The AP is reporting that the government is gonna give us free TV in four years.
The plan includes subsidizing converter boxes for the average American home.
Patrick Fitzgerald, special prosecutor in the Plame case, has posted a website. The site has the blogosphere in a titter as to whether it will be used to post indictments in the case -- according to a Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post, a spokesman for Fitzgerald told him not to read too much into the new site's timing.
The Flyer takes a look at the Plame situation and "handicaps" the odds of the various types of indictments that could come as early as next week from the grand jury that expires on 10/28/05 and is looking into the case. The Gadfly columnist (in a very Archie Goodwin sort of way) stacks up the "odds" that a particular type of indictment will be brought in the case, including what amounts to a decent summary of the laws involved and a look at the typical sort of thing that people get indicted ... read on »
That's pretty cool...
Hat day, bobblehead day, umbrella day -- the usual baseball promotions might seem a little blah after Saturday, when XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. plans to give an XM-compatible radio to every ticketholder who enters Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field for the first game of the World Series.
I ran across this while researching my new crime history book for Facts on File, and just about cracked up.
AP is reporting that Mr. Delay must report to jail for booking
Has Bush nominated an anti-Roe stealth candidate? Not if he's smart. Wait, let me rephrase that...
Like, oh-my-god, DO I CARE?
I went to The Coast today. In my grown up job I was asked to be part of a group that went down and conducted coping groups with survivors of Katrina.
After the groups we toured Waveland, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, and Gulfport. I say "toured". We drove thru debri laden roads and looked at what was left. It wasn't much of anything. Whole towns. Just gone. Blocks of NOTHING but boards and bizarre piles of mismatched items. Two months later.
According to a piece in U.S. News and World Report, rumors are flying around Washington that Vice President Cheney might resign if "Plamegate" indictments reaches into the V.P.'s office. Further speculation suggests that Bush would nominate Condolezza Rice as Cheney's successor.
In related blogging Raw Story is reporting that Patrick Fitzpatrick, the special prosecutor in the Plame-outing case, has the cooperation of former Cheney and John Bolton aide John Hannah, who may have cut a deal ... read on »
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