A massive armed attack – with mortars, suicide bombs and car bombs – has successfully freed hundreds of inmates, reportedly many al Qaida militants, from Abu Ghraib prison.
Bizarro fairyland country decides helpless newborn infant will be future head of state.
“Irene McCormack came forward publicly Monday, saying that Filner had asked her to work without wearing underwear, demanded kisses and repeatedly dragged her around in a headlock while whispering sexual advances.”
Maybe I’m just old school but doesn’t the dragging around in a headlock while whispering sex talk maybe get you from harassment to assault?
Eliot Spitzer’s campaign has just released its ‘apology’ ad – I assume I don’t have to explain what that means. Given the material he’s got to work with, it strikes me as a pretty good ad on a few different levels. His campaign says it’ll go into broadcast rotation “over the coming days.” Read More
From TPM Reader PJ …
One really interesting part of this Nate Silver move to ESPN is that it showcases how sports journalism culture has had to become a lot more friendly to analytic work than traditional reporting. That is, the fight to supplement/edit conventional wisdom with statistics has already been fought with a lot more editors and higher ups in the sports journalism industry. So while Silver’s electoral work may be what people most value right now, the ESPN culture (which has done a pretty good job of bringing in statistically minded folks on its website, even though Rob Neyer and John Hollinger are now both gone) is probably more suitable for his particular brand of challenging conventional wisdom.
Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn, declares herself a candidate for Senate.
Like that woman on CNN yesterday, Tina Brown lauds Kate Middleton for doing the “perfect thing” by draw the boy card on her first try.
With all the brouhaha and angst about Nate Silver, his departure from the New York Times and whatever effect he’s had on traditional journalism, I wanted to add a few points about just what he’s good at. There’s a great deal of focus on Silver’s final predictions going into election night. But while those were pretty much dead-on, they weren’t that remarkable. Read More
French lawmaker struggles to explain why he told group of Gypsies that “maybe Hitler didn’t kill enough” gypsies comment.
More evidence that Liz Cheney’s plan to enter the senate is destined for crushing failure. Which would sort of put it in the tradition of recent family endeavors.