Friday Cat Blogging - 25 July 2008
25 Jul 2008 8:15pm GMT FRIDAY CATBLOGGING....I am so glad this week is over. It felt like the Bataan Death March of political campaign imbecility. Schmidt's Sausage Haus! Barack Obama better watch out that he doesn't get too popular! "Surge" means whatever John McCain says...
Yoo-Bybee II
25 Jul 2008 7:35pm GMT YOO-BYBEE II....Yesterday the ACLU finally got hold of the infamous August 2002 "Yoo-Bybee II" memo, which outlines acceptable interrogation techniques for CIA prisoners held outside the U.S. I figure you probably want to know what's kosher and what's not, so...
Viral Smears
25 Jul 2008 5:22pm GMT VIRAL SMEARS....The world obviously moves too fast for me: today, Gregory Stroud emails to tell me that the "TF Wasatch" rumor has been debunked. The what? Who/what is TF Wasatch? Turns out some officer from Task Force Wasatch in Afghanistan...
Journalistic Cliche Watch
25 Jul 2008 4:16pm GMT JOURNALISTIC CLICHE WATCH....My crystal ball at work:July 18, here: "I will offer this free prediction: Either National Review or the Weekly Standard — or both! — will headline their recap of [Obama's] trip, 'The Innocent Abroad.'" July 25, headline of...
Gay Divorce
25 Jul 2008 6:02am GMT GAY DIVORCE....A few days ago I was joking to a friend that now that gay marriage was becoming more widely accepted, the next frontier was gay divorce. Turns out that's no joke if you get married in one state but...