Remember a few days ago I wrote a few posts batting around The National Review’s Marc Thiessen for his hapless attempt to explain why “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s case was any different from Xmas bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. This morning when I was at the playground with my family I noticed that Karl Rove had flagged for me on Twitter that Thiessen had responded with yet another rejoinder. Read More
Wire reports say that a 28-year-old axe-wielding Somali national was shot and arrested after trying to break into the home of Danish editorial cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
Westergard is the man who drew the famous/infamous Mohammad cartoons that caused an uproar in 2006.
Late Update: The man who was shot and arrested was apparently one of three assailants.
A knowledgeable friend tells us this is a good blog for following events in Yemen.
The TSA just released the following statement on updated, permanent security measures, effective tomorrow … Read More
Zack Roth reports on the woman Sir Allen Stanford used to keep the press off his trail for at least a decade.
House Democratic leaders are back in DC early from the holidays trying to hammer out the contours of the health care bill. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
In an otherworldly exchange yesterday on Fox News, Brit Hume declared that Tiger Woods’ only shot at “total recovery” is to convert from Buddhism to Christianity. Watch.
Brian Beutler has the latest on heath care reform developments, including Democrats’ plans to bypass conference committee altogether.
As we start ramping up our 2010 election coverage, we’re paying close attention to races where Republicans have a good shot at knocking off a Democratic incumbent but have an intra-party conflict pitting somewhat moderate GOPers against the Tea Party/Club for Growth right. Virginia’s 5th CD is shaping up as a really good example. There State Senator Robert Hurt (R-VA) just got religion and signed Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge to shore up his right, despite the fact that Hurt was once one of Norquist’s targeted ‘moderates’.