WTF Is It Now?!?

Blackout? What blackout??
We lost power for about 3 seconds around 4:08 yesterday afternoon. My first thought was "That's funny - I didn't hear any thunder." It wasn't until I turned CNN on at 5:00 that I realized wtf was going on.


Fair and balanced
TV Guide is reporting that the BBC is looking into launching a 24-hour news network in the US next year. Discussions have already taken place with ABC, Vivendi Universal, and Discovery Networks.

"We learned during the war there's room for our style of news in America," spokesman Kevin Young said.

Oh God yes.


Rethug idiot/hypocrisy watch
"Gov. Goodhair Perry says the AWOL senators are holding up "issues of great importance to the people of Texas." That's funny. There has been one and only one item of business on the agenda for both special sessions called by the guv (at a cost of $1.7 million each): the crass rejiggering of congressional district lines in order to elect more Republicans out of Texas. Using taxpayer money for partisan political purposes, period." - - Molly Ivins.


Notices

Issue 1 of The Journal of The Lincoln Heights Literary Society is now available! Ginger of the Hackenblog is looking for contributors.

Hopefully today I'll screw up enough courage to use my computer at home. I haven't been ignoring everybody, honest!



Smarmy McBombypants rejects UN role in Iraq
Endless occupation by US Troops guaranteed

The clueless chickenhawks of the Bush misadministration have abandoned the idea of giving the UN more of a role in the occupation of Iraq as sought by France, India and other countries as a condition for their participation in peacekeeping there.

The administration is not willing to confront going to the Security Council and saying, 'We really need to make Iraq an international operation,' said an administration official. 'You can make a case that it would be better to do that, but right now the situation in Iraq is not that dire.' [OH YEAH? TELL THAT TO THE SOLDIERS!]

The administration's position could complicate its hopes of bringing a large number of American troops home in short order. The length of the American occupation depends on how quickly the country can be stabilized and the attacks and uprisings brought under control... UN officials involved in peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan and the Balkans say the total number of troops in Iraq may have to double before the security situation comes under control. - - from the NY Times, courtesy of democrats.com.