+Vote!
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Advisory : This post is ridiculously long. Read it or don't, just please don't complain about its length in the comments. ------------------------------------------- Backdrop Some time has passed since I wrote " the Eggers piece " and, as you might have noticed, i haven't commented on it since then. There's a simple reason for that: I said what I had to say. That chaper is done. However, with those...
+Vote!
Illinois Reason (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Greg Sargent at TPM notes Sen. McCain’s inherent contradiction in now claiming that the surge began before the surge actually began. Mac’s time-bending comments come following his major flub on the recent history of the Iraq War (a flub conveniently covered up by CBS News’ editing team). From Mr. Sargent: …this afternoon John McCain pushed [...]
+Vote!
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Running back Brian Westbrook and cornerback Lito Sheppard reported to Philadelphia Eagles training camp Thursday amid speculation that one or both might hold out due to a contract dispute.
+Vote!
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Swarms of annoying gnats were swatted away by the Eagles' veterans as they checked into their dormitory rooms late yesterday afternoon at Lehigh University.
+Vote!
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Andy Reid declared this week that it sure would be nice to have a training camp without distractions.
+Vote!
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - For one day, Lito Sheppard was the second coming of the Silent Storm. Silent, because on a day when Brian Westbrook and Shawn Andrews made noisy news, Sheppard slipped quietly into the Eagles' training camp.
+Vote!
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The latest stops in his Mideast tour included the rocket-besieged Israeli town of Sderot and the West Bank town of Ramallah.
+Vote!
Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The difference a day makes: Assures Palestinians his declaration to Jewish group was 'misunderstanding' By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily RAMALLAH, West Bank – In a meeting here today, Sen. Barack Obama assured the Palestinians he supports a "negotiated settlement" that may grant the Palestinian Authority control over sections of Jerusalem, a senior PA official who took part in the meeting told WND....
+Vote!
Colin McEnroe | To Wit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reagan operative Michael Deaver once described his job as filling the space around the president's head. That is: the manipulation of visual settings to enhance his employer's stature and gravitas. I just heard an MSNBC commentator talk about the see-sawing of...
+Vote!
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | yesterday
Perhaps it’s no surprise to any of you who endure Friday Buzzkills week after week, but I’m something of a fatalist. And as...
+Vote!
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007. He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a super market that, what the Bush administration calls "the surge" was actually "made up of a number...
+Vote!
Yourish.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today Nicholas Kristof pleads for Tough love for Israel? Before he gets to his conclusion though he writes: Granted, not everybody sees things this way, and discussions of the Middle East usually involve each side offering up its strongest arguments to wrestle with the straw men of the other side. So let me try something different. Then [...]
+Vote!
UncommonSense (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, in a desperate attempt to recover from what would have been a candidacy-ending gaffe had Barack Obama or any other Democrat made it, John McCain redefined "The Surge" to include any counterinsurgency action taken during the Iraq occupation. That is not an exaggeration. It is actually painful to watch. Olbermann let the entire explanation roll. It begins at 02:54 in the clip.
