If you live north of Baghdad, in Iraq, not very well at all.
Running Out of Water in Rising Heat
Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation. Water supply has been hit by [...]
Categories: Environment
There’s a line here that’s very close to being broken.
Churches to put their tax status on the line for the GOP?
Federal tax law, as it relates to tax-exempt religious ministries, is pretty clear — houses of worship may not legally intervene in political campaigns, either in support of or opposition to a candidate or a party. Those who violate the law run the risk of losing their tax-exempt status. With some regularity, the IRS reminds [...]
But, a telling one!
Edwards On His Candidate: I Already Voted For Him?
John Edwards appeared on Morning Joe today to talk about the state of the race, which means he spent most of his time defending questions about why he has not endorsed yet. But a few people are saying he slipped in his stonewalling, accidentally suggesting that he voted for Obama. Edwards acknowledged that he voted in the North Carolina primary, and that he would likely support that candidate. He then said, [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Edwards · Obama
Number 18. And, yes, she lives here in Arkansas.
Happy Mother’s Day, Woman Pregnat with 18th Child
It’s a happy Mother’s Day for an Arkansas woman – she’s pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Sure would make for some interesting reading!
Federal judge orders CIA to turn over 2002 torture memo for review.
In an “unusual” move, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of New York yesterday ordered the CIA “to submit to the court a 2002 memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists held abroad.” Hellerstein will “determine whether it should be made public pursuant” to a FOIA lawsuit brought by the ACLU [...]
Categories: Torture · Waterboarding
According to Dick Cheney.
Cheney defends economy (“remains the envy of the world”)
In Northeast Philadelphia Thursday morning, Vice President Dick Cheney said that America’s economy “remains the envy of the world,” and that a recent economic “slowdown” could have been much worse without President Bush’s economic policies. Cheney said that because of [...]
Categories: Bush Administration · Economy
The power of the pulpit. And the leaders who give religion a bad name.
While others in the media have played snippets of Rev. Wright’s sermons over and over to call into question Barack Obama for his association with his pastor, they’ve remained conspicuously silent on the statements of conservative Christian leaders John Hagee, Jerry Falwell and Rod Parsley. As I’ve blogged many times before, the snippets of Wright’s [...]
Categories: Religion
I have to admit, it’s tough to come up with an explanation of how this was NOT a dirty deal. Really.
And yes, we’re going to blog every single sleazy deal McCain has made
Hillary Clinton and the press may be determined to give John McCain a free ride to the White House, but we aren’t. “Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers. Initially reluctant to support the swap, [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · McCain
TGIF, my friends. TGIF. This has been one hectic week, with evening events the past three nights! That’s why posts are going up a bit later than usual tonight and probably will be a bit fewer in number.
Oh, did I mention that I’m tired? At least the final event of the week is behind us, and it was quite fun. We spent a couple of hours at “Cheese and Quackers”, a benefit for Special Olympics, sponsored by KTHV, the television station where our daughter produces the noon news. The “Quackers” reference is to the plastic ducks that were pulled from the pond at the Peabody Hotel to determine prize winners. The Peabody Hotels have a long-standing tradition of parading live ducks to and from a pond in the lobby, much to the delight of big crowds of children (and adults!) It’s really quite amazing. They ride the elevator from the rooftop home to the lobby, then march right around the corner, up a little ramp and into the pond!
In the blogosphere this evening, there’s a bit of a faceoff among bloggers who usually find themselves on the same side of most issues. The topic is Hillary Clinton. More specifically, whether her only possible shot at the nomination is reasonable and right.
Dear Jeralyn, Armando (Big Tent Democrat), Jerome Armstrong, Taylor Marsh, etc.: I’m confused about something. You all keep saying that it is vitally important that we count every vote before determining who the nominee should be. It’s a fine principle, and one that is familiar to all Democrats from the last two presidential elections. So, if we agree to count all the votes from Michigan and Florida and to seat all the delegates based on those votes, and Hillary Clinton is still behind in the pledged delegates (as she would [... ]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
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