John Burns takes the media to task on Iraq. Says that the media sold out the Iraqi people for access. Via The Corner.
Bruce Ackerman, a normally liberal Yale law prof, is also unhappy with the 9th Circuit. So is Debra Saunders. (Via How Appealing)
Let's Start A War! Start a Nuclear War! Porphyrogenitus takes a walk down memory lane, to a magical time when a now-presidential candidate damn near started a nuclear war.
Cato and Misha I dump on Clark too, while Just One Minute rips Clark's CNN analysis on Iraq to shreds.
One Hand Clapping covers Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Imago Veritatis has an interesting critique of a new Religious Freedom Declaration.
Siflay Hraka hosts the Carnival of the Vanities, where the best new bloggers post their best entries! For the record, I'm going to send around my M. Moisi fisking. Cuz bloggers all hate the french.
When in doubt, whip it out. A warrant, that is. LawMeme reports on an interesting case from Washington state upholding police use of a GPS tracking device attached to a murder suspect's car. The judge said that this would require a warrant, and since the police had one, the murder suspect (who was suspected of killing his own daughter) had his conviction upheld. Even the ACLU is happy. Would that every case turns out this well. And all because some police officer was smart enough to say "y'know... I'm not sure we can do this. Let's go ask a judge." Officer, whoever you are, Kudos.
Matrix Essays believes the Matrix could work as an urban planning strategy. No commuting, fewer resources consumed, even recycling (never mind that it's recyling PEOPLE!) I can see it now: treehuggers saying "So what if you spend your life in a tank of pink goo with fiber optics screwed into your head? We all need to do our part to save the planet!"
A Small Victory reports that Pat Robertson is trying to use prayer to keep Hurricane Isabel away from the East coast. Uh, Pat? Prayer is good. Getting the FUCK OUT OF THE WAY of the hurricane is better. Now, I happen to be a fairly religious person, but it wouldn't surprise me if God was intentionally steering this thing right towards Virginia beach just to teach this asshat a lesson about not saying really stupid things in God's name.
Baldilocks notes that the suspect in the murder of Venus & Serena Williams' older sister is a Crip. A White Crip. Proof positive that stupidity knows no racial boundaries. (Kinda puts Eminem in perspective, too, don't it?)
And finally, from the "No Shit, Sherlock" files: Saudi Arabian donations account for 50% of Hamas' budget. And these people are our allies...why?
Posted by Thief at September 17, 2003 12:13 PM