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D.C. Rumormill: Cheney May Resign, Condi Move Up

According to a piece in U.S. News and World Report, rumors are flying around Washington that Vice President Cheney might resign if "Plamegate" indictments reaches into the V.P.'s office. Further speculation suggests that Bush would nominate Condolezza Rice as Cheney's successor.

China Ups its Space Program

According to CNN, the Chinese sent a manned spacecraft into orbit and brought it back safely on Monday, calling it a victory for the Communist Party in China and saying that it completed the first phase of their space program's plan to prove that China could compete in the global scientific community.

Radical Right Targets Girl Empowerment Effort

Oct. 14, 2005—AP is reporting that the Tupelo wingnuts are at it again:

What They Think About Us At DailyKos

Here's the all-important light-up-the-phone-lines nut graf:

Today finds a 'recommended' diary over at DailyKos, about a visitor to our lovely state and his "blue state" reactions to the people he encounters when he's working on Katrina relief in and around Laurel, Miss.

Harriett Miers Supported Ban on Most Abortions

AP is reporting:

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged support in 1989 for a constitutional amendment banning abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother, according to material given to the Senate on Tuesday.

Begging for Autonomy

The one who seeketh after credibility shall not find it.

Hitchcock was SO RIGHT to be scared to death of them…

I must share the trauma.

Business Week writes the scariest thing I've ever read about the Bird Flu.

Gay Speaker Turned Away at Millions More March

Fitz Examines Cheney's Role in Plamegate

In a Bloomberg news piece that's entertainingly titled Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say (I love that "People Say" part...talk about your reportorial specificity), we're told that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is looking into the role that Vice President Dick Cheney played in the outting of a CIA agent as political retaliation by the White House. As I mentioned yesterday, Fitz seems to be focused on WHIG -- the White House working group put together to "sell" the Iraq war. Cheney is clearly the executive at the top of that group's org chart, so, while charges are unlikely to be brought against him, he's the buck-stops-here guy in this scenario, assuming there's no way to tie it directly to Bush.

Sojourners: Congress is ‘Morally Bankrupt'

Sojourners, an active Christian organization that supports a variety of social justice efforts, has announced a campaign to draw attention to the budget cutting that Congress is planning for October 17-21 as well as tax-cut initiatives that the group disagrees with. According to the Sojourners, Congress plans to cut key programs for the poor despite the recent spotlight on poverty issues that resulted from Hurricane Katrina.

Leak Shines Light on White House ‘Slash and Burn' Tactics

[Talking Head] Let's try this…

Next Sunday, I'm going to try something new: a weekly series of sorts, tentatively called "Talking Head," where I'll go through my mailbag in public. Generally that's an invitation to identity theft, but hey, I'm a professional.

NYTimes Op-Ed Spells Out Plame Game ‘Team'

In an Op-Ed for the Sunday New York Times, columnist Frank Rich has the best explanation I've seen of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), the group of White House staffers (including Rove, Libby and V.P. Cheney, among other familiar Bush Admin officials) that would meet to discuss the strategy of "selling" the war in Iraq to the American people. Starting with the timeline -- Rich says that WHIG was in operation in the summer of 2002, or well before the American people were told that war in Iraq was inevitable -- and it was responsible for a great deal of the hype leading up to the war, including much of the discredited "intelligence" that was used, at the time, to suggest that Iraq had a nuclear WMD program.

The Weekly Jerry Update Part Deux

So, this week Jerry thinks we should be able to hurt gay people and get away with it.

He is actively lobbying against a hate crime bill that would give homosexuals recourse if they are the victim of a crime related solely to their sexual orientation.

Why I Don't Read Beliefnet (Much) Anymore

Beliefnet still has its moments, but mostly it alternates between schmaltzy and toxic.

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