Juan Cole has a long post up in which he analyzes the somewhat sketchy information available about the process of choosing a candidate for PM of the Iraqi Assembly. Rather surprisingly, Ahmed Chalabi is still announcing to anyone who will listen that he has the votes...
I think Jonathan Schwarz of A Tiny Revolution has figured out the answer to The Great Perfume Atomizer Mystery.
Radley Balko, one of the "credentialed bloggers" at CPAC (CPAC stands for Bush Cult-now you know) writes in response to Yglesias and Atrios expressing "alarm" over a speech given by Rep. Chris Cox. Cox's remarks seem to indicate that he suffers under the Fox Delusion...
Quotable - Tom Knapp: Has it occurred to anyone that George W. Bush appointing a "national intelligence director" is sort of like Larry Flynt appointing a "national abstinence czar?"
Manadel al-Jamadi Today, we have a new term to add to our ever-growing torture vocabulary list along with strappado and waterboarding. It's a technique called "Palestinian hanging," not because Palestinians do it, but because Palestinians are hung that way by...
James Bovard points out that Porter Goss Hates America:"The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become a cause for extremists," CIA director Porter Goss told a congressional committee yesterday. “ Goss warned: “Islamic extremists are exploiting the...
Kevin Carson comes out in favor of torture "under certain limited circumstances." I'm afraid Condi isn't going to like his proposal.
There's much speculation going on about the selection of the Prime Minister of the Shiite and Kurdish National Assembly. A couple of items to remember. Parties have three days after election ballots are released to challenge the results. Al Jazeera reports today that...
I had no idea the war was going this badly. The Editors take us right into the bloody trenches of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders with this action-packed report from the home front:BLOGOSPHERE (Reuters) - Declining rates of reenlistment among right-wing pundits is...
Juan Cole has worked out some numbers for seats by party: United Iraqi Alliance (Shiite): 133 seats Kurdish Alliance: 71 Iraqiya (Allawi = Secular Shiites) 38 Iraqiyyun (al-Yawir= Sunni Arabs) 5 Turkmen Front of Iraq 3 Cadres and the Chosen (Sadrist Shiites) 3...
