Daily Archives: March 16, 2004

Ye shall know us by our photo ops

Ezra is hopping up and down about the following passage in this Time article: Administration sources tell TIME that employees at the Department of Homeland Security have been asked to keep their eyes open for opportunities to pose the President … Continue reading Continue reading

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“Clams got agendas!”

I skip over the “BC” comic strip in the Chron, as it ceased being funny to me awhile back. (It really was pretty damn funny before it became so didactic. Find an old collection from the 60s or early 70s … Continue reading Continue reading

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More TRMPAC noise

In response to some Republican whinging, Travis County DA Ronnie Earle released a bunch of documents on Friday related to his grand jury investigation of TAB and TRM. Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle on Friday denied accusations that he … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hoops contest

Retrogrouch over at Barefoot and Naked is running an NCAA Tournament contest, which he’s opening up to bloggers and blog readers. I’ve filled out my bracket, which was ridiculously easy to do within the Yahoo! group. (I used to run … Continue reading Continue reading

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Light sentence for Lea Fastow

The Enron federal prosecutors have asked the judge to give Lea Fastow a five-month sentence as they had promised in return for hubby Andy’s testimony. Enron Task Force prosecutors Linda Lacewell and Andrew Weissmann filed objections to the pre-sentence investigation … Continue reading Continue reading

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Three cheers for Tony Knowles

Kos shows us how a principled progressive can do the right thing on divisive issues. Let’s hear it for Tony Knowles, the future junior Senator from Alaska. Atrios says it best: There’s one thing I think many Democrats have forgotten … Continue reading Continue reading

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