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Welcome one and all, to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere; Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Yes, we’re still trying to shovel out from under the snow, but we’ll carry on with a little wishful thinking. Forgive me, but I

Welcome dear reader, to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.

• Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know, Colin Powell. All the rage over the weekend. I don’t think there’s much argument against the idea that there’s a

Floodwaters are raging through the state of Iowa, major roads are closing, cities are being destroyed, politics is at a standstill while people’s lives are being diverted by lost homes, or volunteering to help others.

As the crisis continues, The

WRT to Bit’s post about John Hawkins of the morning.

We have seen eight years of presidential leaahrship without a moral compass, the Clinton adminstration.  I do not, and will not agree, with John McCain on all issues.  However McCain

Michelle makes a great point, this monring:

How dare the ABC moderators ask questions about topics that are, you know, topical?

How dare they ask questions that-gasp!-conservatives are asking.

How dare they explore questions of character, truthfulness, and

Impossible Dream, Independent(UK)

Well she is a blond,  Ireland On-Line:

Patricia Arquette questioned how open-minded she was when her transgender brother Alexis first announced he was going to become a womanP

Patrica, he is still your

A wee historical question for Bacack Obama., which American Presidnet freed the slaves, George B. McClellan or Abraham Lincoln ?

Jack Nicholson on freedom:

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Steven King on radical Islamists, video:

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Text:

“I don’t want to disparage anyone

• They’re waking up, sorta. Drum, today:

VITRIOL….Atrios:

The campaigns and candidates themselves may not get nasty, but I get the sense that supporters of the various candidates are getting angrier at the other camp. Sure a lot of

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

• The Jawas say Toshiba‘s given up on HD-DVD, and Sony will win this one with their Blu-Ray.. I dunno, after they lost on Beta, I guess it makes sense. The difference being this time quality at the

Yes, Civil war in both parties seems likely to me.

The usual suspects are already complaining about civil war happening in the Democratic Party…. Frank Rich, at the New York Times, for example, perhaps without intending to, marks the

Someone at Fox posted these yesterday, so I’ll pass them along.

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First off, even absent any other source material, it sounds to me like the place is packed with McCain supporters. But add

A while ago, while addressing a different (And very personal) topic, I wrote about change versus transformation.

If I take a rock, and in the other hand I take a large hammer, and I hit the rock with the hammer,

As a candidate Mrs. Clinton has made a lot of promises   Can she be expected to keep any of them?   Remember that B.J. Clinton campaigned on the promise of a middle class tax cut but instead delivered a retroactive tax