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Josh Marshall Has Serious Chutzpah Josh Marshall, author of the Talking Points Memo, has just gone a step too far, even for him. He is accusing Matt Drudge of coordinating his website postings on the DrudgeReport with the RNC...because Drudge's posts were similar to a speech on the same day given by the RNC's Chairman, Ed Gillespie. Gasp! Seriously, that's pretty sleazy, even for "Pope Josh I". He knows just as well as everyone else that during the news cycle, political actors and bloggers jump on the issues that are hot. He also knows that Drudge gets millions of readers...

<p>On a modest street in the flats of Berkeley there's a little yellow bungalow behind a shabby fence. It's one of those places you expect to find a pit bull, but instead you find a bright young mayor of a city of about 70,000 liberal activists, writers, kibitzers, kidders and some folks who clearly have a lot of time on their hands.</p>

Politics & Punditry On The InternetCan the blogosphere really alter the tides of political campaigns? After Howard Dean's meteoric rise from the bottom of the Democratic presidential hopeful pack to its undisputed front-runner, the blogging community supporting his campaign was given a significant amount of credit for Dean's success. Alexis Rice of Johns Hopkins states in his White Paper, The Use of Blogs in The 2004 Presidential Election that "Blogs have already become a power tool in the Democratic presidential nomination battle." Rice goes on to say that "the leading candidate in the blogging revolution is former Vermont Gov. Howard...

Glenn Beck FansJust letting everyone know about our new Glenn Beck fan site. Stop by for Beck related discussion or other discussion of a conservative nature.

The Blogs of Freedom Our family's menorah rests on the mantle next to a beautiful noble fir draped with Christmas ornaments. The big holiday dinner will include the Hanukkah staple of potato latkes with sour cream, and a succulent ham from Hempler's of Bellingham. I know — not kosher. My late fraternal grandfather Jacob would not approve. Grandpa fled to Brooklyn from Ukraine in the early 1900s to escape the periodic pogroms against Jews, under Russian czarist rule. He worked his way up from house painter and wallpaper hanger to a building contractor, earning for his two sons access to...

Vote for Tasty Manatees, Don't Let Anti-War.com win! Please take ten seconds to click on this link to the 2003 Weblog Awards and vote for Tasty Manatees. Apparently, Tasty Manatees is listed in the "Crawly Amphibians" category for some reason. I would really feel discouraged if more people voted for Anti-war.com over Tasty Manatees! [2nd Update- Anti-war.com has more votes for best blog than Tasty Manatees. Currently, about 1 in 15 of you are actually hitting the link and voting. Understandable, but please take ten seconds to make a statement that you do not agree with the rants of the...

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has just released the 2003 Warblogger Awards, and I am flattered that his panel of voters selected me for top spot in the category "The Best Original Content For A Blog". I don't think I should have won. Quite frankly, I think that Wretchard at Belmont Club is producing better material than I am. He is writing as consistently as I have (perhaps more so, given that I've been less consistent lately) and his material is more focused and more cogent. I'm a bit surprised that Wretchard didn't show up as one of the...

http://iraqataglance.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Saving Grace I read this article in one of the newspapers published in Baghdad named (Baghdad Now), and I found it worthy to be republished in the blog. Here it goes: “The st. Catherine de Siena orphanage is a Catholic orphanage in eastern part of Baghdad, the orphanage is home to 30 children ranging in age from 7 to 17, the children were homeless, and taken in by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena orphanage. The children rescued by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena were saved from a life of abject poverty...

http://www.messopotamian.blogspot.com/ Greetings all, You probably know that we are in Ramdhan. It is some few hours to breaking the fast at sunset. This fasting is so interesting. Food suddenly aquires new attraction. Today is Friday our weekend holiday. So, in general expect my postings mostly thursday and friday. The rest of the week I am quite busy trying to make a living. So now we hear another Helicopter is brought down. Serious, yes. Disaster ? not necessarily. It only shows the enemy is not to be underestimated. I note that most of my visitors are american. This is natural and...

There has been talk at LittleGreenFootballs about denial of service attacks on pro-Israel websites. Does anyone know anything about this, or any other internet Jihadi activities lately?

Carnival of the Capitalists Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists. Modeled after the Carnival of the Vanities, this weekly roundup is intended to be a "Best Of the Blogosphere" for posts covering business, economics, stocks, accounting, taxes, business law, and related topics. More info can be found in my first post on the subject. There are some excellent posts here from some very intelligent people. I hope this eventually gets recognized by the major business news sources because, while bloggers may not always write as well as the pros, I think we can provide a...

Bush Blog Positive Counterpart To DNC By Jimmy Moore Talon News October 10, 2003 WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- The official weblog for the Bush-Cheney 2004 reelection campaign was opened this week to help keep the public informed about the major campaign issues and activities. The new Bush blog, the term commonly used for a weblog, located on the Internet at www.georgewbush.com/blog launched just weeks after the controversial new Democrat Party blog entitled "Kicking Ass." As previously reported by Talon News, the Democrat blog contains mostly negative stories and postings about President Bush and members of his administration. Also, it has...

Dedicated to sharing the true positions, statements and actions of the Democratic Candidates.If you see or know of a link that isn't on this page about any of the candidates listed here, email us and help us spread the word.Army General Wesley Clark 08/04/99 - Clark fired from NATO SACEUR03/09/00 - British Gen to Clark: I will not start World War III for you06/15 - Clark: 'This country was founded on the principle of progressive taxation' 08/21 - William Cohen - 'I rue the day I made him SACEUR'08/26 - Clark: White House tried to have me fired from...

I saw a bumper sticker today that reads "Vote Democrat, it's easier than working." Finally, some honesty! Simply telling the truth, though, does not get the Democrats off the hook. Here is a party whose very survival depends on robbing Peter to pay Paul, and there is no shame -- they advertise it! Redistribution of wealth and nanny states do not strengthen society, they weaken it and can even destroy it. Thomas Jefferson would be ashamed. The bumper sticker slogan is misleading, because someone always has to pay and someone always has to work. Is it a coincidence that unemployment...

<p>LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Baghdad bloggers became famous for their insights into life during the Iraqi war.</p> <p>The Internet pioneers courted danger and risked death by messaging to the outside world. Now Internet cafes are opening up across Baghdad giving Iraqis the chance to connect without restriction or hindrance for less than $1 per hour.</p>

The band, "The Freepers and their Unmedicated Firebrand Lunacy", appeared on my radar screen while scanning and reading various blog sites."Sadly, No" formulated this Poll:Which band would you like to see? *Chalabi and the Indicted Rich Exiles *Condi and the Know Nothings *Condi and the Forgetful Stevens *The Untalented Kids in the Corner *The Freepers and their Unmedicated Firebrand Lunacy, *The Coalition of the Willing Sponsors of Terrorism Patti Moody and the Hideous Trinkets

Dedicated to sharing the true positions, statements and actions of the Democratic Candidates.If you see or know of a link that isn't on this page about any of the candidates listed here, email us and help us spread the word.Army General Wesley Clark 08/04/99 - Clark fired from NATO SACEUR03/09/00 - British Gen to Clark: I will not start World War III for you06/15 - Clark: 'This country was founded on the principle of progressive taxation' 08/21 - William Cohen - 'I rue the day I made him SACEUR'08/26 - Clark: White House tried to have me fired from...

"The Ultimate Perfumed Prince" was a nickname reportedly given to General Wesley Clark by those serving under him. David Hackworth first picked up on it during the Kosovo conflict. This first edition of the Perfumed Prince Report (which will be repeated most likely on a weekly basis) has recent and not-so-recent pieces from the blogosphere and beyond on Wesley Clark's past and his present presidential campaign. Feel free to add anything you might have or to submit it for next week's report by sending e-mail to jeff -at- jquinton.com.

NOTE to FREEPERS: On the threads throughout the campaign season of 2004 about what the Clinton DemocRATs are doing, you will get the RAT Attack warning label to let you know what you are about to read is from the enemy! The following site has been launched by the DNC as a Blog to go on the attack of President Bush and his Administration. This is an official blog of the Clinton DemocRATs launched just in time to help Weasley Clark (thanks to a Freeper for that nickname)! * * * * * * * * Introducing Kicking ?*!:...

'I became the profane pervert Arab blogger' It began as an internet joke with a friend in Jordan. But then the media - including the Guardian - picked it up, and suddenly he was the Baghdad blogger, the most famous web diarist in the world. Salam Pax describes what it was like to play cat-and-mouse with Saddam's censors. My name is Salam Pax and I am addicted to blogs. Some people watch daytime soaps, I follow blogs. I follow the hyperlinks on the blogs I read. I travel through the web guided by bloggers. I get wrapped up in the...