By way of Corrente I found the interesting looking blog of John Gorenfeld (author of article that brought up said handkerchief) which focuses on Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Well known nutcase and Bush ally (do they go hand in hand?) that he is, this quote is still a bit freaky:
There are three guiding principles […]

Bush Seeks More Money for Missile Defense
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is seeking a big increase in spending for missile defense next year, setting the program on course to have a bare-bones system in place by the end of this year and up to 30 interceptors on land and at sea by the end of […]

US Acknowledges Flaws in Iraq Intelligence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush’s national security adviser acknowledged on Thursday there may have been flaws in prewar intelligence about Iraq but brushed aside calls for an independent investigation into the matter.
“I think that what we have is evidence that there are differences between what we knew going in and […]

U.S. Plans Spring Offensive in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, deeply concerned about recent assassination attempts against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and a resurgence of Taliban forces in neighboring Afghanistan, is preparing a U.S. military offensive that would reach inside Pakistan with the goal of destroying Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, military sources said.
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John Kerry 38.6%
Howard Dean 25.9%
Wesley Clark 12.5%
John Edwards 12.0%
Joe Lieberman 8.7%
Dennis Kucinich 1.4%
Dick Gephardt 0.2%
Al Sharpton 0.2%
Sharpton loses to […]

So it’s the inagural Dennis Miller show on CNBC. He opened with an ape beside his side for some reason, and painted the show as moderate, but hard hitting in the opening. And maybe I’m paranoid, but it seemed like it contained jabs at O’Reilly, saying he wasn’t going to cut anyone off […]

After the, um, rousing success of my prediction of the outcome of the Iowa caucus, I’m sure you’re all waiting for my NH predictions. Well, here ya go:
Kerry - 30%
Dean - 27%
Edwards - 17%
Clark - 16%
Lieberman - 8%
Other - 2%
And remember, if you want to make predictions, go to Daily Kos and post […]

From Salon,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a portion of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.
The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David Cole, a Georgetown University law […]

If you haven’t heard, on NPR (well, MPR, but it’s being carried by many NPR affiliates) there’s a program called Blogging of the President: 2004 coming on in about 10 minutes. Guests include Atrios, Josh Marshall, Andrew Sullivan, and Kevin Phillips. Should be interesting. Mostly because Sullivan and Atrios will be on […]

UPDATE: It seems I’ve pushed the site over it’s bandwidth limit. Oops.