CPAC Kids

On the train back from DC today there were a bunch of people returning home from the CPAC conference. All the guys either looked like Jonah Goldberg or Ben Shapiro or some sort of weird Jonah Golberg/Ben Shapiro hybrid monster.

Evening Thread

Enjoy.

Open Thread

Light posting today. On the road...

Fun at CPAC

You know, even I still get astounded when this stuff gets said, not by the mouth-breathing peanut gallery, but by a sitting Congressman of the United States;

"America's Operation Iraqi Freedom is still producing shock and awe, this time among the blame-America-first crowd," he crowed. Then he said, "We continue to discover biological and chemical weapons and facilities to make them inside Iraq." Apparently, most of the hundreds of people in attendance already knew about these remarkable, hitherto-unreported discoveries, because no one gasped at this startling revelation.

That would be Chris Cox.

Morning Thread

Have fun.

Late Night

Have fun

Open thread.

Olbermann is good, too.

JimmyJeff on Anderson Cooper

At 7.


E&P interviews here...

Friday Cat Blogging

Summers

Haven't had the time to comment on this, but I will say that Summers actual remarks were far far worse than they were portrayed in most of the press coverage. I think professor b makes a pretty good start...


and, no, trolls, this is not about a liberal unwillingness to accept even the possibility that there are any genetic causes of differences in male/female outcomes. But, that won't stop you from pretending that it is...

One more thing, as someone who has spent a decent amount of time in academia, I'd like to say that anyone who can't see that there is substantial discrimination that adversely affects women at all levels - how they're treated in the classroom, to their treatment by graduate school advisors, hiring, evaluation, promotion, etc... is just blind. And, no, I'm not saying it's because there are a million extreme male misogynists running around - a lot of it is subtle and some of it even comes from other women - but, added all up it amounts to a pretty big additional hurdle for women.

That Liberal Media

How liberal is CBS? Not at all.

CBS & Gannon

One of Gannon's "scoops" was that CBS producer Mary Mapes was the person who had originally received the documents.

One wonders how JimmyJeff knew that.

Fascinating...

Social Insecurity

Given what Josh Marshall has been covering, it's pretty clear that the plan of a lot of Republicans is to essentially lie about their opposition to Bush's privatization plan and then turn around and vote for it.

I Get Letters

Dear Bob,

Come visit with Senator Santorum! Please join your neighbors, local community leaders, and Senator Santorum for a town hall meeting on February 22, and bring along your family and friends. This is an exciting opportunity for you to hear directly from Senator Santorum on Social Security and find out how you can help.

What: Senator Santorum's Town Hall Meeting


When: Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


Where: Widener University
University Center - Webb Room
One University Place
14th Street, between Walnut and Melrose
Chester, PA 19013

Take Action Now!

Prepare for Senator Santorum's visit by signing the Social Security petition, by sending a letter to your local paper about Senator Santorum's discussion on Social Security and by making calls to local talk radio stations. Also, recruit more of your peers to join the GOP Team to build support for President Bush and our Party. The time is now to work together as the President and Republicans in Congress work to build a better America.

Yo Mama

Fafblog provides expert legal analysis of what constitutes treason.

(via Crooked Timber)

Tidbits

It appears Gannon had access to a lot of insider information, and liked to blab.

Wanker of the Day

Stephen Minarik.

33

Happy birthday to me.

Open Thread

Have fun.

Tomorrow we'll talk about Howie Kurtz's coverage of the Dick Morris hooker scandal...

Gannon's "hard pass"

The Raw Story talks about whether the pass that Gannon is wearing in video stills is a the famed "hard pass." His sources say they don't think it is. I've been told that some of his "colleagues" think that he made a fake hard pass - not one to fool security, but one which looked enough like one so that he could appear to be one of the "in" crowd.