Davis sees donation surge How often does a chal…

Davis sees donation surge

How often does a challenger outraise an incumbent? Especially in a primary? It’s happened in the Alabama 7th — the state’s gerrymandered majority African-American district — where Artur Davis has outdone Earl Hilliard. And the reason is, of all things, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hilliard voted against the recent nonbinding resolutions supporting Israel, which led some out-of-state donors, mostly in New York, including pro-Israel organizations, to support Davis, his main challenger. Hilliard, in turn, is getting money from California. This could get ugly. The primary is essentially the election, because there is no Republican challenger, only a Libertarian.

FBI Culture Blamed for Missteps on Moussaoui (wash…

FBI Culture Blamed for Missteps on Moussaoui (washingtonpost.com)

The FBI operates in “a climate of fear which has chilled aggressive . . . law enforcement action,” whistle-blower Coleen Rowley charges in the 13-page letter that faults the FBI’s leadership for hindering the investigation of a suspected terrorist prior to Sept. 11…

More or less, it seems they’re afraid of looking bad. I don’t think they realized just how bad they could look by not doing anything at all. More and more I’m thinking that the FBI needs someone to clean house, but I don’t know if there’s the political will to do more than just scapegoat Mueller. Don’t get me wrong, he deserves to get the ax, but he’s not the big problem. The big problem is an FBI culture that is less concerned with doing the job than keeping their jobs.

The Blogspot exodus continues with aintnobaddude.c…

The Blogspot exodus continues with aintnobaddude.com.

FBI asks Web sites to remove video of Daniel Pearl…

FBI asks Web sites to remove video of Daniel Pearl’s death

Bottle. Lid. Genie gone.

I’ve no interest in looking at that… thing. However, the FBI has no business going around doing things like contacting web hosters and threatening lawsuits. It’s not even any of their business.

Fun with referrer logs Recherche Google: 2002 e…

Fun with referrer logs

Recherche Google: 2002 email address of fish supply in pakistan

WHAT?

King Midas’ Beguiling Domain I’m not a big fan …

King Midas’ Beguiling Domain

I’m not a big fan of travel articles, but the occasional really bizarre one catches my eye. For example, this one on central Anatolia, ancient Phrygia. It’s not exactly a tourist mecca in the best of times, and considering the current climate…

Afghan Leader Expected to Get Extended Term Dem…

Afghan Leader Expected to Get Extended Term

Democracy at its finest. Maybe Karzai and Musharraf can start a club.

It turns out that I am the #18 Google search for a…

It turns out that I am the #18 Google search for autopsy photos daniel pearl, even though I have never actually used that phrase. Uh, until now. Oops.

The New York Observer eulogizes Stephen Jay Gould,…

The New York Observer eulogizes Stephen Jay Gould, focusing on his baseball writing.

Stephen Jay Gould, From CSICOP Chairman, Paul Kurt…

Stephen Jay Gould, From CSICOP Chairman, Paul Kurtz