Kai Friese writes about a BJP campaign in Hijacking India’s History in the NYT:
The B.J.P. has led this country’s coalition government since 1999. But India’s Hindu nationalists have long had a quarrel with history. They are unhappy with the notion that the most ancient texts of Hinduism are associated with the arrival of the Vedic [...]
Go read Sand in the Gears for one of the great all-time rants.
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So Lott’s out as Majority Leader and Frist is in. Still no word from the blogger shock troups who did James Carville’s bidding: Josh Marshall, Glenn Reynolds, Andrew Sullivan, and Virginia Postrel. Don’t accept any “blogger triumphalism” since the fingerprints of Carville and Sidney Blumenthal have been found on their keyboards, and don’t be surprised [...]
This little story makes the Frist Scenario seem much more likely:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee is exploring a possible bid to replace Trent Lott as their chamber’s incoming majority leader and Assistant Republican Leader Don Nickles of Oklahoma will likely back Frist, sources said on Thursday.
Frist has long been our man, [...]
Random Jottings was a theory about the President’s Iraq strategy:
I think President Bush is doing it on purpose. He’s deliberately delaying liberating Iraq so that every single dimwitski in the world can align him-or-herself with Saddam Hussein.
There’s something to it.
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Speaking of AOL, media dude Michael Wolff explains why it’s losing money in this New York magazine article You’ve Got Sex:
Here’s the real rub: AOL’s fundamental business — which has always been a level or two down from the family-oriented opening screen — is dirty talk. But now there are better places to talk dirty.
The [...]
This Lileks Screed touches on women’s studies and Santa’s heterosexism, among other things; awfully good fun.
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Lott Pandergate architect and chief string-puller James Carville sends a bizarre fax accepting Lott’s apology:
Carville, also a co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire,” faxed a letter to Lott’s office Wednesday, both accepting the senator’s apology and pledging not to criticize him further for comments made recently or for comments Lott has made in the past on the [...]
For fans of The Amazing Race, here’s a couple of comments that the charming Flo posted on the Television Without Pity message board and subsequently deleted:
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posted December 12,2002 11:36:11 AM EST
I have been trying not to read anymore but after last night’s episode I decided to register and respond to some of the cruel criticisms. [...]
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