jail to the thief

GINAUGURATION
* the speech was chilling. evil cometh. this way and that.

* lacerates for democracy. lacerates for people.

* oreilly is doing a bit with tonysnow on the protestors - they are laughing about the gassing of the protestors - complete with funny footage

WAR
* sy hersh on demnow
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/18/1447252

* arent we due for some simultaneity somewhere?

* rice is still dissembling on torture - she ketp saying 'we dont
like torture. in abugrahib' - which seemed specifically designed to
keep the door open that torture elsewhere was totally ok ('enemy
combatants' et al).

* " Condi's notion that the US cannot afford to let failed states
fester is something that could be debated. But Iraq was not a
failed state in 2002. If anything Condi Rice has helped turn Iraq
into a failed state. If it is undesirable for the US to let failed
states fester, surely it is even more undesirable for the US to use
false pretences to turn countries into failed states. She either
doesn't get it, or doesn't have the elemental courage and integrity
to admit that she was wrong. "
http://www.juancole.com/2005/01/al-abbudi-sistani-endorses-united.html

* "The poll found that the percentage of Americans who believed the
situation in Iraq was "worth going to war over" had sunk to a new
low of 39%. When the same question was asked in a similar poll in
October, 44% said it had been worth going to war." cwly?
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/timespoll/la-na-iraqpoll19jan19,1,3970423.story?coll=la-news-times_poll&ctrack=1&cset=true

* "Cheney, interviewed hours before he took the oath of office for his second term, also said that Iran now tops the list of “the world’s potential trouble spots.”" many others would name America... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847667/

VOTE
* NEP releases a report - pdf here http://www.exit-poll.net/election-night/EvaluationJan192005.pdf - i havent had a close look at it - it seems to offer a laundrylist - none of which seems convincing at first glance. they released the document on the eve before the inauguration, without much warning - which seems to cast suspicion on it already. here's mysterypollsters early take http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2005/01/impressions_on_.html


AMDOM
* "Rep. Conyers' Letter to Ohio Attorney General: Sanctioning of Lawyers Involved with Ohio Election Challenge is a "selective and partisan misuse of your legal authority."" first they came for the lawyers... http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/05/01/ale05018.html

* "Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael Chertoff’s ties to the financiers of the Sept. 11 attacks may prevent his confirmation as Homeland Security Chief." apparently theres a problem with that - but goss got a new job. among others. http://www.universitystar.com/main/article.php?aid=1236

* rice and gonzales confirmations delayed.


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