Monthly Archives: July 2006

Spy in the Spotlight

Click Image to Enlarge. Unwilling to give up the spotlight, secret agent woman Valerie Plame and her husband, Joe Wilson, are frog marching Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Scooter Libby into civil court for blowing her cover. A Time/CNN report … Continue reading

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Measured response

Click Image to Enlarge. Israel seems hellbent on destroying Hezbollah.  The western powers say, "take a deep breath and count to ten, or ten million." David Ignatius of the Washington Post thinks Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah  invited the counterattack knowing … Continue reading

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Hamas Hezbollah Hell

Click Image to Enlarge. Israel is shellacking Lebanon in pursuit of the bad guys.  The Jerusalem Post frets that Israel may be playing into Hezbollah's hands by radicalizing Lebanon's weak democracy. In today's New York Times (on-line subscription required), Tom … Continue reading

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Lay to Rest

Click Image to Enlarge. A memorial service was held for Ken Lay yesterday in Houston, the same city where he was convicted 6 weeks ago.  He insisted on his innocence then.  Evidently he's had the last word.  If a defendant … Continue reading

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Bevis and Headbutt

Click Image to Enlarge. Frenchman, Zinedine Zidane, responded to an insult from Italian, Marco Materazzi, with a common soccer move… the header. According to Reuters, World Cup ratings in the U.S. tripled from 2002 to 12 million viewers.  Meanwhile, a … Continue reading

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Test Launch

Click Image to Enlarge. I'm back.  I've been on vacation and forgot to have someone take in the blog.  Sorry it's looking a bit untended. After a relaxing 2 weeks away from the news it was  comforting in a weird … Continue reading

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