Magic, Rockets Swap Seven Players
HOUSTON - In a blockbuster deal that gives the Houston Rockets (news) one of basketball’s most intriguing tandems, Tracy McGrady was traded to Houston in a multiplayer deal that sent Steve Francis to the Orlando Magic (news) on Tuesday.
The long-anticipated deal also sent forward Juwan Howard, and guards Tyronn Lue and […]

Version of this post: 2.0. I failed to save it before closing Firefox. I’ll recommend that up here instead of at the bottom, too. And don’t forget Tabbrowser Preferences.
Ezra on the transfer of Iraqi sovereignty. Or whatever it is, exactly.
upyernoz on the Supreme Court cases decided today. Glad to see […]

So I was watching whoever the Constitution Party nominated to run for President on CSPAN today. It was kind of fun, kind of painful. It’s just really silly. They have a real aversion to social welfare, saying it’s illegal and such. Well, in their platform it’s bad because Jesus says so:
The […]

I wrote about this in a Daily Kos open thread not long ago, but I just finished the book, so I thought I should expand a bit more.
The book is An Air That Kills by Andrew Schneider and David McCumber. It’s about asbestos in the country generally and Libby, Montana, specifically (which is 15 […]

Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says
WASHINGTON, June 24 � Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990’s were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by […]

U.S. Amends Report to Show Rise in Terror
WASHINGTON - Significant acts of terror worldwide reached a 21-year high in 2003, the State Department announced Tuesday as it corrected a mistaken report that had been cited to boost President Bush (news - web sites)’s war on terror.
Incidents of terrorism increased slightly during the year, and the […]

They agree with the Communist press with regards to the 9/11 commission and an Iraq/al Qaeda connection:
The White House has repeatedly argued that the Commission�s statements were restricted to the issue of whether Iraq was connected to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Appearing on CNBC�s “Capital Report” on June 17, for instance, Vice […]

Yeah yeah, I’m copping out and just posting my Blogs for Bush Rebutted post for today.
Well, no points for originality on that headline.
On B4B they’ve been complaining about the recent relevations from the 9/11 commission regarding Iraq and al Qaeda. Bill Hobbs writes:
A front-page headline in the New York Times read: “Panel finds no […]

Since the 9/11 commission’s comments on the Iraq-Al Qaeda link has been commented on plenty, I’ll look at something else I found:
Air Defenses ‘Unprepared’ for 9/11 - Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets had virtually no chance to shoot down or intercept four hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001, because of confusion and poor communication […]

GOODBYE LAKERS!!!
I don’t like the Pistons that much, but the Lakers are the Yankees of basketball.