Author: BooMan

Latest Political News

Via Goddard’s: Brookings Institution scholar Thomas Mann “projects the Democrats to pickup 25-35 House seats, and four to five Senate seats with a chance to maybe hit six,” according to Thomas Schaller....

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Plameology, Armitage, and Isikoff

David Corn and Michael Isikoff are exposing Richard Armitage as Novak’s orginal source for the Valerie Plame story. In the early morning of Oct. 1, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell received an urgent phone call from...

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Open Thread

“If you’ll look at my lovely FEMA attire you’ll really vomit. I am a fashion god� Anything specific I need to do or tweak? Do you know of anyone who dog-sits? � Can I quit now? Can I come home?...

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Girls Gone to Iraq

The NY Times has an article about a travelling girly show called the Purrfect Angelz. I don’t mind the soldiers getting some entertainment, even if it is pretty lame. But it’s pathetic for the military to try to use...

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Frivolous Friday Open Thread

Oh, thank God: Tokyo’s subway has refused permission for an advertising poster featuring a nude and heavily pregnant Britney Spears, branding it “too stimulating” for young people. The picture of the pop singer...

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