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Monthly Archives: October 2002
Weird beyond immediate comment is
Weird beyond immediate comment is the fact that the co-pilot on Senator Wellstone’s plane worked at the same flight school that Zacharias Moussouai attended last year, apparently at the same time he attended the school. The Star Tribune story has a profile of the co-pilot without any mention of their overlapping at the school, and I can’t find anything via Google either. The Star Tribune story is “Co-pilot was living »
Wake up and read the
Wake up and read the tea leaves: “Walter Mondale seen as possible Wellstone replacement on ballot.” I could tell you why the stuff about Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is a feint, but, as President George H.W. Bush used to say courtesy of Dana Carvey, I’m not gonna do it, it wouldn’t be right. »
The Boston Globe (courtesy of
The Boston Globe (courtesy of Instapundit) has a useful account of the Bellesiles affair, “With research in doubt, Emory historian resigns post.” The affair is of interest in several respects beyond the particulars here, including insight into the whole apparatus of celebrity that awaits the pious fraud who plausibly caters to liberal prejudices. Also useful in this respect is the Fox News recap by Instapundit himself, Glenn Reynolds, “Fawning critics »
An anti-war demonstration is going
An anti-war demonstration is going on in Washington; the photo below depicts some of the protesters dressed as ghosts, with signs saying things like “Ghost of an Innocent Iraqi.” The protester isn’t referring, of course, to the many thousands of innocent Iraqis who have been murdered by Saddam Hussein. As was the case in Afghanistan, ending the savage Saddam regime would save many more lives than it would cost. Given »
This Wall Street Journal editorial
This Wall Street Journal editorial documents how voting fraud by the Democrats has spread to the normally clean state of Wisconsin. It seems that Democratic operatives have been caught handing out free food and money to residents of a home for the mentally ill in Kenosha. The residents are then taken into a separate room and given absentee ballots. In 2000, Democrats were caught bribing homeless people in Milwaukee with »
We are not prone to
We are not prone to second-guess police work, but the sniper investigation seems to have been marked by confusion and worse. The Washington Post reports that the snipers’ vehicle’s license plates were checked by police at least ten times, but apparently no one tabulated these sightings and noted that the snipers’ Caprice was repeatedly spotted under suspicious circumstances. Most readers have probably seen the deeply offensive statement by the District »
The Washington Post thinks Mondale’s
The Washington Post thinks Mondale’s the one — at least the one that the key Democrats seem to want and the one who isn’t saying “no”. It also mentions Skip Humphrey and ex-footballer Alan Page as possibilities. The Post finds the field of available Democrats to be indicative of a state party in decline. It also notes that Jesse Ventura could determine who controls the lame-duck Senate. »
Egyptian television will air a
Egyptian television will air a “blockbuster” series based in part on the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” during the peak Ramadan viewing period, the »
Last weekend we posted the
Last weekend we posted the most widely read law review article of all time by Professor James Lindgren of Northwestern University Law School. The article demolished not just the analysis, but also the scholarly bona fides, of Michael Bellesiles (whose name I’m afraid I misspelled in my post) and his Bancroft Prize-winning anti-gun book, Arming America. Bellesiles was a professor of history at Emory University. Yesterday Emory University released the »
With the rush of news
With the rush of news in the last few days, one story that has been overlooked is the ever-expanding South Dakota voter fraud scandal. Democratic operatives in more and more counties have been found to have submitted fraudulent voter registrations. The Rapid City Journal reports on the spreading scandal and the Democratic Party’s efforts to minimize what can only be described as a massive campaign of voter fraud. Not coincidentally, »
The Chechnyan terrorist attack in
The Chechnyan terrorist attack in Moscow is over, as Russian special forces appear to have done an excellent job of killing the terrorists without undue casualties among the hostages. The Washington Post reports that the Russian authorities moved on the occupied theater after the terrorists started murdering hostages. »
The Star Tribune has posted
The Star Tribune has posted a longer piece credited to the AP on the possible successor candidates to Senator Wellstone, naming a few folks I had not thought of. The piece is “Democrats to decide who will replace Wellstone on ballot,” Another story in tomorrow morning’s paper is by two of the Strib’s political reporters and quotes all the relevant officeholders on the legal issues involved. Republican secretary of state »
The authorities have been quick
The authorities have been quick to say that there is no indication that John Muhammad was connected to al Qaeda or any other terrorist organization. This simply isn’t true. This story from the Bellingham, Washington Herald has not been widely reported, but almost exactly a year ago, a man who knew Muhammad called the FBI to report him as a possible terrorist. Despite living in a homeless shelter, Muhammad flashed »
The signs so far this
The signs so far this afternoon and early evening suggest to me that the DFL party will name a successor candidate to Sentor Wellstone. The Star Tribune Web site carries an AP story stating “Democrats to decide who will replace Wellstone on ballot.” The KARE 11 news site has “Politicians scramble to deal with Wellstone succession.” The Pioneer Press story, “Different candidate’s name likely to appear on November ballot,” baldly »
The Jerusalem Post has another
The Jerusalem Post has another worthwhile columnist in Caroline Glick. Here Glick describes the “messianic” war waged by the Israeli left against its enemies at the other end of the nationn’s political spectrum, especially the Jewish settlers. According to Glick, this war has been the vehicle through which the left has sought to divert attention from, and even excuse, Palestinian terrorism. As the latest example, she cites the recent face-off »
Here is another possibility in
Here is another possibility in the Minnesota Senate race. While we think the natural reading of the relevant statute is that the Democrats have to put up a new candidate, there is a possible argument to the contrary. The argument would run as follows: The statute that we linked to below, Sec. 204B.13, provides that a party has the “authority” to substitute a new candidate if its nominee dies more »
A couple other possible candidates
A couple other possible candidates who will probably be considered by the DFL central committee if it decides to name a candidate in place of Senator Wellstone are former Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey and present DFL centimillionaire Vance Opperman. Both have obvious pluses and minuses, but their names should probably be thrown into the hopper at this point. »
